1912 Detroit Tigers season

The 1912 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Tigers finishing sixth in the American League. It was the team's first season in Tiger Stadium.

Regular season

On April 20, 1912, Navin Field opened the same day as Fenway Park. It was supposed to be opened on April 18 but it rained in both cities on that day. Ty Cobb scored the first run in Tiger Stadium by stealing home.
On May 18, 1912, the Tigers players went on strike to protest the suspension of star center fielder Ty Cobb, who had gone into the stands on May 15 to attack a disabled fan who had been abusing him. Rather than forfeit the next game, the Tigers sent out a team of replacement players, mostly local college and sandlot players but also including Tigers coaches Joe Sugden and 48-year-old Deacon McGuire. Manager Hughie Jennings also entered the game as a pinch hitter. Starting pitcher Allan Travers gave up 24 runs on 26 hits in a complete game loss, both American League records.
On July 4, 1912, George Mullin threw the first no-hitter in Detroit Tigers history. The Tigers beat the St. Louis Browns by a score of 7–0. It was also Mullin's 32nd birthday.

Notable transactions

August 26, 1912: Willie Jensen was purchased by the Tigers from the New Haven Murlins.

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	Oscar Stanage	121	394	103	.261	0	41
1B	George Moriarty	105	375	93	.248	0	54
2B	Baldy Louden	122	403	97	.241	1	36
SS	Donie Bush	144	511	118	.231	2	38
3B	Charlie Deal	42	142	32	.225	0	11
OF		149	581	189	.325	4	109
OF		140	553	226	.409	7	83
OF		99	316	93	.294	0	24

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
Ossie Vitt	76	273	67	.245	0	19
Jim Delahanty	79	266	76	.286	0	41
Del Gainer	52	179	43	.240	0	20
Red Corriden	38	138	28	.203	0	5
Eddie Onslow	36	128	29	.227	1	13
Bobby Veach	23	79	27	.342	0	15
Jack Onslow	36	69	11	.159	0	4
Brad Kocher	29	63	13	.206	0	9
Paddy Baumann	16	42	11	.262	0	7
Hank Perry	13	36	6	.167	0	0
Red McDermott	5	15	4	.267	0	0
Bill Donovan	6	13	1	.077	0	0
Al Bashang	6	12	1	.083	0	0
Charley O'Leary	3	10	2	.200	0	1
Bill Leinhauser	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Ollie O'Mara	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Jim McGarr	1	4	0	.000	0	0
	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Dan McGarvey	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Ed Irvin	1	3	2	.667	0	0
	1	2	1	.500	0	0
Vincent Maney	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Hap Ward	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Billy Maharg	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	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
Ed Willett	37	284.1	17	15	3.29	89
	37	250.0	17	10	2.77	97
	30	226.0	12	17	3.54	88
	6	38.2	1	4	5.35	6
Charlie Wheatley	5	35.0	1	4	6.17	14
	5	33.0	1	2	4.09	8
	5	32.0	0	2	6.47	15
	2	17.0	1	1	3.18	7
Ed Summers	3	16.2	1	1	4.86	5
	1	8.0	0	1	15.75	1
Bun Troy	1	6.2	0	1	5.40	1
	1	0.0	0	0	----	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
Joe Lake	26	162.2	9	11	3.10	86
Ralph Works	27	157.0	5	10	4.24	64
	14	63.1	3	4	4.12	19
	5	14.2	0	1	4.91	3
	3	10.0	1	0	0.90	6

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
Hub Pernoll	3	0	0	0	6.00	3
	1	0	0	0	16.20	0
Alex Remneas	1	0	0	0	27.00	0