# 1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers season

The 1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers finished in seventh place with a 65–76 record.

## Offseason

* December 1911: Doc Scanlan was traded by the Trolley Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Eddie Stack.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 103 | 48 | .682 | — | 49‍–‍25 | 54‍–‍23 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 93 | 58 | .616 | 10 | 44‍–‍31 | 49‍–‍27 |
| Chicago Cubs | 91 | 59 | .607 | 11½ | 46‍–‍30 | 45‍–‍29 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 78 | .490 | 29 | 45‍–‍32 | 30‍–‍46 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 79 | .480 | 30½ | 34‍–‍41 | 39‍–‍38 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 63 | 90 | .412 | 41 | 37‍–‍40 | 26‍–‍50 |
| Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers | 58 | 95 | .379 | 46 | 33‍–‍43 | 25‍–‍52 |
| Boston Braves | 52 | 101 | .340 | 52 | 31‍–‍47 | 21‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1912 National League recordvte 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

* May 7, 1912: Red Downs was purchased from the Trolley Dodgers by the Chicago Cubs.
* July 10, 1912: Cliff Curtis was purchased by the Trolley Dodgers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

### Roster
## 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 | Otto Miller | 98 | 316 | 88 | .278 | 1 | 31 |
| 1B | Jake Daubert | 145 | 559 | 172 | .308 | 3 | 66 |
| 2B | George Cutshaw | 102 | 357 | 100 | .280 | 0 | 28 |
| 3B | Red Smith | 128 | 486 | 139 | .286 | 4 | 57 |
| SS | Bert Tooley | 77 | 265 | 62 | .234 | 2 | 37 |
| OF | Herbie Moran | 130 | 508 | 140 | .276 | 1 | 40 |
| OF | Zack Wheat | 123 | 453 | 138 | .305 | 8 | 65 |
| OF | Hub Northen | 118 | 412 | 116 | .282 | 3 | 46 |

#### 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 |
| John Hummel | 122 | 411 | 116 | .282 | 5 | 54 |
| Bob Fisher | 82 | 257 | 60 | .233 | 0 | 26 |
| Jud Daley | 61 | 199 | 51 | .256 | 1 | 13 |
| Tex Erwin | 59 | 133 | 28 | .211 | 2 | 14 |
| Ed Phelps | 52 | 111 | 32 | .288 | 0 | 23 |
| Enos Kirkpatrick | 32 | 94 | 18 | .191 | 0 | 6 |
| Casey Stengel | 17 | 57 | 18 | .316 | 1 | 13 |
| Red Downs | 9 | 32 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Dolly Stark | 8 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Higgins | 1 | 2 | 0 | .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 |
| Nap Rucker | 45 | 297.2 | 18 | 21 | 2.21 | 151 |
| Pat Ragan | 36 | 208.0 | 7 | 18 | 3.63 | 101 |
| Frank Allen | 20 | 109.0 | 3 | 9 | 3.63 | 58 |

#### 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 |
| Earl Yingling | 25 | 163.0 | 6 | 11 | 3.59 | 51 |
| Eddie Stack | 28 | 142.0 | 7 | 5 | 3.36 | 45 |
| Elmer Knetzer | 33 | 140.1 | 7 | 9 | 4.55 | 61 |
| Cy Barger | 16 | 94.0 | 1 | 9 | 5.46 | 30 |
| Maury Kent | 20 | 93.0 | 5 | 5 | 4.84 | 24 |
| Cliff Curtis | 19 | 80.0 | 4 | 7 | 3.94 | 22 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Schardt | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.35 | 7 |
| Sandy Burk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 | 2 |
| Eddie Dent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 |