1912 IN BASEBALL

Contents

Champions

Awards and honors

MLB Statistical Leaders

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

Events

Births

Deaths

Champions

★ World Series: Boston Red Sox over New York Giants (4-3-1)

Awards and honors

★ Chalmers Award

★
★ Tris Speaker, Boston Red Sox, OF

★
★ Larry Doyle, New York Giants, 2B

MLB Statistical Leaders

	' American League '		' National League'
AVG	Ty Cobb DET	.402	Heinie Zimmerman CHC	.372
HR	Frank Baker PHA & Tris Speaker BOS	10	Heinie Zimmerman CHC	12
RBI	Frank Baker PHA	130	Honus Wagner PIT	102
Wins	Joe Wood BOS	34	Larry Cheney CHC & Rube Marquard NYG	26
ERA	Walter Johnson WSH	1.39	Jeff Tesreau NYG	1.96
Ks	Walter Johnson WSH	303	Grover Cleveland Alexander PHI	195

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
Philadelphia Athletics	90	62	.592	15
Chicago White Sox	78	76	.506	28
Cleveland Naps	75	78	.490	30.5
Detroit Tigers	69	84	.451	36.5
St. Louis Browns	53	101	.344	53
New York Highlanders	50	102	.329	55

National League final standings

'National League'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
New York Giants	103	48	.682	--
Pittsburgh Pirates	93	58	.616	10
Chicago Cubs	91	59	.607	11.5
Cincinnati Reds	75	78	.490	29
Philadelphia Phillies	73	79	.480	30.5
St. Louis Cardinals	63	90	.412	41
Brooklyn Dodgers	58	95	.379	46
Boston Braves	52	101	.340	52

Events

April 20 - Tiger Stadium opens.
April 20- Fenway Park opens. The Red Sox defeat the NY Highlanders, 7-6 in 11 innings on a Tris Speaker RBI.
June 28 - Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants becomes the 8th pitcher to record 300 career wins.

Births

★ March 8 - Ray Mueller

★ March 9 - Arky Vaughan

★ May 17 - Clarence Parker

★ May 23 - Augie Galan

★ May 27 - Terry Moore

★ June 19 - Don Gutteridge

★ July 24 - Alex Carrasquel

★ August 12 - Harlond Clift

★ August 25 - George Cisar

★ September 6 - Vince DiMaggio

★ November 10 - Birdie Tebbetts

★ November 11 -Hal Trosky

★ December 1 - Cookie Lavagetto

★ December 3 - Charlie Wagner

★ December 25 - Quincy Trouppe

Deaths

★ November 8 - Cupid Childs, 45, second baseman for the Cleveland Spiders who batted .306 lifetime; led American Association in doubles in 1890, NL in runs in 1892, ranked third all-time in walks upon retirement

★ November 26 - John T. Brush, 67, part owner of the New York Giants since 1890, the last 10 years as majority owner and team president; also owner and president of the Reds from 1891-1902, and of the Indianapolis club in the late 1880s