1912 National League
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The 1912 season of the National League was the thirty-seventh season of the league.
Season summary[edit]
Standings[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 | New York Giants | 154 | 103 | 48 | 3 | .669 | -.- | 823 (5.34) | 571 (3.71) | 0.286 | 0.352 | 0.395 | 2.58 | 0.955 |
2 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 152 | 93 | 58 | 1 | .612 | 10.0 | 751 (4.94) | 565 (3.72) | 0.284 | 0.337 | 0.398 | 2.85 | 0.972 |
3 | Chicago Cubs | 152 | 91 | 59 | 2 | .599 | 11.5 | 756 (4.97) | 668 (4.39) | 0.277 | 0.349 | 0.387 | 3.42 | 0.960 |
4 | Cincinnati Reds | 155 | 75 | 78 | 2 | .484 | 29.0 | 656 (4.23) | 722 (4.66) | 0.256 | 0.320 | 0.339 | 3.42 | 0.960 |
5 | Philadelphia Phillies | 152 | 73 | 79 | 0 | .480 | 30.5 | 670 (4.41) | 688 (4.53) | 0.267 | 0.328 | 0.367 | 3.25 | 0.963 |
6 | St. Louis Cardinals | 153 | 63 | 90 | 0 | .412 | 41.0 | 659 (4.31) | 830 (5.42) | 0.268 | 0.335 | 0.352 | 3.85 | 0.957 |
7 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 153 | 58 | 95 | 0 | .379 | 46.0 | 651 (4.25) | 754 (4.93) | 0.268 | 0.332 | 0.358 | 3.64 | 0.959 |
8 | Boston Braves | 155 | 52 | 101 | 2 | .335 | 52.0 | 693 (4.47) | 861 (5.55) | 0.273 | 0.330 | 0.361 | 4.17 | 0.954 |
League leaders[edit]
- Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record
Batting[edit]
Pitching[edit]
Postseason[edit]
In the World Series, the National League champion New York Giants were defeated by the American League's Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 with one tie.
Award winners[edit]
The winner of the league's Chalmers Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Larry Doyle, a second baseman with the New York Giants. In the award's voting, he had 48 out of a possible 64 points.
Notable events[edit]
Umpires[edit]
- Bill Brennan
- Garnet Bush
- Mal Eason
- Bob Emslie
- Bill Finneran
- Ham Hyatt*
- Jim Johnstone
- Bill Klem
- Al Orth
- Brick Owens
- Ed Phelps*
- Cy Rigler
* Denotes a fill-in umpire
Further Reading[edit]
- Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1910s (the 1912 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]
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