# 1912 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1912 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 31st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 21st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 63–90 during the season and finished sixth out of eight teams in the National League.

## 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

* September 16, 1912: Jimmy Whelan was drafted by the Cardinals from the Ogden Canners 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 | Ivey Wingo | 100 | 310 | 82 | .265 | 2 | 44 |
| 1B | Ed Konetchy | 143 | 538 | 169 | .314 | 8 | 82 |
| 2B | Miller Huggins | 120 | 431 | 131 | .304 | 0 | 29 |
| SS | Arnold Hauser | 133 | 479 | 124 | .259 | 1 | 42 |
| 3B | Mike Mowrey | 114 | 408 | 104 | .255 | 2 | 50 |
| OF | Steve Evans | 135 | 491 | 139 | .283 | 6 | 72 |
| OF | Rebel Oakes | 136 | 495 | 139 | .281 | 3 | 58 |
| OF | Lee Magee | 128 | 458 | 133 | .290 | 0 | 40 |

#### 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 |
| Rube Ellis | 109 | 305 | 82 | .269 | 4 | 33 |
| Wally Smith | 75 | 219 | 56 | .256 | 0 | 26 |
| Jack Bliss | 49 | 114 | 28 | .246 | 0 | 18 |
| Roger Bresnahan | 48 | 108 | 36 | .333 | 1 | 15 |
| Jim Galloway | 21 | 54 | 10 | .185 | 0 | 4 |
| Frank Gilhooley | 13 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 0 | 2 |
| Denney Wilie | 30 | 48 | 11 | .229 | 0 | 6 |
| Possum Whitted | 12 | 46 | 12 | .261 | 0 | 7 |
| Elmer Miller | 12 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 0 | 3 |
| Ted Cather | 5 | 19 | 8 | .421 | 0 | 2 |
| Frank Snyder | 11 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Rolling | 5 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kelleher | 8 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Clark | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| John Mercer | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Burns | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Murphy | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Slim Sallee | 48 | 294.0 | 16 | 17 | 2.60 | 108 |
| Bob Harmon | 43 | 268.0 | 18 | 18 | 3.93 | 73 |
| Phil Redding | 3 | 25.1 | 2 | 1 | 4.97 | 9 |
| Bob Ewing | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Steele | 40 | 194.0 | 9 | 13 | 4.69 | 67 |
| Rube Geyer | 41 | 181.0 | 7 | 14 | 3.28 | 61 |
| Joe Willis | 31 | 129.2 | 4 | 9 | 4.44 | 55 |
| Dan Griner | 12 | 54.0 | 3 | 4 | 3.17 | 20 |
| Gene Woodburn | 20 | 48.1 | 1 | 4 | 5.59 | 25 |
| Sandy Burk | 12 | 44.2 | 1 | 3 | 2.42 | 17 |
| Pol Perritt | 6 | 31.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.19 | 13 |
| Lou Lowdermilk | 4 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Gene Dale | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.57 | 37 |
| Wheezer Dell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 0 |
| Roland Howell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
| George Zackert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |