1912 Philadelphia Phillies season

1912 Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Ballpark	National League Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Horace Fogel
Managers	Red Dooin
Seasons

The 1912 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League with a record of 73–79, 30+1⁄2 games behind the first-place New York Giants.

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	103	48	.682	—	49‍–‍25	54‍–‍23
Pittsburgh Pirates	93	58	.616	10	44‍–‍31	49‍–‍27
Chicago Cubs	91	59	.607	11½	46‍–‍30	45‍–‍29
Cincinnati Reds	75	78	.490	29	45‍–‍32	30‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies	73	79	.480	30½	34‍–‍41	39‍–‍38
St. Louis Cardinals	63	90	.412	41	37‍–‍40	26‍–‍50
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	58	95	.379	46	33‍–‍43	25‍–‍52
Boston Braves	52	101	.340	52	31‍–‍47	21‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1912 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	5–17	11–11	3–18–1	10–12	4–18–1	10–12
Brooklyn	13–9	—	5–17	6–16	6–16	9–13	8–14	11–10
Chicago	17–5	17–5	—	11–10–1	13–9–1	10–10	8–13	15–7
Cincinnati	11–11	16–6	10–11–1	—	6–16–1	8–14	11–11	13–9
New York	18–3–1	16–6	9–13–1	16–6–1	—	17–5	12–8	15–7
Philadelphia	12–10	13–9	10–10	14–8	5–17	—	8–14	11–11
Pittsburgh	18–4–1	14–8	13–8	11–11	8–12	14–8	—	15–7
St. Louis	12–10	10–11	7–15	9–13	7–15	11–11	7–15	—

Notable transactions

• June 21, 1912: John Titus was traded by the Phillies to the Boston Braves for Doc Miller.
• July 1912: Hank Ritter was purchased by the Phillies from the East Liverpool Potters.

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	Bill Killefer	85	268	60	.224	1	21
1B	Fred Luderus	148	572	147	.257	10	69
2B	Otto Knabe	126	426	120	.282	0	46
SS	Mickey Doolin	146	532	137	.258	1	62
3B	Hans Lobert	65	257	84	.327	2	33
OF	Sherry Magee	132	464	142	.306	6	66
OF	Dode Paskert	145	540	170	.315	2	43
OF	Gavvy Cravath	130	436	124	.284	11	70

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
Red Dooin	69	184	43	.234	0	22
Doc Miller	67	177	51	.288	0	21
Tom Downey	54	171	50	.292	1	23
John Titus	45	157	43	.274	3	22
Jimmy Walsh	51	150	40	.267	2	19
John Dodge	30	92	11	.120	0	3
Peaches Graham	24	59	17	.288	1	4
Cozy Dolan	11	50	14	.280	0	7
Pat Moran	13	26	3	.115	0	1
George Mangus	10	25	5	.200	0	3
Jack Boyle	15	25	7	.280	0	2
Bill Brinker	9	18	4	.222	0	2
Gene Steinbrenner	3	9	2	.222	0	1
George Browne	6	5	1	.200	0	0
Jimmie Savage	2	3	0	.000	0	0
Mike Loan	1	2	1	.500	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
Pete Alexander	46	310.1	19	17	2.81	195
Tom Seaton	44	255.0	16	12	3.28	118
Earl Moore	31	182.1	9	14	3.31	79
Ad Brennan	27	174.0	11	9	3.57	78
Eppa Rixey	23	162.0	10	10	2.50	59
Cliff Curtis	10	50.0	2	5	3.24	20

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
George Chalmers	12	57.2	3	4	3.28	22
Happy Finneran	14	46.1	0	2	2.53	10
Erskine Mayer	7	21.1	0	1	6.33	5
Red Nelson	4	19.1	2	0	3.72	2
Rube Marshall	2	3.0	0	1	21.00	2

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
Toots Shultz	22	1	4	1	4.58	20
Huck Wallace	4	0	0	0	0.00	4
Hank Ritter	3	0	0	0	4.50	1
Frank Nicholson	2	0	0	0	6.75	1

External links

• 1912 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference