1912 Philadelphia Athletics season

1912 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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The 1912 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 90 wins and 62 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	105	47	0.691	—	57–20	48–27
Washington Senators	91	61	0.599	14	45–32	46–29
Philadelphia Athletics	90	62	0.592	15	45–31	45–31
Chicago White Sox	78	76	0.506	28	34–43	44–33
Cleveland Naps	75	78	0.490	30½	41–35	34–43
Detroit Tigers	69	84	0.451	36½	37–39	32–45
St. Louis Browns	53	101	0.344	53	27–50	26–51
New York Highlanders	50	102	0.329	55	31–44	19–58

Record vs. opponents

1912 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	16–6–1	11–11–1	15–6	19–2	15–7	17–5	12–10
Chicago	6–16–1	—	11–11	14–8–1	13–9	12–10	13–9–2	9–13
Cleveland	11–11–1	11–11	—	13–9	13–8–1	8–14	15–7	4–18
Detroit	6–15	8–14–1	9–13	—	16–6	9–13	13–9	8–14
New York	2–19	9–13	8–13–1	6–16	—	5–17	13–9	7–15
Philadelphia	7–15	10–12	14–8	13–9	17–5	—	16–6	13–7–1
St. Louis	5–17	9–13–2	7–15	9–13	9–13	6–16	—	8–14–1
Washington	10–12	13–9	18–4	14–8	15–7	7–13–1	14–8–1	—

Notable transactions

• August 20, 1912: Roy Crabb was purchased by the Athletics from the Chicago White Sox.^[1]
• September 16, 1912: Billy Orr was drafted by the Athletics from the Sacramento Sacts in the 1912 rule 5 draft.^[2]

Roster

1912 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Hardin Barry Chief Bender Boardwalk Brown Joe Bush Jack Coombs Stan Coveleski Roy Crabb Dave Danforth Slim Harrell Byron Houck Harry Krause Doc Martin Cy Morgan Herb Pennock Eddie Plank Lefty Russell Roger Salmon		Catchers Ben Egan Jack Lapp Ira Thomas Infielders Frank Baker Jack Barry Eddie Collins Claud Derrick Howard Fahey Joe Mathes Stuffy McInnis		Outfielders Bris Lord Harl Maggert Danny Murphy Eddie Murphy Rube Oldring Amos Strunk Jimmy Walsh Other batters Chester Emerson		Manager Connie Mack

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
3B	Baker, FrankFrank Baker	149	577	200	.347	10	130
SS	Barry, JackJack Barry	140	483	126	.261	0	55

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
Maggert, HarlHarl Maggert	74	242	62	.256	1	13
Murphy, EddieEddie Murphy	33	142	45	.317	0	6
Murphy, DannyDanny Murphy	36	130	42	.323	2	20
Walsh, JimmyJimmy Walsh	31	107	27	.252	0	15
Emerson, ChesterChester Emerson	1	1	0	.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
Coombs, JackJack Coombs	40	262.1	21	10	3.29	120
Brown, BoardwalkBoardwalk Brown	34	199	13	11	3.66	64
Bender, ChiefChief Bender	27	171	13	8	2.74	90
Crabb, RoyRoy Crabb	7	43.1	2	4	3.74	12
Bush, JoeJoe Bush	1	8	0	0	7.88	3

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
Coveleski, StanStan Coveleski	5	21	2	1	3.43	9

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
Barry, HardinHardin Barry	3	0	0	0	7.62	3
Martin, DocDoc Martin	2	0	0	0	10.38	4

References

1. Roy Crabb page at Baseball Reference
2. Billy Orr page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1912 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1912 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com