1912 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1912  Philadelphia Athletics
League American League
Ballpark Shibe Park
City Philadelphia
Owners Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Managers Connie 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.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 105470.69157–2048–27
Washington Senators 91610.5991445–3246–29
Philadelphia Athletics 90620.5921545–3145–31
Chicago White Sox 78760.5062834–4344–33
Cleveland Naps 75780.49030½41–3534–43
Detroit Tigers 69840.45136½37–3932–45
St. Louis Browns 531010.3445327–5026–51
New York Highlanders 501020.3295531–4419–58

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYHPHASLBWSH
Boston 16–6–111–11–115–619–215–717–512–10
Chicago 6–16–111–1114–8–113–912–1013–9–29–13
Cleveland 11–11–111–1113–913–8–18–1415–74–18
Detroit 6–158–14–19–1316–69–1313–98–14
New York 2–199–138–13–16–165–1713–97–15
Philadelphia 7–1510–1214–813–917–516–613–7–1
St. Louis 5–179–13–27–159–139–136–168–14–1
Washington 10–1213–918–414–815–77–13–114–8–1

Notable transactions

Roster

1912 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
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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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Jack Lapp 9128182.292135
1B Stuffy McInnis 153568186.3273101
2B Eddie Collins 153543189.348064
SS Jack Barry 140483126.261055
3B Frank Baker 149577200.34710130
OF Bris Lord 9737890.238025
OF Rube Oldring 99395119.301124
OF Amos Strunk 122412119.289363

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Harl Maggert 7424262.256113
Eddie Murphy 3314245.31706
Ira Thomas 4813930.216113
Ben Egan 4913824.174013
Danny Murphy 3613042.323220
Jimmy Walsh 3110727.252015
Claud Derrick 215814.24107
Joe Mathes 4142.14300
Howard Fahey 680.00000
Chester Emerson 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jack Coombs 40262.121103.29120
Eddie Plank 37259.22662.22110
Boardwalk Brown 34199.013113.6664
Byron Houck 30180.2882.9475
Chief Bender 27171.01382.7490
Cy Morgan 1693.2383.7547
Roy Crabb 743.1243.7412
Joe Bush 18.0007.883

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Stan Coveleski 521.0213.439
Lefty Russell 517.1027.279
Harry Krause 45.10213.503
Roger Salmon 25.0109.005

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Herb Pennock 171224.5038
Hardin Barry 30007.623
Dave Danforth 30003.988
Doc Martin 200010.384
Slim Harrell 10000.001

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References

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