# 1912 St. Louis Browns season

The 1912 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 101 losses.

## Regular season

* July 4, 1912: George Mullin threw the first no-hitter in Detroit Tigers history against the Browns. The Tigers beat the Browns by a score of 7–0. It was also Mullin's 32nd birthday.

### 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 | — |

### 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 | Jim Stephens | 75 | 205 | 51 | .249 | 0 | 22 |
| 1B | George Stovall | 116 | 398 | 101 | .254 | 0 | 45 |
| 2B | Del Pratt | 152 | 570 | 172 | .302 | 5 | 69 |
| SS | Bobby Wallace | 100 | 323 | 78 | .241 | 0 | 31 |
| 3B | Jimmy Austin | 149 | 536 | 135 | .252 | 2 | 44 |
| OF | Burt Shotton | 154 | 580 | 168 | .290 | 2 | 40 |
| OF | Willie Hogan | 108 | 360 | 77 | .214 | 1 | 36 |
| OF | Pete Compton | 103 | 268 | 75 | .280 | 2 | 30 |

#### 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 |
| Frank LaPorte | 80 | 266 | 83 | .312 | 1 | 38 |
| Gus Williams | 64 | 216 | 63 | .292 | 2 | 32 |
| Joe Kutina | 69 | 205 | 42 | .205 | 1 | 18 |
| Paul Krichell | 59 | 161 | 35 | .217 | 0 | 8 |
| Heinie Jantzen | 31 | 119 | 22 | .185 | 1 | 8 |
| Walt Alexander | 37 | 97 | 17 | .175 | 0 | 5 |
| Ed Hallinan | 28 | 86 | 19 | .221 | 0 | 1 |
| John Daley | 18 | 52 | 9 | .173 | 1 | 3 |
| Ed Miller | 13 | 46 | 9 | .196 | 0 | 5 |
| Bunny Brief | 15 | 42 | 13 | .310 | 0 | 5 |
| Frank Crossin | 8 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Brown | 9 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Snell | 8 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 0 |
| George Aiton | 10 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 1 |
| Henry Smoyer | 6 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Shanley | 5 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Ketter | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Criger | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Tennant | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Miller | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Walden | 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 |
| Earl Hamilton | 41 | 249.2 | 11 | 14 | 3.24 | 139 |
| Jack Powell | 32 | 235.1 | 9 | 17 | 3.10 | 67 |
| George Baumgardner | 30 | 218.1 | 11 | 13 | 3.38 | 102 |
| Carl Weilman | 8 | 48.1 | 2 | 4 | 2.79 | 24 |
| Barney Pelty | 6 | 38.1 | 1 | 5 | 5.59 | 10 |
| John Frill | 3 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 20.77 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Mack Allison | 31 | 169.0 | 6 | 17 | 3.62 | 43 |
| Elmer Brown | 23 | 120.1 | 5 | 8 | 2.99 | 45 |
| Curly Brown | 16 | 64.2 | 1 | 3 | 4.87 | 28 |
| Roy Mitchell | 13 | 62.0 | 3 | 4 | 4.65 | 22 |
| Joe Lake | 11 | 57.0 | 1 | 7 | 4.42 | 28 |
| Willie Adams | 13 | 46.1 | 2 | 3 | 3.88 | 16 |
| Buddy Napier | 7 | 25.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.97 | 10 |
| Red Nelson | 8 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.00 | 9 |
| Bill Bailey | 3 | 10.2 | 0 | 1 | 9.28 | 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 |
| Hack Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |