# 1912 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1912 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing third in the American League with a record of 90 wins and 62 losses.

## 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 20, 1912: Roy Crabb was purchased by the Athletics from the Chicago White Sox.
* September 16, 1912: Billy Orr was drafted by the Athletics from the Sacramento Sacts 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 | Jack Lapp | 91 | 281 | 82 | .292 | 1 | 35 |
| 1B | Stuffy McInnis | 153 | 568 | 186 | .327 | 3 | 101 |
| 2B | Eddie Collins | 153 | 543 | 189 | .348 | 0 | 64 |
| SS | Jack Barry | 140 | 483 | 126 | .261 | 0 | 55 |
| 3B | Frank Baker | 149 | 577 | 200 | .347 | 10 | 130 |
| OF | Bris Lord | 97 | 378 | 90 | .238 | 0 | 25 |
| OF | Rube Oldring | 99 | 395 | 119 | .301 | 1 | 24 |
| OF | Amos Strunk | 122 | 412 | 119 | .289 | 3 | 63 |

#### 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 |
| Harl Maggert | 74 | 242 | 62 | .256 | 1 | 13 |
| Eddie Murphy | 33 | 142 | 45 | .317 | 0 | 6 |
| Ira Thomas | 48 | 139 | 30 | .216 | 1 | 13 |
| Ben Egan | 49 | 138 | 24 | .174 | 0 | 13 |
| Danny Murphy | 36 | 130 | 42 | .323 | 2 | 20 |
| Jimmy Walsh | 31 | 107 | 27 | .252 | 0 | 15 |
| Claud Derrick | 21 | 58 | 14 | .241 | 0 | 7 |
| Joe Mathes | 4 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Fahey | 6 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Chester Emerson | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Jack Coombs | 40 | 262.1 | 21 | 10 | 3.29 | 120 |
| Eddie Plank | 37 | 259.2 | 26 | 6 | 2.22 | 110 |
| Boardwalk Brown | 34 | 199.0 | 13 | 11 | 3.66 | 64 |
| Byron Houck | 30 | 180.2 | 8 | 8 | 2.94 | 75 |
| Chief Bender | 27 | 171.0 | 13 | 8 | 2.74 | 90 |
| Cy Morgan | 16 | 93.2 | 3 | 8 | 3.75 | 47 |
| Roy Crabb | 7 | 43.1 | 2 | 4 | 3.74 | 12 |
| Joe Bush | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Stan Coveleski | 5 | 21.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.43 | 9 |
| Lefty Russell | 5 | 17.1 | 0 | 2 | 7.27 | 9 |
| Harry Krause | 4 | 5.1 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 3 |
| Roger Salmon | 2 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Herb Pennock | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.50 | 38 |
| Hardin Barry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.62 | 3 |
| Dave Danforth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.98 | 8 |
| Doc Martin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.38 | 4 |
| Slim Harrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |