1912 Chicago Cubs season

1912 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
West Side Park (since 1893)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1871)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Murphy
Manager(s)	Frank Chance
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The 1912 Chicago Cubs season was the 40th 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

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1912 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jimmy Archer	120	385	109	.283	5	58
1B	Vic Saier	122	451	130	.288	2	61
2B	Johnny Evers	143	478	163	.341	1	63
3B	Heinie Zimmerman	145	557	207	.372	14	99
SS	Joe Tinker	142	550	155	.282	0	75
LF	Jimmy Sheckard	146	523	128	.245	3	47
CF	Tommy Leach	82	265	64	.242	2	32
RF	Frank Schulte	139	553	146	.264	12	64

Other batters

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
Ward Miller	86	241	74	.307	0	22
Dick Cotter	26	54	15	.278	0	10
Frank Chance	2	5	1	.200	0	0
Harry Chapman	1	4	1	.250	0	1
George Yantz	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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Larry Cheney	42	303.1	26	10	2.85	140
Jimmy Lavender	42	251.2	16	13	3.04	109
Lew Richie	39	238	16	8	2.95	69

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Charlie Smith	20	94	7	4	4.21	47
Mordecai Brown	15	88.2	5	6	2.64	34
Lefty Leifield	13	70.2	7	2	2.42	23
King Cole	8	19	1	2	10.89	9
Grover Lowdermilk	2	13	0	1	9.69	8

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ensign Cottrell	1	0	0	0	9.00	1
Bill Powell	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Larry Cheney

• #1 wins (26)

Johnny Evers

• #2 on-base percentage (.431)
• #4 batting average (.341)

Frank Schulte

• #2 home runs (12)

Heinie Zimmerman

• #1 batting average (.372)
• #1 home runs (14)
• #1 slugging percentage (.571)
• #3 runs batted in (99)
• #5 on-base percentage (.418)

External links

• 1912 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference