1912 Chicago Cubs season
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Owner(s) | Charles Murphy |
Manager(s) | Frank Chance |
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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.
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 103 | 48 | 0.682 | — | 49–25 | 54–23 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 93 | 58 | 0.616 | 10 | 44–31 | 49–27 |
Chicago Cubs | 91 | 59 | 0.607 | 11½ | 46–30 | 45–29 |
Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 78 | 0.490 | 29 | 45–32 | 30–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 79 | 0.480 | 30½ | 34–41 | 39–38 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 63 | 90 | 0.412 | 41 | 37–40 | 26–50 |
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers | 58 | 95 | 0.379 | 46 | 33–43 | 25–52 |
Boston Braves | 52 | 101 | 0.340 | 52 | 31–47 | 21–54 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
Roster
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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 | Archer, JimmyJimmy Archer | 120 | 385 | 109 | .283 | 5 | 58 |
1B | Saier, VicVic Saier | 122 | 451 | 130 | .288 | 2 | 61 |
2B | Evers, JohnnyJohnny Evers | 143 | 478 | 163 | .341 | 1 | 63 |
3B | Zimmerman, HeinieHeinie Zimmerman | 145 | 557 | 207 | .372 | 14 | 99 |
SS | Tinker, JoeJoe Tinker | 142 | 550 | 155 | .282 | 0 | 75 |
LF | Sheckard, JimmyJimmy Sheckard | 146 | 523 | 128 | .245 | 3 | 47 |
CF | Leach, TommyTommy Leach | 82 | 265 | 64 | .242 | 2 | 32 |
RF | Schulte, FrankFrank Schulte | 139 | 553 | 146 | .264 | 12 | 64 |
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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Miller, WardWard Miller | 86 | 241 | 74 | .307 | 0 | 22 |
Cotter, DickDick Cotter | 26 | 54 | 15 | .278 | 0 | 10 |
Chance, FrankFrank Chance | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Chapman, HarryHarry Chapman | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Yantz, GeorgeGeorge Yantz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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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Cheney, LarryLarry Cheney | 42 | 303.1 | 26 | 10 | 2.85 | 140 |
Lavender, JimmyJimmy Lavender | 42 | 251.2 | 16 | 13 | 3.04 | 109 |
Richie, LewLew Richie | 39 | 238 | 16 | 8 | 2.95 | 69 |
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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Smith, CharlieCharlie Smith | 20 | 94 | 7 | 4 | 4.21 | 47 |
Brown, MordecaiMordecai Brown | 15 | 88.2 | 5 | 6 | 2.64 | 34 |
Leifield, LeftyLefty Leifield | 13 | 70.2 | 7 | 2 | 2.42 | 23 |
Cole, KingKing Cole | 8 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 10.89 | 9 |
Lowdermilk, GroverGrover Lowdermilk | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9.69 | 8 |
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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Cottrell, EnsignEnsign Cottrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Powell, BillBill Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Awards and honors
League top five finishers
- #1 wins (26)
- #2 on-base percentage (.431)
- #4 batting average (.341)
- #2 home runs (12)
- #1 batting average (.372)
- #1 home runs (14)
- #1 slugging percentage (.571)
- #3 runs batted in (99)
- #5 on-base percentage (.418)