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1912 Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
title	1912 MLB season
league	American League (AL)
National League (NL)
sport	Baseball
duration	Regular season:{{Bulleted list
no_of_games	154
no_of_teams	16 (8 per league)
season	Regular season
MVP	AL: Tris Speaker ([BOS](1912-boston-red-sox-season))
NL: Larry Doyle ([NYG](1912-new-york-giants-season))
MVP_link	Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award#Chalmers Award
conf1	AL
conf1_champ	[Boston Red Sox](1912-boston-red-sox-season)
conf1_runner-up	[Washington Senators](1912-washington-senators-season)
conf2	NL
conf2_champ	[New York Giants](1912-new-york-giants-season)
conf2_runner-up	[Pittsburgh Pirates](1912-pittsburgh-pirates-season)
finals	World Series
finals_link	1912 World Series
finals_champ	[Boston Red Sox](1912-boston-red-sox-season)
finals_runner-up	[New York Giants](1912-new-york-giants-season)
seasonslist	List of Major League Baseball seasons
seasonslistnames	MLB
prevseason_link	1911 Major League Baseball season
prevseason_year	1911
nextseason_link	1913 Major League Baseball season
nextseason_year	1913

National League (NL) | April 11 – October 6, 1912}}World Series:{{Bulleted list | October 8–16, 1912}} NL: Larry Doyle (NYG) | conf1_runner-up = Washington Senators | conf2_runner-up = Pittsburgh Pirates | finals_runner-up = New York Giants The 1912 major league baseball season began on April 11, 1912. The regular season ended on October 6, with the New York Giants and Boston Red Sox as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the ninth modern World Series on October 8 and ended with Game 8 on October 16. The Red Sox defeated the Giants, four games to three (with one tie), capturing their second championship in franchise history, since their previous in . Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the Philadelphia Athletics from the season.

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.

The Boston Rustlers renamed as the Boston Braves.

Schedule

The 1912 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the season. This format would last until .

Opening Day, April 11, featured all sixteen teams, only the second time every team has started their season on the same day (first being two years prior with the season). The final day of the regular season was on October 6. The World Series took place between October 8 and October 16.

Rule change

The 1912 season saw the following rule change:

The Class AA ("Double-A") level was created as the new highest level of minor-league baseball, with the elevation of the American Association, International League, and Pacific Coast League, from Class A ("Single-A").

Teams

An asterisk () denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at*

League	Team	City	Stadium
Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	27,000
Chicago, Illinois	White Sox Park	28,000
Cleveland, Ohio	League Park	21,414	Harry Davis
Detroit, Michigan	Navin Field	23,000
New York, New York	Hilltop Park	16,000
Brush Stadium*	34,000*
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	23,000
St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	18,000
Washington, D.C.	National Park	27,000
Boston, Massachusetts	South End Grounds	11,000
New York, New York	Washington Park	16,000
Chicago, Illinois	West Side Park	16,000
Cincinnati, Ohio	Redland Field	20,696
New York, New York	Brush Stadium	34,000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	National League Park	18,000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	23,000
St. Louis, Missouri	Robison Field	21,000

Standings

American League

National League

Tie games

13 tie games (8 in AL, 5 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again) occurred throughout the season.

American League

Boston Red Sox, 2
Chicago White Sox, 4
Cleveland Naps, 2
Detroit Tigers, 1
New York Highlanders, 1
Philadelphia Athletics, 1
St. Louis Browns, 3
Washington Senators, 2

National League

Boston Braves, 2
Chicago Cubs, 2
Cincinnati Reds, 2
New York Giants, 3
Pittsburgh Pirates, 1

Postseason

The postseason began on October 8 and ended on October 16 with the Boston Red Sox defeating the New York Giants in the 1912 World Series in seven games.

Bracket

Managerial changes

Off-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager	Boston Braves	Boston Red Sox	Chicago White Sox	Cincinnati Reds	Cleveland Naps	New York Highlanders	Washington Senators
Fred Tenney	Johnny Kling
Patsy Donovan	Jake Stahl
Hugh Duffy	Jimmy Callahan
Clark Griffith	Hank O'Day
George Stovall	Harry Davis
Hal Chase	Harry Wolverton
Jimmy McAleer	Clark Griffith

In-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager	Cleveland Naps	St. Louis Browns
Harry Davis	Joe Birmingham
Bobby Wallace	George Stovall

League leaders

American League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Ty Cobb (DET)	.409
OPS	Ty Cobb (DET)	1.040
HR	Home Run Baker (PHA)
Tris Speaker (BOS)	10
RBI	Home Run Baker (PHA)	130
R	Eddie Collins (PHA)	137
H	Ty Cobb (DET)
Joe Jackson (CLE)	226
SB	Clyde Milan (WSH)	88

Stat	Player	Total
W	Smoky Joe Wood (BOS)	34
L	Russ Ford (NYH)	21
ERA	Walter Johnson (WSH)	1.39
K	Walter Johnson (WSH)	303
IP	Ed Walsh (CWS)	393.0
SV	Ed Walsh (CWS)	10
WHIP	Walter Johnson (WSH)	0.908

National League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Heinie Zimmerman1 (CHC)	.372
OPS	Heinie Zimmerman (CHC)	.989
HR	Heinie Zimmerman1 (CHC)	14
RBI	Heinie Zimmerman1 (CHC)	104
R	Bob Bescher (CIN)	120
H	Heinie Zimmerman (CHC)	207
SB	Bob Bescher (CIN)	67

1 National League Triple Crown batting winner

Stat	Player	Total
W	Larry Cheney (CHC)
Rube Marquard (NYG)	26
L	Lefty Tyler (BSN)	22
ERA	Jeff Tesreau (NYG)	1.96
K	Grover Alexander (PHI)	195
IP	Grover Alexander (PHI)	310.1
SV	Slim Sallee (STL)	6
WHIP	Hank Robinson (PIT)	1.006

Awards and honors

Chalmers Award: Larry Doyle (NYG, National); Tris Speaker (BOS, American)

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
New York Giants	103	4.0%	638,000	−5.5%	8,395
Chicago White Sox	78	1.3%	602,241	3.3%	7,721
Boston Red Sox	105	34.6%	597,096	18.5%	7,655
Philadelphia Athletics	90	−10.9%	517,653	−14.5%	6,723
Chicago Cubs	91	−1.1%	514,000	−10.8%	6,590
Detroit Tigers	69	−22.5%	402,870	−16.9%	5,301
Pittsburgh Pirates	93	9.4%	384,000	−11.1%	5,120
Washington Senators	91	42.2%	350,663	43.2%	4,496
Cincinnati Reds	75	7.1%	344,000	14.7%	4,468
Cleveland Naps	75	−6.3%	336,844	−17.1%	4,375
Philadelphia Phillies	73	−7.6%	250,000	−39.9%	3,333
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	58	−9.4%	243,000	−9.7%	3,197
New York Highlanders	50	−34.2%	242,194	−19.9%	3,187
St. Louis Cardinals	63	−16.0%	241,759	−46.0%	3,140
St. Louis Browns	53	17.8%	214,070	2.9%	2,710
Boston Braves	52	18.2%	121,000	4.3%	1,532

Venues

The 1912 season saw two teams play their last seasons at their respective venues.

The Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers would play their last game at Washington Park on October 5 against the New York Giants, moving into Ebbets Field for the start of the season.
The New York Highlanders would play their last game at Hilltop Park on October 5 against the Washington Senators, moving into the Brush Stadium for the start of the season.

The 1912 season saw three teams play in new venues.

The Boston Red Sox leave the Huntington Avenue Grounds (where they played for 11 seasons) and opened Fenway Park, where they continue to play to this day.
The Cincinnati Reds leave the Palace of the Fans (where they played for ten seasons) and opened Redland Field, where they would go on to play for 59 seasons through .
The Detroit Tigers leave Bennett Park (where they played for 12 seasons as a Major League team and five seasons as a Minor League team in the Western League) and opened Navin Field, where they would go on to play for 88 seasons through .

League Park, the home of the St. Louis Cardinals, was renamed to Robison Field by Helene Britton, named after her father and uncle, Frank and Stanley Robison, respectively.

To accommodate for large crowds, the New York Highlanders would play three home games at the Brush Stadium, home of the New York Giants, on May 30 and a doubleheader on September 2.

References

''Harper's Weekly'', August 31, 1912, "The Dollars Behind the Baseball Diamond."
(January 5, 1912). "National Commission Grants Minor Leaguers Everything Asked For: Big Moguls of Baseball...Establish Much Wanted Class AA". [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]].
"1912 Major League Baseball Managers".
"1912 American League Batting Leaders".
"1912 American League Pitching Leaders".
"1912 National League Batting Leaders".
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