1912 Chicago Cubs season
The 1912 Chicago Cubs season was the 41st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 37th in the National League and the 20th at West Side Park. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 91–59. Third baseman Heinie Zimmerman led the circuit in home runs, batting average, and slugging percentage.
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| Player | |||||||
| C | 120 | 385 | 109 | .283 | 5 | 58 | |
| 1B | 122 | 451 | 130 | .288 | 2 | 61 | |
| 2B | 143 | 478 | 163 | .341 | 1 | 63 | |
| 3B | 145 | 557 | 207 | .372 | 14 | 104 | |
| SS | 142 | 550 | 155 | .282 | 0 | 75 | |
| LF | 146 | 523 | 128 | .245 | 3 | 47 | |
| CF | 82 | 265 | 64 | .242 | 2 | 32 | |
| RF | 139 | 553 | 146 | .264 | 12 | 64 |
Baseball Reference and Retrosheet have his 1912 RBI total at 104.
Baseball Almanac and The Baseball Cube have his RBI total at 99.
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in| Player | ||||||
| 86 | 241 | 74 | .307 | 0 | 22 | |
| 36 | 125 | 34 | .272 | 0 | 20 | |
| 43 | 95 | 25 | .263 | 1 | 15 | |
| 33 | 90 | 16 | .178 | 0 | 12 | |
| 27 | 81 | 19 | .235 | 1 | 17 | |
| 28 | 62 | 15 | .242 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | 54 | 15 | .278 | 0 | 10 | |
| 39 | 35 | 5 | .143 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | ||||||
| 42 | 303.1 | 26 | 10 | 2.85 | 140 | |
| 42 | 251.2 | 16 | 13 | 3.04 | 109 | |
| 39 | 238.0 | 16 | 8 | 2.95 | 69 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | ||||||
| 39 | 169.0 | 10 | 6 | 3.78 | 75 | |
| 20 | 94.0 | 7 | 4 | 4.21 | 47 | |
| 15 | 88.2 | 5 | 6 | 2.64 | 34 | |
| 13 | 70.2 | 7 | 2 | 2.42 | 23 | |
| 9 | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.25 | 9 | |
| 10 | 23.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.56 | 5 | |
| 4 | 23.2 | 1 | 2 | 3.80 | 8 | |
| 8 | 19.0 | 1 | 2 | 10.89 | 9 | |
| 3 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.52 | 9 | |
| 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.69 | 8 | |
| 6 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 2.92 | 5 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Awards and honors
League top five finishers
Larry Cheney- #1 wins
Frank Schulte
- #2 home runs
- #1 batting average
- #1 home runs
- #1 slugging percentage
- #3 runs batted in
- #5 on-base percentage