1911 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers season

1911 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Washington Park (since 1898)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Henry Medicus
Manager(s)	Bill Dahlen
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With the 1911 season, the Superbas changed the team name to the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers. However, the team still struggled, finishing in seventh place.

Regular season

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The 1911 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	99	54	0.647	—	49–25	50–29
Chicago Cubs	92	62	0.597	7½	49–32	43–30
Pittsburg Pirates	85	69	0.552	14½	48–29	37–40
Philadelphia Phillies	79	73	0.520	19½	42–34	37–39
St. Louis Cardinals	75	74	0.503	22	36–38	39–36
Cincinnati Reds	70	83	0.458	29	38–42	32–41
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	64	86	0.427	33½	31–42	33–44
Boston Rustlers	44	107	0.291	54	19–54	25–53

Record vs. opponents

1911 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	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
Pittsburg	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

• April 1911: Hub Northen was purchased by the Dodgers from the Cincinnati Reds.
• September 16, 1911: Elmer Steele was purchased by the Dodgers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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	Bill Bergen	80	227	30	.132	0	10
1B	Jake Daubert	149	573	176	.307	5	45
2B	John Hummel
3B	Eddie Zimmerman
SS	Bert Tooley
OF	Bob Coulson
OF	Zack Wheat
OF	Bill Davidson

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
Tex Erwin
Dolly Stark
Al Burch
Red Smith
Hub Northen	19	76	24	.316	0	1
Jud Daley
Otto Miller
Hy Myers
Tony Smith
Pryor McElveen
Al Humphrey
Larry LeJeune
George Browne
Bob Higgins
Bill Dahlen	1	3	0	.000	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
Nap Rucker
Cy Barger	30	217.1	11	15	3.52	60
Doc Scanlan

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
Bill Schardt
Elmer Knetzer
Sandy Burk
George Bell
Pat Ragan
Eddie Dent
Elmer Steele
Walt Miller
Jack Ryan

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
Raleigh Aitchison	1	0	1	0	0.00	0

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1911 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet