1912 Philadelphia Phillies season

1912 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
National League Park (since 1887)
Philadelphia (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Horace Fogel
Manager(s)	Red Dooin
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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, 30½ games behind the first-place New York Giants.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1912 National League Records Sources:
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.^[1]
• July 1912: Hank Ritter was purchased by the Phillies from the East Liverpool Potters.^[2]

Roster

1912 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Pete Alexander Ad Brennan George Chalmers Cliff Curtis Happy Finneran Rube Marshall Erskine Mayer Earl Moore Red Nelson Frank Nicholson Hank Ritter Eppa Rixey Tom Seaton Toots Schultz Huck Wallace		Catchers Red Dooin Peaches Graham Bill Killefer Mike Loan Pat Moran Infielders Jack Boyle Bill Brinker John Dodge Cozy Dolan Mickey Doolan Tom Downey Otto Knabe Hans Lobert Fred Luderus Jimmie Savage Gene Steinbrenner Jimmy Walsh		Outfielders Gavvy Cravath Sherry Magee George Mangus Doc Miller Dode Paskert John Titus Other batters George Browne		Manager Red Dooin

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

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
Dooin, RedRed Dooin	69	184	43	.234	0	22
Miller, DocDoc Miller	67	177	51	.288	0	21
Titus, JohnJohn Titus	45	157	43	.274	3	22
Walsh, JimmyJimmy Walsh	51	150	40	.267	2	19
Dodge, JohnJohn Dodge	30	92	11	.120	0	3
Dolan, CozyCozy Dolan	11	50	14	.280	0	7
Boyle, JackJack Boyle	15	25	7	.280	0	2
Savage, JimmieJimmie Savage	2	3	0	.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
Alexander, PetePete Alexander	46	310.1	19	17	2.81	195
Brennan, AdAd Brennan	27	174	11	9	3.57	78
Curtis, CliffCliff Curtis	10	50	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
Chalmers, GeorgeGeorge Chalmers	12	57.2	3	4	3.28	22
Finneran, HappyHappy Finneran	14	46.1	0	2	2.53	10
Marshall, RubeRube Marshall	2	3	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
Ritter, HankHank Ritter	3	0	0	0	4.50	1

References

1. Doc Miller page at Baseball-Reference
2. Hank Ritter page at Baseball-Reference

External links

• 1912 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference