1912 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

1912 MLB season
League	American League, National League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 11 – October 16, 1912
Number of games	154
Number of teams	8 (AL), 8 (NL)
Regular Season
Season MVP	AL: Tris Speaker (BRS) NL: Larry Doyle (NYG)
AL champions	Boston Red Sox
AL runners-up	Washington Senators
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions	Boston Red Sox
Runners-up	New York Giants
MLB seasons
← 1911 1913 →

Red Sox

White Sox

Naps

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Highlanders

Senators

Locations of teams for the 1912 American League season

American League

Braves

Trolley
Dodgers

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of teams for the 1912 National League season

National League

The 1912 major league baseball season began on April 11, 1912. The regular season ended on October 6, with the New York Giants and Boston Red Sox as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the ninth modern World Series on October 8 and ended with Game 8 on October 16. The Red Sox defeated the Giants, four games to three (with one tie).

This was the second of four seasons that the Chalmers Award, a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), was given to a player in each league.

During the season, Harper's Weekly conducted a detailed accounting of the expenses of major league clubs, reaching a figure of approximately $175,000 to $200,000.^[1]

Teams

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
American League	Boston Red Sox	Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	35,000
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	White Sox Park	28,000
	Cleveland Naps	Cleveland, Ohio	League Park	21,414
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Navin Field	23,000
	New York Highlanders	New York, New York	Hilltop Park	16,000
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	23,000
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	18,000
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	Griffith Stadium	27,000
National League	Boston Braves	Boston, Massachusetts	South End Grounds	11,000
	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	New York, New York	Washington Park	18,800
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	West Side Park	16,000
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Redland Field	20,696
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Brush Stadium	34,000
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	National League Park	18,000
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	23,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Robison Field	21,000

Schedule

The 1912 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.

Opening Day, April 11, featured all sixteen teams, only the second time every team has started their season on the same day (first being two years prior with the 1910 season). The final day of the regular season was on October 6. The World Series took place between October 8 and October 16.

Standings

American League

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	105	47	0.691	—	57–20	48–27
Washington Senators	91	61	0.599	14	45–32	46–29
Philadelphia Athletics	90	62	0.592	15	45–31	45–31
Chicago White Sox	78	76	0.506	28	34–43	44–33
Cleveland Naps	75	78	0.490	30½	41–35	34–43
Detroit Tigers	69	84	0.451	36½	37–39	32–45
St. Louis Browns	53	101	0.344	53	27–50	26–51
New York Highlanders	50	102	0.329	55	31–44	19–58

National League

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	103	48	0.682	—	49–25	54–23
Pittsburgh Pirates	93	58	0.616	10	44–31	49–27
Chicago Cubs	91	59	0.607	11½	46–30	45–29
Cincinnati Reds	75	78	0.490	29	45–32	30–46
Philadelphia Phillies	73	79	0.480	30½	34–41	39–38
St. Louis Cardinals	63	90	0.412	41	37–40	26–50
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	58	95	0.379	46	33–43	25–52
Boston Braves	52	101	0.340	52	31–47	21–54

Postseason

Bracket

World Series

AL	Boston Red Sox	4

NL	New York Giants	3

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Jake Stahl	Won World Series
Chicago White Sox	Nixey Callahan
Cleveland Naps	Harry Davis Joe Birmingham
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings
New York Highlanders	Harry Wolverton
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack	Finished 3rd
St. Louis Browns	Bobby Wallace George Stovall
Washington Senators	Clark Griffith	Finished 2nd

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	Johnny Kling
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	Bill Dahlen
Chicago Cubs	Frank Chance	Finished 3rd
Cincinnati Reds	Hank O'Day
New York Giants	John McGraw	Won 2nd straight NL pennant
Philadelphia Phillies	Red Dooin
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke	Finished 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals	Roger Bresnahan

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Ty Cobb (DET)	.409
HR	Home Run Baker (PHA) Tris Speaker (BRS)	10
RBI	Home Run Baker (PHA)	130
R	Eddie Collins (PHA)	137
H	Ty Cobb (DET) Joe Jackson (CLE)	226
SB	Clyde Milan (WSH)	88

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Smoky Joe Wood (BSB)	34
L	Russ Ford (NYH)	21
ERA	Walter Johnson (WSH)	1.39
K	Walter Johnson (WSH)	303
IP	Ed Walsh (CWS)	393.0
SV	Ed Walsh (CWS)	10

National League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Heinie Zimmerman¹ (CHC)	.372
HR	Heinie Zimmerman¹ (CHC)	14
RBI	Heinie Zimmerman¹ (CHC)	104
R	Bob Bescher (CIN)	120
H	Heinie Zimmerman (CHC)	207
SB	Bob Bescher (CIN)	67

¹ National League Triple Crown batting winner

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Larry Cheney (CHC) Rube Marquard (NYG)	26
L	Lefty Tyler (BSB)	22
ERA	Jeff Tesreau (NYG)	1.96
K	Grover Cleveland Alexander (PHP)	195
IP	Grover Cleveland Alexander (PHP)	310.1
SV	Slim Sallee (SLC)	6

Awards and honors

Chalmers Award
- Tris Speaker, Boston Red Sox, OF
- Larry Doyle, New York Giants, 2B

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
New York Giants^[2]	103	4.0%	638,000	-5.5%	8,395
Chicago White Sox^[3]	78	1.3%	602,241	3.3%	7,721
Boston Red Sox^[4]	105	34.6%	597,096	18.5%	7,655
Philadelphia Athletics^[5]	90	-10.9%	517,653	-14.5%	6,723
Chicago Cubs^[6]	91	-1.1%	514,000	-10.8%	6,590
Detroit Tigers^[7]	69	-22.5%	402,870	-16.9%	5,301
Pittsburgh Pirates^[8]	93	9.4%	384,000	-11.1%	5,120
Washington Senators^[9]	91	42.2%	350,663	43.2%	4,496
Cincinnati Reds^[10]	75	7.1%	344,000	14.7%	4,468
Cleveland Naps^[11]	75	-6.3%	336,844	-17.1%	4,375
Philadelphia Phillies^[12]	73	-7.6%	250,000	-39.9%	3,333
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers^[13]	58	-9.4%	243,000	-9.7%	3,197
New York Highlanders^[14]	50	-34.2%	242,194	-19.9%	3,187
St. Louis Cardinals^[15]	63	-16.0%	241,759	-46.0%	3,140
St. Louis Browns^[16]	53	17.8%	214,070	2.9%	2,710
Boston Braves^[17]	52	18.2%	121,000	4.3%	1,532

References

^ Harper's Weekly, August 31, 1912, "The Dollars Behind the Baseball Diamond."
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

External links

1912 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference Retrieved January 14, 2018

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National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
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