1912 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1912 throughout the world.  

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Early Years

1869 • 1845-1868

See also

Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball 1912 in sports

Sources

[Baseball Hall of Fame] [Baseball Almanac] [Baseball Library] [Baseball Reference] [National Pastime] [The Deadball Era]

This article is currently under construction.

Champions

• World Series: Boston Red Sox over New York Giants (4-3-1)

Awards and honors

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

MLB Statistical Leaders

	American League		National League
AVG	Ty Cobb DET	.402	Heinie Zimmerman CHC	.372
HR	Frank Baker PHA & Tris Speaker BOS	10	Heinie Zimmerman CHC	12
RBI	Frank Baker PHA	130	Honus Wagner PIT	102
Wins	Joe Wood BOS	34	Larry Cheney CHC & Rube Marquard NYG	26
ERA	Walter Johnson WSH	1.39	Jeff Tesreau NYG	1.96
Ks	Walter Johnson WSH	303	Grover Cleveland Alexander PHI	195

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Boston Red Sox	105	47	.691	--
Washington Senators	91	61	.599	14
Philadelphia Athletics	90	62	.592	15
Chicago White Sox	78	76	.506	28
Cleveland Naps	75	78	.490	30.5
Detroit Tigers	69	84	.451	36.5
St. Louis Browns	53	101	.344	53
New York Highlanders	50	102	.329	55

National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Giants	103	48	.682	--
Pittsburgh Pirates	93	58	.616	10
Chicago Cubs	91	59	.607	11.5
Cincinnati Reds	75	78	.490	29
Philadelphia Phillies	73	79	.480	30.5
St. Louis Cardinals	63	90	.412	41
Brooklyn Dodgers	58	95	.379	46
Boston Braves	52	101	.340	52

Events

Births

• March 8 - Ray Mueller
• March 9 - Arky Vaughan
• May 23 - Augie Galan
• May 27 - Terry Moore
• July 24 - Alex Carrasquel
• August 12 - Harlond Clift
• September 6 - Vince DiMaggio
• November 10 - Birdie Tebbetts
• November 11 -Hal Trosky
• December 1 - Cookie Lavagetto

Deaths

• November 8 - Cupid Childs, 45, second baseman for the Cleveland Spiders who batted .306 lifetime; led American Association in doubles in 1890, NL in runs in 1892, ranked third all-time in walks upon retirement
• November 26 - John T. Brush, 67, part owner of the New York Giants since 1890, the last 10 years as majority owner and team president; also owner and president of the Reds from 1891-1902, and of the Indianapolis club in the late 1880s

 

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