1911 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1911 throughout the world.
Champions
Awards and honors
- Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers, OF
- Wildfire Schulte, Chicago Cubs, OF
MLB statistical leaders
Major league baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standings
Events
- Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers hits the first grand slam of his career. After six innings, Detroit leads the Boston Red Sox, 10–1. Boston comes back to win the game 13–11 in 10 innings.
- The New York Giants score a Major League record 10 runs before the St. Louis Cardinals retire the first batter in the first inning. Fred Merkle drives in six of the Giants' 13 runs in the first en route to a 19–5 victory. When Giants manager John McGraw decides to save starting pitcher Christy Mathewson for another day, Rube Marquard enters the game in the second inning and sets a record for relievers (since broken) with 14 strikeouts in his eight-inning relief appearance.
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