1912 Chicago Cubs season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...

season was a season in American baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

. It involved the Cubs finishing third in the National League

National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

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Third baseman Heinie Zimmerman

Heinie Zimmerman

Henry Zimmerman , known as "Heinie" or "The Great Zim," was a Major League Baseball player in the early 20th century. Zimmerman played for the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants...

led the circuit in home run

Home run

In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...

s, batting average

Batting average

Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...

, and slugging percentage.

Roster

1912 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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	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	99
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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	RBI
86	241	74	.307	22
26	54	15	.278	10
2	5	1	.200	0
1	4	1	.250	1
1	1	1	1.000	0

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
20	94	7	4	4.21	47
15	88.2	5	6	2.64	34
13	70.2	7	2	2.42	23
8	19	1	2	10.89	9
2	13	0	1	9.69	8

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	9.00	1
	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

League top five finishers

Larry Cheney
Larry Cheney
Laurance Russell Cheney was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs , Brooklyn Robins , Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies . Cheney batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Belleville, Kansas.Cheney debuted with the Cubs on September 19, 1911...

#1 wins (26)

Johnny Evers
Johnny Evers
John Joseph Evers was a Major League Baseball player and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1946...

#2 on-base percentage (.431)
#4 batting average (.341)

Frank Schulte

#2 home runs (12)

Heinie Zimmerman
Heinie Zimmerman
Henry Zimmerman , known as "Heinie" or "The Great Zim," was a Major League Baseball player in the early 20th century. Zimmerman played for the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants...

#1 batting average (.372)
#1 home runs (14)
#1 slugging percentage (.571)
#3 runs batted in (99)
#5 on-base percentage (.418)

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