1912 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
Owners | Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough |
Managers | Connie Mack |
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 |
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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
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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
- August 20, 1912: Roy Crabb was purchased by the Athletics from the Chicago White Sox.[1]
- September 16, 1912: Billy Orr was drafted by the Athletics from the Sacramento Sacts in the 1912 rule 5 draft.[2]
Roster
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
External links
- 1912 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1912 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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