1912 Major League Baseball season

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1912 MLB season
League American League, National League
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 11 – October 16, 1912
Number of games154
Number of teams8 (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
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).

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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]

Teams

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacity
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

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Boston Red Sox 4
NL New York Giants 3

Managers

League leaders

American League

National League

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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References

  1. ↑ Harper's Weekly, August 31, 1912, "The Dollars Behind the Baseball Diamond."
  2. ↑ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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  5. ↑ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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  7. ↑ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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  9. ↑ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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  11. ↑ "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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  15. ↑ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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  17. ↑ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.


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