1912 St. Louis Browns season

1912 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	53–101 (.344)
League place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Hedges
Manager(s)	Bobby Wallace and George Stovall
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The 1912 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 101 losses.

Regular season

• July 4, 1912: George Mullin threw the first no-hitter in Detroit Tigers history against the Browns.^[1] The Tigers beat the Browns by a score of 7–0. It was also Mullin's 32nd birthday.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	105	47	0.691	—	57–20	48–27
Washington Senators	91	61	0.599	14	45–32	46–29
Philadelphia Athletics	90	62	0.592	15	45–31	45–31
Chicago White Sox	78	76	0.506	28	34–43	44–33
Cleveland Naps	75	78	0.490	30½	41–35	34–43
Detroit Tigers	69	84	0.451	36½	37–39	32–45
St. Louis Browns	53	101	0.344	53	27–50	26–51
New York Highlanders	50	102	0.329	55	31–44	19–58

Record vs. opponents

1912 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	16–6–1	11–11–1	15–6	19–2	15–7	17–5	12–10
Chicago	6–16–1	—	11–11	14–8–1	13–9	12–10	13–9–2	9–13
Cleveland	11–11–1	11–11	—	13–9	13–8–1	8–14	15–7	4–18
Detroit	6–15	8–14–1	9–13	—	16–6	9–13	13–9	8–14
New York	2–19	9–13	8–13–1	6–16	—	5–17	13–9	7–15
Philadelphia	7–15	10–12	14–8	13–9	17–5	—	16–6	13–7–1
St. Louis	5–17	9–13–2	7–15	9–13	9–13	6–16	—	8–14–1
Washington	10–12	13–9	18–4	14–8	15–7	7–13–1	14–8–1	—

Roster

1912 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Willie Adams Mack Allison Bill Bailey George Baumgardner Curly Brown Elmer Brown John Frill Earl Hamilton Joe Lake Roy Mitchell Buddy Napier Red Nelson Barney Pelty Jack Powell Hack Spencer Carl Weilman		Catchers Walt Alexander Lou Criger Frank Crossin Phil Ketter Paul Krichell Charlie Snell Jim Stephens Fred Walden Infielders Jimmy Austin John Daley Ed Hallinan Joe Kutina Frank LaPorte Charlie Miller Ed Miller Del Pratt Doc Shanley Henry Smoyer George Stovall Bobby Wallace		Outfielders George Aiton Bunny Brief Bill Brown Pete Compton Willie Hogan Heinie Jantzen Burt Shotton Gus Williams Other batters Tom Tennant		Manager George Stovall Bobby Wallace

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
1B	Stovall, GeorgeGeorge Stovall	116	398	101	.254	0	45
SS	Wallace, BobbyBobby Wallace	100	323	78	.241	0	31

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
Miller, EdEd Miller	13	46	9	.196	0	5

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
Powell, JackJack Powell	32	235.1	9	17	3.10	67
Baumgardner, GeorgeGeorge Baumgardner	30	218.1	11	13	3.38	102
Pelty, BarneyBarney Pelty	6	38.1	1	5	5.59	10
Frill, JohnJohn Frill	3	4.1	0	1	20.77	2

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
Adams, WillieWillie Adams	13	46.1	2	3	3.88	16

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

References

1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

External links

• 1912 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1912 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com