titanic | Baseball Revisited

June 26, 2011

DMB World Series-1912 Year In Review

Filed under: 1912 — Kevin Graham @ 7:52 pm
Tags: boston red sox, gene kelly, jackson pollack, ny giants, titanic

1912 RULEBOOK

1912 saw both the American League and National League pennants won rather easily by their respective World Series participants. The Boston Red Sox beat out the surprising Washington Senators by 14 games, and the defending champion Philadelphia A’s by 15 games. The 105 Red Sox wins was an American League record, that would not be bested until the 110 wins by the 1927 Yankees. The NY Giants won the NL pennant, their 2nd of 3 straight, by outlasting the Pirates by 10 games. The Cincinnati Reds started the season 22-6, but faded all the way to 4th place, 3 games under .500.

The National League adopted earned run average as an official stat, the American League would not follow suit for several seasons.

Fenway Park opened on April 20th. They beat the soon to be NY Yankees by a score of 7-6 in 11 innings. The Red Sox were scheduled to open Fenway on 4/18 but the game was rained out. The Titanic sunk on 4/19….there is no correlation between the two that I can discern.

During the season the construction of Ebbetts field began. It would open on April 9, 1913. Also, Rube Marquard fashioned a record 19 straight wins, and Chief Wilson will hit a record 36 triples. Heinie Zimmerman of the Chicago Cubs would have and eventually lose a Triple Crown season. Years later a statistical error was found, costing Zimmerman 4 rbis, placing him in 3rd place.

The Boston Red Sox beat the NY Giants in the World Series in 7 games.

Also in baseball:

4/9- The 1st baseball game played at Fenway was played in a snowstorm and saw the Red Sox beat a team from Harvard.

5/13- A Western Union telegraph operator by the name of Lou Proctor inserted his name as a pinch hitter in the game account of the Browns/Red Sox game.(A Walk). His name would appear in the 1st Edition of the Baseball Encyclopedia.

5/15- While playing the Highlanders at Hilltop Park, Ty Cobb charges into the stands after a heckler, attempting to beat him senseless. He would be suspended.

5/18- In a show of solidarity the Tigers refuse to play a game against the Browns. A group of replacement players lead by seminary student Aloyisius Travers lose 24-2.

6/13- Christy Mathewson wins his 300th game.

8/20- Jay Cashion(Wash) throws a 6 inning no hitter against Cleveland.

8/30- Earl Hamilton(STL) no hits the Tigers.

9/6- Rookie Jeff Tesreau(BKL) no hits the Phillies.

The United States Baseball League began play on May 1, 1912. This attempt to form a 3rd Major League lasted just 1 month. A 2nd attempt in 1913 met with equal success. It was an 8 team league that featured teams such as the Pittsburg Filipinos, and the Cincinnati Pippins.

1912 Final Standings

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Giants                154  103   48    3  .682     -   823  571
Pittsburgh Pirates             152   93   58    1  .616  10.0   751  565
Chicago Cubs                   152   91   59    2  .607  11.5   756  668
Cincinnati Reds                155   75   78    2  .490  29.0   656  722
Philadelphia Phillies          152   73   79    0  .480  30.5   670  688
St. Louis Cardinals            153   63   90    0  .412  41.0   659  830
Brooklyn Superbas              153   58   95    0  .379  46.0   651  744
Boston Braves                  155   52  101    2  .340  52.0   693  871

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Boston Red Sox                 154  105   47    2  .691     -   799  544
Washington Senators            154   91   61    2  .599  14.0   699  581
Philadelphia Athletics         153   90   62    1  .592  15.0   779  658
Chicago White Sox              158   78   76    4  .506  28.0   639  648
Cleveland Naps                 155   75   78    2  .490  30.5   677  681
Detroit Tigers                 154   69   84    1  .451  36.5   720  777
St. Louis Browns               157   53  101    3  .344  53.0   552  764
New York Highlanders           153   50  102    1  .329  55.0   630  842
Also In 1912:
Born:

1/12- Jackson Pollock

This is a Jackson Pollack piece called Galaxy. I don’t get how this is art?

2/6- Eva Braun

This is Eva with her sweety….ahh…young love….springtime with Hitler.

3/9- Arky Vaughan7/6- Vince DiMaggio8/23- Gene Kelly

 Who doesn’t like singing in the rain?……….Nobody.

Died:2/1- Jim Doyle4/20- Bram Stoker

Read this book

5/30- Wilbur Wright

Wilbur won the coin toss to see who would fly first. His attempt stalled on take-off. Thus allowing his brother Orville to be the 1st to fly successfully.

11/8- Cupid Childs11/26- John T BrushWorld Events:4/15/1912- The RMS Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg, only 706 of the 2223 people on board survive.