Editing Chalmers Automobile (section)

==Chalmers Award (1911–1914)==
{{Main|1910 Chalmers Award}}
Before the 1910 season, Hugh Chalmers announced he would present a Chalmers Model 30 automobile to the player with the highest [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] in Major League Baseball at the end of the season.{{R|Award}}

The [[1910 Chalmers Award|1910 race for best average in the American League]] was between the [[Detroit Tigers]]' [[Ty Cobb]] and [[Nap Lajoie]] of the [[Cleveland Indians]].  Cobb had a .004 lead on [[Nap Lajoie]] for the [[American League]] batting title.  Cobb won the title and the car. American League President [[Ban Johnson]] said a recalculation showed that Cobb had won the race but Chalmers ended up awarding cars to both players.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gillette|first=Gary|author2=Palmer, Pete|title=The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia|publisher=Sterling Publishing Co|location=New York|year=2007|edition=Fourth|pages=1764–1765|isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7}}</ref> Cobb enjoyed driving the car so much that he later requested a more streamlined racing vehicle from the company. Cobb was once assaulted by a gang of thieves in the streets of Detroit while riding in the Chalmers automobile. The approximate price of the car was around $1,500, and it was powered by an Inline 4 engine that produced 30 horsepower, featuring a 3-speed manual transmission<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.carhp.com/news/here-is-mlb-player-ty-cobb-s-updated-2023-car-collection|title=Here is MLB Player Ty Cobb's Updated 2023 Car Collection|publisher=CarHP|access-date=2023-03-28}}</ref>

In 1911, Chalmers created the Chalmers Award.{{R|Award}} A committee of baseball writers was to convene after the season to determine the "most important and useful player to the club and the league". Since the award was not as effective at advertising as Chalmers had hoped, it was discontinued after 1914.{{R|Award}}