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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).
| 1912 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | Regular season:
|
| Number of games | 154 |
| Number of teams | 16 (8 per league) |
| Regular Season | |
| Season MVP | AL: Tris Speaker (BRS) 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 |
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]
The Boston Rustlers renamed as the Boston Braves.
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 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.
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 1910 season). The final day of the regular season was on October 6. The World Series took place between October 8 and October 16.
American League
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | 105 | 47 | .691 | — | 57–20 | 48–27 |
| Washington Senators | 91 | 61 | .599 | 14 | 45–32 | 46–29 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 90 | 62 | .592 | 15 | 45–31 | 45–31 |
| Chicago White Sox | 78 | 76 | .506 | 28 | 34–43 | 44–33 |
| Cleveland Naps | 75 | 78 | .490 | 30½ | 41–35 | 34–43 |
| Detroit Tigers | 69 | 84 | .451 | 36½ | 37–39 | 32–45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 53 | 101 | .344 | 53 | 27–50 | 26–51 |
| New York Highlanders | 50 | 102 | .329 | 55 | 31–44 | 19–58 |
National League
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 103 | 48 | .682 | — | 49–25 | 54–23 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 93 | 58 | .616 | 10 | 44–31 | 49–27 |
| Chicago Cubs | 91 | 59 | .607 | 11½ | 46–30 | 45–29 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 78 | .490 | 29 | 45–32 | 30–46 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 79 | .480 | 30½ | 34–41 | 39–38 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 63 | 90 | .412 | 41 | 37–40 | 26–50 |
| Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers | 58 | 95 | .379 | 46 | 33–43 | 25–52 |
| Boston Braves | 52 | 101 | .340 | 52 | 31–47 | 21–54 |
Bracket
| World Series | ||||
| AL | Boston Red Sox | 4 | ||
| NL | New York Giants | 3 | ||
Off-season
In-season
| Team | Former Manager | New Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Naps | Harry Davis | Joe Birmingham |
| St. Louis Browns | Bobby Wallace | George Stovall |
American League
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National League
1 National League Triple Crown batting winner |
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| Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants[2] | 103 | 4.0% | 638,000 | -5.5% | 8,395 |
| Chicago White Sox[3] | 78 | 1.3% | 602,241 | 3.3% | 7,721 |
| Boston Red Sox[4] | 105 | 34.6% | 597,096 | 18.5% | 7,655 |
| Philadelphia Athletics[5] | 90 | -10.9% | 517,653 | -14.5% | 6,723 |
| Chicago Cubs[6] | 91 | -1.1% | 514,000 | -10.8% | 6,590 |
| Detroit Tigers[7] | 69 | -22.5% | 402,870 | -16.9% | 5,301 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[8] | 93 | 9.4% | 384,000 | -11.1% | 5,120 |
| Washington Senators[9] | 91 | 42.2% | 350,663 | 43.2% | 4,496 |
| Cincinnati Reds[10] | 75 | 7.1% | 344,000 | 14.7% | 4,468 |
| Cleveland Naps[11] | 75 | -6.3% | 336,844 | -17.1% | 4,375 |
| Philadelphia Phillies[12] | 73 | -7.6% | 250,000 | -39.9% | 3,333 |
| Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers[13] | 58 | -9.4% | 243,000 | -9.7% | 3,197 |
| New York Highlanders[14] | 50 | -34.2% | 242,194 | -19.9% | 3,187 |
| St. Louis Cardinals[15] | 63 | -16.0% | 241,759 | -46.0% | 3,140 |
| St. Louis Browns[16] | 53 | 17.8% | 214,070 | 2.9% | 2,710 |
| Boston Braves[17] | 52 | 18.2% | 121,000 | 4.3% | 1,532 |
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