The 1912 Washington Senators won 91 games, lost 61, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played their home games at National Park.
1912 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | National Park | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Thomas C. Noyes | |
Managers | Clark Griffith | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 105 | 47 | 0.691 | — | 57–20 | 48–27 |
Washington Senators | 91 | 61 | 0.599 | 14 | 45–32 | 46–29 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 90 | 62 | 0.592 | 15 | 45–31 | 45–31 |
Chicago White Sox | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 28 | 34–43 | 44–33 |
Cleveland Naps | 75 | 78 | 0.490 | 30½ | 41–35 | 34–43 |
Detroit Tigers | 69 | 84 | 0.451 | 36½ | 37–39 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 53 | 101 | 0.344 | 53 | 27–50 | 26–51 |
New York Highlanders | 50 | 102 | 0.329 | 55 | 31–44 | 19–58 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 16–6–1 | 11–11–1 | 15–6 | 19–2 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 12–10 | |||||
Chicago | 6–16–1 | — | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 13–9–2 | 9–13 | |||||
Cleveland | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | — | 13–9 | 13–8–1 | 8–14 | 15–7 | 4–18 | |||||
Detroit | 6–15 | 8–14–1 | 9–13 | — | 16–6 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 2–19 | 9–13 | 8–13–1 | 6–16 | — | 5–17 | 13–9 | 7–15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7–15 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 17–5 | — | 16–6 | 13–7–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17 | 9–13–2 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 8–14–1 | |||||
Washington | 10–12 | 13–9 | 18–4 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 7–13–1 | 14–8–1 | — |
Notable transactions edit
- August 23, 1912: Tilly Walker and Hippo Vaughn were traded by the Senators to the Kansas City Blues for Bill Kenworthy and Bert Gallia.[1]
- August 23, 1912: Joe Agler was purchased by the Senators from the Atlanta Crackers.[2]
- September 16, 1912: Bill Morley was drafted by the Senators from the Knoxville Reds in the 1912 rule 5 draft.[3]
Roster edit
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager |
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 | John Henry | 66 | 191 | 37 | .194 | 0 | 9 |
1B | Chick Gandil | 117 | 443 | 135 | .305 | 2 | 81 |
2B | Ray Morgan | 81 | 273 | 65 | .238 | 1 | 30 |
SS | George McBride | 152 | 521 | 118 | .226 | 1 | 52 |
3B | Eddie Foster | 154 | 618 | 176 | .285 | 2 | 70 |
OF | Clyde Milan | 154 | 601 | 184 | .306 | 1 | 79 |
OF | Danny Moeller | 132 | 519 | 143 | .276 | 6 | 46 |
OF | Howie Shanks | 116 | 399 | 92 | .231 | 1 | 48 |
Other batters edit
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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Eddie Ainsmith | 61 | 186 | 42 | .226 | 0 | 22 |
Germany Schaefer | 60 | 166 | 41 | .247 | 0 | 19 |
Rip Williams | 60 | 157 | 50 | .318 | 0 | 22 |
Frank LaPorte | 40 | 136 | 42 | .309 | 0 | 17 |
Tilly Walker | 39 | 110 | 30 | .273 | 0 | 9 |
John Knight | 32 | 93 | 15 | .161 | 0 | 9 |
John Flynn | 20 | 71 | 12 | .169 | 0 | 5 |
Bill Kenworthy | 12 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 0 | 2 |
Bill Cunningham | 8 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 1 | 8 |
Roy Moran | 7 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
Roxey Roach | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 1 |
Joe Agler | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Altrock | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Clark Griffith | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Long | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Ryan | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
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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Walter Johnson | 50 | 369.0 | 33 | 12 | 1.39 | 303 |
Bob Groom | 43 | 316.0 | 24 | 13 | 2.62 | 179 |
Tom Hughes | 31 | 196.0 | 13 | 10 | 2.94 | 108 |
Carl Cashion | 26 | 170.1 | 10 | 6 | 3.17 | 84 |
Hippo Vaughn | 12 | 81.0 | 4 | 3 | 2.89 | 49 |
Dixie Walker | 9 | 60.0 | 3 | 6 | 5.25 | 29 |
Other pitchers edit
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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Joe Engel | 17 | 75.0 | 2 | 5 | 3.96 | 29 |
Barney Pelty | 11 | 43.2 | 1 | 4 | 3.30 | 15 |
Paul Musser | 7 | 20.2 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 10 |
Jerry Akers | 5 | 20.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.87 | 11 |
Lefty Schegg | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 |
Relief pitchers edit
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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Charlie Becker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 5 |
Joe Boehling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2 |
Bert Gallia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Nick Altrock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
Herb Herring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Germany Schaefer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Steve White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Clark Griffith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |