1912 Philadelphia Phillies season

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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, 30+1⁄2 games behind the first-place New York Giants.

Regular season

Season standings

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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 v t e 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.
July 1912: Hank Ritter was purchased by the Phillies from the East Liverpool Potters.

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

1912 Philadelphia Phillies

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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
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

References

External links

1912 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference

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National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1912 World Series

Philadelphia Phillies

Established in 1883
Formerly the Philadelphia Quakers and the Philadelphia Blue Jays
Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Cape May Athletic Park; The Ballpark (Gainesville); Latta Park Baseball Field; Broad Street Park; Bolton Street Park; Southern Pines Country Club; Rickwood Field; Fogel Field; Sunset Ball Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wearn Field; Fleming Field; Cooke Field; Ninth Street Park; Denison Field; Biloxi Stadium; Landa Park; Flamingo Field; Wilmington Park; Clearwater Athletic Field; Jack Russell Stadium; Carpenter Complex/BayCare Ballpark

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Limited partnership (John S. Middleton, Jim & Pete Buck, Stanley Middleman, Estate of David Montgomery, & Pat Gillick)
President: David Dombrowski
General Manager: Preston Mattingly
Manager: Rob Thomson

World Series
championships (2)

1980
2008

NL pennants (8)

Division
championships (12)

Wild Card titles (2)

2022
2023

Minor league
affiliates

Triple-A: Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Double-A: Reading Fightin Phils
High-A: Jersey Shore BlueClaws
Single-A: Clearwater Threshers
Rookie: FCL Phillies; DSL Phillies Red; DSL Phillies White
Rosters: Minor league rosters

Broadcasting

Television	NBC Sports Philadelphia WCAU
Radio	94 WIP (English flagship station) El Pasaporte (Spanish flagship station) Phillies radio network affiliates
Broadcasters	Tom McCarthy John Kruk Ben Davis Mike Schmidt Rubén Amaro Jr. Scott Franzke Larry Andersen Kevin Stocker

Seasons (143)
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1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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