1911 in Sports - Baseball

Baseball

World Series

  • 14–26 October — Philadelphia Athletics (AL) defeats New York Giants (NL) to win the 1911 World Series by 4 games to 2

Events

  • Chalmers Award – Frank Schulte, NL; Ty Cobb, AL

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