1912 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1912 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 31st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 21st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 63–90 during the season and finished 6th out of eight teams in the National League.

1912 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Robison Field (since 1893) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	63–90 (.412)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Helene Hathaway Britton
Manager(s)	Roger Bresnahan
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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:
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	—

Notable transactions

• September 16, 1912: Jimmy Whelan was drafted by the Cardinals from the Ogden Canners in the 1912 rule 5 draft.[1]

Roster

1912 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Sandy Burk Gene Dale Wheezer Dell Bob Ewing Rube Geyer Dan Griner Bob Harmon Roland Howell Lou Lowdermilk Pol Perritt Phil Redding Slim Sallee Bill Steele Joe Willis Gene Woodburn George Zackert		Catchers Jack Bliss Roger Bresnahan Ed Burns Mike Murphy Frank Snyder Ivey Wingo Infielders Jim Galloway Arnold Hauser Miller Huggins John Kelleher Ed Konetchy John Mercer Mike Mowrey Ray Rolling Wally Smith Possum Whitted		Outfielders Ted Cather Rube Ellis Steve Evans Frank Gilhooley Lee Magee Elmer Miller Rebel Oakes Denney Wilie Other batters Jim Clark		Manager Roger Bresnahan

Player stats

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
OF	Steve Evans	135	491	139	.283	6	72

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
Jack Bliss	49	114	28	.246	0	18
Roger Bresnahan	48	108	36	.333	1	15
Jim Clark	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Ed Burns	1	1	0	.000	0	1

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

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
Joe Willis	31	129.2	4	9	4.44	55
Sandy Burk	12	44.2	1	3	2.42	17

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
Gene Dale	19	0	5	0	6.57	37
Wheezer Dell	3	0	0	0	11.57	0

References

1. Jimmy Whelan page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1912 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1912 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com