1911 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1911 National League Robison Field St. Louis, Missouri 75–74 (.503) 5th Helene Hathaway Britton Roger 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 thumb|Team at the site of the Bridgeport train wreck; Roger Bresnahan is at front-right, seated 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.https://connecticuthistory.org/bridgeports-catastrophic-1911-train-wreck/ Bridgeport’s Catastrophic 1911 Train Wreck Andy Piascik connecticuthistory.org October 11, 2025http://bportlibrary.org/hc/featured-article/bridgeport-train-wreck-july-11-1911/ Bridgeport Train Wreck, July 11, 1911 bportlibrary.org Bridgeport History Center Season standings St. Louis Cardinals Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions June 1911: Joe Willis was purchased by the Cardinals from the St. Louis Browns.Joe Willis page at Baseball Reference Roster 1911 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Harry Camnitz Gene Dale Rube Geyer Roy Golden Bob Harmon Bunny Hearn Grover Lowdermilk Lou Lowdermilk Jack McAdams Roy Radebaugh Jack Reis Slim Sallee Pete Standridge Bill Steele Joe Willis Gene Woodburn George Zackert Ed Zmich Catchers Jack Bliss Roger Bresnahan Ivey Wingo Infielders Ed Conwell Arnold Hauser Miller Huggins Ed Konetchy Lee Magee Dan McGeehan Hap Morse Mike Mowrey Wally Smith Outfielders Jim Clark Rube Ellis Steve Evans Frank Gilhooley Otto McIvor Rebel Oakes Denney Wilie Other batters Milt Reed Manager Roger Bresnahan 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 Wally Smith (baseball) 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 Jim Clark (1910s outfielder) 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 Joe Willis (baseball) 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 2 Further reading https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/06/08/july-11-1911-following-a-horrific-train-crash-the-cardinals-spring-into-action-to-save-lives/ Cardinals survive horrific train crash, save fellow passengers in 1911 remembirds stlredbirds.com June 8, 2021 October 11, 2025 External links 1911 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1911 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season St Louis