1911 St. Louis Cardinals season

1911 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkRobison Field
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record75–74 (.503)
League place5th
OwnersHelene Hathaway Britton
ManagersRoger Bresnahan

The 1911 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 30th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 20th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 75–74 during the season and finished fifth in the National League.

Regular season

In the early hours of July 11, during the 1911 Eastern North America heat wave, the team was on a passenger train (the Federal Express) traveling to Boston when it derailed in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The Cardinals were on the last two cars of the train, which were the only cars not to overturn. The team was credited with assisting other passengers until help arrived; 14 passengers and crew members were killed in the incident.[1][2]

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 99 54 .647 — 49‍–‍25 50‍–‍29
Chicago Cubs 92 62 .597 7½ 49‍–‍32 43‍–‍30
Pittsburgh Pirates 85 69 .552 14½ 48‍–‍29 37‍–‍40
Philadelphia Phillies 79 73 .520 19½ 42‍–‍34 37‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals 75 74 .503 22 36‍–‍38 39‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds 70 83 .458 29 38‍–‍42 32‍–‍41
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 64 86 .427 33½ 31‍–‍42 33‍–‍44
Boston Rustlers 44 107 .291 54 19‍–‍54 25‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1911 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BSN BRO CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 12–10–1 5–17 4–17–1 7–15 6–16 3–19 7–13–3
Brooklyn 10–12–1 — 13–9 11–11 5–16–1 8–13–1 14–8 9–11–1
Chicago 17–5 9–13 — 14–8–1 11–11 15–7 10–12 16–6–2
Cincinnati 17–4–1 11–11 8–14–1 — 8–14 10–12 10–12–1 6–16–3
New York 15–7 16–5–1 11–11 14–8 — 12–10 16–6 15–7
Philadelphia 16–6 13–8–1 7–15 12–10 10–12 — 13–9 8–13
Pittsburgh 19–3 14–8 12–10 12–10–1 6–16 9–13 — 13–9
St. Louis 13–7–3 11–9–1 6–16–2 16–6–3 7–15 13–8 9–13 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1911 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Jack Bliss 97 258 59 .229 1 27
1B Ed Konetchy 158 571 165 .289 6 88
2B Miller Huggins 138 509 133 .261 1 24
SS Arnold Hauser 136 515 124 .241 3 46
3B Mike Mowrey 137 471 126 .268 0 61
OF Steve Evans 154 547 161 .294 5 71
OF Rebel Oakes 154 551 145 .263 2 59
OF Rube Ellis 155 555 139 .250 2 66

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Roger Bresnahan 81 227 63 .278 3 41
Wally Smith 81 194 42 .216 2 19
Lee Magee 26 69 18 .261 0 8
Otto McIvor 30 62 14 .226 1 9
Ivey Wingo 25 57 12 .211 0 3
Denney Wilie 28 51 12 .235 0 3
Jim Clark 14 18 3 .167 0 3
Dan McGeehan 3 9 2 .222 0 1
Hap Morse 4 8 0 .000 0 0
Milt Reed 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Ed Conwell 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Frank Gilhooley 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Harmon 51 348.0 23 16 3.13 144
Bill Steele 43 287.1 18 19 3.73 115
Slim Sallee 36 245.0 15 9 2.76 74
Roy Golden 30 148.2 4 9 5.02 81
Joe Willis 2 15.0 0 1 4.20 5

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rube Geyer 29 148.2 9 6 3.27 46
Lou Lowdermilk 16 65.0 3 4 3.46 20
Gene Woodburn 11 38.1 1 5 5.40 23
Grover Lowdermilk 11 33.1 0 1 7.29 15
Gene Dale 5 14.2 0 2 6.75 13
Roy Radebaugh 2 10.0 0 0 2.70 1
George Zackert 4 7.1 0 2 11.05 6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jack McAdams 6 0 0 0 3.72 4
Ed Zmich 4 1 0 0 2.13 4
Jack Reis 3 0 0 0 0.96 4
Pete Standridge 2 0 0 0 9.64 3
Bunny Hearn 2 0 0 0 13.50 1
Harry Camnitz 2 1 0 0 0.00 2

References

  1. ^ Piascik, Andy. "Bridgeport's Catastrophic 1911 Train Wreck". connecticuthistory.org. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  2. ^ "Bridgeport Train Wreck, July 11, 1911". bportlibrary.org. Bridgeport History Center.
  3. ^ Joe Willis page at Baseball Reference

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