1912 Detroit Tigers season
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The 1912 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Tigers finishing sixth in the American League. It was the team's first season in Tiger Stadium.
Regular season
On April 20, 1912,
On May 18, 1912, the Tigers players went on strike to protest the
On July 4, 1912, George Mullin threw the first no-hitter in Detroit Tigers history.[4] The Tigers beat the St. Louis Browns by a score of 7–0. It was also Mullin's 32nd birthday.
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 105 | 47 | 0.691 | — | 57–20 | 48–27 |
Washington Senators | 91 | 61 | 0.599 | 14 | 45–32 | 46–29 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 90 | 62 | 0.592 | 15 | 45–31 | 45–31 |
Chicago White Sox | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 28 | 34–43 | 44–33 |
Cleveland Naps | 75 | 78 | 0.490 | 30½ | 41–35 | 34–43 |
Detroit Tigers | 69 | 84 | 0.451 | 36½ | 37–39 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 53 | 101 | 0.344 | 53 | 27–50 | 26–51 |
New York Highlanders | 50 | 102 | 0.329 | 55 | 31–44 | 19–58 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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
- August 26, 1912: New Haven Murlins.[5]
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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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 |
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C | Oscar Stanage | 121 | 394 | 103 | .261 | 0 | 41 |
1B | George Moriarty | 105 | 375 | 93 | .248 | 0 | 54 |
2B | Baldy Louden |
122 | 403 | 97 | .241 | 1 | 36 |
SS | Donie Bush | 144 | 511 | 118 | .231 | 2 | 38 |
3B | Charlie Deal | 42 | 142 | 32 | .225 | 0 | 11 |
OF | Sam Crawford | 149 | 581 | 189 | .325 | 4 | 109 |
OF | Ty Cobb | 140 | 553 | 226 | .409 | 7 | 83 |
OF | Davy Jones | 99 | 316 | 93 | .294 | 0 | 24 |
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 |
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Ossie Vitt | 76 | 273 | 67 | .245 | 0 | 19 |
Jim Delahanty | 79 | 266 | 76 | .286 | 0 | 41 |
Del Gainer | 52 | 179 | 43 | .240 | 0 | 20 |
Red Corriden | 38 | 138 | 28 | .203 | 0 | 5 |
Eddie Onslow | 36 | 128 | 29 | .227 | 1 | 13 |
Bobby Veach | 23 | 79 | 27 | .342 | 0 | 15 |
Jack Onslow | 36 | 69 | 11 | .159 | 0 | 4 |
Brad Kocher | 29 | 63 | 13 | .206 | 0 | 9 |
Paddy Baumann | 16 | 42 | 11 | .262 | 0 | 7 |
Hank Perry | 13 | 36 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Red McDermott | 5 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Donovan | 6 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
Al Bashang | 6 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Charley O'Leary | 3 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Leinhauser |
1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ollie O'Mara | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jim McGarr |
1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Sugden | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Dan McGarvey |
1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Irvin |
1 | 3 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 0 |
Deacon McGuire | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Vincent Maney |
1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Hap Ward | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Maharg |
1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Hughie Jennings | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Smith |
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 |
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Ed Willett | 37 | 284.1 | 17 | 15 | 3.29 | 89 |
Jean Dubuc | 37 | 250.0 | 17 | 10 | 2.77 | 97 |
George Mullin | 30 | 226.0 | 12 | 17 | 3.54 | 88 |
Bill Burns |
6 | 38.2 | 1 | 4 | 5.35 | 6 |
Charlie Wheatley | 5 | 35.0 | 1 | 4 | 6.17 | 14 |
Willie Jensen | 5 | 33.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.09 | 8 |
George Boehler | 5 | 32.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.47 | 15 |
Hooks Dauss | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.18 | 7 |
Ed Summers | 3 | 16.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.86 | 5 |
Allan Travers |
1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 15.75 | 1 |
Bun Troy | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 1 |
Pat McGehee | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 |
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 |
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Joe Lake | 26 | 162.2 | 9 | 11 | 3.10 | 86 |
Ralph Works | 27 | 157.0 | 5 | 10 | 4.24 | 64 |
Tex Covington | 14 | 63.1 | 3 | 4 | 4.12 | 19 |
Harry Moran | 5 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.91 | 3 |
Bill Donovan | 3 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.90 | 6 |
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 |
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Hub Pernoll | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 |
Ed Lafitte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 0 |
Alex Remneas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
References
- ^ ISBN 0-312-29156-6
- ^ The Final Season, p. 40
- ^ Charlton, James. "Al Travers from the Chronology". BaseballLibrary.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Willie Jensen at Baseball-Reference
External links
- 1912 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference