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.Regular season
Record vs. opponents
Roster
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 | | 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 | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 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
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 42 | 303.1 | 26 | 10 | 2.85 | 140 |
| 42 | 251.2 | 16 | 13 | 3.04 | 109 |
| 39 | 238 | 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 | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 39 | 169 | 10 | 6 | 3.78 | 75 |
| 20 | 94 | 7 | 4 | 4.21 | 47 |
| 15 | 88.2 | 5 | 6 | 2.64 | 34 |
| 13 | 70.2 | 7 | 2 | 2.42 | 23 |
| 9 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 5.25 | 9 |
| 10 | 23.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.56 | 5 |
| 4 | 23.2 | 1 | 2 | 3.80 | 8 |
| 8 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 10.89 | 9 |
| 3 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.52 | 9 |
| 2 | 13 | 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 | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 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
Larry Cheney
Johnny Evers
Frank Schulte
Heinie Zimmerman
- #1 batting average
- #1 home runs
- #1 slugging percentage
- #3 runs batted in
- #5 on-base percentage