Major League Baseball Season Recap 1912

Season Recap for 1912

The final game of the 1912 World Series ended in dramatic fashion when the Boston Red Sox came from behind in the bottom of the tenth inning to nip the New York Giants 3-2. The rally was ignited when New York CF Fred Snodgrass dropped a routine fly ball and ended on a sacrifice fly by Larry Gardner. The Giants fought back from three games to one deficit on complete-game wins by Rube Marquard and rookie Jeff Tesreau.

The Red Sox christened Fenway Park on April 11 as 22-year-old “Smokey” Joe Wood beat New York. Wood went on to a 34-5 record, but the best pitcher in the American League was Washington’s Walter Johnson (33-12, 1.39 ERA, 303 strikeouts), who led the Senators to a surprising second-place finish. Detroit’s Ty Cobb topped AL batters at .409, but the Tigers could do no better than sixth. Tris Speaker (.383) was Boston’s best hitter.

The Giants were already ahead by 10 games when they won 16 straight from June 19 through July 3 to put the race out of question. Marquard won his first 19 decisions of the season and finished with 26 wins, tied with Chicago’s Larry Cheney for best in the NL. Another Cub, Heinie Zimmerman, led in batting average at .372. Honus Wagner of the pirates, at age 38, led the league in RBI with 102 and batted .324.

Nine Players Who Debuted in 1912

Rabbit Maranville
Cy Williams
Del Pratt
Bobby Veach
Ray Schalk
Casey Stengel
Buck Weaver
Ray Chapman
Herb Pennock

MVP Awards –

National League –  Larry Doyle

American League –  Tris Speaker

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World Series – Boston Red Sox AL over New York Giants NL 4 games to 3

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October 8, 1912

Giants gaffs lead to Red Sox taking game 1 behind Joe Wood

October 9, 1912

Fans parade around Fenway Park before the 1912 World Series

October 10, 1912

Rube Marquard spins a masterpiece to tie world series at a game each

October 11, 1912

The Red Sox win game 4 3–1 on Joe Wood’s eight-strikeout complete game

October 12, 1912

Hugh Bedient beats Christy Mathewson 2-1, Sox take 3-1 series lead

October 14, 1912

Rube Marquard pitches a complete game and Buck Herzog has four hits as the New York Giants beat the Boston Red Sox, 5 – 2, in Game 6 of the World Series.

October 15, 1912

New York Giants defeat Joe Wood and the Boston Red Sox, 11 – 4, in Game 6 of the World Series

October 16, 1912

Boston Red Sox win the World Series, thanks in part to an error by New York Giants center fielder Fred Snodgrass

December 3, 1912

History of the World Series – 1912

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The stories that shaped the year:

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January 2, 1912

Charles Ebbets announces his intention to purchase land on which a new 30,000-seat stadium will be built

January 15, 1912

Former Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Elmer Stricklett, said to be the inventor of the spitball, is reinstated by the National Commission after playing outside organized baseball for three years. But he will not make it back to the major leagues.

January 23, 1912

The Imperial Japanese Army announces it will send a baseball team to the Philippines to play with American soldiers

February 12, 1912

Boston Braves send Mike Donlin to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vin Campbell

February 18, 1912

Pittsburgh Pirates traded outfielder Vin Campbell to the Boston Braves for outfielder Mike Donlin

February 27, 1912

The Yankees announce they will begin wearing pinstripes on their uniforms. The new look will take a few seasons before the vertical lines become a reality, making their first appearance in a 5-1 loss to Washington during the team’s home opener in 1915.

March 4, 1912

Ground is broken on Ebbets Field in Brooklyn

March 9, 1912

Hall of Famer Joseph “Arky” Vaughan is born in Clifty, Arkansas

March 14, 1912

Spring training 1912

April 3, 1912

Dodgers spring training 1912

April 9, 1912

In the first game ever played at Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox defeat Harvard University

April 11, 1912

Rube Marquard begins a nineteen-game consecutive winning streak by beating the Dodgers

April 11, 1912

Redland Field makes its debut with the hometown Reds beating Chicago, 10-6

April 12, 1912

Chicago Cubs’ famed double play combination of “Tinker to Evers to Chance” makes its final appearance together in a major league game

April 17, 1912

In front of a larger than usual crowd at the Polo Grounds of over 14,000 patrons that includes Broadway legend George M. Cohan, the Giants beat the new-look Yankees, now sporting pinstripes, in an unscheduled exhibition game, 11-2, to raise money for the survivors of the HMS Titanic. The charity contest, the first Sunday game ever played between major league teams at the Coogan’s Bluff ballpark, raises over $9,000 when each fan donates the price of an admission ticket to purchase a special program for the event.

April 19, 1912

At Griffith Stadium James S. Sherman becomes the first U.S. Vice President to throw the ceremonial first pitch

April 19, 1912

The first unofficial Patriots day game

April 20, 1912

Detroit Tigers christen Navin Field with a 6-5 win

April 20, 1912

Fenway Park Opens – Boston beats New York

April 21, 1912

The New York Giants and New York Highlanders stage an exhibition game to benefit survivors of the RMS Titanic

May 1, 1912

George Sisler, a freshman at the University of Michigan, strikes out 20 in seven innings. Sisler will start his Hall of Fame career in 1915 with the St. Louis Browns, but will gain his fame as a hitter, not as a pitcher.

May 2, 1912

At South End Grounds, the hometown Braves score ten runs in the first two innings and hold on to defeat the Superbas (Dodgers), 11-7. Brooklyn scores four runs in the bottom of the third to knock out Boston’s starter Buster Brown.

May 3, 1912

Leading 18 – 5 after eight innings, Philadelphia Athletics pitchers give up a record 9th-inning outburst of 10 runs to the New York Highlanders before Eddie Plank stops them at 18 – 15.

May 8, 1912

The White Sox beat Washington, 7 – 6, snapping Walter Johnson’s five-game win streak. Johnson gives up two two-run home runs, one to Harry Lord in the 1st and another to Ping Bodie in the 5th. A Johnson fastball breaks the arm of 3B Lee Tannehill, an injury that will hamper the infielder’s throwing ability and end the career of the 10-year veteran. Sox starter Joe Benz leaves with an injury after pitching 1 1/3 inning. Ed Walsh pitches the next 5 2/3 innings, allowing three runs, and Frank Lange allows the same in his two innings.

May 8, 1912

The Giants score nine runs by the 3rd inning and young Jeff Tesreau holds on for an 11 – 8 win over the Cardinals. Christy Mathewson relieves in the 9th for New York. In the 7th inning, with a man on third, Tesreau grounds to SS Wally Smith, whose throw to first base hits umpire Brick Owens in the head, knocking him out. Owens’ wife, who is watching from the grandstand, faints. The runner is sent back to third base and Tesreau hits again. Owens is back at work the next day.

May 8, 1912

The Pittsburgh Filipinos, of the newly formed United States League, open the season at vacant Exposition Park. The team is named after its veteran Deacon Phillippe, former Pirates star. The USL has promised not to sign current major leaguers, but will not last through June. It will form the basis for the following year’s Federal League, though.

May 9, 1912

Roy Akin of Houston, who hit the ball that led to Walter Carlisle’s remarkable unassisted triple play at Los Angeles the year before, turns the tables. Playing 3B against Waco(Texas League), he catches a hit-and-run bunt, steps on third base, and then tags the runner coming down from second base.

May 9, 1912

The Giants top the host Cardinals, 8 – 3, with Christy Mathewson easily winning over Gene Woodburn.

May 15, 1912

Ty Cobb attacks a crippled heckler named Claude Lueker

May 16, 1912

Due to his assault on Claude Lucker, a handicapped fan and a regular heckler, Ty Cobb is suspended.

May 17, 1912

Fenway Park in Boston is officially dedicated

May 18, 1912

19 Tigers go on strike in protest of Cobb suspension – Tigers Field Replacement team

May 21, 1912

Bill Malarkey of the Pacific Coast League’s Oakland Oaks allows no hits for nine innings before being touched for a single in the 10th against San Francisco. The game ends in a scoreless tie because of a time limit.

May 22, 1912

The Giants complete a western trip in first place, beating the Reds today, 6 – 1. Christy Mathewson is in total control, giving up three hits in the first three innings, and then retiring the next 18 batters. The Giants will win nine straight, before losing to St. Louis, 5 – 1, on May 31st, and will open a 14-game lead.

May 22, 1912

In an attempt to shake up the team, the Pirates send veteran Tommy Leach and pitcher Lefty Leifield to Chicago for 29-year-old Solly Hofman and pitcher King Cole. Cole, 40-13 in 2+ years of pitching, will be a poor contributor, eventually pitching in just 17 games for Pittsburgh before ending his career with the Highlanders.

May 23, 1912

The Reds defeat the visiting Pirates‚ 12 – 1, stealing 7 bases against the Bucs. Bob Bescher has 3 and Rube Benton‚ the winning pitcher‚ adds a steal of home.

May 24, 1912

New York’s Rube Marquard beats Brooklyn‚ 6 – 3‚ for his 9th straight victory.

May 27, 1912

New York Giants pitcher Red Ames steals home in the 5th inning of a 6 – 2 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers.

June 7, 1912

1912 – New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson allows 11 hits and six runs, but still defeats the Cincinnati Reds, 7 – 6. George Suggs takes the loss for Cincinnati, which now trails New York by 9 1/2 games.

June 10, 1912

The Red Sox beat the Browns‚ 3 – 2, and take the American League lead for good; they will finish 14 games ahead of Washington.

June 10, 1912

Chief Meyers is the first major league catcher to hit for cycle

June 11, 1912

New York’s Red Ames is the winner over the Cubs‚ 8 – 3

June 13, 1912

Christy Mathewson wins his 300th game

June 20, 1912

In a doubleheader at Cincinnati, Pittsburgh’s Owen Wilson hits two triples in the opener, including one in the 10th with a man on, then hits another in the nitecap. It’s his fifth straight game with a three-bagger. Wilson will hit an incredible 36 triples this season, a major league record.

June 20, 1912

With no hint that a record is about to be set, the Giants coast to a 14 – 2 lead through eight innings at Boston, then score seven more in the 9th for a 21 – 2 lead. The Braves rally for 10 in the last of the 9th, but lose 21 – 12. The 17 runs are the NL post-1900 record scored by two teams in the 9th. Another 20th century mark set is the 11 stolen bases by the Giants – four by Josh Devore, including two in the 9th – and 14 swipes by both clubs. Thirteen Giants score runs, tying the major league record. The Giants’ Ernie Shoremakes his debut in this game and surrenders eight hits, a walk, and 10 runs (3 earned) in one inning, the 9th, of relief work, but is credited with a save for Hooks Wiltse. It is his only appearance in the NL. Buster Brown takes the loss.

June 22, 1912

The Red Sox beat the Highlanders, 10 – 3, to complete a five-game sweep. Boston scores 55 runs in the sweep.

June 22, 1912

Chicago drubs the Cardinals, 10 – 2, behind Heinie Zimmerman’s five RBIs. The Great Zim has a single, two doubles and a triple.

June 22, 1912

They might be the Braves this year, but they’re still the doormats of the National League. The Giants fatten their averages today, beating Boston, 17 – 5 and 14 – 12. New York puts the opener away for Christy Mathewson with 10 runs in the 7th inning, with Walt Dickson taking the loss.

June 22, 1912

Ty Cobb gets pinch hit for in an unusual scenario

June 25, 1912

The Cardinals walk the plank against the Pirates, losing 10 – 4 and 19 – 3 to Pittsburgh.

June 25, 1912

New York’s Rube Marquard runs his win streak to 17 games by edging the Phillies, 2 – 1.

June 26, 1912

The Highlanders send future star Hippo Vaughn to the Senators for the waiver price

June 26, 1912

Boston’s Smoky Joe Wood outguns the Nationals’ ace Walter Johnson to win, 3 – 0.

June 28, 1912

The Giants sweep another two from the Braves, winning 10 – 3 and 12 – 3. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, adding a steal of home in the 4th inning. This is the second time in a month that a Giants pitcher has stolen home: Red Ames did it May 22 against Brooklyn. The Giants will steal home 17 times this year to tie the National League mark set by Chicago last season.

June 29, 1912

Rube Marquard’s record goes to an amazing 18-0 as he tops Boston for New York’s 12th straight win over the hapless Braves.

June 29, 1912

At Fenway Park, the Red Sox sweep two from the Highlanders, winning 13 – 6 and 6 – 0 behind Smoky Joe Wood

June 30, 1912

Joe Jackson ties the major-league record with three triples in one game

July 1, 1912

At Pittsburgh, Chicago’s Wildfire Schulte breaks up a scoreless pitching duel between Marty O’Toole and Jimmy Lavender by legging out an inside-the-park homer in the 12th inning. Lavender and the Cubs win, 1 – 0.

July 2, 1912

At New York, Boston’s Larry Gardner legs out two inside-the-park homers but the Red Sox still lose, 9 – 7, to New York.

July 3, 1912

New York Giants pitcher Rube Marquard sets a modern day record by winning his 19th consecutive game

July 3, 1912

Walter Johnson picks up a win and is given a rare rest in the 6th inning as Washington coasts to a 10 – 2 win over the Highlanders. Johnson will rack up an American Leaguerecord 16 straight wins before he is beaten.

July 4, 1912

The Brooklyn Dodgers end the New York Giants’ win streak of 16 games by sweeping a doubleheader, 10 – 3 and 5 – 2. The Dodgers take the a.m. game, cuffing Christy Mathewson for five runs on five hits in three innings. Hooks Wiltse is the loser in the afternoon contest, but the Giants are still in the lead by 14 1/2 games.

July 4, 1912

Three weeks after the Tigers ask waivers on George Mullin, he pitches himself a 32nd birthday present at Detroit, a 7 – 0 no-hitter over the Browns. Mullin helps his victory with three hits and two RBIs. In the morning game, a 9 – 3 Detroit win, Ty Cobb steals second, third base and home in the 5th inning against the battery of George Baumgardner and Paul Krichell. Cobb has stolen home five times this season; this is his first swipe of home in his last eight successes that didn’t occur in the 1st inning.

July 4, 1912

Boston’s Smoky Joe Wood suffers his worst loss of the year, a 16 – 4 shellacking at the hands of the Athletics. Eddie Plank beats Wood, who will finish the year at 34-5. Wood will win his next start on July 8th, the first of 16 in a row.

July 4, 1912

Tiger pitcher George Mullin celebrates the nation’s birthday and his own by throwing a no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns. In addition to his excellent pitching, the 32 year-old also collected three hits and drove in two runs during the 7-0 victory.

July 5, 1912

Christy Mathewson, hammered yesterday, is in control today, whipping Brooklyn, 5 – 1. Cy Barger takes the loss.

July 6, 1912

In Brooklyn, the cornerstone is put in place and construction on Ebbets Field begins.

July 7, 1912

To fend off possible future challenges to the legality of the standard contract and its reserve clause, new wording provides for compensation to the player for the right to renew. A player’s salary is specified as 75 percent for his services and 25 percent for the privilege of reserving them for the following season.

July 8, 1912

In Pittsburgh, the Phillies top the Pirates, 5 – 1, ending Howie Camnitz’s win streak of 7. Grover Cleveland Alexander is the victor.

July 8, 1912

Giants southpaw Rube Marquard’s consecutive winning streak is stopped at 19

July 9, 1912

Christy Mathewson tops Three-Finger Brown, 5 – 2, despite allowing 11 hits and not striking out one Chicago batter.

July 12, 1912

In the Highlanders’ 4 – 1 win over the Browns, New York pitcher Jack Warhop swipes home in the 3rd. It is Warhops’s second steal of home in three years.

July 12, 1912

In Boston, the Red Sox edge the Tigers, 1 – 0, in 11 innings. Smoky Joe Wood goes all the way in the win allowing five hits and striking out 10.

July 15, 1912

A U.S. team defeats the Swedish Västerås Baseball Club, 13 – 3, in a one-game Olympic exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden.

July 17, 1912

At the Ostermalm Athletics Grounds, Sweden’s Vesteras Baseball Club plays an exhibition game at the Summer Olympics against an American team. The squad from the United States, who unsurprisingly wins the contest 13-3, consists of athletes who are in Stockholm competing for gold medals in other sports.

July 18, 1912

Gavvy Cravath swipes home in the 11th inning to give the Phils a 9 – 8 win over the Cubs

July 19, 1912

Ty Cobb strokes seven hits in a doubleheader to give him a major-league record of 14 in two consecutive twin bills against the Athletics

July 19, 1912

Future Hall of Famer Rube Marquard wins his 20th game when the Giants beat St. Louis at the Polo Grounds, 6-3

July 20, 1912

P Ray Caldwell of the Highlanders, inserted as a pinch runner, steals home for the tying run in an eventual 4 – 3 win over Cleveland. He then pitches a 4 – 0 victory in the second game.

July 20, 1912

Sherry Magee steals home twice, tying a major league record.

July 23, 1912

1912 – Iron Man McGinnity is still pitching doubleheaders, winning a pair of games for Newark against Rochester (International League) at age 41.

July 24, 1912

Tris Speaker starts a 20-game hitting streak

July 26, 1912

In an accommodation to the Wall Street crowd, the Giants open their home stand with a 3:45 game against the Cubs.

July 29, 1912

For the first time, a National League team loses a game because of the rule that holds runners in place when a batted ball hits an umpire. A double by the Giants’ Buck Herzog drives in two runs, but the ball hits umpire Garner Bush, and the runs do not count.

July 31, 1912

1912 – A day after the Braves went 14 innings to beat St. Louis, they go 19 innings with the Pirates. Lefty Otto Hess goes all the way for Boston. The Pirates score three in the 19th, and the Braves come back with 2, losing, 7 – 6. Honus Wagner, who earlier stole home, drives in the final run for Pittsburgh. Wagner, at 38, is the oldest player in the National League.

July 31, 1912

Ty Cobb goes 1-for-4 in Detroit’s 4-1 victory over Washington at Navin Field. The Tiger outfielder’s single is his 68th hit in 137 at-bats (.535) during July, the most ever collected in a single month by a major leaguer.

August 1, 1912

Rube Marquard is fined $25 by the National Commission for pitching an inning in a semipro game in Port Chester, NY, on a day off.

August 1, 1912

Heinie Zimmerman has two hits in the Cubs’ win over Brooklyn to raise his average over .400. Bill Sweeney will briefly pass Zim in mid-August before the Cubs star regains the batting lead for good.

August 3, 1912

Christy Mathewson scatters 10 hits and walks none & Merkle homers

August 5, 1912

At St. Louis, the Cards’ Ed Konetchy hits two inside-the-park homers in an 8 – 4 win over Brooklyn.

August 5, 1912

At Comiskey Park, Walter Johnson relieves Carl Cashion with two outs in the 8th and stops the White Sox. Johnson throws another two innings of hitless ball and drives in the winning run to give Washington an 8 – 7 win. Johnson has now won 9 out of 10 decisions against the White Sox this season.

August 6, 1912

Inspired in part by the Ty Cobb suspension and the Tigers’ brief strike in May, the formation of a “Players Fraternity” is announced, headed by attorney and former player Dave Fultz. Leading players include Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Mickey Doolan, and Jake Daubert. The goals are to oppose contract violations, rowdyism, and anything that may “impair a player’s ability.”

August 6, 1912

At Cleveland, Joe Wood gives up 13 hits in an 11-inning 5 – 4 win for Boston. He strikes out five in running his record to 23-4.

August 7, 1912

At Pittsburgh, the Pirates win their third straight against the leading Giants, belting Christy Mathewson for 15 hits and six runs in eight innings. Spitballer Marty O’Toole allows seven hits to win, 7 – 2.

August 7, 1912

Browns manager-1B George Stovall makes seven assists, topping Willard Brown’s record of six in a game for Louisville in 1893.

August 10, 1912

Led by Grover Cleveland Alexander, the Phils whip the Reds, 10 – 2. Pete wins the game on the mound and also adds a home run.

August 10, 1912

In a game at Boston, Chicago star Johnny Evers pushes umpire Bill Finneran after the latter challenges Evers, Heinie Zimmerman, and Frank Chance to fight him under the stands after the game. Evers will be suspended for five days. Red Downs will fill in at 2B for Chicago.

August 11, 1912

Shoeless Joe Jackson completes the stolen base cycle when he swipes home in the seventh inning of the Indians’ 8-3 victory over New York at Cleveland’s League Park

August 12, 1912

Three men attack Ty Cobb on his way to the Detroit rail station. Cobb sustains a cut on his shoulder, but catches one of his attackers and pistol-whips him. Cobb then travels to Syracuse and gets two hits in an exhibition game.

August 12, 1912

The Cards paste Red Ames for 6 runs in 3 innings‚ then add two more against reliever Christy Mathewson to win‚ 8 – 6. Matty takes the loss; his record is now 17-8.

August 12, 1912

Chicago Cubs owner Charles Murphy hints that the Cards and other clubs go easy against John McGraw’s Giants. Later Phils owner Horace Fogel‚ a former Giants manager whose ownership of the Phils is seen as a front for Murphy and financial backer Charles Raft of Cincinnati, OH, echoes the accusation and charges National League umpires with favoring the Giants. It will lead to Fogel’s being expelled from the NL.

August 14, 1912

In the first game of a twin bill against Vean Gregg, Stuffy McInnis has two inside-the-park home runs to pace the A’s to an 8 – 3 win over Cleveland. Philadelphia takes the nitecap, 2 – 0.

August 14, 1912

Tris Speaker runs his hitting streak to 20 games, lining a hit in the first game of today’s twin bill with the Browns. This is Speaker’s third long streak of the season; earlier he had streaks of 20 games and 30 games, the only player in history to have three such streaks in a year. In the nitecap, Smoky Joe Wood wins his 25th, beating the Browns, 8 – 0. He allows four hits and strikes out 9.

August 14, 1912

The Pirates score an unearned run in the 10th to beat Grover Cleveland Alexander and the Phils, 2 – 1. It is Pete’s first loss to Pittsburgh.

August 15, 1912

Guy Zinn, New York outfielder, steals home twice in a 5 – 4 win at Detroit; this will add to last-place New York’s major-league record of 18 steals of home for the year.

August 16, 1912

Behind Earl Hamilton’s seven-hitter, the lowly Browns beat the front-running Red Sox, 3 – 2. Hamilton gives up six hits to beat O’Brien.

August 16, 1912

In Chicago, the Giants score twice in the opening frame off Jimmy Lavender to knock out the would-be Giant-killer and go on to win, 7 – 4. Fred Merkle and Larry Doyle pull off a double steal in the inning, with Doyle on the front end. Jeff Tesreau puzzles the locals and the Cubs drop six games behind the Giants.

August 16, 1912

Walter Johnson and Joe Wood are in pursuit of Rube Marquard’s 19-game win streak. Johnson picks on the White Sox for his 14th straight, a two-hitter, tying Jack Chesbro’s 1904 mark. The Washingtonians win, 2 – 0, beating “our meatball expert” (Chicago Record-Herald) Joe Benz with eight hits. A week later Joe Wood will win number 13 in a row.

August 17, 1912

Chicago’s Jimmy Archer singles home Vic Saier in the 11th to give the Cubs a 6 – 5 win over Christy Mathewson. The Giants’ lead has now slipped to five games.

August 20, 1912

1912 – In Washington, Walter Johnson wins his American League-record 15th straight, downing Cleveland, 4 – 2. Big Train is topped in the nightcap when Washington hurler Carl Cashion tosses a 6-inning no-hitter, winning, 2 – 0. The only baserunners reach on two errors by SS George McBride. Johnson’s effort takes one hour and 55 minutes, while Cashion’s six innings finish in just 65 minutes; the game is called to allow Cleveland to catch a train to Boston. Cashion will win only 11 other games in his major league career.

August 20, 1912

In the nightcap of a doubleheader, Carl Cashion tosses a six-inning no-hitter to give the Senators a 2-0 victory over the Indians and a sweep of the twin bill at Griffith Stadium. The 21 year-old right-hander, who will not get credit for his accomplishment due to the shortened nature of the game, has an outstanding fastball, but a lack of control will limit his career to just 43 games over four seasons.

August 21, 1912

1912 – Thomas C. Noyes, president and part owner of the Senators, dies, opening the way for Clark Griffith to eventually become club owner.

August 22, 1912

Before a sellout crowd of 27,000 at Forbes Field, the Pirates sweep two from the Giants, winning 3 – 2 and 8 – 6. Howie Camnitz outpitches Christy Mathewson in the opener, and Rube Marquard taking the loss in the nitecap. The Bucs are led by Honus Wagner who goes 3 for 4 in the first game, and hits for the cycle in the nitecap. Honus’ seven hits total 14 bases, he scores five runs, drives in four and swipes two bases. Wagner will hit seven homers this season, with three coming off Rube.

August 23, 1912

1912 – The Tigers fall to Walter Johnson, 8 – 1, Big Train’s 16th win in a row. He is now 29-7.

August 24, 1912

Fred Merkle’s 3-run homer off Babe Adams in the 7th gives the Giants a 3 – 2 lead over Pittsburgh, and Christy Mathewson pitches the last three innings to preserve Hooks Wiltse’s win over the Bucs.

August 26, 1912

Owen Wilson hits three triples in the doubleheader against the Braves and breaks ML record for Triples

August 26, 1912

Walter Johnson’s 16-game winning streak ends under American League rules of the time. In the second game of a doubleheader against the Browns, he relieves Tom Hugheswith one out and two on in the 7th inning of a 2 – 2 game. The two runners score on a Pete Compton single up the middle and the Nationals lose, 4 – 3. The two runs are charged to Johnson, not Hughes, giving him the defeat. Under the National League’s rules, Johnson would not be charged with the loss. After the season, AL president Ban Johnson will change the rules to conform with the senior circuit, but he will deny he does it because of this game.

August 27, 1912

In response to demands for an alternative way to rate pitchers besides wins and losses, the National League will officially keep ERA’s for the first time; the Giants’ Jeff Tesreauwill lead the league at 1.96. Despite an increase in .300 hitters from 22 to 32 this year, there will be 19 pitchers with ERA’s under 3.00. The American League will not make ERA part of its official statistics until 1913.

August 27, 1912

Chief Wilson triples for his third game in a row, a 4th inning drive off Walt Dickson good for three runs. Pittsburgh beats Boston, 9 – 4.

August 27, 1912

It takes a one-hitter by Art Fromme, but the Reds finally beat New York, and Christy Mathewson 2 – 0. Art Fletcher’s single is the only safety. The Giants’ lead shrinks to 3 1/2 games over the Cubs.

August 28, 1912

1912 – The Red Sox have only 50 at bats – a major-league record for fewest at bats in a twinbill – in a doubleheader with Chicago, but they make them count. Boston wins, 5 – 3 and 3 – 0.

August 30, 1912

At Navin Field, Browns’ hurler Earl Hamilton no-hits the Tigers, 5-1, becoming the first hurler to accomplish the feat without recording a strikeout. Detroit gets on the scoreboard in the fourth inning thanks to a Ty Cobb walk, a two-base error, and a fielder’s choice, ruining the southpaw’s bid for a shutout.

August 31, 1912

1912 – The Red Sox run their record to 87-37 with a 2 – 1 win over the A’s. Following the game, Connie Mack says he never realized how strong the Sox were, and concedes the pennant to them. There are 30 games left for Boston.

September 2, 1912

Red Sox ace Joe Wood tops the Highlanders to ty the major league record for most consecutive wins on the road against one team (18).

September 2, 1912

Walter Johnson goes 10 innings against the A’s, who beat the Big Train, 9 – 7.

September 2, 1912

Brooklyn’s Tex Erwin cracks a 9th inning homer off Grover Cleveland Alexander to tie and the Superbas tip the Phils, 2 – 1 in 11 innings. In the nitecap, Eppa Rixey outpitches Nap Rucker to give the Quakers a 2 – 1 win in 12 innings.

September 2, 1912

Christy Mathewson wins both games of a double header vs the Braves

September 6, 1912

In a game which purposely matches the superstars, Boston hurler Smokey Joe Wood bests Senators’ legend Walter Johnson, 1-0, for his 30th (14th consecutive) victory in a season in which he will win 34. The Red Sox’ only run is a result of back-to-back doubles by Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis; the first two-bagger should have been an easy fly out, but the ball lands into an area cordoned off by a rope to section off the overflow Fenway Park crowd.

September 6, 1912

Jeff Tesreau, joining Christy Mathewson (Giants, 1901) and Nick Maddox (Pirates, 1907) becomes the third rookie to throw a no-hitter. The 24 year-old right-hander holds the Phillies hitless in the Giants’ 3-0 victory in the first game of a twin bill at the Baker Bowl.

September 7, 1912

1912 – Arthur “Bugs” Raymond, 30, is found dead at the Hotel Valey in Chicago of a brain hemorrhage, two days after his skull was fractured in a barroom fight. Raymond last pitched for the New York Giants in 1911, compiling a 6-4 record before his drinking forced John McGraw to let him go.

September 9, 1912

1912 – At the Polo Grounds, the Giants sweep two from Brooklyn, 2 – 1 and 7 – 2. Jeff Tesreau takes the opener and Christy Mathewson the nitecap.

September 10, 1912

Boston’s Smoky Joe Wood wins his 15th straight, with 9th-inning relief help from Charley Hall, beating the White Sox, 5 – 4. He scatters 12 hits and strikes out 5. There is some question about which pitcher should receive credit for the win, but American League president Ban Johnson will rule in favor of Wood.

September 10, 1912

Philadelphia A’s rookie Stan Coveleski makes his first appearance in the majors and shuts out Detroit, 3 – 0.

September 11, 1912

In St. Louis, Browns starter Jack Powell leaves after seven innings, losing, 3 – 0, to the Highlanders. Reliever George Baumgardner gives up two more runs in the 8th, but the Browns score four in the bottom of the inning to cut the losing margin to 5 – 4. The New York Times reports the loss to Baumgartner, who pitched poorly.

September 11, 1912

Eddie Collins of the Philadelphia Athletics sets a major league record by stealing six bases in a game

September 12, 1912

Cleveland sweeps a doubleheader with league-leading Boston, taking just 11 total innings to win. The first game is called after five innings with the Naps ahead, 9 – 3. The rain stops and the umps decide to start the second game. After six innings, with Cleveland leading 6 – 0, the nitecap is called on account of darkness.

September 12, 1912

The leading Giants split with the Cardinals, losing the opener when the Birds blast reliever Doc Crandall in the 9th to win, 4 – 2. Jeff Tesreau wins his 6th straight in the nitecap.

September 14, 1912

1912 – Former ML player and current president of the Connecticut League Jim O’Rourke catches a complete game for New Haven at age 60.

September 15, 1912

1912 – In the second game of a doubleheader, Boston’s Joe Wood wins his 16th straight game as he bests the Browns, 2 – 1, in a game called after eight innings because of darkness. Wood scores the winning run in the 8th, scoring from third base on a wild pitch by Earl Hamilton. Earlier in the year, Walter Johnson posted a streak of 16 straight wins.

September 16, 1912

The Cubs riddle Christy Mathewson for 10 hits to beat the Giants, 4 – 3

September 16, 1912

The Pirates’ 2 – 1 win over Brooklyn is their 12th in a row; they will overtake the Cubs and finish 2nd.

September 16, 1912

The Reds shut out the Phillies in a twinbill, winning 6 – 0 and 1 – 0. Art Fromme allows four hits in the lid-lifter, while Rube Benton outduels Grover Cleveland Alexander, 1 – 0, in the nitecap. Benton allows five hits.

September 17, 1912

Casey Stengel makes an impressive major league debut, leading seventh-place Brooklyn to a surprising 7 – 3

September 18, 1912

1912 – Despite being rained out in Cleveland, the Red Sox (97-41) clinch the pennant when the A’s lose the first game of a doubleheader with Chicago. Red Sox president Jimmy McAleer informs the Highlanders that Boston will not play a rained out game with them.

September 19, 1912

1912 – At Cleveland, the Red Sox lose an unusual doubleheader to the Cleveland Naps. Cleveland takes the lidlifter, 9 – 3, when the game is called on account of rain after five innings. The rain stops and the second game begins, only to be called after six innings because of darkness. The Naps win, 6 – 0.

September 20, 1912

Smoky Joe Wood, losing to Detroit, 6-4, fails to break Walter Johnson’s record of 16 consecutive victories, established earlier in the season. Joe Lake gets the win, pitching the last five innings after replacing starter Bill Covington, who allowed only one hit through four innings when he was tossed out of the game by the umpire in the fifth.

September 21, 1912

1912 – Boston 3B Larry Gardner breaks his finger and will be out the rest of the season. He is expected to play in the World Series.

September 22, 1912

Eddie Collins is Hero of the Battle Stealing 6 bases he is the only player in major league history to steal six bases in a game twice

September 23, 1912

1912 – In Boston, 100,000 fans are on hand to greet the Red Sox after their western road trip. All business stops as the players ride from South Station to the Common where Mayor John F. Fitzgerald welcomes them. The players are given the keys to the city. Extra seating is added to Fenway Park, increasing the seating capacity to 32,000 for the World Series.

September 25, 1912

In Boston, Smoky Joe Wood fires a two-hitter at New York, winning, 6 – 0. The Boston ace strikes out 10 in winning his 33rd game.

September 26, 1912

The Giants clinch the National League flag with a sweep of the Braves, winning, 8 – 3 and 4 – 0. Christy Mathewson coasts to his 23rd win in the opener and Al Demaree, recently called up from Mobile where he was 25-10, shuts out the Braves on seven hits in the nitecap. Demaree strikes out 9 in his first major league start.

September 26, 1912

Trailing 9 – 0 going into the 9th inning at Chicago, the Reds stage a terrific comeback against Jimmy Lavender. Lavender gives up five runs and is lifted with the bases loaded. Reliever Fred Toney then walks three straight before Larry Cheney is brought in. The Reds take an unlikely 10 – 9 lead as Cheney walks two straight. Reds pitcher Ralph Works catches the fever walking one Cub and hitting another. Reliever Rube Benton quickly relieves and follows suit, walking three batters in a row to give the Cubs the 11 – 10 decision.

September 27, 1912

1912 – Eddie Plank goes 19 innings for the A’s against Bob Groom and Walter Johnson of the Nationals, and takes a 5 – 4 loss when Eddie Collins’ wild throw lets the winning run score. Johnson relieves Bob Groom at the end of the 9th, and pitches 10 innings of scoreless relief.

September 30, 1912

1912 – The Giants foil Grover Cleveland Alexander’s bid for a 20th victory, beating the Phils, 4 – 2. King Bader, making his first start, is the winner.

October 2, 1912

Pirates game thrown out on protest for batting out of turn

October 5, 1912

The Boston Red Sox defeat the Philadelphia Athletics, 3 – 0, for their 105th win of the season, an American League record until the 1927 Yankees reach 110.

October 5, 1912

In their last game at Washington Park, the Brooklyn Dodgers lose to the New York Giants, 1 – 0. Pat Ragan takes the loss before 10,000 fans. Brooklyn will open next season at Ebbets Field.

October 5, 1912

The New York Highlanders also play their last game at their field, Hilltop Park, beating the Washington Senators, 8 – 6, on the strength of Hal Chase’s three-run home run. Next year, the team will play at the Polo Grounds. Homer Thompson, in his only major league appearance, is the catcher for New York while pitching is his brother Tommy, becoming the first brother battery in American League history.

October 6, 1912

Owen Wilson of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits his 36th triple of the season

October 8, 1912

Giants gaffs lead to Red Sox taking game 1 behind Joe Wood

October 9, 1912

Fans parade around Fenway Park before the 1912 World Series

October 11, 1912

The Red Sox win game 4 3–1 on Joe Wood’s eight-strikeout complete game

October 12, 1912

Hugh Bedient beats Christy Mathewson 2-1, Sox take 3-1 series lead

October 14, 1912

Rube Marquard pitches a complete game and Buck Herzog has four hits as the New York Giants beat the Boston Red Sox, 5 – 2, in Game 6 of the World Series.

October 15, 1912

New York Giants defeat Joe Wood and the Boston Red Sox, 11 – 4, in Game 6 of the World Series

October 16, 1912

Boston Red Sox win the World Series, thanks in part to an error by New York Giants center fielder Fred Snodgrass

October 18, 1912

White Sox beat Cubs 16-0 in the final game of Windy City Series

November 4, 1912

1912 – Miller Huggins is named manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, beginning his 17-year career as a skipper.

November 9, 1912

Frank Chance is sold by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds

November 16, 1912

1912 – Detroit Tigers infielder Red Corriden is sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

November 16, 1912

In failing health, Giants president John T. Brush dies in his private car aboard a train en route to California. Harry Hempstead, his son-in-law, will take over the club.

November 26, 1912

1912 – John T. Brush dies while en route to California by train for his health. His son-in-law, Harry Hempstead, will succeed him as president of the New York Giants.

December 1, 1912

1912 – Boston Braves owner James Gaffney purchases the Allston Golf Club on Commonwealth Avenue with a plan to construct a ball park there. Ground breaking will commence on March 20, 1915.

December 11, 1912

 Joe Tinker is part of 8 player deal