1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers season explained

Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
Season:	1912
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Washington Park
City:	Brooklyn, New York
Owners:	Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
President:	Charles Ebbets
Managers:	Bill Dahlen
Next Season:	1913 Brooklyn Dodgers season

The 1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers finished in seventh place with a 65–76 record.

Offseason

• December 1911: Doc Scanlan was traded by the Trolley Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Eddie Stack.^[1]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 7, 1912: Red Downs was purchased from the Trolley Dodgers by the Chicago Cubs.^[2]
• July 10, 1912: Cliff Curtis was purchased by the Trolley Dodgers from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[3]

Roster

1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		98	316	88	.278	1	31
1B		145	559	172	.308	3	66
2B		102	357	100	.280	0	28
3B		128	486	139	.286	4	57
SS		77	265	62	.234	2	37
OF		130	508	140	.276	1	40
OF		123	453	138	.305	8	65
OF		118	412	116	.282	3	46

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
	122	411	116	.282	5	54
	82	257	60	.233	0	26
	61	199	51	.256	1	13
	59	133	28	.211	2	14
	52	111	32	.288	0	23
	32	94	18	.191	0	6
	17	57	18	.316	1	13
	9	32	8	.250	0	3
	8	22	4	.182	0	2
	1	2	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
	45	297.2	18	21	2.21	151
	36	208.0	7	18	3.63	101
	20	109.0	3	9	3.63	58

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
	25	163.0	6	11	3.59	51
	28	142.0	7	5	3.36	45
	33	140.1	7	9	4.55	61
	16	94.0	1	9	5.46	30
	20	93.0	5	5	4.84	24
	19	80.0	4	7	3.94	22

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
	7	0	1	1	4.35	7
	2	0	0	0	3.24	2
	1	0	0	0	36.00	1

External links

• 1912 Brooklyn Dodgers Statistics at Baseball Reference
• 1912 Brooklyn Superbas Roster at Baseball Almanac
• The 1912 Brooklyn Superbas at Retrosheet
• 1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scanldo01.shtml Doc Scanlan page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/downsre01.shtml Red Downs page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/curticl01.shtml Cliff Curtis page at Baseball Reference