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.

The 1912 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 11 to October 16, 1912. The New York Giants and Boston Red Sox were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Red Sox then defeated the Giants in the World Series, four games to three (with one tie).

1912 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 11 – October 16, 1912
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Regular Season
Season MVP	AL: Tris Speaker (BOS) NL: Larry Doyle (NYG)
AL champions	Boston Red Sox
AL runners-up	Washington Senators
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions	Boston Red Sox
Runners-up	New York Giants
MLB seasons
← 1911 1913 →

This was the second of four seasons that the Chalmers Award, a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), was given to a player in each league.

During the season, Harper's Weekly conducted a detailed accounting of the expenses of major league clubs, reaching a figure of approximately $175,000 to $200,000.^[1]

Awards and honors

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

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 BSR 10 Heinie Zimmerman CHC 14 RBIs Home Run Baker PHA 130 Honus Wagner PIT 102 Wins Smoky Joe Wood BSR 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 PHP 195 SV Ed Walsh CHW 10 Slim Sallee SLC 6 SB Clyde Milan WSH 88 Bob Bescher CIN 67

Standings

American League v t e 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

National League v t e 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

Postseason

Bracket

	World Series
	AL	Boston Red Sox	4
	NL	New York Giants	3

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Jake Stahl	Won World Series
Chicago White Sox	Nixey Callahan
Cleveland Naps	Harry Davis and Joe Birmingham
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings
New York Highlanders	Harry Wolverton
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack	Finished 3rd
St. Louis Browns	Bobby Wallace and George Stovall
Washington Senators	Clark Griffith	Finished 2nd

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	Johnny Kling
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	Bill Dahlen
Chicago Cubs	Frank Chance	Finished 3rd
Cincinnati Reds	Hank O'Day
New York Giants	John McGraw	Won 2nd straight NL pennant
Philadelphia Phillies	Red Dooin
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke	Finished 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals	Roger Bresnahan

References

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

External links

• 1912 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference Retrieved January 14, 2018