1912_Boston_Braves_season

1912 Boston Braves
1912 Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	52–101 (.340)
League place	8th
Owners	James Gaffney, John Montgomery Ward
Managers	Johnny Kling
	← 1911 1913 →

1912 Boston Braves season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1912 Boston Braves season was the 42nd season of the franchise. Team owner William Hepburn Russell died after the 1911 season and his stock was bought up by a group including Tammany Hall alderman James Gaffney and former baseball manager John Montgomery Ward. The team was renamed the Boston Braves after the Sachems, also known as "Braves", of Tammany Hall.^[1]

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v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	103	48	0.682	—	49–25	54–23
Pittsburgh Pirates	93	58	0.616	10	44–31	49–27
Chicago Cubs	91	59	0.607	11½	46–30	45–29
Cincinnati Reds	75	78	0.490	29	45–32	30–46
Philadelphia Phillies	73	79	0.480	30½	34–41	39–38
St. Louis Cardinals	63	90	0.412	41	37–40	26–50
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	58	95	0.379	46	33–43	25–52
Boston Braves	52	101	0.340	52	31–47	21–54

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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bill Rariden	79	247	55	.223	1	16
1B	Ben Houser	108	332	95	.286	8	59
2B	Bill Sweeney	153	593	204	.344	1	99
SS	Frank O'Rourke	61	196	24	.122	0	15
3B	Ed McDonald	121	459	119	.259	2	33
OF	John Titus	96	345	112	.325	2	48
OF	Vin Campbell	145	624	185	.296	3	52
OF	George Jackson	110	397	104	.262	4	51

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Art Devlin	124	436	126	.289	0	57
Jay Kirke	103	359	115	.320	4	62
Johnny Kling	81	252	80	.317	2	29
Doc Miller	51	201	47	.234	2	24
Al Bridwell	31	106	25	.236	0	16
Hank Gowdy	44	96	26	.271	3	9
Harry Spratt	27	89	23	.258	3	12
Rabbit Maranville	26	86	18	.209	0	8
Al Kaiser	4	13	0	.000	0	0
Joe Schultz	4	12	3	.250	0	3
Dave Shean	4	10	3	.300	0	3
Gil Whitehouse	2	3	0	.000	0	0
Mike González	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Bill Jones	3	2	1	.500	0	0
Art Schwind	1	2	1	.500	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lefty Tyler	42	256.1	12	22	4.18	144
Otto Hess	33	254.0	12	17	3.76	80
Hub Perdue	37	249.0	13	16	3.80	101
Buster Brown	31	168.1	4	15	4.01	68

1912 Boston Braves season

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Walt Dickson	36	189.0	3	19	3.86	47
Ed Donnelly	37	184.1	5	10	4.35	67
Rube Kroh	3	6.1	0	0	5.68	1
Al Mattern	2	6.1	0	1	7.11	3

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Brad Hogg	10	1	1	1	6.97	12
Bill McTigue	10	2	0	0	5.45	17
Steve White	3	0	0	0	6.00	2
Hank Griffin	3	0	0	0	27.00	0
King Brady	1	0	0	0	20.25	0
Bill Brady	1	0	0	0	0.00	0