Monday, September 4, 1911
Transactions:
Brooklyn
third baseman Red Smith
made his major league debut on 09/05/1911
Note:
It's Labor Day, so every team will be playing two games today.
Boston
(AL) (H) 8 New York (AL) 2 (GM 1)
The
Red Sox got off to a fast start and ran away with a Game One win as Smoky Joe
Wood (19-11, 2.34) held the visiting Highlanders to only four hits, plus
Wood hit a two-run homerun. Catcher Bill
Carrigan drove in three runs to support his battery mate.
Boston
(AL) (H) 4 New York (AL) 3 (GM 2)
It
was New York's opportunity to get off to a fast start and they led 3-0 after
the top of the fourth, but they couldn't add on from there and New York slowly
came back and finally added two runs in the eighth to tie the score at 3-3. In
the bottom of the ninth Tris
Speaker singled, stole second, and then scored when backup catcher Rip
Williams singled up the middle.
Cleveland
(H) 3 Chicago (AL) 1 (GM 1)
Cy
Falkenberg (8-6, 3.66) and Gene Krapp
held the White Sox to only three hits and the Naps did just enough to grab the
Game One win. Joe Jackson
added two more doubles to give him 59 for the season.
Chicago
(AL) 12 Cleveland (H) 1 (GM 2)
The
White Sox led 7-0 after the third inning as they knocked Naps ace Vean Gregg
(16-11, 2.49) out of the game and then they piled on from there. Fred
Olmstead (5-5, 6.61) went all the way for the win. Joe Jackson
picked up two more doubles and now has 61 for the season.
Philadelphia
(AL) (H) 14 Washington 5 (GM 1)
Frank Baker
hit a three-run homerun in the bottom of the first and the A's never looked
back, building a 13-1 lead after the completion of the fifth inning. Jack Coombs
(27-5, 2.43) got then win and went 4-for-5 on the day while Dolly Gray
(2-14, 9.00) took one for the team as the Senators bullpen is rather thin these
days.
Washington
8 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 3 (GM 2)
Washington
built an early 3-1 lead and then scored four times in the top of the fifth to
blow this one open. Dixie
Walker (10-8, 4.06) got the win with some late innings help from Walter
Johnson.
Detroit
3 St. Louis (AL) (H) 2 (GM 1)
The
game was scoreless through five and then the Tigers took a 2-0 lead, only to
see the Browns come back and tie the score at 2-2 with two runs in the bottom
of the seventh. The Tigers then came back with one in the ninth (unearned) and Ralph Works
(5-8, 3.78) held on for the Game One win.
St.
Louis (AL) (H) 6 Detroit 3 (GM 2)
The
Browns scored twice in the first, the Tigers came back to tie, but then St.
Louis ran way with the Game Two win late. Joe Lake
(10-13, 4.10) held off the Tigers and claimed the victory.
Philadelphia
(NL) 5 Brooklyn (H) 1 (GM 1)
The
Phillies scored three runs in the top of the first and that was all Pete
Alexander (24-9, 2.77) needed to get the Game One win.
Brooklyn
(H) 7 Philadelphia (NL) 1 (GM 2)
It
was the Dodgers' turn to take an early lead and Nap Rucker
(18-5, 2.16) shut down the potent Phillies attack on only four hits to get the
doubleheader split.
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| Jimmy Sheckard |
St.
Louis began their third doubleheader in three days and their second in a row
versus Chicago and it was the Cubs who took advantage as Jimmy
Sheckard and Frank
Schulte both hit first inning homeruns to help build an early lead. Charlie
Smith (2-1, 0.67) had a second strong start for Chicago and got the win.
Chicago
(NL) (H) 5 St. Louis (NL) 2 (GM 2)
Right
fielder Frank
Schulte hit his second homerun of the day, a three-run shot in the bottom
of the fifth, to give the Cubs a lead they would not relinquish and Ed Reulbach
(10-9, 3.10) finished what he started for the doubleheader sweep.
Boston
(NL) 5 New York (NL) (H) 4 (GM 1)
Three
Giants errors led to four unearned runs for the visiting Rustlers and Lefty Tyler
(7-8, 6.11) held off a ninth-inning rally to get the win in Game One.
New
York (NL) (H) 7 Boston (NL) 2 (GM 2)
The
Giants got in the win column as a two-run triple by right fielder Red Murray
sparked a three-run inning and Rube Marquard
(16-7, 2.02) went all the way for the doubleheader split.
Cincinnati
2 Pittsburgh (H) 1 (GM 1)
The
game was scoreless until both teams scored a single run in the seventh, and
then in the eighth left fielder Bob Bescher
led off with a double, stole third, and was then squeezed home by center
fielder Johnny
Bates to give the Reds the lead again. Bobby Keefe
(12-9, 3.09) kept the Pirates bats quiet after that and got the win.
Pittsburgh
(H) 4 Cincinnati 0 (GM 2)
The
Pirates got on the scoreboard with a run in the sixth and then they added
insurance runs after that to allow Lefty
Leifield (21-8, 2.93) to go all the way for the five-hit shutout and the
doubleheader split.
Tuesday,
September 5, 1911
Transactions:
Chicago
(AL) pitcher Jesse Baker
made his final major league appearance on 09/04/1911. Chicago (AL) pitcher Fred
Olmstead made his final major league appearance on 09/04/1911. Chicago (AL)
catcher Fred
Payne made his final major league appearance on 09/04/1911. Chicago (AL)
pitcher George
Mogridge made his final season appearance on 09/04/1911
Detroit
infielder Paddy
Baumann was injured (?) on 09/04/1911. Detroit pitcher Wiley
Taylor made his major league debut on 09/06/1911. Detroit
purchased Taylor from Austin (Texas), date unknown
Boston
(AL) catcher Bill
Carrigan made his final season appearance on 09/04/1911. Boston (AL)
pitcher Ed
Karger made his final major league appearance on 09/04/1911. Boston (AL)
pitcher Judge
Nagle made his final major league appearance on 09/04/1911
Washington
second baseman Bill
Cunningham was injured (?) on 09/04/1911. Washington pitcher Dolly Gray was
injured (?) on 09/04/1911
Cleveland
pitcher Vean
Gregg made his final season appearance on 09/04/1911
St.
Louis (NL) pitcher Jack
McAdams made his final major league appearance on 09/04/1911
St.
Louis (AL) pitcher Jack Powell
made his final season appearance on 09/04/1911. St. Louis (AL) outfielder Pete
Compton made his major league debut on 09/06/1911. St. Louis (AL)
had purchased Compton from Battle Creek (Southern Michigan) on
08/04/1911. St. Louis (AL) first baseman Joe Kutina
made his major league debut on 09/06/1911
Philadelphia
(NL) outfielder Roy Thomas
made his final major league appearance on 09/04/1911
Brooklyn
third baseman Eddie
Zimmerman made his final major league appearance on 09/04/1911
New
York (AL) pitcher Red Hoff
made his major league debut on 09/06/1911
Boston
(AL) (H)10 New York (AL) 6
The
Red Sox led 10-2 at the end of the fourth as Tris
Speaker had a two-run triple in the first and then a two-run double in the
second to help power Boston to their early lead. Blaine
Thomas (1-0, 9.00) got the win.
Philadelphia
(AL) (H) 6 Washington 0
Harry
Krause (12-5, 2.96) scattered five hits and shutout the Senators for the
win. The A's had fourteen hits on the day but had trouble scoring runs until
they broke through for three runs in the eighth to salt this one away.
Philadelphia
(NL) 6 Brooklyn (H) 0
Cliff
Curtis (2-12, 6.23) had had a pretty rough season so far but he had the
good stuff today and he scattered four hits to get the win in Brooklyn. The
Dodgers committed five errors in the game which gave the Phillies repeated
opportunities to add to their lead.
Chicago
(NL) (H) 3 St. Louis (NL) 2
The
Cubs led 3-0 after the fifth and Mordecai
Brown (17-13, 2.56) held off a late Cardinals rally to pick up the win.
Wednesday,
September 6, 1911
Transactions:
Brooklyn
pitcher Sandy
Burk made his final season appearance on 09/05/1911
Boston
(AL) pitcher Blaine
Thomas made his final major league appearance on 09/05/1911
St.
Louis (AL) pitcher Ed Hawk
made his major league debut on 09/07/1911
Boston
(NL) pitcher Big Jeff
Pfeffer returned to play on 09/07/1911 following his injury (?) of 08/19/1911
Detroit
(H) 10 St. Louis (AL) 9 (10) (GM 1)
Quite
a game as the Browns scored six times in the fifth to take a 7-2 lead, but they
couldn’t hold it as the Tigers eventually scored three times in the eighth to
tie the score at 7-7. And then things got interesting. In the top of the ninth
right fielder Pete
Compton singled, stole second, and then scored on first baseman's Joe
Kutina's triple (both players making their Major League debut in this
game), but Detroit tied the score at 8-8 with a run in the bottom of the ninth. Again, the Browns took the lead
with a run in the top of the tenth, but again the Tigers came back, this time
with two, to grab the win.
St.
Louis (AL) 12 Detroit (H) 3 (GM 2) (Grand Slam!)
First
baseman Joe
Kutina had quite the day. He hit the second triple of the day to put the
Browns up early and then he added a grand slam homerun in the sixth to
effectively put the game out of reach. Lefty
George (4-7, 5.38) went all the way for the Game Two win.
New
York (AL) (H) 9 Washington 3
A
four-run first put the Highlanders up early and then they held on from there. Ray Fisher
(7-12, 3.39) got the win even though three New York errors made all the runs
he allowed to be unearned.
Philadelphia
(AL) (H) 4 Boston (AL) 3 (12) (GM 1)
The
Red Sox scored two runs in the first on a two-out two-run triple from first
baseman Clyde
Engle, and they soon led 3-0 after the top of the fifth. They couldn’t add
on from there though and the A's soon climbed back into it, finally tying the
game at 3-3 in the bottom of the eighth. Chief
Bender (17-3, 1.51) finally got the win over Eddie
Cicotte (13-7, 2.30) when right fielder Danny
Murphy singled home center fielder Amos Strunk
with two in the bottom of the twelfth.
Philadelphia
(AL) (H) 2 Boston(AL) 1 (GM 2)
Both
teams scored a run in the first and then in the bottom of the fifth A's catcher
Jack Lapp
surprised everyone with a long solo homerun to put Philadelphia ahead for good.
Eddie Plank
(18-7, 2.65) scattered four hits and got the victory over Ray Collins
(10-9, 2.79).
Note:
With this doubleheader sweep the A's reduced their magic number from eleven to
seven.
Philadelphia
(NL) 4 Brooklyn (H) 2
The
Dodgers scored twice in the first but that was all Eddie Stack
(2-5, 4.19) would give up today. The Phillies scored four times in the fourth
for their only runs, marring an otherwise sparkling outing by Bill
Schardt (8-13, 4.31).
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| Ed Konechty |
In
the top of the thirteenth First baseman Ed Konetchy
broke up the scoreless games when he slammed a mighty homerun. Bill Steele
(16-12, 3.67) went all the way for the win over Lew Richie
(14-9, 2.50).
Pittsburgh
(H) 4 Cincinnati 4 (GM 1)
A
two-run double from first baseman Bill
McKechnie in the bottom of the eighth effectively put the game out of reach
as Marty
O'Toole (2-0, 4.15) held the Reds to four hits and went all the way for the
Game One shutout.
Pittsburgh
(H) 4 Cincinnati 3 (16) (GM 2)
The
Reds were nursing a late 3-0 lead but the Pirates scored two unearned runs in
the eighth and then tied the score at 3-3 with a run in the ninth, so it was
off to extra-innings. Neither team did much but in the bottom of the sixteenth Max Carey
led off with a single, stole second, and was then promptly singled home on a
single by right fielder Vin
Campbell. Lefty
Leifield (22-8, 2.84) threw eight innings of relief to get the win, only allowing
three hits.
Note:
Even with Honus
Wagner and Chief
Wilson on the bench the Pirates still came through, cutting their magic
number to 19. The Pirates did leave seventeen runners on base though without
the two NL RBI leaders in the game.
Thursday,
September 7, 1911
Transactions:
New
York (AL) outfielder Justin
Fitzgerald made his final season appearance on 09/06/1911. New York (AL)
outfielder Mike
Handiboe made his major league debut on 09/08/1911
Pittsburgh
first baseman Newt Hunter
made his final major league appearance on 09/06/1911
Philadelphia
(NL) catcher Red Kleinow
made his final major league appearance on 09/06/1911
Chicago
(AL) infielder Marty
Berghammer made his major league debut on 09/08/1911
St.
Louis (AL) pitcher Curly Brown
made his major league debut on 09/08/1911
Washington
pitcher Tom
Hughes returned to the mound on 09/08/1911 following his injury (?) of
08/22/1911
Philadelphia
(AL) catcher Paddy
Livingston returned to play on 09/08/1911 following his injury (?) of
08/10/1911
Detroit
pitcher Clarence
Mitchell returned to the mound on 09/08/1911 following his injury (?) of
07/26/1911
Cleveland
(H) 12 St. Louis (AL) 7
Cleveland
led 3-1 after the second, only to see the Browns score four times in the top of
the third and take a 5-3 lead. That lead didn’t last long as the Naps
overpowered the St. Louis pitchers for the easy win. Gene Krapp
(7-12, 3.17) had a rough start and a rough end, but got through the middle and
held on for the win.
Philadelphia
(AL) (H) 11 Boston (AL) 4
Boston
starter Larry
Pape (10-10, 3.84) got two quick outs in the first but then five runs later
he still hadn't gotten a third out so it was an early shower for Mr. Pape. The
Red Sox did score three runs in the third to get the score back to 5-4, but the
A's would not be stopped today. Jack Coombs
(28-5, 2.48) not only went all the way for the win but his two-out two-run
triple in the bottom of the fourth helped blow this game wide open.
Note:
BBR
shows Larry
Gardner at second base and Walter
Lonergan at third base for Boston but ATMgr has them reversed.
Washington
(H) 3 New York (AL) 1
First
baseman Germany
Schaefer and second baseman Kid
Elberfeld both had run-scoring singles in the bottom of the sixth to get Walter
Johnson (26-5, 21.80) the lead he needed to pick up the win.
Philadelphia
(NL) 8 Boston (NL) (H) 0 (GM 1)
The
Phillies led 2-0 after the second but then a five-run fifth put the game away. George
Chalmer (12-5, 2.57) shut out the Rustlers for the Game One win.
Philadelphia
(NL) 9 Boston (NL) (H) 2 (GM 2)
In
a battle of future Hall-of-Famers, Pete
Alexander (25-9, 2.75) got the win over Cy Young
(6-5, 2.94). Boston had the early 2-0 lead but then the Phillies scored four
times in the fifth and then when they started to do it again in the sixth Young
was sent to the bench.
Cincinnati
10 Chicago (NL) (H) 2 (GM 1)
The
Reds got off to a fast start with three runs in the top of the first and after
that sloppy Cubs defense led to additional scoring opportunities and the
visitors were able to take advantage, Harry
Gaspar (14-15, 3.79) got the win over Ed Reulbach
(10-10, 3.08), although only two of the eight runs Reulbach allowed were
earned.
Cincinnati
5 Chicago (NL) (H) 4 (11) (GM 2)
The
Cubs scored first with two in the second, but the Reds soon regained the lead
and were ahead 4-2 after the top of the seventh. Chicago scored once in the
seventh to make it close and then tied the score at 4-4 in the ninth, sending
the game in extras. Both teams had a runner thrown out trying to score in
extra innings, but catcher Larry
McLean finally came through with a run-scoring single in the top of the
eleventh.
New
York (NL) (H) 4 Brooklyn 3 (11)
With
the score tied 1-1, the game went into extra-innings, the Dodgers scoring first
with two runs in the top of the eleventh to take a 3-1 lead. The Giants' offense
suddenly came awake with five hits in the bottom of the inning to score three
runs and snatch away the victory for Christy
Mathewson (25-10, 2.73).
St.
Louis (NL) (H) 8 Pittsburgh 7 (11) (Grand Slam!)
The
Cardinals took a 5-3 lead when shortstop Wally Smith
hit an unexpected grand slam homerun in the bottom of the third, but the
Pirates never gave up, coming back to tie the score and sending the game into
extra innings. Claude
Hendrix (2-5, 6.59) eventually took the loss when St. Louis scored the game-winner in the bottom of the eleventh, but he helped spur his team’s comeback by
hitting two solo homeruns.
Friday,
September 8, 1911
Transactions:
St.
Louis (AL) shortstop Bobby
Wallace was injured (?) on 09/07/1911. St. Louis (AL) pitcher George
Curry made his final major league appearance on 09/07/1911
Brooklyn
outfielder Al Humphrey
made his final major league appearance on 09/07/1911
Boston
(NL) first baseman Fred Tenney
was injured (?) on 08/26/1911. Boston (NL) pitcher Fuller
Thompson made his final major league appearance on 09/07/1911
Chicago
(NL) pitcher Larry
Cheney made his major league debut on 09/09/1911. Chicago (NL) purchased
Cheney from Louisville (American Association), date unknown
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| Buck O'Brien |
Boston
(AL) pitcher Buck
O'Brien made his major league debut on 09/09/1911
St.
Louis (NL) pitcher Jack Reis
made his major league debut on 09/09/1911
Cleveland
(H) 7 St. Louis (AL) 2
The
Naps didn’t have any big innings, but they just kept adding runs, allowing Willie
Mitchell (7-10, 4.37) to pick up the easy win. Joe Jackson
(.480) scored three runs and hit double #62.
Detroit
(H) 3 Chicago (AL) 2
Both
teams could only muster six hits but the Tigers did manage to score single runs
in three different innings to get the win. Ed Summers
(8-9, 4.19) came out on top over Ed Walsh
(17-14, 2.24) in a close one.
Boston
(AL) 3 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 1
Both
teams scored single runs in the second inning, but then Steve Yerkes hit a
two-run single in the top of the third to put the Red ox ahead. Smoky Joe
Wood (20-11, 2.28) came in for long relief when starter Jack
Killilay came up lame and got the win.
New
York (AL) 6 Washington (H) 2
A
two-run homerun by third baseman Roy
Hartzell as part of a three-run third was the big hit in this game and Ray
Caldwell (12-10, 3.85) kept the Senators scoreless until the ninth to pick
up the road win.
Cincinnati
5 Chicago (NL) (H) 2 (11)
The
Cubs scored single runs in each of the first two innings but after that, they
were at the mercy of the Reds pitchers, while Cincinnati slowly came back to
tie the score at 2-2, and the game eventually moved into extra-innings. The
Reds finally broke through with three runs (all unearned) in the top of the
eleventh and Bobby Keefe
(13-10, 2.89) picked up the win in relief.
New
York (NL) (H) 2 Brooklyn 1
Rube
Marquard (17-7, 1.98) struck out twelve on his way to the complete-game
victory at home versus Brooklyn. Nap Rucker
(18-6, 2.16) took the loss when New York scored the game-winner in the bottom
of the eighth on a sacrifice fly off the bat of first baseman Fred Merkle.
Saturday,
September 9, 1911
Transactions:
Detroit
outfielder Davy Jones
made his final season appearance on 09/08/1911. Detroit pitcher Ed Lafitte
was injured (?) on 09/08/1911. Detroit infielder Chick
Lathers was injured (?) on 09/08/1911. Detroit pitcher Clarence
Mitchell made his final season appearance on 09/08/1911
Pittsburgh
pitcher Harry
Gardner returned to play on 09/10/1911 following his injury (?) of
07/26/1911
Cleveland
(H) 13 St. Louis (AL) 3
The
Naps got off to a fast start with three runs in the first, but then they
exploded for ten runs in the fourth to put this one away. The Browns committed
four errors in the game, so only four of those thirteen runs were earned. First
baseman Nap
Lajoie had a 4-for-5 day and is currently hitting .422 for the season.
Chicago
(AL) 6 Detroit (H) 1
The
White Sox scored twice in the first on a two-run homerun by center fielder Ping Bodie
and then they slowly added on from there, allowing Jim Scott
(11-10, 2.16) to ease his way home for the victory.
Boston
(AL) 1 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 0
The
A's ran into a buzzsaw today as Buck
O'Brien (1-0, 0.00), in his major league debut, threw a six-hit shutout for
the 1-0 win. Eddie Plank
(18-8, 2.61) allowed his one run in the top of the first, and that was it for
the scoring in this game.
New
York (AL) 5 Washington (H) 3
New
York took the early lead, fell behind, rallied to tie, and then scored again to
take the lead and Russ Ford
(20-7, 1.88) kept the Senators off the scoreboard after that.
Chicago
(NL) (H) 7 Cincinnati 4
The
Reds had several opportunities to get their fourth consecutive win but four
errors on the day gave the hometown Cubs repeated opportunities and they were
able to take advantage. Backup second base Dave Shean
drove in three runs to power the Chicago offense.
Brooklyn
4 New York (NL (H) 4 (Tie Game)
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St.
Louis (NL) (H) 10 Pittsburgh 9 (GM 1)
The
Cardinals led early but then Pirates rebounded to take a 9-4 lead into the
bottom of the ninth inning and then, all of a sudden, the St. Louis bats came
alive as they scored six times to grab the Game One win. Second baseman Miller
Huggins blooped a base hit to drive home the game-winning run and make a
winner of Bill
Steele (18-12).
St.
Louis (NL) (H) 2 Pittsburgh 1 (GM 2)
Gene
Woodburn (1-2, 3.27) struck out eleven Pirates and didn’t allow a run until
two outs in the ninth inning, but quickly regained his cool and got the third
out for the complete-game win. First baseman Ed Konetchy
had a two-run single in the bottom of the seventh and that was all the runs
Woodburn would need today.
Sunday,
September 10, 1911
Transactions:
Chicago
(AL) infielder Marty
Berghammer made his final season appearance on 09/09/1911
St.
Louis (NL) player/manager Roger
Bresnahan was injured (?) on 09/09/1911
St.
Louis (AL) pitcher Walter
Moser made his final major league appearance on 09/09/1911. St. Louis (AL)
catcher Clyde
Southwick made his final major league appearance on 09/09/1911
Cincinnati
pitcher Ray
Boyd made his season debut on 09/11/1911
Chicago
(NL) purchased first baseman Kitty
Bransfield (team debut 09/11/1911) on 09/10/1911 from Philadelphia
(NL)
Boston
(AL) acquired pitcher Jack
Bushelman (team debut 09/11/1911) and Arthur McCrone (DNP) from New
Bedford (New England) for $5,000, date unknown
New
York (AL) outfielder Birdie Cree
returned to play on 09/11/1911 following his injury (?) of 08/25/1911. New York
(AL) outfielder Guy Zinn
made his major league debut on 09/11/1911
Washington
outfielder Tom
Long made his major league debut on 09/11/1911
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| Doc White |
Doc White
(15-11, 3.42) scattered six hits and shutout the Browns. Chicago didn’t do much
as Lefty
George (4-8, 5.23) pitched well for St. Louis, but the Browns woes
continue.
Detroit
(H) 4 Cleveland 3
The
Naps scored a run in the top of the ninth to knot the score at 3-3, but in the
bottom of the inning Fred
Blanding (9-8, 4.68) muffed an infield grounder to allow Ty Cobb
to reach third base and then Cobb was promptly singled home by second baseman Jim
Delahanty. Bill
Donovan (7-9, 4.410 went all the way for the win.
Chicago
(NL) (H) 7 Cincinnati 2
The
Cubs scored two in the first and then added three more in the third to provide Lew Richie
(15-9, 2.45) with more than enough support as Richie scattered six hits and
kept Cincinnati off the scoreboard until the top of the seventh.
Pittsburgh
4 St. Louis (NL) (H) 1
Pittsburgh
grabbed the early lead and even though St. Louis managed to keep it close, Elmer
Steele (13-7, 2.27) proved to be too much for the Cardinals to overcome.
Second baseman Dots Miller
had two crucial RBI's to help pick up the slack for the Pirates as Honus
Wagner and Chief
Wilson, both still atop the RBI's NL leaderboard, have been out all week.
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