1911 Season Recap - Southern League
After years of being among the cellar dwellers in the Arizona League, Tucson is on to something special. For the second straight year, the Saguaros have made the playoffs, and for the first time the team from the Old Pueblo won a regular season championship. This one was really no contest, as Tucson breezed through the final week.
The addition of CF
Ty Cobb six years back is really starting to reap dividends now for Tucson. He batted .360 this season (fourth year out of six as the SL batting champ) with 106 RBIs and 57 stolen bases. Cobb had a six-hit game against Yuma in July. Tucson had two other guys in the top 10 for average, 2B
Heinie Zimmerman (.322) and SS
Art Fletcher (.319). 3B
Frank Baker batted .307 with 117 RBIs. Can you say firepower at the plate?
George McQuillan led the pitchers with a 27-10 record.
Bisbee will be a tough out in the playoffs for sure. The Prospectors had an even more potent offense at times, hitting a league best 108 homers. Five guys —
2B Harry Arndt, 3B Sammy Strang, SS Kid Elberfeld, CF Vin Campbell and
RF Walt McCredie— had 101 or more RBIs. Can you say more fireworks at the plate?
This playoff series should be a blast (pun attended), though there are some solid pitchers as well. Bisbee's
Harry Gaspar led the SL with 29 wins.
This will be Bisbee's sixth trip to the AZL playoffs in 11 seasons. The Prospectors have only been to the championship series once, though, beating Flagstaff in 1905...
Here are the full SL standings for 1911:
Code:
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10
Tucson 95 67 .586 - 97-65 -2 52-29 43-38 8-7 19-16 * W1 5-5
Bisbee 90 72 .556 5.0 94-68 -4 48-33 42-39 10-4 25-21 - L1 5-5
Nogales 84 78 .519 11.0 83-79 1 48-33 36-45 8-2 21-22 - W1 3-7
Yuma 82 80 .506 13.0 76-86 6 42-39 40-41 8-5 28-17 - L1 7-3
Phoenix 77 85 .475 18.0 76-86 1 34-47 43-38 8-8 21-20 - W2 6-4
Carefree 74 88 .457 21.0 72-90 2 34-47 40-41 2-7 22-26 - L4 4-6
Tempe 74 88 .457 21.0 77-85 -3 36-45 38-43 1-9 20-27 - L1 5-5
Tombstone 72 90 .444 23.0 73-89 -1 40-41 32-49 4-7 18-25 - W1 5-5