1912 Detroit Tigers season

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1912  Detroit Tigers
League American League
Ballpark Navin Field
City Detroit, Michigan
Owners William H. Yawkey and Frank Navin
Managers Hughie Jennings
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The 1912 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Tigers finishing sixth in the American League. It was the team's first season in Tiger Stadium (then known as Navin Field).

Contents

Regular season

On April 20, 1912, Navin Field opened the same day as Fenway Park. [1] It was supposed to be opened on April 18 (like Fenway Park) but it rained in both cities on that day. [2] Ty Cobb scored the first run in Tiger Stadium by stealing home. [1]

On May 18, 1912, the Tigers players went on strike to protest the suspension of star center fielder Ty Cobb, who had gone into the stands on May 15 to attack a disabled fan who had been abusing him. Rather than forfeit the next game, the Tigers sent out a team of replacement players, mostly local college and sandlot players but also including Tigers coaches Joe Sugden and 48-year-old Deacon McGuire. Manager Hughie Jennings also entered the game as a pinch hitter. Starting pitcher Allan Travers gave up 24 runs on 26 hits in a complete game loss, both American League records. [3]

On July 4, 1912, George Mullin threw the first no-hitter in Detroit Tigers history. [4] The Tigers beat the St. Louis Browns by a score of 7–0. It was also Mullin's 32nd birthday.

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 105470.691—57–2048–27
Washington Senators 91610.5991445–3246–29
Philadelphia Athletics 90620.5921545–3145–31
Chicago White Sox 78760.5062834–4344–33
Cleveland Naps 75780.49030½41–3534–43
Detroit Tigers 69840.45136½37–3932–45
St. Louis Browns 531010.3445327–5026–51
New York Highlanders 501020.3295531–4419–58

Record vs. opponents

1912 American League record

Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYHPHASLBWSH
Boston —16–6–111–11–115–619–215–717–512–10
Chicago 6–16–1—11–1114–8–113–912–1013–9–29–13
Cleveland 11–11–111–11—13–913–8–18–1415–74–18
Detroit 6–158–14–19–13—16–69–1313–98–14
New York 2–199–138–13–16–16—5–1713–97–15
Philadelphia 7–1510–1214–813–917–5—16–613–7–1
St. Louis 5–179–13–27–159–139–136–16—8–14–1
Washington 10–1213–918–414–815–77–13–114–8–1—

Notable transactions

Roster

Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach, and Sam Crawford in 1912 Cobb, Veach, and Crawford.jpg
Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach, and Sam Crawford in 1912
1912 Detroit Tigers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other positions

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Oscar Stanage 121394103.261041
1B George Moriarty 10537593.248054
2B Baldy Louden 12240397.241136
SS Donie Bush 144511118.231238
3B Charlie Deal 4214232.225011
OF Sam Crawford 149581189.3254109
OF Ty Cobb 140553226.409783
OF Davy Jones 9931693.294024

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ossie Vitt 7627367.245019
Jim Delahanty 7926676.286041
Del Gainer 5217943.240020
Red Corriden 3813828.20305
Eddie Onslow 3612829.227113
Bobby Veach 237927.342015
Jack Onslow 366911.15904
Brad Kocher 296313.20609
Paddy Baumann 164211.26207
Hank Perry 13366.16700
Red McDermott 5154.26700
Bill Donovan 6131.07700
Al Bashang 6121.08300
Charley O'Leary 3102.20001
Bill Leinhauser 140.00000
Ollie O'Mara 140.00000
Jim McGarr 140.00000
Joe Sugden 141.25000
Dan McGarvey 130.00000
Ed Irvin 132.66700
Deacon McGuire 121.50000
Vincent Maney 120.00000
Hap Ward 120.00000
Billy Maharg 110.00000
Hughie Jennings 110.00000
Jack Smith 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ed Willett 37284.117153.2989
Jean Dubuc 37250.017102.7797
George Mullin 30226.012173.5488
Bill Burns 638.2145.356
Charlie Wheatley 535.0146.1714
Willie Jensen 533.0124.098
George Boehler 532.0026.4715
Hooks Dauss 217.0113.187
Ed Summers 316.2114.865
Allan Travers 18.00115.751
Bun Troy 16.2015.401
Pat McGehee 10.000----0

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Joe Lake 26162.29113.1086
Ralph Works 27157.05104.2464
Tex Covington 1463.1344.1219
Harry Moran 514.2014.913
Bill Donovan 310.0100.906

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Hub Pernoll 30006.003
Ed Lafitte 100016.200
Alex Remneas 100027.000

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References

  1. 1 2 The Final Season, p. 5, Tom Stanton, Thomas Dunne Books, An imprint of St. Martin's Press, New York, 2001, ISBN   0-312-29156-6
  2. ↑ The Final Season, p. 40
  3. ↑ Charlton, James. "Al Travers from the Chronology". BaseballLibrary.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
  4. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  5. ↑ Willie Jensen at Baseball-Reference
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