1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers season

1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Washington Park (since 1898)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)	Bill Dahlen
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The 1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers finished in seventh place with a 65–76 record.

Offseason

• December 1911: Doc Scanlan was traded by the Trolley Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Eddie Stack.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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 Records 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

• May 7, 1912: Red Downs was purchased from the Trolley Dodgers by the Chicago Cubs.^[2]
• July 10, 1912: Cliff Curtis was purchased by the Trolley Dodgers from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[3]

Roster

1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Frank Allen Cy Barger Sandy Burk Cliff Curtis Eddie Dent Maury Kent Elmer Knetzer Pat Ragan Nap Rucker Bill Schardt Eddie Stack Earl Yingling		Catchers Tex Erwin Bob Higgins Otto Miller Ed Phelps Infielders George Cutshaw Jake Daubert Red Downs Bob Fisher John Hummel Enos Kirkpatrick Red Smith Dolly Stark Bert Tooley		Outfielders Jud Daley Herbie Moran Hub Northen Casey Stengel Zack Wheat		Manager Bill Dahlen

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	Miller, OttoOtto Miller	98	316	88	.278	1	31
1B	Daubert, JakeJake Daubert	145	559	172	.308	3	66
2B	Cutshaw, GeorgeGeorge Cutshaw
3B	Smith, RedRed Smith
SS	Tooley, BertBert Tooley
OF	Moran, HerbieHerbie Moran
OF	Wheat, ZackZack Wheat
OF	Northen, HubHub Northen

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
Hummel, JohnJohn Hummel
Fisher, BobBob Fisher
Daley, JudJud Daley
Erwin, TexTex Erwin
Phelps, EdEd Phelps
Kirkpatrick, EnosEnos Kirkpatrick
Stengel, CaseyCasey Stengel
Downs, RedRed Downs	9	32	8	.250	0	3
Stark, DollyDolly Stark
Higgins, BobBob Higgins

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
Rucker, NapNap Rucker
Ragan, PatPat Ragan
Allen, FrankFrank Allen	20	109	3	9	3.63	58

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
Stack, EddieEddie Stack	28	142	7	5	3.36	45
Yingling, EarlEarl Yingling
Barger, CyCy Barger	16	94	1	9	5.46	30
Knetzer, ElmerElmer Knetzer
Kent, MauryMaury Kent
Curtis, CliffCliff Curtis

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
Schardt, BillBill Schardt
Burk, SandySandy Burk
Dent, EddieEddie Dent

References

1. Doc Scanlan page at Baseball Reference
2. Red Downs page at Baseball Reference
3. Cliff Curtis page at Baseball Reference

External links

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• 1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet