1912 Chicago Cubs season

1912 Chicago Cubs
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Owner(s) Charles Murphy
Manager(s) Frank Chance
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The 1912 Chicago Cubs season was the 41st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 37th in the National League and the 20th at West Side Park. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 91–59. Third baseman Heinie Zimmerman led the circuit in home runs, batting average, and slugging percentage.

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 —

Roster

1912 Chicago Cubs
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Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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 Archer, JimmyJimmy Archer 120 385 109 .283 5 58
1B Saier, VicVic Saier 122 451 130 .288 2 61
2B Evers, JohnnyJohnny Evers 143 478 163 .341 1 63
3B Zimmerman, HeinieHeinie Zimmerman 145 557 207 .372 14 99
SS Tinker, JoeJoe Tinker 142 550 155 .282 0 75
LF Sheckard, JimmyJimmy Sheckard 146 523 128 .245 3 47
CF Leach, TommyTommy Leach 82 265 64 .242 2 32
RF Schulte, FrankFrank Schulte 139 553 146 .264 12 64

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
Miller, WardWard Miller 86 241 74 .307 0 22
Cotter, DickDick Cotter 26 54 15 .278 0 10
Chance, FrankFrank Chance 2 5 1 .200 0 0
Chapman, HarryHarry Chapman 1 4 1 .250 0 1
Yantz, GeorgeGeorge Yantz 1 1 1 1.000 0 0

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
Cheney, LarryLarry Cheney 42 303.1 26 10 2.85 140
Lavender, JimmyJimmy Lavender 42 251.2 16 13 3.04 109
Richie, LewLew Richie 39 238 16 8 2.95 69

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
Smith, CharlieCharlie Smith 20 94 7 4 4.21 47
Brown, MordecaiMordecai Brown 15 88.2 5 6 2.64 34
Leifield, LeftyLefty Leifield 13 70.2 7 2 2.42 23
Cole, KingKing Cole 8 19 1 2 10.89 9
Lowdermilk, GroverGrover Lowdermilk 2 13 0 1 9.69 8

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
Cottrell, EnsignEnsign Cottrell 1 0 0 0 9.00 1
Powell, BillBill Powell 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Larry Cheney

Johnny Evers

Frank Schulte

Heinie Zimmerman

External links

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