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In the 1911 World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics beat the New York Giants 4 games to 2.

Philadelphia third baseman Frank "Home Run" Baker earned his nickname during this Series. His home run in Game 2 off Rube Marquard was the margin of victory for the Athletics, and his blast in Game 3 off Christy Mathewson tied that game in the ninth, and the Athletics eventually won in the 11th. The Giants never recovered. An ironic sidelight was that Mathewson (or his ghostwriter) had criticized Marquard in his newspaper column after Game 2, for giving up the gopher ball, only to fall victim himself the very next day. Baker was swinging a hot bat in general, going 9 for 24 to lead all batters in the Series with a .375 average.

The six consecutive days of rain between Games 3 and 4 caused the longest delay between World Series games until the 1989 earthquake-interrupted Series, which incidentally featured the same two franchises, albeit on the west coast.

Records: Philadelphia Athletics (W: 101, L: 50, Pct: .669, GA: 13 ½) - New York Giants (W: 99, L: 54, Pct: .647, GA: 7 ½)

Managers: Connie Mack (Philadelphia), John McGraw (New York)

Umpires: Bill Klem (NL), Tommy Connolly (AL), Bill Brennan (NL), Bill Dinneen (AL)

Summary[]

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL New York Giants (2)

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Athletics - 1, Giants - 2 October 14 Polo Grounds 38,281
2 Giants - 1, Athletics - 3 October 16 Shibe Park 26,286
3 Athletics - 3, Giants - 2 (11 innings) October 17 Polo Grounds 37,216
4 Giants - 2, Athletics - 4 October 24 Shibe Park 24,355
5 Athletics - 3, Giants - 4 (10 innings) October 25 Polo Grounds 33,228
6 Giants - 2, Athletics - 13 October 26 Shibe Park 20,485

Match-ups[]

Game 1[]

October 14, 1911 at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2
New York 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 x 2 5 0
W: Christy Mathewson (1-0)  L: Chief Bender (0-1)

Game 2[]

October 16, 1911 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3
Philadelphia 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x 3 4 0
W: Eddie Plank (1-0)  L: Rube Marquard (0-1)
HR: PHIFrank Baker (1)

Game 3[]

October 17, 1911 at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 9 1
New York 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 5
W: Jack Coombs (1-0)  L: Christy Mathewson (1-1)
HR: PHIFrank Baker (2)

Game 4[]

October 24, 1911 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3
Philadelphia 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 x 4 11 1
W: Chief Bender (1-1)  L: Christy Mathewson (1-2)

Game 5[]

October 25, 1911 at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Philadelphia 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
New York 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 9 2
W: Doc Crandall (1-0)  L: Eddie Plank (1-1)
HR: PHIRube Oldring (1)

Game 6[]

October 26, 1911 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 3
Philadelphia 0 0 1 4 0 1 7 0 x 13 13 5
W: Chief Bender (2-1)  L: Red Ames (0-1)

Composite Box[]

1911 World Series (4-2): Philadelphia Athletics (A.L.) over New York Giants (N.L.)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Philadelphia Athletics 1 1 4 7 1 3 7 0 1 0 2 27 50 11
New York Giants 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 13 33 16
Total Attendance: 179,851   Average Attendance: 29,975
Winning Player’s Share: – $3,655   Losing Player’s Share – $2,436

Reference(s)[]

Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 36-40)

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