1912 Chicago Cubs season
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Owner(s) | Charles Murphy |
Manager(s) | Frank Chance |
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The 1912 Chicago Cubs season was the 41st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 37th in the National League and the 20th at West Side Park. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 91–59. Third baseman Heinie Zimmerman led the circuit in home runs, batting average, and slugging percentage.
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 5–17 | 11–11 | 3–18–1 | 10–12 | 4–18–1 | 10–12 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 5–17 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 11–10 | |||||
Chicago | 17–5 | 17–5 | — | 11–10–1 | 13–9–1 | 10–10 | 8–13 | 15–7 | |||||
Cincinnati | 11–11 | 16–6 | 10–11–1 | — | 6–16–1 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 18–3–1 | 16–6 | 9–13–1 | 16–6–1 | — | 17–5 | 12–8 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10 | 13–9 | 10–10 | 14–8 | 5–17 | — | 8–14 | 11–11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 18–4–1 | 14–8 | 13–8 | 11–11 | 8–12 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–10 | 10–11 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 7–15 | — |
Roster[]
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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 |
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C | Jimmy Archer | 120 | 385 | 109 | .283 | 5 | 58 |
1B | Vic Saier | 122 | 451 | 130 | .288 | 2 | 61 |
2B | Johnny Evers | 143 | 478 | 163 | .341 | 1 | 63 |
3B | Heinie Zimmerman | 145 | 557 | 207 | .372 | 14 | 104 (a) |
SS | Joe Tinker | 142 | 550 | 155 | .282 | 0 | 75 |
LF | Jimmy Sheckard | 146 | 523 | 128 | .245 | 3 | 47 |
CF | Tommy Leach | 82 | 265 | 64 | .242 | 2 | 32 |
RF | Frank Schulte | 139 | 553 | 146 | .264 | 12 | 64 |
(a) Baseball Reference and Retrosheet have his 1912 RBI total at 104. Baseball Almanac and The Baseball Cube have his RBI total at 99.
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 |
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Ward Miller | 86 | 241 | 74 | .307 | 0 | 22 |
Solly Hofman | 36 | 125 | 34 | .272 | 0 | 20 |
Red Downs | 43 | 95 | 25 | .263 | 1 | 15 |
Tom Needham | 33 | 90 | 16 | .178 | 0 | 12 |
Ed Lennox | 27 | 81 | 19 | .235 | 1 | 17 |
Cy Williams | 28 | 62 | 15 | .242 | 0 | 1 |
Dick Cotter | 26 | 54 | 15 | .278 | 0 | 10 |
Wilbur Good | 39 | 35 | 5 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Downey | 13 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 4 |
Charley Moore | 5 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Frank Chance | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Chapman | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Hechinger | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
George Yantz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
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Larry Cheney | 42 | 303.1 | 26 | 10 | 2.85 | 140 |
Jimmy Lavender | 42 | 251.2 | 16 | 13 | 3.04 | 109 |
Lew Richie | 39 | 238 | 16 | 8 | 2.95 | 69 |
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 |
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Ed Reulbach | 39 | 169 | 10 | 6 | 3.78 | 75 |
Charlie Smith | 20 | 94 | 7 | 4 | 4.21 | 47 |
Mordecai Brown | 15 | 88.2 | 5 | 6 | 2.64 | 34 |
Lefty Leifield | 13 | 70.2 | 7 | 2 | 2.42 | 23 |
Fred Toney | 9 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 5.25 | 9 |
Jim Moroney | 10 | 23.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.56 | 5 |
Harry McIntire | 4 | 23.2 | 1 | 2 | 3.80 | 8 |
King Cole | 8 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 10.89 | 9 |
George Pierce | 3 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.52 | 9 |
Grover Lowdermilk | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9.69 | 8 |
Len Madden | 6 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 2.92 | 5 |
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 |
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Joe Vernon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 1 |
Ensign Cottrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Rudy Sommers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
Bill Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Awards and honors[]
League top five finishers[]
- #1 wins (26)
Johnny Evers
- #2 on-base percentage (.431)
- #4 batting average (.341)
- #2 home runs (12)
- #1 batting average (.372)
- #1 home runs (14)
- #1 slugging percentage (.571)
- #3 runs batted in (99)
- #5 on-base percentage (.418)
External links[]
- Chicago Cubs seasons
- 1912 Major League Baseball season
- 1912 in sports in Illinois
- Chicago Cubs season stubs