1912 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1912 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 31st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 21st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 63–90 during the season and finished sixth out of eight teams in the National League.

1912 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Ballpark	Robison Field
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	63–90 (.412)
League place	6th
Owners	Helene Hathaway Britton
Managers	Roger Bresnahan
← 1911 Seasons 1913 →

Regular season

Season standings

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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

Record vs. opponents

1912 National League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Notable transactions

• September 16, 1912: Jimmy Whelan was drafted by the Cardinals from the Ogden Canners in the 1912 rule 5 draft.^[1]

Roster

1912 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Sandy Burk Gene Dale Wheezer Dell Bob Ewing Rube Geyer Dan Griner Bob Harmon Roland Howell Lou Lowdermilk Pol Perritt Phil Redding Slim Sallee Bill Steele Joe Willis Gene Woodburn George Zackert		Catchers Jack Bliss Roger Bresnahan Ed Burns Mike Murphy Frank Snyder Ivey Wingo Infielders Jim Galloway Arnold Hauser Miller Huggins John Kelleher Ed Konetchy John Mercer Mike Mowrey Ray Rolling Wally Smith Possum Whitted		Outfielders Ted Cather Rube Ellis Steve Evans Frank Gilhooley Lee Magee Elmer Miller Rebel Oakes Denney Wilie Other batters Jim Clark		Manager Roger Bresnahan

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
C	Ivey Wingo	100	310	82	.265	2	44
1B	Ed Konetchy	143	538	169	.314	8	82
2B	Miller Huggins	120	431	131	.304	0	29
SS	Arnold Hauser	133	479	124	.259	1	42
3B	Mike Mowrey	114	408	104	.255	2	50
OF	Steve Evans	135	491	139	.283	6	72
OF	Rebel Oakes	136	495	139	.281	3	58
OF	Lee Magee	128	458	133	.290	0	40

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
Rube Ellis	109	305	82	.269	4	33
Wally Smith	75	219	56	.256	0	26
Jack Bliss	49	114	28	.246	0	18
Roger Bresnahan	48	108	36	.333	1	15
Jim Galloway	21	54	10	.185	0	4
Frank Gilhooley	13	49	11	.224	0	2
Denney Wilie	30	48	11	.229	0	6
Possum Whitted	12	46	12	.261	0	7
Elmer Miller	12	37	7	.189	0	3
Ted Cather	5	19	8	.421	0	2
Frank Snyder	11	18	2	.111	0	0
Ray Rolling	5	15	3	.200	0	0
John Kelleher	8	12	4	.333	0	1
Jim Clark	2	1	0	.000	0	0
John Mercer	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Ed Burns	1	1	0	.000	0	1
Mike Murphy	1	1	0	.000	0	1

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
Slim Sallee	48	294.0	16	17	2.60	108
Bob Harmon	43	268.0	18	18	3.93	73
Phil Redding	3	25.1	2	1	4.97	9
Bob Ewing	1	1.1	0	0	0.00	0

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
Bill Steele	40	194.0	9	13	4.69	67
Rube Geyer	41	181.0	7	14	3.28	61
Joe Willis	31	129.2	4	9	4.44	55
Dan Griner	12	54.0	3	4	3.17	20
Gene Woodburn	20	48.1	1	4	5.59	25
Sandy Burk	12	44.2	1	3	2.42	17
Pol Perritt	6	31.0	1	1	3.19	13
Lou Lowdermilk	4	15.0	1	1	3.00	2

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
Gene Dale	19	0	5	0	6.57	37
Wheezer Dell	3	0	0	0	11.57	0
Roland Howell	3	0	0	0	27.00	0
George Zackert	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

References

1. Jimmy Whelan page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1912 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1912 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com