1911 Appalachian League

Overview

The 1911 season was the inaugural year for the Appalachian League. Six teams competed, starting on May 22 and closed the regular season out on September 22.

1911 Final Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	total games	Manager	Manager
Johnson City Soldiers	61	38	0.616	-	99	Ed Gardner
Knoxville Appalachians	58	38	0.604	1 ½	96	Frank Moffett
Asheville Moonshiners	53	45	0.546	7 ½	98	Apey Mills	Lou Hobbs
Morristown Jobbers	46	50	0.479	13 ½	96	J.F. McFarlin
Cleveland Counts	39	56	0.411	20	95	Count Zimeski
Bristol Boosters	33	63	0.344	26 ½	96	Clarence H. "Red" Munson

Statistics

1911 Team Batting

Team	G	AB	R	H	SB	SH	SF	2B	3B	HR	PT
Johnson City	99	3205	464	856	214	121	30	166	47	23	.267
Knoxville	96	3081	454	820	181	150	17	150	23	26	.266
Asheville	98	3357	460	869	174	114	20	146	51	22	.259
Morristown	96	3042	396	776	123	213	18	139	22	22	.255
Cleveland	95	3110	397	792	132	130	6	134	38	21	.254
Bristol	94	2973	336	717	85	98	18	109	33	16	.241

1911 Individual Batting

coming soon

1911 Team Fielding

Team	G	PO	A	E	PCT
Knoxville	96	2553	1123	182	.953
Cleveland	94	2354	1174	191	.948
Asheville	98	2377	1203	215	.943
Johnson City	99	2460	1302	233	.942
Morristown	96	2361	1211	259	.932
Bristol	94	2410	1172	314	.920

1911 Individual Fielding

Pos	Last Name	First Name	Team 1	Team 2	G	PO	A	E	PCT
1B	Crockett	Davey	Bristol	Cleveland	88	916	54	13	.987
1B	Bullock	Harry	Knoxville		101	819	58	14	.984
1B	Bigbie		Asheville		43	447	34	9	.982
1B	Moran		Johnson City		56	555	34	11	.982
1B	Tabor	T.	Bristol		62	650	39	13	.981
1B	Mills		Morristown		67	624	39	17	.975
1B	Reid		Knoxville		16	80	12	2	.968
1B	Williams		Morristown		47	377	52	18	.959
2B	Rhoton		Knoxville		41	77	106	4	.978
2B	Pope		Morristown		94	207	342	32	.945
2B	Smith	R.	Bristol		60	122	171	19	.939
2B	Landgraff		Asheville	Johnson City	98	151	275	31	.930
2B	Zimoski	H.	Cleveland		92	220	287	42	.923
2B	Weldon		Johnson City		43	90	108	19	.912
2B	Sharpe		Asheville		96	191	248	43	.911
2B	Blackburn		Johnson City		10	27	21	10	.827
3B	Bowers		Asheville		93	135	199	17	.951
3B	Grubb		Morristown		97	152	194	22	.940
3B	Burton		Johnson City		97	117	216	22	.938
3B	Bales	William	Cleveland		82	91	149	16	.937
3B	Womble		Knoxville		97	99	194	35	.896
3B	Sawyer		Bristol		29	55	53	16	.871
3B	Jenkins		Bristol		42	54	83	19	.852
3B	Accorsini		Johnson City	Bristol	57	69	100	30	.840
3B	Varnell		Cleveland		10	14	6	5	.800
SS	Wynn		Knoxville		34	77	86	10	.936
SS	Dubbs		Johnson City		80	121	249	28	.930
SS	Westmoreland	W.	Cleveland		89	134	263	34	.921
SS	West		Asheville	Bristol	41	85	131	21	.911
SS	Richards	Jack	Bristol	Asheville	81	154	206	49	.880
SS	Bennett		Morristown		5	8	14	4	.846
SS	Bray		Morristown		36	65	86	32	.829
SS	Sporne		Morristown		21	35	65	12	.812
OF	Collier		Cleveland		10	11	1	0	1.000
OF	Baker		Knoxville		8	9	1	0	1.000
OF	Thrasher	Buck	Cleveland		82	159	14	5	.972
OF	Flournoy	John	Knoxville		90	145	14	5	.969
OF	Graham		Morristown		91	221	25	8	.967
OF	Donahue	Peter	Knoxville		53	77	9	3	.966
OF	Woodward		Asheville		95	217	58	10	.965
OF	Thompson		Cleveland		83	143	11	6	.962
OF	Kluttz		Asheville		36	70	4	3	.961
OF	Pitts		Morristown	Johnson City	81	135	20	9	.945
OF	Cockran		Bristol		47	95	10	7	.937
OF	Mullin		Asheville		51	113	7	8	.937
OF	McDaniel		Johnson City		13	12	2	1	.933
OF	Henry		Morristown		47	84	5	8	.918
OF	Freeman		Morristown		24	43	2	4	.918
OF	Shaw		Johnson City		96	134	22	16	.907
OF	Willis		Bristol		17	32	3	4	.898
OF	Scurry		Johnson City		21	34	5	5	.888
OF	Frye		Knoxville		21	34	5	5	.886
OF	Workman		Morristown		119	35	4	6	.862
OF	Ginn		Bristol		29	44	5	9	.845
OF	Mullens		Bristol		8	12	0	4	.744
OF	Yoe		Knoxville		9	6	6	6	.667
OF	McDaris		Cleveland		7	6	0	3	.667
C	Bingham		Cleveland		6	11	2	0	1.000
C	Taylor		Johnson City		97	527	111	12	.982
C	Meyer	Billy	Knoxville		70	481	55	11	.979
C	Moore	W.	Bristol		67	295	52	9	.978
C	Peaster		Asheville		74	342	81	12	.972
C	Faulkinbery		Cleveland		50	231	53	12	.966
C	Sherrill		Morristown		94	397	85	17	.966
C	Luck		Bristol		11	53	5	6	.906
C	Hudson		Cleveland		16	72	12	9	.903
P	Steele		Asheville		6	1	6	0	1.000
P	Schrauder		Morristown		16	10	43	1	.981
P	Gudger	James	Asheville	Cleveland	42	31	63	2	.977
P	Burleson		Johnson City		8	6	31	1	.974
P	Foreman		Asheville		23	19	46	2	.970
P	Cullop	Nick	Knoxville	Bristol	30	15	78	4	.959
P	Davis	Dixie	Knoxville		51	38	67	5	.956
P	Cowell		Morristown		8	2	15	1	.944
P	Beatty		Bristol		15	4	29	2	.943
P	Waymack		Asheville		38	11	68	5	.941
P	Herrill		Johnson City		19	12	44	4	.933
P	Franks		Asheville		10	4	24	2	.933
P	Douglas		Johnson City	Cleveland	16	19	40	5	.928
P	McManus		Johnson City		9	1	25	2	.928
P	Morton		Morristown		24	7	44	4	.927
P	Wilson		Knoxville		39	25	56	7	.920
P	Rose		Cleveland		32	6	73	7	.918
P	Brandon		Bristol		15	5	27	3	.914
P	Norman		Cleveland		37	24	50	7	.913
P	Willis		Morristown		15	7	31	4	.904
P	Brumerhoff		Johnson City		18	20	25	6	.882
P	Kelley		Johnson City		32	18	61	11	.877
P	McFarlin		Morristown		40	19	58	11	.875
P	Lee		Johnson City		32	9	53	9	.873
P	Garner		Johnson City		17	20	17	7	.841
P	Lyons		Morristown		6	0	12	4	.750
P	Stults		Bristol		37	20	50	32	.709
Util	Brevard		Cleveland		14	20	11	1	.969
Util	Silvers	S.	Knoxville		94	109	68	6	.967
Util	Smith		Cleveland		11	61	27	3	.967
Util	Knox	William	Morristown	Knoxville	58	59	42	5	.953
Util	Alexander		Johnson City		71	239	18	13	.952
Util	Hobbs		Asheville		59	325	36	18	.952
Util	Daves		Cleveland		10	92	8	5	.952
Util	Johnston		Bristol		57	146	53	12	.943
Util	McGeary		Asheville		27	57	60	7	.943
Util	Hayes		Knoxville	Johnson City	75	350	174	34	.938
Util	Hill		Morristown		86	241	114	26	.932
Util	Perritt		Cleveland	Morristown	57	130	98	18	.926
Util	Shelby		Asheville	Bristol	65	227	21	19	.925
Util	Martin		Knoxville		100	296	173	38	.925
Util	Prim		Cleveland		63	98	29	11	.920
Util	Scott		Cleveland		11	23	6	3	.906
Util	Hedgpeth		Morristown	Cleveland	8	8	11	2	.905
Util	Brown		Bristol		78	95	83	19	.903
Util	Smith	C.	Asheville		92	110	39	17	.897
Util	Sloan		Bristol		69	96	47	18	.887
Util	Hayes		Asheville		5	10	12	3	.880
Util	Barr		Bristol		18	66	6	10	.878
Util	Shaw		Knoxville		8	17	12	4	.878
Util	Blanchard		Bristol		8	18	3	3	.875
Util	Strickfuss		Cleveland	Bristol	16	20	38	9	.866
Util	Barner		Asheville	Bristol	38	20	36	9	.861
Util	Click		Bristol		28	38	18	9	.861
Util	Saffell		Morristown		11	9	4	3	.812
Util	Dingle		Knoxville		6	3	5	5	.615

1911 Individual Pitching

coming soon

Sources / References

• 1912 Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide - pages 212-215 at the Library of Congress
• 1912 Spalding’s Official Base Ball Record - pages 136-139
• 1912 The Reach Official American League Base Ball Guide - pages 432-439 at archive.org
• The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3d edition - page 232
• The Appalachian League Black Book (First Edition, 1949), compiled and edited by Karl Kingler (Damascus, Virginia)
• 2017 Appalachian League Media Guide at scribd.com
• 1911 Appalachian League page at Baseball-Reference.com