# 1912 Boston Braves season

The 1912 Boston Braves season was the 42nd season of the franchise. Team owner William Hepburn Russell died after the 1911 season and his stock was bought up by a group including Tammany Hall alderman James Gaffney and former baseball manager John Montgomery Ward. The team was renamed the Boston Braves after the Sachems, also known as "Braves", of Tammany Hall.

## 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

* June 21, 1912: Doc Miller was traded by the Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for John Titus.

### 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 | Bill Rariden | 79 | 247 | 55 | .223 | 1 | 16 |
| 1B | Ben Houser | 108 | 332 | 95 | .286 | 8 | 59 |
| 2B | Bill Sweeney | 153 | 593 | 204 | .344 | 1 | 99 |
| SS | Frank O'Rourke | 61 | 196 | 24 | .122 | 0 | 15 |
| 3B | Ed McDonald | 121 | 459 | 119 | .259 | 2 | 33 |
| OF | John Titus | 96 | 345 | 112 | .325 | 2 | 48 |
| OF | Vin Campbell | 145 | 624 | 185 | .296 | 3 | 52 |
| OF | George Jackson | 110 | 397 | 104 | .262 | 4 | 51 |

#### 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 |
| Art Devlin | 124 | 436 | 126 | .289 | 0 | 57 |
| Jay Kirke | 103 | 359 | 115 | .320 | 4 | 62 |
| Johnny Kling | 81 | 252 | 80 | .317 | 2 | 29 |
| Doc Miller | 51 | 201 | 47 | .234 | 2 | 24 |
| Al Bridwell | 31 | 106 | 25 | .236 | 0 | 16 |
| Hank Gowdy | 44 | 96 | 26 | .271 | 3 | 9 |
| Harry Spratt | 27 | 89 | 23 | .258 | 3 | 12 |
| Rabbit Maranville | 26 | 86 | 18 | .209 | 0 | 8 |
| Al Kaiser | 4 | 13 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Schultz | 4 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Dave Shean | 4 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 3 |
| Gil Whitehouse | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike González | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Jones | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Schwind | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
| Lefty Tyler | 42 | 256.1 | 12 | 22 | 4.18 | 144 |
| Otto Hess | 33 | 254.0 | 12 | 17 | 3.76 | 80 |
| Hub Perdue | 37 | 249.0 | 13 | 16 | 3.80 | 101 |
| Buster Brown | 31 | 168.1 | 4 | 15 | 4.01 | 68 |

#### 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 |
| Walt Dickson | 36 | 189.0 | 3 | 19 | 3.86 | 47 |
| Ed Donnelly | 37 | 184.1 | 5 | 10 | 4.35 | 67 |
| Rube Kroh | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 1 |
| Al Mattern | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.11 | 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 |
| Brad Hogg | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.97 | 12 |
| Bill McTigue | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.45 | 17 |
| Steve White | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 |
| Hank Griffin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
| King Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 0 |
| Bill Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |