# 1912 Washington Senators season

The 1912 Washington Senators won 91 games, lost 61, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played their home games at National Park.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 105 | 47 | .691 | — | 57‍–‍20 | 48‍–‍27 |
| Washington Senators | 91 | 61 | .599 | 14 | 45‍–‍32 | 46‍–‍29 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 90 | 62 | .592 | 15 | 45‍–‍31 | 45‍–‍31 |
| Chicago White Sox | 78 | 76 | .506 | 28 | 34‍–‍43 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Cleveland Naps | 75 | 78 | .490 | 30½ | 41‍–‍35 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Detroit Tigers | 69 | 84 | .451 | 36½ | 37‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 53 | 101 | .344 | 53 | 27‍–‍50 | 26‍–‍51 |
| New York Highlanders | 50 | 102 | .329 | 55 | 31‍–‍44 | 19‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1912 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* August 23, 1912: Tilly Walker and Hippo Vaughn were traded by the Senators to the Kansas City Blues for Bill Kenworthy and Bert Gallia.
* August 23, 1912: Joe Agler was purchased by the Senators from the Atlanta Crackers.
* September 16, 1912: Bill Morley was drafted by the Senators from the Knoxville Reds in the 1912 rule 5 draft.

### 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 | John Henry | 66 | 191 | 37 | .194 | 0 | 9 |
| 1B | Chick Gandil | 117 | 443 | 135 | .305 | 2 | 81 |
| 2B | Ray Morgan | 81 | 273 | 65 | .238 | 1 | 30 |
| SS | George McBride | 152 | 521 | 118 | .226 | 1 | 52 |
| 3B | Eddie Foster | 154 | 618 | 176 | .285 | 2 | 70 |
| OF | Clyde Milan | 154 | 601 | 184 | .306 | 1 | 79 |
| OF | Danny Moeller | 132 | 519 | 143 | .276 | 6 | 46 |
| OF | Howie Shanks | 116 | 399 | 92 | .231 | 1 | 48 |

#### 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 |
| Eddie Ainsmith | 61 | 186 | 42 | .226 | 0 | 22 |
| Germany Schaefer | 60 | 166 | 41 | .247 | 0 | 19 |
| Rip Williams | 60 | 157 | 50 | .318 | 0 | 22 |
| Frank LaPorte | 40 | 136 | 42 | .309 | 0 | 17 |
| Tilly Walker | 39 | 110 | 30 | .273 | 0 | 9 |
| John Knight | 32 | 93 | 15 | .161 | 0 | 9 |
| John Flynn | 20 | 71 | 12 | .169 | 0 | 5 |
| Bill Kenworthy | 12 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Cunningham | 8 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 1 | 8 |
| Roy Moran | 7 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
| Roxey Roach | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Agler | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Altrock | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Griffith | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Long | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Ryan | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Walter Johnson | 50 | 369.0 | 33 | 12 | 1.39 | 303 |
| Bob Groom | 43 | 316.0 | 24 | 13 | 2.62 | 179 |
| Tom Hughes | 31 | 196.0 | 13 | 10 | 2.94 | 108 |
| Carl Cashion | 26 | 170.1 | 10 | 6 | 3.17 | 84 |
| Hippo Vaughn | 12 | 81.0 | 4 | 3 | 2.89 | 49 |
| Dixie Walker | 9 | 60.0 | 3 | 6 | 5.25 | 29 |

#### 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 Engel | 17 | 75.0 | 2 | 5 | 3.96 | 29 |
| Barney Pelty | 11 | 43.2 | 1 | 4 | 3.30 | 15 |
| Paul Musser | 7 | 20.2 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 10 |
| Jerry Akers | 5 | 20.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.87 | 11 |
| Lefty Schegg | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Becker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 5 |
| Joe Boehling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2 |
| Bert Gallia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Nick Altrock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
| Herb Herring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Germany Schaefer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Steve White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Clark Griffith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |