| 1911 World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 14–26 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | Brush Stadium (New York) Shibe Park (Philadelphia) | |||||||||
| MVP | Eddie Collins (Philadelphia) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Bill Klem (NL), Tommy Connolly (AL), Bill Brennan (NL), Bill Dinneen (AL) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Umpires: Bill Klem Tommy Connolly Athletics: Connie Mack (manager) Frank Baker Chief Bender Eddie Collins Eddie Plank Giants: John McGraw (manager) Rube Marquard Christy Mathewson | |||||||||
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The 1911 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1911 season. The eighth edition of the World Series, it matched the American League (AL) champion Philadelphia Athletics against the National League (NL) champion New York Giants. The Athletics won the best-of-seven series four games to two, in a rematch of the 1905 World Series, getting revenge over the Giants, who had won in their previous meeting.
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 inning, and the Athletics eventually won in the 11th. The Giants never recovered. Ironically, 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.
According to his obituary in The New York Times (July 28, 1971), Giants catcher Chief Meyers threw out 12 runners, creating a record for the most assists by a catcher during the World Series.
The six consecutive days of rain between Games 3 and 4 caused the longest delay between World Series games until the earthquake-interrupted 1989 World Series (which incidentally featured the same two franchises, albeit on the West Coast, and which also resulted in an A's victory over the Giants). With the sixth and final game being played on October 26, this was also the latest-ending World Series by calendar date until 1981.
This was the second time in World Series history that two teams met in a World Series rematch. The first time was when the Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers met in consecutive years, in 1907 and 1908. This is also the first World Series to feature two teams that had previously won a title. The Athletics were the defending champions while the Giants had won it all in 1905.