1912 National League

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The 1912 season of the National League was the thirty-seventh season of the league.

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Standings

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

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Bill Sweeney	Boston Braves	153
At Bats	Vin Campbell	Boston Braves	624
Runs Scored	Bob Bescher	Cincinnati Reds	120
Hits	Heinie Zimmerman	Chicago Cubs	207
Doubles	Heinie Zimmerman	Chicago Cubs	41
Triples	Chief Wilson	Pittsburgh Pirates	36
Home Runs	Heinie Zimmerman	Chicago Cubs	14
Total Bases	Heinie Zimmerman	Chicago Cubs	318
Runs Batted In	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	102
Stolen Bases	Bob Bescher	Cincinnati Reds	67
Walks	Jimmy Sheckard	Chicago Cubs	122
Hit by Pitch	Steve Evans	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Strikeouts	Ed McDonald	Boston Braves	91
Sacrifice Hits	Max Carey	Pittsburgh Pirates	37
Batting Average	Heinie Zimmerman	Chicago Cubs	0.372
On-Base Percentage	Chief Meyers	New York Giants	0.441
Slugging Percentage	Heinie Zimmerman	Chicago Cubs	0.571
On-Base plus Slugging	Heinie Zimmerman	Chicago Cubs	0.989
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Heinie Zimmerman	Chicago Cubs	169

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Larry Cheney Rube Marquard	Chicago Cubs New York Giants	26
Losses	Lefty Tyler	Boston Braves	22
Win-Loss Percentage	Claude Hendrix	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.727
Appearances	Rube Benton	Cincinnati Reds	50
Games Started	Rube Benton	Cincinnati Reds	39
Complete Games	Larry Cheney	Chicago Cubs	28
Shutouts	Nap Rucker	Brooklyn Dodgers	6
Games Finished	Doc Crandall	New York Giants	25
Saves	Slim Sallee	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Innings Pitched	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	310.1
Batters Faced	Rube Benton	Cincinnati Reds	1302
Hits Allowed	George Suggs	Cincinnati Reds	320
Home Runs Allowed	Pete Alexander Hub Perdue	Philadelphia Phillies Boston Braves	11
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Marty O'Toole	Pittsburgh Pirates	159
Hit Batsmen	Rube Benton	Cincinnati Reds	18
Strikeouts	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	195
Wild Pitches	Larry Cheney	Chicago Cubs	18
Balks	Ed Donnelly	Boston Braves	3
Runs Allowed	Bob Harmon	St. Louis Cardinals	156
Earned Runs Allowed	Lefty Tyler	Boston Braves	119
Earned Run Average	Jeff Tesreau	New York Giants	1.96
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Hank Robinson	Pittsburgh Pirates	1.006

Postseason

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

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.

Umpires

• 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

• Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1910s (the 1912 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]