1911 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers season

With the 1911 season, the Superbas changed the team name to the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers. However, the team still struggled, finishing in seventh place.

1911 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
League	National League
Ballpark	Washington Park
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Charles Ebbets, Henry Medicus
President	Charles Ebbets
Managers	Bill Dahlen
← 1910 1912 →

Regular season

 

The 1911 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers

Season standings

v t e 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
Pittsburgh 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 record v t e 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
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

• April 1911: Hub Northen was purchased by the Dodgers from the Cincinnati Reds.^[1]
• September 16, 1911: Elmer Steele was purchased by the Dodgers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]

Roster

1911 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Raleigh Aitchison Cy Barger George Bell Sandy Burk Eddie Dent Elmer Knetzer Walt Miller Pat Ragan Nap Rucker Jack Ryan Doc Scanlan Bill Schardt Elmer Steele		Catchers Bill Bergen Tex Erwin Bob Higgins Otto Miller Infielders Bill Dahlen Jake Daubert John Hummel Pryor McElveen Red Smith Tony Smith Dolly Stark Bert Tooley Eddie Zimmerman		Outfielders George Browne Al Burch Bob Coulson Jud Daley Bill Davidson Al Humphrey Larry LeJeune Hy Myers Hub Northen Zack Wheat		Manager Bill Dahlen

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	137	477	129	.270	5	58
3B	Eddie Zimmerman	122	417	77	.185	3	36
SS	Bert Tooley	119	433	89	.206	1	29
OF	Bob Coulson	146	521	122	.234	0	50
OF	Zack Wheat	140	534	153	.287	5	76
OF	Bill Davidson	87	292	68	.233	1	26

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	91	218	59	.271	7	34
Dolly Stark	70	193	57	.295	0	19
Al Burch	54	167	38	.228	0	7
Red Smith	28	111	29	.261	0	19
Hub Northen	19	76	24	.316	0	1
Jud Daley	19	65	15	.231	0	7
Otto Miller	25	62	13	.210	0	8
Hy Myers	13	43	7	.163	0	0
Tony Smith	13	40	6	.150	0	2
Pryor McElveen	16	31	6	.194	0	5
Al Humphrey	8	27	5	.185	0	0
Larry LeJeune	6	19	3	.158	0	2
George Browne	8	12	4	.333	0	2
Bob Higgins	4	10	3	.300	0	2
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	48	315.2	22	18	2.71	190
Cy Barger	30	217.1	11	15	3.52	60
Doc Scanlan	22	113.2	3	10	3.64	45

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
Elmer Knetzer	35	204.0	11	12	3.49	66
Bill Schardt	39	195.1	5	15	3.59	77
George Bell	19	101.0	5	6	4.28	28
Pat Ragan	22	93.2	4	3	2.11	39
Sandy Burk	13	58.0	1	3	5.12	15
Eddie Dent	5	31.2	2	1	3.69	3
Elmer Steele	5	23.0	0	0	3.13	9
Walt Miller	3	11.0	0	1	6.55	0
Jack Ryan	3	6.0	0	1	3.00	1

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

Notes

1. Hub Northen page at Baseball Reference
2. Elmer Steele page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1911 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet