1912 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1912 National League West Side Park Chicago 91 59 y 3rd Charles Murphy Frank Chance thumb | right | alt=Front of a 1912 T201 tobacco card. Appears to depict Johnny Evers. | Front of a 1912 T201 tobacco card. Appears to depict Johnny Evers. The 1912 Chicago Cubs season was the 41st 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 Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Roster 1912 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers Mordecai Brown Larry Cheney King Cole Ensign Cottrell Jimmy Lavender Lefty Leifield Grover Lowdermilk Len Madden Harry McIntire Jim Moroney George Pierce Bill Powell Ed Reulbach Lew Richie Charlie Smith Rudy Sommers Fred Toney Joe Vernon Catchers Jimmy Archer Harry Chapman Dick Cotter Mike Hechinger Tom Needham George Yantz Infielders Frank Chance Tom Downey Red Downs Johnny Evers Ed Lennox Charley Moore Vic Saier Joe Tinker Heinie Zimmerman Outfielders Wilbur Good Solly Hofman Tommy Leach Ward Miller Wildfire Schulte Jimmy Sheckard Cy Williams Manager Frank Chance 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 Position Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg. Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in 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 14 104 (a) 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 (a) Baseball Reference and Retrosheet have his 1912 RBI total at 104. Baseball Almanac and The Baseball Cube have his RBI total at 99. Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg. Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in Ward Miller Ward Miller (baseball) 86 241 74 .307 0 22 Solly Hofman 36 125 34 .272 0 20 Red Downs 43 95 25 .263 1 15 Tom Needham 33 90 16 .178 0 12 Ed Lennox 27 81 19 .235 1 17 Cy Williams 28 62 15 .242 0 1 Dick Cotter Dick Cotter (baseball) 26 54 15 .278 0 10 Wilbur Good 39 35 5 .143 0 1 Tom Downey 13 22 4 .182 0 4 Charley Moore 5 9 2 .222 0 1 Frank Chance 2 5 1 .200 0 0 Harry Chapman Harry Chapman (baseball) 1 4 1 .250 0 1 Mike Hechinger 2 3 0 .000 0 0 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 Game pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Larry Cheney 42 303.1 26 10 2.85 140 Jimmy Lavender 42 251.2 16 13 3.04 109 Lew Richie 39 238.0 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 Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Ed Reulbach 39 169.0 10 6 3.78 75 Charlie Smith Charlie Smith (pitcher) 20 94.0 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 Fred Toney 9 24.0 1 2 5.25 9 Jim Moroney Jim Moroney (baseball) 10 23.2 1 1 4.56 5 Harry McIntire 4 23.2 1 2 3.80 8 King Cole King Cole (baseball) 8 19.0 1 2 10.89 9 George Pierce George Pierce (baseball) 3 14.2 0 0 5.52 9 Grover Lowdermilk 2 13.0 0 1 9.69 8 Len Madden 6 12.1 0 1 2.92 5 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games pitched W Wins L Losses SV Saves ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Joe Vernon 1 0 0 0 11.25 1 Ensign Cottrell 1 0 0 0 9.00 1 Rudy Sommers 1 0 1 0 3.00 2 Bill Powell Bill Powell (baseball) 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 Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs