1912 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1912 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1912 in baseball.

1912 Major League Baseball season. Harper's Weekly conducted a detailed accounting of the expenses of Major League clubs, and came up with a figure of around $175,000 to $200,000.^[1]

Statistical leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Ty Cobb DET	.409	Heinie Zimmerman CHC	.372
HR	Home Run Baker PHA Tris Speaker BOS	10	Heinie Zimmerman CHC	14
RBI	Home Run Baker PHA	130	Honus Wagner PIT	102
Wins	Smoky Joe Wood BOS	34	Larry Cheney CHC Rube Marquard NYG	26
ERA	Walter Johnson WSH	1.39	Jeff Tesreau NYG	1.96
SO	Walter Johnson WSH	303	Grover Cleveland Alexander PHI	195
SV	Ed Walsh CHW	10	Slim Sallee STL	6
SB	Clyde Milan WSH	88	Bob Bescher CIN	67

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	14.0
Philadelphia Athletics	90	62	.592	15.0
Chicago White Sox	78	76	.506	28.0
Cleveland Naps	75	78	.490	30.5
Detroit Tigers	69	84	.451	36.5
St. Louis Browns	53	101	.344	53.0
New York Highlanders	50	102	.329	55.0

National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Giants	103	48	.682	–
Pittsburgh Pirates	93	58	.616	10.0
Chicago Cubs	91	59	.607	11.5
Cincinnati Reds	75	78	.490	29.0
Philadelphia Phillies	73	79	.480	30.5
St. Louis Cardinals	63	90	.412	41.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	58	95	.379	46.0
Boston Braves	52	101	.340	52.0

1912 World Series

Main article: 1912 World Series

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Boston Red Sox – 4, New York Giants – 3	October 8	Polo Grounds	35,730
2	New York Giants – 6, Boston Red Sox – 6 (Tie, 11 innings)	October 9	Fenway Park	30,148
3	New York Giants – 2, Boston Red Sox – 1	October 10	Fenway Park	34,624
4	Boston Red Sox – 3, New York Giants – 1	October 11	Polo Grounds	36,502
5	New York Giants – 1, Boston Red Sox – 2	October 12	Fenway Park	34,683
6	Boston Red Sox – 2, New York Giants – 5	October 14	Polo Grounds	30,622
7	New York Giants – 11, Boston Red Sox – 4	October 15	Fenway Park	32,694
8	New York Giants – 2, Boston Red Sox – 3 (10 innings)	October 16	Fenway Park	17,034

References

↑ Harper's Weekly, August 31, 1912, "The Dollars Behind the Baseball Diamond."

External links

1912 season at Baseball-Reference.com Fetched July 1, 2012

1912 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1912 World Series

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