1912_Major_League_Baseball_season

1912 Major League Baseball season

1912 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

The 1912 Major League Baseball season began on April 11, 1912. The regular season ended on October 6, with the New York Giants and Boston Red Sox as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the ninth modern World Series on October 8 and ended with Game 8 on October 16. The Red Sox defeated the Giants, four games to three (with one tie).

This article is about the 1912 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1912 in baseball.
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Locations of AL teams for the 1912 MLB season
American League
Locations of NL teams for the 1912 MLB season
National League

This was the second of four seasons that the Chalmers Award, a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), was given to a player in each league.

During the season, Harper's Weekly conducted a detailed accounting of the expenses of major league clubs, reaching a figure of approximately $175,000 to $200,000.[1]

Teams

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Schedule

See also: Major League Baseball schedule

The 1912 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.

Opening Day, April 11, featured all sixteen teams, only the second time every team has started their season on the same day (first being two years prior with the 1910 season). The final day of the regular season was on October 6. The World Series took place between October 8 and October 16.

Standings

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Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Boston Red Sox 4
NL New York Giants 3

Managers

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League leaders

American League

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National League

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Awards and honors

Home field attendance

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References

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    Harper's Weekly, August 31, 1912, "The Dollars Behind the Baseball Diamond."
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    "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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