page_title: 1912 Oakland Oaks season
hierarchical_section_title: 1912 Oakland Oaks season
caption_attribution_description: Baseball card of Bayard H. "Bud" Sharpe
context_page_description: The 1912 Oakland Oaks season was the tenth season in the history of the Oakland Oaks baseball team. The team compiled a 120–83 record and won its first Pacific Coast League pennant. Bud Sharpe was the team's player-manager.
  The Oaks won the pennant by one game over the Vernon Tigers. On October 27, the final day of the season, the Oaks clinched the pennant by sweeping a double-header against the Los Angeles Angels, a morning game at Freeman's Park in Oakland and an afternoon game at Recreation Park in San Francisco. For those unable to attend the games, Oakland's Broadway Theater showed films of both games on the following day.
  Third baseman Gus Hetling was voted the most valuable player in the PCL. The team also drew strength from its pitching staff. Harry Ables led the PCL with 25 wins and 303 strikeouts, and Jack Killilay led the league with a .789 winning percentage. Second baseman Bill Leard led the league with 80 stolen bases.
context_section_description: The 1912 Oakland Oaks season was the tenth season in the history of the Oakland Oaks baseball team. The team compiled a 120–83 record and won its first Pacific Coast League (PCL) pennant. Bud Sharpe was the team's player-manager.
  The Oaks won the pennant by one game over the Vernon Tigers. On October 27, the final day of the season, the Oaks clinched the pennant by sweeping a double-header against the Los Angeles Angels, a morning game at Freeman's Park in Oakland and an afternoon game at Recreation Park in San Francisco. For those unable to attend the games, Oakland's Broadway Theater showed films of both games on the following day.
  Third baseman Gus Hetling was voted the most valuable player in the PCL. The team also drew strength from its pitching staff.  Harry Ables led the PCL with 25 wins and 303 strikeouts, and Jack Killilay led the league with a .789 winning percentage. Second baseman Bill Leard led the league with 80 stolen bases.
caption: Player-manager Bud Sharpe
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