Monday, May 22, 1911
Transactions:
Cleveland
pitcher Ben
Demott made his season debut on 05/23/1911
Washington
pitcher Walter
Johnson returned to the mound on 05/23/1911 following his injury (?) of
05/10/1911
Brooklyn
shortstop Bert
Tooley returned to play on 05/23/1911 following his injury (?) of
05/09/1911
Philadelphia
(AL) 4 Cleveland (H) 3
First
baseman and player-manager George
Stovall hit a two-out three-run double in the bottom of the first to get
the Naps the quick lead, but the A's responded with three of their own in the
top of the second to knot the score at 3-3, and then a pitcher's duel broke
out. Cy
Morgan (2-1, 3.78) eventually got the win over Fred
Blanding (3-2, 6.49) when a Harry Davis
sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth brought home the eventual game-winner.
Washington
7 Detroit (H) 3
Detroit's
home field woes continued as the Senators jumped off to a quick lead and Dixie
Walker (3-0, 3.48) did the rest. Washington left fielder Jack
Lelivelt went 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI's to continue his
hitting tear.
Boston
(AL) 10 St. Louis (AL) (H) 8 (10)Duffy Lewis
In
a battle of two teams that had a good week in Week Six, it was the Browns that
had a 6-4 lead after the third, but neither team could hold a lead and the game
eventually moved into extra innings. The Red Sox scored twice in the tenth, but
the Browns kept coming, only to fall short. Left fielder Duffy Lewis
and third baseman Clyde Engle
both had three RBI's for Boston.
St.
Louis (NL) 2 Boston (NL) (H) 0
The
Cardinals scored two unearned runs in the top of the fourth and Slim Sallee
(4-3, 2.05) only allowed two hits in the shutout victory. Cliff
Curtis (0-6, 5.26) was the hard-luck loser.
Cincinnati
4 Brooklyn (H) 1
In
their first meeting of the season, George
Suggs (2-3, 4.03) didn't allow a run until the eighth inning and went all
the way for the win. Reds center fielder Johnny
Bates had a two-run single in a three-run third for the big hit in this
game.
Pittsburgh
2 New York (NL) (H) 0
The
Pirates won three of their four games in New York with Babe Adams
(7-1, 2.08) scattering five hits and getting the shutout victory. Second
baseman Dots
Miller had both of the Pirates RBI's, the first coming on a homerun in the
second, the second RBI coming on a run-scoring double in the fourth.
Philadelphia
(NL) (H) 4 Chicago (NL) 3
The
highlight in this game was when Cubs right fielder Frank
"Wildfire" Schulte hit a two-run homerun in the top of the sixth
that tied the score at 3-3, only to see Sherry
Magee answer with a solo shot in the bottom half of the inning, sending the
Phillies fans into delirium. Pete
Alexander (8-0, 1.63) got the win over Ed Reulbach
(0-2. 5.15).
Tuesday,
May 23, 1911
Transactions:
Cincinnati
shortstop Jimmy
Esmond was injured (?) on 05/22/1911
Cleveland
first baseman Nap Lajoie
was injured (?) on 05/22/1901
New
York (AL) 3 Chicago (AL) (H) 1
Both
teams scored an unearned run in the second and that was it for scoring until
Highlander's first baseman John Knight
hit a solo homerun to give his team the 2-1 lead. New York added an insurance
run in the ninth and Russ Ford
(6-1, 1.16) came out on top of Ed Walsh
(4-3, 2.49).
Philadelphia
(AL) 11 Cleveland (H) 7
The
Athletics scored six times in the second and built an 11-0 lead after the
fifth, but had to hold off a Naps rally attempt to get the win. Cleveland's third
baseman Joe
Birmingham knocked a two-run homerun and a two-run triple to try and get his
team back into the game, but it just wasn't enough.
Note:
Cleveland was without both Joe Jackson
and Nap
Lajoie in the lineup today. Lajoie, having just returned from a two-week absence,
will miss the following six weeks.
Detroit
(H) 7 Washington 2
The
Tigers ended their five-game home losing streak with George
Mullin (6-4, 2.63) going all the way for the win, having only allowed two
unearned runs. Second baseman Jim
Delahanty went 3-for-5 with two runs, two RBI’s and a triple, that two-run
triple being the big hit of the Tigers four-run fifth.
St.
Louis (AL) (H) 7 Boston (AL) 3
The
Browns have played much better over the past ten days and today they took an
early lead, lost it, but then came back to win going away. Joe Lake
(2-5, 5.52) got the win and leadoff hitter Burt
Shotton led the offense with a 4-for-5 day that included a run and two
RBI's.
Chicago
(NL) 16 Boston (NL) (H) 6
It
was a tight back-and-forth game until the Cubs scored nine runs in the top of
the ninth. Every starter in the Cubs lineup had a hit and Lew Richie
(7-1, 2.58) improved his record with the suddenly easy win.
Pittsburgh
4 Brooklyn (H) 0
The
Pittsburgh express rolls as with Howie
Camnitz (4-1, 1.12) threw a two-hit shutout in Brooklyn. The Pirates only
had six hits, but one of them was a first-inning two-out three-run homerun from
second baseman Dots Miller.
New
York (NL) (H) 15 Cincinnati 2
The
Reds scored first with one in the top of the first, but the Giants led 6-1
after the third, and then they added a seven-run sixth to blow this one open.
Seven Giants players have two or more hits, including Christy
Mathewson (6-3, 2.89) who went 3-for-4 with three RBI's on the day. The
Reds committed five errors and were often their own worst enemy.
St.
Louis (NL) 3 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 0
The
Phillies could only manage two hits against Bob Harmon
(3-5, 2.17) as the Cardinals blew open a scoreless tie when they plated three
runs in the top of the seventh.
Wednesday,
May 24, 1911
Transactions:
Philadelphia
(NL) outfielder John Titus
was injured (broken leg) on 05/23/1911. Philadelphia (NL) pitcher Fred Beebe
was injured (?) 05/23/1911. Philadelphia (NL) pitcher Ad Brennan made his
season finale on 05/23/1911.
Boston
(NL) outfielder Josh
Clarke made his final major league appearance on 05/23/1911. Boston (NL)
traded Art Butler and Clarke to
St Paul (American Association) for Harry
Steinfeldt on 05/25/1911
St.
Louis (AL) pitcher Jeff
Pfeffer made his final season appearance on 04/27/1911
Cleveland
pitcher Earl
Yingling made his final season appearance (as a center fielder) on
05/23/1911
Boston
(AL) pitcher Marty
McHale made his season debut on 05/25/1911
Chicago
(AL) (H) 3 New York (AL) 2
The
White Sox have been treading water for the past few weeks and were hoping to
get up a head of steam and with a win today they are hoping they are on their
way. A run-scoring triple off the bat of shortstop Roy Corhan
was the big hit in a two-run third that put Chicago ahead to stay.
Philadelphia
(AL) 17 Cleveland (H) 2
The
A's scored eleven runs in the top of the first and cruised to the easy win. Jack Coombs
(9-1, 1.90) only allowed four hits to the Joe Jackson-less
Naps and got the win.
Detroit
(H) 5 Washington 1Ralph Works
Detroit's
pitching has been struggling recently and the Tigers are hoping a nice game
from Payson IL native Ralph Works
(1-5, 4.74) is a sign of good things to come. Works only allowed five hits and
the run that scored was unearned.
Note:
BBR
has Davy
Jones starting in left field for Detroit while ATMgr shows Delos Drake.
Boston
(AL) 4 St. Louis (AL) (H) 0
Browns
starter Barney
Pelty (2-3, 3.26) only had one bad inning when the Red Sox scored four
times in the third, but that was all Smoky Joe
Wood (7-1, 1.69) needed as Wood took home the shutout victory. Boston's Tris
Speaker made a pinch-hit appearance, his first appearance in over a week
Chicago
(NL) 6 Boston (NL) (H) 2
The
Cubs scored four times in the third inning and Harry
McIntire (3-2, 3.86) did the rest. The big hit in the fateful third was a
two-run double from left fielder Frank
Schulte. Boston didn't get on the board until Harry
Spratt hit a two-out pinch-hit homerun in the bottom of the ninth. Boston
has now lost eleven consecutive games.
Brooklyn
(H) 7 Pittsburgh 4
Pittsburgh
hurler Kirby
White (0-1, 20.25) was given a chance to start a game and the Dodgers
jumped on him for six runs in less than two innings in a very unkind welcome. Bill
Schardt (2-2, 4.62) welcomed the early lead and went all the way for the
win.
New
York (NL) (H) 11 Cincinnati 1
The
Giants broke open a 1-1 tie with an eight-run sixth with the big hit being a
three-run double off the bat of first baseman Fred Merkle.
Rube
Marquard (3-0, 2.53) walked eight Reds but pitched out of jams all day to
get the win.
Philadelphia
(NL) (H) 7 St. Louis (NL) 0
Phillies
starter Earl
Moore (3-7, 4.95) walked three consecutive batters in the ninth but got out
of the inning unscathed to protect his two-hit shutout victory over the
Cardinals.
Thursday,
May 25, 1911
Transactions:
Boston
(NL) infielder Art Butler
made his final season appearance on 05/24/1911. Boston (NL) traded Butler
and Josh Clarke
to St Paul (American Association) on 05/25/1911 in return for Harry
Steinfeldt. Boston (NL) acquired third baseman Harry
Steinfeldt (team debut 05/25/1911) from St Paul (American Association)
05/25/1911 in return for Art Butler and Josh
Clarke
Cleveland
pitcher Ben
Demott made his final major league appearance on 05/24/1911
St.
Louis (AL) returned first baseman Hap Myers
(team finale 05/24/1911) on 05/25/1911 to Boston (AL)
Pittsburgh
pitcher Kirby
White made his final major league appearance on 05/24/1911
Chicago
(AL) (H) 7 New York (AL) 4
The
White Sox had the early lead only to fall behind in mid-game, but then Chicago
put forth a four-run seventh and took the win from there. Ed Walsh
not only locked down the final two innings for Chicago but also got the
pinch-hit single that started off the fireworks in the fateful seventh.
Philadelphia
(AL) 4 Cleveland (H) 3
Still
without Joe
Jackson in the lineup, the Naps fought back to tie the score at 3-3 with a
two-run sixth. The A's showed why they are the best in the AL by coming back
with a single run in the top of the eighth to regain the lead. Cy Morgan
(3-1, 3.61) got the victory but had to pitch out of a bases-loaded one-out
situation in the bottom of the ninth to secure the win.
Washington
3 Detroit (H) 2
Sloppy
defense by the Tigers allowed the Senators to build an early 3-0 lead and with Walter
Johnson (6-1, 1.41) making his first start in three weeks Detroit could
only make it close in the end.
St.
Louis (AL) (H) 7 Boston (AL) 5
A
back-and-forth game as both teams hit two homeruns, the last of which was a
two-run homerun by Jim Murray
(#5) in the bottom of the eighth that put the Browns ahead to stay.
Note:
BBR
has Murray playing right field for St. Louis but ATMgr has Paul Meloan.
Brooklyn
(H) 9 Pittsburgh 2
In
a battle of aces Nap Rucker
(7-0, 1.52) outdueled Lefty
Leifield (6-2, 3.34) by the benefit of a six-run Brooklyn third inning. The
big hit was a two-out three-run homerun by Dodgers third baseman Eddie
Zimmerman that put the game out of reach.
New
York (NL) (H) 9 Cincinnati 8
In
a real barnburner of a game, it was the Reds who got the early lead with three
runs in the first and then three more in the third. Then it was the Giants' turn
as their powerful offense kicked it into gear, swatting three homeruns to get
back into the game and eventually tie the score at 7-7 after the eighth. The
hero for New York was pitcher Doc
Crandall (4-1, 3.61) who got the win in long relief but also hit a triple
to help spur on the comeback to make it close, and then he hit a solo homerun
that tied the score.
Note:
With this game, Cincinnati became the final team to reach the thirty games
played mark.
Philadelphia
(NL) (H) 8 St. Louis (NL) 6
The
Cardinals scored three times in the first and then three more times in the
third, but the Phillies roared back for the come-from-behind win. Jack Rowan
(3-3, 4.80) came in for the battered Pete
Alexander and pitched three-plus shutout innings and he was followed by George
Chalmers who ended the game with three perfect innings.
Friday,
May 26, 1911
Transactions:
Philadelphia
(AL) pitcher Chief
Bender was injured (?) on 05/25/1911
St.
Louis (AL) pitcher Lefty
George was injured (?) on 05/25/1911. St. Louis (AL) outfielder Danny
Hoffman made his final major league appearance on 05/25/1911. St. Louis
(AL) first baseman Dave Rowan
made his major league debut on 05/27/1911
Detroit
first baseman Jack Ness
made his final season appearance on 05/25/1911. Detroit
traded Ness and $2,500 to New Bedford (New England) on 06/15/1911
for infielder Paddy
Baumann
Brooklyn
pitcher Pat
Ragan was injured (?) on 05/25/1911
Detroit
catcher Boss
Schmidt was injured (?) on 05/25/1911
St.
Louis (NL) pitcher Rube Geyer
returned to the mound on 05/27/1911 following his injury of 05/11/1911
Washington
catcher Gabby
Street returned to play on 05/27/1911 following his injury (?) of
05/03/1911
Note:
Effective at the completion of yesterday's games it was time to travel as the
AL East teams left the Midwest to return to the east coast while in the NL it
was the Midwest teams leaving the east coast to return to their home climes.
Brooklyn
12 Boston (NL) (H) 0
Brooklyn
extended Boston's losing streak to twelve games today as Cy Barger
(7-2, 3.30) limited the Rustlers to only three hits on his way to the shutout
victory. Dodgers Backup catcher Tex Erwin
surprised everyone with a late-inning three-run homerun top put the game out of
reach.
New
York (NL) (H) 7 Philadelphia (NL) 6
Bugs
Raymond and the Giants were cruising with a 6-1 lead after the sixth when
Raymond suddenly couldn’t get anyone out in the seventh, opening the door for
the Phillies to score five times and tie the score at 6-6. Christy
Mathewson (7-3, 2.78) got out of the inning without any more damage and
then picked up the win when third baseman Art Devlin
singled home the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth.
Pittsburgh
(H) 8 Cincinnati 3
The
Pirates put an end to their brief two-game losing streak but had to come back
to do so, scoring three runs in both the eighth and ninth innings to turn a
tight game into an easy win. Babe Adams
(8-1, 2.22) got the win.
Saturday,
May 27, 1911
Transactions:
Washington
first baseman Jack
Somerlott made his final major league appearance on 05/25/1911
Cleveland
2 Chicago (AL) (H) 1
Cleveland
welcomed back Joe Jackson
to the lineup today but today's game turned out to be a pitcher's duel as Hi West
(2-2, 5.82) threw his best game of the season and defeated Frank Lange
(5-3, 4.09). West also scored the first run of the game in the Naps two-run
sixth.
Detroit
(H) 13 St. Louis (AL) 3
Detroit
starter Ed
Lafitte (4-2, 3.38) gave up eleven hits and walked four, but only gave up
three runs as the Browns just couldn’t get a key hit when they really needed
it. The Tigers got off to a fast start with a five-run first, the big hit being
a three-run homerun from third baseman George
Moriarty.
New
York (AL) 5 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 0 (GM 1)
In
the second doubleheader of the season, the Highlanders got the game one win
behind the pitching of Ray
Caldwell (3-3, 3.35). Caldwell held the powerful A's lineup to only five
hits on the day and got the complete-game shutout.
New
York (AL) 5 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 4 (GM 2)Russ Ford
The
Highlanders completed their doubleheader sweep in Philadelphia by getting ahead
early and then relying on the pitching of Russ Ford
(7-1, 1.51) to get them to the finish line. The A's took the opportunity to run
in some replacements to give some of the starters some rest, and it was those
replacements who staged a minor comeback to make it close in the end.
Boston
(AL) 8 Washington (H) 1
Ray Collins
(4-2, 3.04) took a no-hitter into the ninth but lost it when Washington catcher
Gabby
Street led off the inning with a single. Collins soon lost the shutout as
well, but the outcome of the game had long been determined by that point.
Boston
(NL) (H) 7 Brooklyn 4
Brooklyn
pitcher Cy
Barger got the start at first base for the Dodgers today and even though
his box score showed him going 0-for-4 at the plate, he reached base twice on
errors, the second of which brought in two runs to temporarily give Brooklyn a
4-3 lead in the fifth. Boston pitcher Buster
Brown (2-6, 6.06), in a hole because of his leaky defense, held the
visitors to only three hits and when the Rustlers came back with three runs in
the eighth Brown was able to close the game out and get the win and end
Boston's twelve-game losing streak.
New
York (NL) (H) 6 Philadelphia (NL) 2
The
Giants scored three times in the second and led 6-1 by the end of the fifth,
and then they let Christy
Mathewson (8-3, 2.69) do the rest.
Pittsburgh
(H) 3 Cincinnati 2
Howie
Camnitz (5-1, 1.10) didn't have his best game - he walked seven - but he kept
Cincinnati off the scoreboard when he needed to and picked up the win.
Pittsburgh didn’t do much themselves, but they did string their hits together
in a three-run second and maintained their slim two-game lead in the NL.
St.
Louis (NL) (H) 4 Chicago (NL) 3
A
close one as St. Louis led 4-0 after the sixth and then had to hold on for the
4-3 victory. Slim Sallee
(5-3, 2.07) got the win with help from Rube Geyer
to close it out.
Sunday,
May 28, 1911
Transactions:
New
York (AL) outfielder Bill L.
Bailey made his final major league appearance on 05/27/1911. New York (AL)
second baseman Earle Gardner
had a death in the family on 05/27/1911
Chicago
(NL) first baseman Frank
Chance was injured (?) on 05/27/1911
Philadelphia
(AL) catcher Paddy
Livingston was injured (?) on 05/27/1911
St.
Louis (NL) infielder Otto McIvor
was injured (?) on 05/27/1911
St.
Louis (AL) catcher Jim
Stephens was injured (?) on 05/27/1911
Boston
(NL) pitcher Lefty Tyler
was injured (?) on 05/27/1911
Cleveland
pitcher Hi
West was injured (?) on 05/27/1911
Detroit
(H) 9 St. Louis (AL) 7
The
Browns had a 5-1 lead after the top of the fourth, but then their pitching
imploded and Detroit roared back for the decisive win. Jim
Delahanty, now playing first base for the Tigers, had a 3-for-4 day at the
plate with three runs scored, an RBI, and a triple to spark the offense.
Cleveland 5 Chicago (H) (AL) 5 (Tie Game)
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Pittsburgh
5 Cincinnati (H) 3
After
their game in Pittsburgh yesterday these two teams jumped a train and headed
down the river to get a Sunday game played in Cincinnati. The Pirates scored
twice in the first to take a quick lead but then had to score three times in
the ninth to get that lead back and hold on for the win. Second baseman Bill
McKechnie hit a two-run double in the ninth that gave the Pirates the lead
they needed.
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