1912 Washington Senators season

1912 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNational Park
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersThomas C. Noyes
ManagersClark Griffith
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The 1912 Washington Senators won 91 games, lost 61, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played their home games at National Park.

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 105 47 .691 — 57‍–‍20 48‍–‍27
Washington Senators 91 61 .599 14 45‍–‍32 46‍–‍29
Philadelphia Athletics 90 62 .592 15 45‍–‍31 45‍–‍31
Chicago White Sox 78 76 .506 28 34‍–‍43 44‍–‍33
Cleveland Naps 75 78 .490 30½ 41‍–‍35 34‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers 69 84 .451 36½ 37‍–‍39 32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 53 101 .344 53 27‍–‍50 26‍–‍51
New York Highlanders 50 102 .329 55 31‍–‍44 19‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1912 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

Roster

1912 Washington Senators
Roster
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
C John Henry 66 191 37 .194 0 9
1B Chick Gandil 117 443 135 .305 2 81
2B Ray Morgan 81 273 65 .238 1 30
SS George McBride 152 521 118 .226 1 52
3B Eddie Foster 154 618 176 .285 2 70
OF Clyde Milan 154 601 184 .306 1 79
OF Danny Moeller 132 519 143 .276 6 46
OF Howie Shanks 116 399 92 .231 1 48

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
Eddie Ainsmith 61 186 42 .226 0 22
Germany Schaefer 60 166 41 .247 0 19
Rip Williams 60 157 50 .318 0 22
Frank LaPorte 40 136 42 .309 0 17
Tilly Walker 39 110 30 .273 0 9
John Knight 32 93 15 .161 0 9
John Flynn 20 71 12 .169 0 5
Bill Kenworthy 12 38 9 .237 0 2
Bill Cunningham 8 27 5 .185 1 8
Roy Moran 7 13 2 .154 0 0
Roxey Roach 2 2 1 .500 1 1
Joe Agler 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Nick Altrock 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Clark Griffith 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Tom Long 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Jack Ryan 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Dave Howard 1 0 0 ---- 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
Walter Johnson 50 369.0 33 12 1.39 303
Bob Groom 43 316.0 24 13 2.62 179
Tom Hughes 31 196.0 13 10 2.94 108
Carl Cashion 26 170.1 10 6 3.17 84
Hippo Vaughn 12 81.0 4 3 2.89 49
Dixie Walker 9 60.0 3 6 5.25 29

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
Joe Engel 17 75.0 2 5 3.96 29
Barney Pelty 11 43.2 1 4 3.30 15
Paul Musser 7 20.2 0 0 2.61 10
Jerry Akers 5 20.1 1 1 4.87 11
Lefty Schegg 2 5.1 0 0 3.38 3

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
Charlie Becker 4 0 0 0 3.00 5
Joe Boehling 3 0 0 0 7.20 2
Bert Gallia 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nick Altrock 1 0 1 0 18.00 0
Herb Herring 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Germany Schaefer 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Steve White 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Clark Griffith 1 0 0 0 inf 0

References

  1. ^ Bill Kenworthy page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Joe Agler page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Bill Morley page at Baseball Reference