1912 Boston Braves | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | South End Grounds |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 52–101 (.340) |
League place | 8th |
Owners | James Gaffney, John Montgomery Ward |
Managers | Johnny Kling |
The 1912 Boston Braves season was the 42nd season of the franchise. Team owner William Hepburn Russell died after the 1911 season and his stock was bought up by a group including Tammany Hall alderman James Gaffney and former baseball manager John Montgomery Ward. The team was renamed the Boston Braves after the Sachems, also known as "Braves", of Tammany Hall.[1]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
1912 Boston Braves | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager |
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 | Bill Rariden | 79 | 247 | 55 | .223 | 1 | 16 |
1B | Ben Houser | 108 | 332 | 95 | .286 | 8 | 59 |
2B | Bill Sweeney | 153 | 593 | 204 | .344 | 1 | 99 |
SS | Frank O'Rourke | 61 | 196 | 24 | .122 | 0 | 15 |
3B | Ed McDonald | 121 | 459 | 119 | .259 | 2 | 33 |
OF | John Titus | 96 | 345 | 112 | .325 | 2 | 48 |
OF | Vin Campbell | 145 | 624 | 185 | .296 | 3 | 52 |
OF | George Jackson | 110 | 397 | 104 | .262 | 4 | 51 |
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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Art Devlin | 124 | 436 | 126 | .289 | 0 | 57 |
Jay Kirke | 103 | 359 | 115 | .320 | 4 | 62 |
Johnny Kling | 81 | 252 | 80 | .317 | 2 | 29 |
Doc Miller | 51 | 201 | 47 | .234 | 2 | 24 |
Al Bridwell | 31 | 106 | 25 | .236 | 0 | 16 |
Hank Gowdy | 44 | 96 | 26 | .271 | 3 | 9 |
Harry Spratt | 27 | 89 | 23 | .258 | 3 | 12 |
Rabbit Maranville | 26 | 86 | 18 | .209 | 0 | 8 |
Al Kaiser | 4 | 13 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Schultz | 4 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
Dave Shean | 4 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 3 |
Gil Whitehouse | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Mike González | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Jones | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Art Schwind | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
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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Lefty Tyler | 42 | 256.1 | 12 | 22 | 4.18 | 144 |
Otto Hess | 33 | 254.0 | 12 | 17 | 3.76 | 80 |
Hub Perdue | 37 | 249.0 | 13 | 16 | 3.80 | 101 |
Buster Brown | 31 | 168.1 | 4 | 15 | 4.01 | 68 |
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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Walt Dickson | 36 | 189.0 | 3 | 19 | 3.86 | 47 |
Ed Donnelly | 37 | 184.1 | 5 | 10 | 4.35 | 67 |
Rube Kroh | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 1 |
Al Mattern | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.11 | 3 |
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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Brad Hogg | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.97 | 12 |
Bill McTigue | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.45 | 17 |
Steve White | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 |
Hank Griffin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
King Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 0 |
Bill Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
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