1912 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
ManagersConnie Mack
← 1911
1913 →

The 1912 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing third in the American League with a record of 90 wins and 62 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 105 47 0.691 — 57–20 48–27
Washington Senators 91 61 0.599 14 45–32 46–29
Philadelphia Athletics 90 62 0.592 15 45–31 45–31
Chicago White Sox 78 76 0.506 28 34–43 44–33
Cleveland Naps 75 78 0.490 30½ 41–35 34–43
Detroit Tigers 69 84 0.451 36½ 37–39 32–45
St. Louis Browns 53 101 0.344 53 27–50 26–51
New York Highlanders 50 102 0.329 55 31–44 19–58

Record vs. opponents

1912 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 16–6–1 11–11–1 15–6 19–2 15–7 17–5 12–10
Chicago 6–16–1 — 11–11 14–8–1 13–9 12–10 13–9–2 9–13
Cleveland 11–11–1 11–11 — 13–9 13–8–1 8–14 15–7 4–18
Detroit 6–15 8–14–1 9–13 — 16–6 9–13 13–9 8–14
New York 2–19 9–13 8–13–1 6–16 — 5–17 13–9 7–15
Philadelphia 7–15 10–12 14–8 13–9 17–5 — 16–6 13–7–1
St. Louis 5–17 9–13–2 7–15 9–13 9–13 6–16 — 8–14–1
Washington 10–12 13–9 18–4 14–8 15–7 7–13–1 14–8–1 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1912 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 Jack Lapp 91 281 82 .292 1 35
1B Stuffy McInnis 153 568 186 .327 3 101
2B Eddie Collins 153 543 189 .348 0 64
SS Jack Barry 140 483 126 .261 0 55
3B Frank Baker 149 577 200 .347 10 130
OF Bris Lord 97 378 90 .238 0 25
OF Rube Oldring 99 395 119 .301 1 24
OF Amos Strunk 122 412 119 .289 3 63

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
Harl Maggert 74 242 62 .256 1 13
Eddie Murphy 33 142 45 .317 0 6
Ira Thomas 48 139 30 .216 1 13
Ben Egan 49 138 24 .174 0 13
Danny Murphy 36 130 42 .323 2 20
Jimmy Walsh 31 107 27 .252 0 15
Claud Derrick 21 58 14 .241 0 7
Joe Mathes 4 14 2 .143 0 0
Howard Fahey 6 8 0 .000 0 0
Chester Emerson 1 1 0 .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
Jack Coombs 40 262.1 21 10 3.29 120
Eddie Plank 37 259.2 26 6 2.22 110
Boardwalk Brown 34 199.0 13 11 3.66 64
Byron Houck 30 180.2 8 8 2.94 75
Chief Bender 27 171.0 13 8 2.74 90
Cy Morgan 16 93.2 3 8 3.75 47
Roy Crabb 7 43.1 2 4 3.74 12
Joe Bush 1 8.0 0 0 7.88 3

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
Stan Coveleski 5 21.0 2 1 3.43 9
Lefty Russell 5 17.1 0 2 7.27 9
Harry Krause 4 5.1 0 2 13.50 3
Roger Salmon 2 5.0 1 0 9.00 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
Herb Pennock 17 1 2 2 4.50 38
Hardin Barry 3 0 0 0 7.62 3
Dave Danforth 3 0 0 0 3.98 8
Doc Martin 2 0 0 0 10.38 4
Slim Harrell 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

References

  1. ^ Roy Crabb page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Billy Orr page at Baseball Reference

External links


1912 MLB season by team
Oakland Athletics
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