1912 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:1912
League:National League
Ballpark:West Side Park
City:Chicago, Illinois
Owners:Charles Murphy
Managers:Frank Chance

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

Roster

1912 Chicago Cubs
Roster
PitchersCatchersInfieldersOutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C 120 385 109 .283 5 58
1B 122 451 130 .288 2 61
2B 143 478 163 .341 1 63
3B 145 557 207 .372 14 104 (a)
SS 142 550 155 .282 0 75
LF 146 523 128 .245 3 47
CF 82 265 64 .242 2 32
RF 139 553 146 .264 12 64
(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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
86 241 74 .307 0 22
36 125 34 .272 0 20
43 95 25 .263 1 15
33 90 16 .178 0 12
27 81 19 .235 1 17
28 62 15 .242 0 1
26 54 15 .278 0 10
39 35 5 .143 0 1
13 22 4 .182 0 4
5 9 2 .222 0 1
2 5 1 .200 0 0
1 4 1 .250 0 1
2 3 0 .000 0 0
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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
42 303.1 26 10 2.85 140
42 251.2 16 13 3.04 109
39 238.0 16 8 2.95 69

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
39 169.0 10 6 3.78 75
20 94.0 7 4 4.21 47
15 88.2 5 6 2.64 34
13 70.2 7 2 2.42 23
9 24.0 1 2 5.25 9
10 23.2 1 1 4.56 5
4 23.2 1 2 3.80 8
8 19.0 1 2 10.89 9
3 14.2 0 0 5.52 9
2 13.0 0 1 9.69 8
6 12.1 0 1 2.92 5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
1 0 0 0 11.25 1
1 0 0 0 9.00 1
1 0 1 0 3.00 2
1 0 0 0 9.00 0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Larry Cheney

Johnny Evers

Frank Schulte

Heinie Zimmerman

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