Monday, May 8, 1911
Transactions:
Cleveland
second baseman Nap Lajoie
was injured (?) on 05/07/1911. Cleveland infielder Neal Ball
made his season debut on 05/09/1911
Brooklyn
catcher Otto
Miller made his season debut on 05/09/1911. Brooklyn infielder Dolly Stark
made his season debut on 05/09/1911
Detroit
first baseman Jack Ness
made his major league debut on 05/09/1911
New
York (AL) pitcher Jack Warhop
returned to play on 05/09/1911 following his injury (?) of 04/25/1911
Detroit
7 Chicago (AL) (H) 2
Tex
Covington (2-1, 5.54) had his best outing of the season as he limited the
White Sox to only six hits and went all the way for the win. Ty Cobb
was his usual terror at the plate with a 4-for-5 day and four RBI's to lead the
Tigers offense.
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| Smoky Joe Wood |
The
Red Sox jumped on Ray
Caldwell (1-3, 4.66) for four quick runs in the top of the first and Smoky Joe
Wood (5-1, 2.14) took over from there.
Cleveland
11 St. Louis (AL) (H) 4
Even
with Nap
Lajoie out the lineup for a few weeks the Naps continue to roll along as Art Griggs,
Lajoie's backup went 3-for-5 with a run, an RBI, and a double. Joe Jackson
did his usual - 3-for-5 with three runs scored, three RBI's, and a late homerun
that put the game out of reach.
New
York (NL) 11 Boston (NL) (H) 6
New
York second baseman Larry Doyle
hit his fourth and fifth homeruns of the season to help power the Giants past
the pesky Rustlers. Bugs
Raymond (2-1, 3.46) was shaky at times but got the win in a six-inning
appearance.
Philadelphia
(NL) (H) 3 Brooklyn 2
Another
stellar appearance from rookie pitcher Pete
Alexander (5-0, 1.41) to hold off the Dodgers and keep the Phillies within
striking distance of the top of the NL.
Pittsburgh
(H) 7 St. Louis (NL) 1
In
the battle of Steele versus Steele (no relation) it was Elmer
Steele (4-0, 1.55) that outdueled Bill Steele
(2-1, 2.49). Bill Steele had thrown two shutouts to start his season but the
Pirates played three runs in both the fourth and sixth innings to build their
lead.
Tuesday,
May 9, 1911
Transactions:
Chicago
(AL) pitcher Jesse Baker
was injured (?) on 05/08/1911
Philadelphia
(AL) shortstop Jack Barry
returned to play on 05/10/1911 following his injury (?) of 04/22/1911
Pittsburgh
pitcher Jack
Ferry made his season debut on 05/10/1911
Note:
Now that we are into the fifth week of the season the AL easternmost teams have
finally taken their first train ride to the Midwest while the NL teams have
made their first trip heading the other way, west to east.
Boston
(AL) 8 Cleveland (H) 7 (13)
The
Naps scored three times in the first to take the early lead but the Red Sox
hung in there and after a run in the top of the eighth Boston scored again in
the ninth to tie the score at 5-5. Both teams scored a single run in the tenth,
and then they both scored a single run again in the eleventh. Harry
Hooper drove home Heinie
Wagner in the top of the thirteenth and this time Cleveland didn’t have an
answer.
New
York (AL) 5 Detroit (H) 4
With
the score tied at 4-4 after the eighth the Highlanders finally took the lead
when right fielder Roy
Hartzell singled home center fielder Bert
Daniels with two outs, Jack Warhop
(1-1, 3.95) finished what he started and came away with the win.
Boston
(NL) (H) 10 Cincinnati 3
The
Reds led 3-1 after the third but the Rustlers offense kicked into gear after
that and Boston won handily. Lefty Tyler
(2-2, 5.03) had a shaky start but a strong finish and got the win.
Note:
BBR shows Johnny
Bates starting in right field and Fred Beck
starting in center field while ATMgr has them reversed.
Brooklyn
(H) 1 St. Louis 0
Brooklyn's
run came in as the result of an error by Cardinals second baseman Miller
Huggins and Nap Rucker
(4-0, 1.25) did the rest. Bob Harmon
(1-5, 2.64) was the hard-luck loser.
New
York )NL) (H) 5 Chicago (NL) 4
The
Giants roared back with three runs in the bottom of the ninth to snatch away a
win from the Cubs. Second baseman Larry Doyle
previously hit homerun #6 to keep the score close and then in the ninth Doyle
singled home Beals
Becker with the game-winner.
Pittsburgh
5 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 4
The
Pirates scored three times in the second to take a 3-1 lead and then held on
from there as neither team would roll over for the other. Babe Adams
(4-1, 2.60) went all the way for the hard-fought win.
Wednesday,
May 10, 1911
Transactions:
Brooklyn
pitcher Jack
Ryan made his final major league appearance on 05/09/1911. Brooklyn sold
Ryan to Mobile (Southern Association) on 05/12/1911. Brooklyn shortstop Bert Tooley
was injured (?) on 05/09/1911. Brooklyn outfielder Sheldon
Lejeune made his major league debut on 05/10/1911
New
York (NL) catcher Hank Gowdy
made his season debut on 05/11/1911
Boston
(NL) pitcher Hub Perdue
returned to the mound on 05/11/1911 following his injury (?) of 04/21/1911
Pittsburgh
pitcher Sherry
Smith made his major league debut on 05/11/1911
Chicago
(AL) (H) 4 Washington 0
Ed Walsh
(5-2, 2.62) handed Walter
Johnson (5-1, 1.19) his first loss of the season when the White Sox scored
three unearned runs in the fourth, the big hit being a bloop double by first
baseman Shano
Collins drove home two runs.
Cleveland
(H) 6 Boston (AL) 2
The
Red Sox scored once in the top of the first and nursed that one-run lead until
the sixth when the Naps finally broke through with two runs coming off
back-to-back doubles from Joe Jackson
(#20) and Ted
Easterly (#11). Cleveland added four more runs in the seventh and Vean Gregg
(4-1, 1.16) marched home with the win.
Note:
BBR
shows several differences in the Boston batting order from what ATMgr has.
New
York (AL) 5 Detroit (H) 3
The
Highlanders led 4-1 after the fifth and then had to hold off a furious Tigers
rally to take home the win. Ray Fisher
(1-3, 4.05) got the nod in this one over George
Mullin (5-2, 2.61).
Philadelphia
(AL) 4 St. Louis (AL) (H) 0
The
A's scored four times in the sixth, two unearned, with a two-run triple by
Stuffy McInnis being the big hit. Chief
Bender (4-1, 1.12) only allowed three hits on his way to the shutout
victory.
Cincinnati
9 Boston (NL) (H) 7 (10)
This
game went back and forth with Boston finally taking a 7-6 lead in the bottom of the eighth, only to
see the Reds come right back and tie the score at 7-7 in the top of the ninth. Harry
Gaspar (4-1, 1.70) got the win after the Reds scored twice in the top of
the tenth and Gaspar got through the bottom half of the inning unscathed.
St.
Louis (NL) 5 Brooklyn (H) 0
Slim Sallee
(3-1, 1.67) scattered five hits and kept the Dodgers off the scoreboard for a
shutout win.
New
York (NL) 10 Chicago (NL) (H) 4
The
Giants scored three times in the second and then added four more in the third,
knocking Cubs starter Jack
Pfiester (1-4, 7.88) out of the box on their way to an easy win. Hooks
Wiltse (2-1, 5.09) got the win while catcher Chief
Meyers continued his hot start by going 2-for-4 (.446) with the RBI's.
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| Owen "Chief" Wilson |
Phillies
starter Earl
Moore (2-5, 6.62) should have been able to get out of the first but two
walks and two doubles later the Pirates had a five-run inning, and the visitors
kept on from there. Backup third baseman Bill
McKechnie went 4-for-6 and was a homerun short of a cycle, but the real big
hit in this game was right fielder Owen
"Chief" Wilson who went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, eight
RBI's, a double, and a homerun.
Thursday,
May 11, 1911
Transactions:
Philadelphia
(AL) shortstop Jack Barry
was injured (?) on 05/10/1911
Washington
pitcher Walter
Johnson was injured (?) on 05/10/1911
Chicago
(NL) catcher Tom Needham
was injured (?) on 05/10/1911. Chicago (NL) pitcher Jack
Pfiester made his final major league appearance on 05/10/1911. Chicago (NL)
traded Pfiester to Louisville (American
Association) on 05/15/1911 in return for Reggie
Richter
Boston
(AL) pitcher Frank Smith
made his final team appearance on 05/05/1911. Boston (AL) sold Smith to
Cincinnati on 05/11/1911 in return for $5000 plus an undisclosed sum to St.
Louis (AL) for withdrawing their waiver claim. Boston (AL) outfielder Joe Riggert
returned to play on 05/12/1911 following his injury (?) of 04/12/1911
St.
Louis (AL) pitcher Gus
Williams made his final season appearance on 05/10/1911. St. Louis (AL)
catcher Paul
Krichell made his major league debut on 05/12/1911
New
York (AL) outfielder Charlie
Hemphill returned to play on 05/12/1911 following his injury (?) of
04/25/1911
Pittsburgh
pitcher Deacon
Phillippe made his season debut on 05/12/1911
Cincinnati
pitcher Frank
Smith made his team debut on 05/13/1911. Cincinnati
purchased Smith from Boston (AL) on 05/11/1911 in return for $5000
Chicago
(AL) (H) 10 Washington 1
The
White Sox put on a power show today as four different Chicago players hit
homeruns to the delight of the home fans. Doc White
(3-1, 2.31) cruised the victory over Bob Groom
(1-4, 5.73).
Cleveland
(H) 12 Boston (AL) 3
Cleveland
didn't waste any time as they scored four in the first, but the big hit came in
the fourth after Boston intentionally walked Joe Jackson
to load the bases with two outs, bringing up right fielder Ted
Easterly who immediately smoked a three-run triple to put the game out of
reach. Earl
Yingling (1-1, 5.32) got the win in his first start of the season.
New
York (AL) 12 Detroit (H) 0
Russ Ford
(4-1, 1.62) didn’t give up a hit until the seventh inning and went all the way
for the three-hit shutout in Detroit. Ford also checked in with a 3-for-5 day
at the plate with two runs scored.
Philadelphia
(AL) 9 St. Louis (AL) (H) 3
The
A's scored in each of the first six innings, putting this one quickly to bed
for Harry
Krause (3-1, 2.84). Krause also helped out by going 3-for-5 at the plate
with a run, two RBI's, and a double.
Boston
(NL) (H) 11 Cincinnati 10
The
Rustlers scored four times in the first and led 7-3 after the fourth, but
couldn’t hold the lead as the Reds came back strong and took a 10-7 lead
heading into the bottom of the ninth. Two out run-scoring singles by third
baseman Scotty
Ingerton and right fielder Doc Miller
were the keys to the Boston comeback as the home team scored four times in the
bottom of the ninth to send the home fans home happy.
Brooklyn
(H) 7 St. Louis (NL) 4
Brooklyn
scored first, then St. Louis had the lead, but in the end, the Dodgers came back
and held on for the win. Cy Barger
(4-2, 4.57) got the win and second baseman John Hummel
had the big hit with a two-run single in the seventh that put Brooklyn ahead to
stay.
Chicago
(NL) 7 New York (NL) (H) 6 (14)
Chicago
was ahead 5-0 after the third, but the Giants took a 6-5 lead after the
seventh. Chicago tied the score in the eighth, and that was all the scoring
until right fielder Frank
Schulte drove home catcher Jimmy
Archer with the eventual game-winner, ending the Giants six-game winning
streak.
Philadelphia
(NL) (H) 5 Pittsburgh 4
The
Pirates tied the score at 4-4 in the top of the ninth, but the Phillies came
right back in the bottom half and won it on a Hans Lobert bases-loaded single. Pete
Alexander (6-0, 1.51) scored the run that ended Pittsburgh's five-game
winning streak.
Friday,
May 12, 1911
Transactions:
New
York (AL) first baseman Hal Chase
was injured (?) on 05/11/1911
Pittsburgh
pitcher Harry
Gardner was injured (?) on 05/11/1911. Pittsburgh pitcher Sherry
Smith made his final season appearance on 05/11/1911. Pittsburgh catcher George
Gibson was suspended on 05/11/1911
St.
Louis (NL) pitcher Rube Geyer
was injured (?) on 05/11/1911
Cleveland
second baseman Art Griggs
was injured (?) on 05/12/1911. Cleveland outfielder Mike
Mitchell returned to play on 05/13/1911 following an illness in the family
on 05/06/1911
Boston
(AL) sold first baseman Hap Myers
(team finale 04/13/1911) on 05/12/1911 to St. Louis (AL). Boston (AL) pitcher Jack
Killilay made his major league debut on 05/13/1911
Boston
(NL) pitcher Hub Perdue
was injured (?) on 05/11/1911
Chicago
(NL) pitcher King Cole
made his season debut on 05/13/1911
St.
Louis (AL) infielder Ed Hallinan
made his major league debut on 05/13/1911. St. Louis (AL) acquired first
baseman Hap
Myers (team debut 5/14/1911) on 05/12/1911 from Boston (AL)
New
York (NL) catcher Grover
Hartley made his major league debut 05/13/1911
Detroit
infielder Chick
Lathers returned to play on 05/23/1911 following his injury (?) of
04/15/1911
Brooklyn
pitcher Doc
Scanlan made his season debut on 05/13/1911
Chicago
(AL) (H) 11 Washington 6
A
three-run double by right fielder Ping Bodie
in the bottom of the third put the White Sox up 4-3 and they never looked back.
Bodie ended up with a 3-for-4 day that included three runs scored as well as
his bases-clearing double.
Boston
(AL) 6 Cleveland (H) 1
Eddie
Cicotte (2-2, 1.66) didn't allow a run until two outs in the bottom of the
eighth and picked up the win. First baseman Rip
Williams had three RBI's on the day to spark the Red Sox offense.
New
York (AL) 9 Detroit (H) 5
Ray
Caldwell (2-3, 4.50) has been a hard-luck pitcher for the Highlanders so
far this year and when Detroit catcher Oscar
Stanage hit a two-run triple in the bottom of the second to put the Tigers
up 4-0 it looked like it was going to be another rough day. Caldwell settled
down though and this time his New York teammates came back strong for the
runaway win.
Philadelphia
(AL) 5 St. Louis (AL) (H) 2
The
A's scored three times in the top of the ninth and then held off the Browns for
the close win. Jack Coombs
(5-1, 1.50) got the win while Earl
Hamilton (0-4, 5.55) took the loss.
Note:
On
this date in 1911 the score of this game ended up 17-13 in favor of the
Athletics.
Cincinnati
12 Boston (AL) (H) 3
A
two-out three-run double in the first by right fielder Fred Beck
got the Reds off to a good start and they poured it on from there, including a
five-run seventh. George
Suggs (1-3, 4.98) went all the way for his first win of the season.
Brooklyn
(H) 4 St. Louis (NL) 3
Shaky
defense plagued both teams but once the Dodgers took the lead George Bell
(2-4, 3.61) took over and came out on top of Roy Golden
(1-5, 5.36). The big hit was a two-run single by weak-hitting catcher Bill Bergen
which also included a muffed throw by St. Louis Rube Ellis
that made the difference.
Note:
BBR
shows Miller
Huggins batting leadoff and Arnold
Hauser batting second for St. Louis while ATMgr has them reversed.
Chicago
(NL) 5 New York (NL) (H) 3
The
Cubs got on the board early and Lew Richie
(5-1, 2.28) didn’t allow any runs until the eighth inning and went all the way
for the win.
Pittsburgh
11 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 4 (Grand Slam!)
Philadelphia
was still within 5-3 but then starter Fred Beebe
walked home a run in the top of the sixth, and in order to prevent a repeat he
grooved a pitch to right fielder Chief
Wilson who thumped a long grand slam for the Pirates and put this game out
of reach. This was Wilson's second grand slam of the season.
Saturday,
May 13, 1911
Transactions:
Chicago
(AL) catcher Bruno Block
was injured (?) on 05/12/1911. Chicago (AL) second baseman Amby
McConnell was injured (?) on 05/12/1911
Cincinnati
pitcher Bill
Burns (team finale 05/12/1911) was placed on waivers
Boston
(NL) outfielder/pitcher Patsy
Flaherty was injured (?) on 5/12/1911. Boston (NL) pitcher Bill
McTigue was injured (?) on 05/12/1911
Philadelphia
(AL) outfielder Willie
Hogan (team finale 05/12/1911) was sold to St. Louis (AL) on
05/13/1911
Pittsburgh
infielder Alex
McCarthy was injured on 05/12/1911
St.
Louis (AL) outfielder Al
Schweitzer was injured (?) on 05/12/1911. St. Louis (AL) outfielder Willie
Hogan (team debut 05/14/1911) was purchased from Philadelphia (AL) on
05/13/1911
New
York (AL) infielder John Knight
returned to play on 05/14/1911 following his injury of 04/29/1911
Washington
5 Chicago (AL) (H) 2
The
Senators didn’t have any big innings but the small ones still add up and Dixie
Walker (2-0, 3.21) stifled the White Sox for the win.
New
York (AL) 9 Cleveland (H) 4
The
Highlanders won their fifth in a row as they took every advantage the Naps gave
them and used to build a big lead. Jack Quinn
(2-1, 2.92) did give up a two-run homerun to Joe Jackson,
but it was late and the outcome of the game was no longer in doubt.
Boston
(AL) 5 Detroit (H) 4 (11)
The
Tigers led early, the Red Sox regained the lead midway through the game only
to fall behind again, and then finally Boston knotted the score at 4-4. The
Tigers had a runner on third in both the ninth and tenth innings but couldn’t score, and Boston didn’t miss
their opportunity when left fielder Duffy Lewis
hit a long fly ball to score Harry
Hooper with the eventual game-winner.
Philadelphia
(AL) 4 St. Louis (AL) (H) 2
The
Browns kept it close all game but couldn't stay with the World Champions as Eddie Plank
(3-2, 3.63) outdueled Joe Lake
(0-4, 4.71) for the win. First baseman Harry Davis
had a two-run single in the sixth to spark the A's offense.
Pittsburgh
5 Boston (NL) (H) 3
The
Rustlers hung tough with the visiting Pirates but run-scoring singles by Honus
Wagner and Chief
Wilson in the eighth put Pittsburgh ahead to stay. Babe Adams
(5-1, 2.70) got the win.
Chicago
(NL) 7 Brooklyn (H) 4
The
Cubs got off to a 4-1 lead, but the Dodgers came back to tie the score at 4-4
after the sixth. Chicago put up a three-spot and this time King Cole
(1-0, 3.00) made the lead stick for a win in his first start of the season.
New
York (NL) (H) 1 St. Louis 0
Christy
Mathewson (5-2, 2.13) held the visiting Cardinals to only one hit and got
the shutout win. Slim Sallee
(3-2, 1.62) was the hard-luck loser and with this loss the Cardinals have
dropped into last place in the NL standings.
Cincinnati
5 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 3
The
Reds kept taking the lead but the Phillies kept coming back to tie the score, at
least until the eighth when the Red scored single tallies then and in the ninth
to finally put this one away. Bobby Keefe
(1-2, 6.48) went all the way for the win.
Note:
With this game, Cincinnati became the last team to reach the twenty games played
mark in this season.
Sunday,
May 14, 1911
Transactions:
New
York (AL) outfielder Gene
Elliott made his final major league appearance on 05/13/1911
New
York (NL) catcher Hank Gowdy
was injured (?) on 05/13/1911
St.
Louis (AL) catcher Paul
Krichell was injured (?) on 05/13/1911. St. Louis (AL) first baseman Pat Newnam
made his final major league appearance on 05/13/1911
Brooklyn
outfielder Hi Myers
made his final season appearance on 05/13/1911
Boston
(AL) infielder Billy
Purtell was injured (?) on 05/13/1911
Chicago
(AL) pitcher Irv Young
was injured (?) on 05/13/1911
Pittsburgh
pitcher Claude
Hendrix made his major league debut on 05/15/1911. Pittsburgh
signed Hendrix as a free agent, date unknown
Philadelphia
(AL) catcher Joe Lapp
returned to play on 05/15/1911 following his injury (?) of 04/28/1911
Cincinnati
pinch-runner Danny
Mahoney made his major league debut on 05/15/1911. Cincinnati pitcher George
McQuillan returned to play on 05/15/1911 following his suspension of
04/26/1911. Cincinnati pitcher Barney
Schreiber made his major league debut on 05/15/1911. Cincinnati catcher Hank
Severeid made his major league debut on 05/15/1911
Chicago
(AL) (H) 4 Philadelphia (AL) 3
The
A's started the day with a 1.5 game lead over the second-place White Sox and
Chicago came through with a late win to pull closer to the top of the
standings. After Philadelphia took a 3-2 lead in the top of the eighth right
fielder Ping Bodie lined a two-out double off the wall
to score two runs and Doc White
(4-1, 2.45) finished what he started.
Cleveland
(H) 5 New York (AL) 4
Cleveland
has been in a rough patch recently (4-6 record over their past ten games) but
they were able to get back on the winning track with a tough win at home over
New York. The Naps had to score two runs in the sixth, a run in the seventh,
and finally, a run in the eighth to get their first lead in the game, and Spec
Harkness (1-1, 3.14) was able to get the complete-game win.
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| Jimmy Austin |
The
Tigers were hoping to end a five-game losing streak and after falling behind
early they came back to take a 5-4 after the sixth, but couldn’t hold it and
the Red Sox came back for the late-inning win. Ray Collins
(2-2, 3.86) got the complete-game win.
St.
Louis (AL) (H) 6 Washington 1
The
Browns got their fourth win of the season behind the pitching of Barney
Pelty (1-1, 3.32) and the bat of third baseman Jimmy
Austin. Austin delighted the home fans by hitting back-to-back homeruns to
put the Browns ahead early and gave teammate Pelty a little breathing room.
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