1912 Chicago Cubs season

The 1912 Chicago Cubs season was the 41st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 37th in the National League and the 20th at West Side Park. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 91–59. Third baseman Heinie Zimmerman led the circuit in home runs, batting average, and slugging percentage.

1912 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Murphy
Manager(s)Frank Chance
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Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 10348 0.682 49–25 54–23
Pittsburgh Pirates 9358 0.616 10 44–31 49–27
Chicago Cubs 9159 0.607 11½ 46–30 45–29
Cincinnati Reds 7578 0.490 29 45–32 30–46
Philadelphia Phillies 7379 0.480 30½ 34–41 39–38
St. Louis Cardinals 6390 0.412 41 37–40 26–50
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 5895 0.379 46 33–43 25–52
Boston Braves 52101 0.340 52 31–47 21–54

Record vs. opponents

1912 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 9–135–1711–113–18–110–124–18–110–12
Brooklyn 13–95–176–166–169–138–1411–10
Chicago 17–517–511–10–113–9–110–108–1315–7
Cincinnati 11–1116–610–11–16–16–18–1411–1113–9
New York 18–3–116–69–13–116–6–117–512–815–7
Philadelphia 12–1013–910–1014–85–178–1411–11
Pittsburgh 18–4–114–813–811–118–1214–815–7
St. Louis 12–1010–117–159–137–1511–117–15

Roster

1912 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CJimmy Archer120385109.283558
1BVic Saier122451130.288261
2BJohnny Evers143478163.341163
3BHeinie Zimmerman145557207.37214104 (a)
SSJoe Tinker142550155.282075
LFJimmy Sheckard146523128.245347
CFTommy Leach8226564.242232
RFFrank Schulte139553146.2641264

(a) Baseball Reference and Retrosheet have his 1912 RBI total at 104. Baseball Almanac and The Baseball Cube have his RBI total at 99.

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
Ward Miller8624174.307022
Solly Hofman3612534.272020
Red Downs439525.263115
Tom Needham339016.178012
Ed Lennox278119.235117
Cy Williams286215.24201
Dick Cotter265415.278010
Wilbur Good39355.14301
Tom Downey13224.18204
Charley Moore592.22201
Frank Chance251.20000
Harry Chapman141.25001
Mike Hechinger230.00000
George Yantz1111.00000

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
Larry Cheney42303.126102.85140
Jimmy Lavender42251.216133.04109
Lew Richie392381682.9569

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
Ed Reulbach391691063.7875
Charlie Smith2094744.2147
Mordecai Brown1588.2562.6434
Lefty Leifield1370.2722.4223
Fred Toney924125.259
Jim Moroney1023.2114.565
Harry McIntire423.2123.808
King Cole8191210.899
George Pierce314.2005.529
Grover Lowdermilk213019.698
Len Madden612.1012.925

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
Joe Vernon100011.251
Ensign Cottrell10009.001
Rudy Sommers10103.002
Bill Powell10009.000

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Larry Cheney

  • #1 wins (26)

Johnny Evers

  • #2 on-base percentage (.431)
  • #4 batting average (.341)

Frank Schulte

  • #2 home runs (12)

Heinie Zimmerman

  • #1 batting average (.372)
  • #1 home runs (14)
  • #1 slugging percentage (.571)
  • #3 runs batted in (99)
  • #5 on-base percentage (.418)


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