1912 Boston Braves season

1912  Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	52–101 (.340)
League place	8th
Owners	James Gaffney, John Montgomery Ward
Managers	Johnny Kling
←  1911 1913  →

The 1912 Boston Braves season was the 42nd season of the franchise. Team owner William Hepburn Russell died after the 1911 season and his stock was bought up by a group including Tammany Hall alderman James Gaffney and former baseball manager John Montgomery Ward. The team was renamed the Boston Braves after the Sachems, also known as "Braves", of Tammany Hall. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1912 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	5–17	11–11	3–18–1	10–12	4–18–1	10–12
Brooklyn	13–9	—	5–17	6–16	6–16	9–13	8–14	11–10
Chicago	17–5	17–5	—	11–10–1	13–9–1	10–10	8–13	15–7
Cincinnati	11–11	16–6	10–11–1	—	6–16–1	8–14	11–11	13–9
New York	18–3–1	16–6	9–13–1	16–6–1	—	17–5	12–8	15–7
Philadelphia	12–10	13–9	10–10	14–8	5–17	—	8–14	11–11
Pittsburgh	18–4–1	14–8	13–8	11–11	8–12	14–8	—	15–7
St. Louis	12–10	10–11	7–15	9–13	7–15	11–11	7–15	—

Notable transactions

• June 21, 1912: Doc Miller was traded by the Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for John Titus. ^[2]

Roster

1912 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Bill Brady King Brady Buster Brown Walt Dickson Ed Donnelly Hank Griffin Otto Hess Brad Hogg Rube Kroh Al Mattern Bill McTigue Hub Perdue Lefty Tyler Steve White		Catchers Mike González Hank Gowdy Johnny Kling Bill Rariden Gil Whitehouse Infielders Al Bridwell Art Devlin Ben Houser Rabbit Maranville Ed McDonald Frank O'Rourke Joe Schultz Art Schwind Dave Shean Harry Spratt Bill Sweeney		Outfielders Vin Campbell George Jackson Al Kaiser Jay Kirke Doc Miller John Titus Other batters Bill Jones		Manager Johnny Kling

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bill Rariden	79	247	55	.223	1	16
1B	Ben Houser	108	332	95	.286	8	59
2B	Bill Sweeney	153	593	204	.344	1	99
SS	Frank O'Rourke	61	196	24	.122	0	15
3B	Ed McDonald	121	459	119	.259	2	33
OF	John Titus	96	345	112	.325	2	48
OF	Vin Campbell	145	624	185	.296	3	52
OF	George Jackson	110	397	104	.262	4	51

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Art Devlin	124	436	126	.289	0	57
Jay Kirke	103	359	115	.320	4	62
Johnny Kling	81	252	80	.317	2	29
Doc Miller	51	201	47	.234	2	24
Al Bridwell	31	106	25	.236	0	16
Hank Gowdy	44	96	26	.271	3	9
Harry Spratt	27	89	23	.258	3	12
Rabbit Maranville	26	86	18	.209	0	8
Al Kaiser	4	13	0	.000	0	0
Joe Schultz	4	12	3	.250	0	3
Dave Shean	4	10	3	.300	0	3
Gil Whitehouse	2	3	0	.000	0	0
Mike González	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Bill Jones	3	2	1	.500	0	0
Art Schwind	1	2	1	.500	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lefty Tyler	42	256.1	12	22	4.18	144
Otto Hess	33	254.0	12	17	3.76	80
Hub Perdue	37	249.0	13	16	3.80	101
Buster Brown	31	168.1	4	15	4.01	68

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Walt Dickson	36	189.0	3	19	3.86	47
Ed Donnelly	37	184.1	5	10	4.35	67
Rube Kroh	3	6.1	0	0	5.68	1
Al Mattern	2	6.1	0	1	7.11	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Brad Hogg	10	1	1	1	6.97	12
Bill McTigue	10	2	0	0	5.45	17
Steve White	3	0	0	0	6.00	2
Hank Griffin	3	0	0	0	27.00	0
King Brady	1	0	0	0	20.25	0
Bill Brady	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

1. Murnane, T.H. (December 21, 1911). "Ward Wants His Team to be Called the "Boston Braves"". Boston Globe . Retrieved February 21, 2020.
2. Doc Miller page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1912 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference