1912 American League

The 1912 season of the American League was the twelfth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Boston Red Sox	154	105	47	2	.682	-.-	799 (5.19)	544 (3.53)	0.277	0.349	0.380	2.76	0.957
2	Washington Senators	154	91	61	2	.591	14.0	699 (4.54)	581 (3.77)	0.256	0.319	0.341	2.69	0.954
3	Philadelphia Athletics	153	90	62	1	.588	15.0	779 (5.09)	658 (4.30)	0.282	0.344	0.377	3.32	0.959
4	Chicago White Sox	158	78	76	4	.494	28.0	639 (4.04)	648 (4.10)	0.255	0.311	0.329	3.06	0.957
5	Cleveland Naps	155	75	78	2	.484	30.5	677 (4.37)	681 (4.39)	0.273	0.327	0.353	3.30	0.954
6	Detroit Tigers	154	69	84	1	.448	36.5	720 (4.68)	777 (5.05)	0.268	0.336	0.349	3.77	0.950
7	St. Louis Browns	157	53	101	3	.338	53.0	552 (3.52)	764 (4.87)	0.248	0.309	0.320	3.71	0.947
8	New York Highlanders	153	50	102	1	.327	55.0	630 (4.12)	842 (5.50)	0.259	0.321	0.334	4.13	0.940

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Morrie Rath	Chicago White Sox	157
At Bats	Eddie Foster	Washington Senators	618
Runs Scored	Eddie Collins	Philadelphia Athletics	137
Hits	Ty Cobb Joe Jackson	Detroit Tigers Cleveland Naps	226
Doubles	Tris Speaker	Boston Red Sox	53
Triples	Joe Jackson	Cleveland Naps	26
Home Runs	Frank Baker Tris Speaker	Philadelphia Athletics Boston Red Sox	10
Total Bases	Joe Jackson	Cleveland Naps	331
Runs Batted In	Frank Baker	Philadelphia Athletics	130
Stolen Bases	Clyde Milan	Washington Senators	88
Walks	Donie Bush	Detroit Tigers	117
Hit by Pitch	Bert Daniels	New York Highlanders	18
Sacrifice Hits	Duffy Lewis	Boston Red Sox	31
Batting Average	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	0.409
On-Base Percentage	Tris Speaker	Boston Red Sox	0.464
Slugging Percentage	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	0.584
On-Base plus Slugging	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	1.040
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	200

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Joe Wood	Boston Red Sox	34
Losses	Russ Ford	New York Highlanders	21
Win-Loss Percentage	Joe Wood	Boston Red Sox	0.872
Appearances	Ed Walsh	Chicago White Sox	62
Games Started	Ed Walsh	Chicago White Sox	41
Complete Games	Joe Wood	Boston Red Sox	35
Shutouts	Joe Wood	Boston Red Sox	10
Games Finished	Ed Walsh	Chicago White Sox	18
Saves	Ed Walsh	Chicago White Sox	10
Innings Pitched	Ed Walsh	Chicago White Sox	393.0
Batters Faced	Ed Walsh	Chicago White Sox	1564
Hits Allowed	Ed Walsh	Chicago White Sox	332
Home Runs Allowed	Russ Ford	New York Highlanders	10
Base-on-Balls Allowed	George Kahler	Cleveland Naps	121
Hit Batsmen	Ed Willett	Detroit Tigers	17
Strikeouts	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	303
Wild Pitches	Jean Dubuc	Detroit Tigers	16
Balks	Ed Walsh	Chicago White Sox	5
Runs Allowed	Russ Ford	New York Highlanders	165
Earned Runs Allowed	Russ Ford	New York Highlanders	115
Earned Run Average	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	1.39
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	0.908

In the World Series, the American League champion Boston Red Sox defeated the National League's New York Giants, 4 games to 3with one tie.

The winner of the league's Chalmers Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Tris Speaker, an outfielder with the Boston Red Sox. In the award's voting, he had 59 out of a possible 64 points.