1912 Major League Baseball season

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1912 MLB season
League American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 11 – October 6, 1912
World Series:
  • October 8–16, 1912
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
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
Locations of teams for the 1912 American League season
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Locations of teams for the 1912 National League season
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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), capturing their second championship in franchise history, since their previous in 1903.

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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]

The Boston Rustlers renamed as the Boston Braves.

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.

Teams

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Jake Stahl
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois White Sox Park 28,000 Jimmy Callahan
Cleveland Naps Cleveland, Ohio League Park 21,414 Harry Davis,
Joe Birmingham
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 23,000 Hughie Jennings
New York Highlanders New York, New York Hilltop Park 16,000 Harry Wolverton
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 23,000 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 18,000 Bobby Wallace,
George Stovall
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000 Clark Griffith
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts South End Grounds 11,000 Johnny Kling
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers New York, New York Washington Park 16,000 Bill Dahlen
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois West Side Park 16,000 Frank Chance
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 20,696 Hank O'Day
New York Giants New York, New York Brush Stadium 34,000 John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000 Red Dooin
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 23,000 Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Robison Field 21,000 Roger Bresnahan

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 10547.691—57‍–‍2048‍–‍27
Washington Senators 9161.5991445‍–‍3246‍–‍29
Philadelphia Athletics 9062.5921545‍–‍3145‍–‍31
Chicago White Sox 7876.5062834‍–‍4344‍–‍33
Cleveland Naps 7578.49030½41‍–‍3534‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers 6984.45136½37‍–‍3932‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 53101.3445327‍–‍5026‍–‍51
New York Highlanders 50102.3295531‍–‍4419‍–‍58

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 10348.682—49‍–‍2554‍–‍23
Pittsburgh Pirates 9358.6161044‍–‍3149‍–‍27
Chicago Cubs 9159.60711½46‍–‍3045‍–‍29
Cincinnati Reds 7578.4902945‍–‍3230‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies 7379.48030½34‍–‍4139‍–‍38
St. Louis Cardinals 6390.4124137‍–‍4026‍–‍50
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 5895.3794633‍–‍4325‍–‍52
Boston Braves 52101.3405231‍–‍4721‍–‍54

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
          
AL Boston Red Sox 46111 322 4 310*
NL New York Giants 3 6 21 1 5112

*Denotes walk-off

Managerial changes

Off-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Boston Braves Fred Tenney Johnny Kling
Boston Red Sox Patsy Donovan Jake Stahl
Chicago White Sox Hugh Duffy Jimmy Callahan
Cincinnati Reds Clark Griffith Hank O'Day
Cleveland Naps George Stovall Harry Davis
New York Highlanders Hal Chase Harry Wolverton
Washington Senators Jimmy McAleer Clark Griffith

In-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Cleveland Naps Harry Davis Joe Birmingham
St. Louis Browns Bobby Wallace George Stovall

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Ty Cobb (DET).409
OPS Ty Cobb (DET)1.040
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
StatPlayerTotal
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
WHIP Walter Johnson (WSH)0.908

National League

Hitting leaders
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Heinie Zimmerman 1 (CHC).372
OPS Heinie Zimmerman (CHC).989
HR Heinie Zimmerman 1 (CHC)14
RBI Heinie Zimmerman 1 (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
StatPlayerTotal
W Larry Cheney (CHC)
Rube Marquard (NYG)		26
L Lefty Tyler (BSB)22
ERA Jeff Tesreau (NYG)1.96
K Grover Alexander (PHP)195
IP Grover Alexander (PHP)310.1
SV Slim Sallee (SLC)6
WHIP Hank Robinson (PIT)1.006

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
New York Giants [2] 1034.0%638,000−5.5%8,395
Chicago White Sox [3] 781.3%602,2413.3%7,721
Boston Red Sox [4] 10534.6%597,09618.5%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] 939.4%384,000−11.1%5,120
Washington Senators [9] 9142.2%350,66343.2%4,496
Cincinnati Reds [10] 757.1%344,00014.7%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] 5317.8%214,0702.9%2,710
Boston Braves [17] 5218.2%121,0004.3%1,532

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