1912 MLB Leaders and Award Winners

3 leagues · 150 team games · 61 ranking tables · 2 awards

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Not every award existed in this season. This database has Rookie of the Year (from 1947), Cy Young Award (from 1956), Gold Glove (from 1957), Silver Slugger (from 1980). Their absence here is not a statement about these players: those awards had not been invented yet.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1Eddie Collins137
2Tris Speaker136
3Shoeless Joe Jackson121
4Ty Cobb120
5Home Run Baker116
6Donie Bush107
7Clyde Milan105
8Morrie Rath104
9Eddie Foster98
9Harry Hooper98

HitsH

1Ty Cobb226
1Shoeless Joe Jackson226
3Tris Speaker222
4Home Run Baker200
5Eddie Collins189
5Sam Crawford189
7Stuffy McInnis186
8Clyde Milan184
9Eddie Foster176
10Del Pratt172

Doubles2B

1Tris Speaker53
2Shoeless Joe Jackson44
3Home Run Baker40
4Duffy Lewis36
5Shano Collins34
5Eddie Foster34
5Nap Lajoie34
8Ty Cobb30
8Sam Crawford30
10Danny Moeller26
10Del Pratt26

Triples3B

1Shoeless Joe Jackson26
2Ty Cobb23
3Home Run Baker21
3Sam Crawford21
5Larry Gardner18
6Chick Gandil15
6Del Pratt15
8Stuffy McInnis13
9Harry Hooper12
9Harry Lord12
9Tris Speaker12
9Amos Strunk12

Home RunsHR

1Home Run Baker10
1Tris Speaker10
3Ty Cobb7
4Duffy Lewis6
4Danny Moeller6
4Guy Zinn6
7Ping Bodie5
7Harry Lord5
7Del Pratt5
10Hal Chase4
10Sam Crawford4

Runs Batted InRBI

1Home Run Baker130
2Sam Crawford109
2Duffy Lewis109
4Stuffy McInnis101
5Shoeless Joe Jackson90
5Nap Lajoie90
5Tris Speaker90
8Larry Gardner86
9Ty Cobb83
10Shano Collins81
10Chick Gandil81

WalksBB

1Donie Bush117
2Eddie Collins101
3Morrie Rath95
4Burt Shotton86
5Tris Speaker82
6Harry Hooper66
7Roy Hartzell64
8Clyde Milan63
9Heinie Wagner62
10William Louden58

Stolen BasesSB

1Clyde Milan88
2Eddie Collins63
3Ty Cobb61
4Tris Speaker52
5Rollie Zeider47
6Sam Crawford41
7Home Run Baker40
8Bert Daniels37
9Donie Bush35
9Shoeless Joe Jackson35
9Burt Shotton35

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1Tris Speaker11.2
2Ty Cobb10.0
3Home Run Baker9.1
4Eddie Collins9.0
5Shoeless Joe Jackson9.0
6Donie Bush5.7
7Nap Lajoie5.2
8Burt Shotton4.8
9Larry Gardner4.6
10Clyde Milan4.5

Batting Averagemin 465 PA

1Ty Cobb.409
2Shoeless Joe Jackson.395
3Tris Speaker.383
4Nap Lajoie.368
5Eddie Collins.348
6Home Run Baker.347
7Stuffy McInnis.327
8Sam Crawford.325
9Larry Gardner.315
10Clyde Milan.306

On-Base Percentagemin 465 PA

1Tris Speaker.464
2Shoeless Joe Jackson.458
3Ty Cobb.456
4Eddie Collins.450
5Nap Lajoie.414
6Home Run Baker.404
7Burt Shotton.390
8Stuffy McInnis.384
9Larry Gardner.383
10Morrie Rath.380

Slugging Percentagemin 465 PA

1Ty Cobb.584
2Shoeless Joe Jackson.579
3Tris Speaker.567
4Home Run Baker.541
5Sam Crawford.470
6Nap Lajoie.462
7Larry Gardner.449
8Eddie Collins.435
9Stuffy McInnis.433
10Chick Gandil.431

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 465 PA

1Ty Cobb1.040
2Shoeless Joe Jackson1.036
3Tris Speaker1.031
4Home Run Baker.945
5Eddie Collins.885
6Nap Lajoie.876
7Sam Crawford.843
8Larry Gardner.832
9Stuffy McInnis.817
10Chick Gandil.781

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1Smoky Joe Wood34
2Walter Johnson33
3Ed Walsh27
4Eddie Plank26
5Bob Groom24
6Jack Coombs21
7Hugh Bedient20
7Vean Gregg20
7Buck O'Brien20
10Fred Blanding18

SavesSV

1Ed Walsh10
2Jean Dubuc3
2Frank Lange3
2George Mogridge3
2Jack Warhop3
6Hugh Bedient2
6Charles Bender2
6Jack Coombs2
6Vean Gregg2
6Charley Hall2
6Earl Hamilton2
6Walter Johnson2
6Paul Musser2
6Herb Pennock2
6Eddie Plank2

StrikeoutsSO

1Walter Johnson303
2Smoky Joe Wood258
3Ed Walsh254
4Vean Gregg184
5Bob Groom179
6Earl Hamilton139
7Hugh Bedient122
8Jack Coombs120
9Buck O'Brien115
10Joe Lake114

Innings PitchedIP

1Ed Walsh393.0
2Walter Johnson369.0
3Smoky Joe Wood344.0
4Bob Groom316.0
5Russ Ford291.7
6Ed Willett284.3
7Buck O'Brien275.7
8Vean Gregg271.3
9Jack Coombs262.3
10Fred Blanding262.0

Complete GamesCG

1Smoky Joe Wood35
2Walter Johnson34
3Ed Walsh32
4Russ Ford30
5Bob Groom28
5Ed Willett28
7Vean Gregg26
8Buck O'Brien25
9Fred Blanding23
9Jack Coombs23
9Jean Dubuc23
9Eddie Plank23

ShutoutsSHO

1Smoky Joe Wood10
2Walter Johnson7
3Ed Walsh6
4Eddie Plank5
5Ray Collins4
6Joe Benz3
6Carroll Brown3
6Ray Caldwell3
6George Kahler3
10George Baumgardner2
10Jean Dubuc2
10Bob Groom2
10Charley Hall2
10Frank Lange2
10George Mullin2
10Buck O'Brien2
10Carl Weilman2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1Walter Johnson11.3
2Smoky Joe Wood10.1
3Ed Walsh9.5
4Bob Groom7.4
5Vean Gregg6.4
6Russ Ford5.3
7Buck O'Brien5.1
8Jack Warhop5.0
9Hugh Bedient4.8
10Earl Hamilton4.7

Earned Run Averagemin 150 IP

1Walter Johnson1.39
2Smoky Joe Wood1.91
3Ed Walsh2.15
4Eddie Plank2.22
5Ray Collins2.53
6Buck O'Brien2.58
7Vean Gregg2.59
8Bob Groom2.62
9Charles Bender2.74
10George McConnell2.75

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 150 IP

1Walter Johnson0.91
2Smoky Joe Wood1.01
3Ed Walsh1.08
4Hugh Bedient1.13
5Ray Collins1.17
6Charles Bender1.18
7Buck O'Brien1.19
8Bob Groom1.21
9Eddie Plank1.22
9Jack Warhop1.22

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 150 IP

1Walter Johnson2.04
2Smoky Joe Wood2.26
3Charles Bender2.49
4Ed Walsh2.50
5Bob Groom2.80
6Vean Gregg2.81
7Joe Lake2.81
8Willie Mitchell2.87
9Hugh Bedient2.90
10Eddie Cicotte2.96

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1Bob Bescher120
2Max Carey114
3Vin Campbell102
3Dode Paskert102
5Bobby Byrne99
5John Titus99
7Larry Doyle98
8Heinie Zimmerman95
9Fred Snodgrass91
9Honus Wagner91

HitsH

1Heinie Zimmerman207
2Bill Sweeney204
3Vin Campbell185
4Larry Doyle184
5Honus Wagner181
6Max Carey177
7Owen Wilson175
8Jake Daubert172
9Dode Paskert170
10Ed Konetchy169

Doubles2B

1Heinie Zimmerman41
2Dode Paskert37
3Honus Wagner35
4Larry Doyle33
4Dots Miller33
6Vin Campbell32
6Dick Hoblitzell32
6John Titus32
9Bobby Byrne31
9Fred Luderus31
9Bill Sweeney31

Triples3B

1Owen Wilson36
2Red Murray20
2Honus Wagner20
4Jake Daubert16
5Vic Saier14
5Heinie Zimmerman14
7Ed Konetchy13
7Mike Mitchell13
7Bill Sweeney13
10Dick Hoblitzell12
10Dots Miller12

Home RunsHR

1Heinie Zimmerman14
2Frank Schulte12
3Gavvy Cravath11
3Fred Merkle11
3Owen Wilson11
6Larry Doyle10
6Fred Luderus10
8Ben Houser8
8Ed Konetchy8
8Zack Wheat8

Runs Batted InRBI

1Honus Wagner102
2Bill Sweeney100
3Heinie Zimmerman99
4Owen Wilson95
5Red Murray92
6Larry Doyle90
7Dots Miller87
8Dick Hoblitzell85
9Fred Merkle84
10Ed Konetchy82

WalksBB

1Jimmy Sheckard122
2Dode Paskert91
3Miller Huggins87
4Bob Bescher83
5John Titus82
6Johnny Evers74
7Ed McDonald70
7Fred Snodgrass70
9Herbie Moran69
10Bill Sweeney68

Stolen BasesSB

1Bob Bescher67
2Max Carey45
3Fred Snodgrass43
4Red Murray38
5Buck Herzog37
5Fred Merkle37
7Larry Doyle36
7Dode Paskert36
9Miller Huggins35
9Armando Marsans35

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1Bill Sweeney9.8
2Honus Wagner9.4
3Heinie Zimmerman8.8
4Johnny Evers7.2
5Dode Paskert6.9
6Bob Bescher6.5
7Larry Doyle6.3
8Max Carey6.0
9Miller Huggins5.7
10Owen Wilson5.6

Batting Averagemin 465 PA

1Heinie Zimmerman.372
2Bill Sweeney.344
3Johnny Evers.341
4Larry Doyle.330
5Honus Wagner.324
6Dode Paskert.315
7Ed Konetchy.314
8Fred Merkle.309
8John Titus.309
10Jake Daubert.308

On-Base Percentagemin 465 PA

1Johnny Evers.431
2Miller Huggins.422
3Dode Paskert.420
4Heinie Zimmerman.418
5Bill Sweeney.416
5John Titus.416
7Honus Wagner.395
8Larry Doyle.393
9Jimmy Sheckard.392
10Ed Konetchy.389

Slugging Percentagemin 465 PA

1Heinie Zimmerman.571
2Owen Wilson.513
3Honus Wagner.496
4Larry Doyle.471
5Gavvy Cravath.470
6Ed Konetchy.455
7Zack Wheat.450
8Fred Merkle.449
9John Titus.446
10Bill Sweeney.445

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 465 PA

1Heinie Zimmerman.989
2Honus Wagner.891
3Johnny Evers.873
4Larry Doyle.864
5John Titus.862
6Bill Sweeney.861
7Owen Wilson.855
8Ed Konetchy.844
9Dode Paskert.833
10Gavvy Cravath.828

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1Larry Cheney26
1Rube Marquard26
3Claude Hendrix24
4Christy Mathewson23
5Howie Camnitz22
6Pete Alexander19
6George Suggs19
8Rube Benton18
8Bob Harmon18
8Nap Rucker18

SavesSV

1Slim Sallee6
2Christy Mathewson4
2Ed Reulbach4
2Nap Rucker4
5Pete Alexander3
5Jimmy Lavender3
5Hub Perdue3
5George Suggs3
5Hooks Wiltse3
10Red Ames2
10Rube Benton2
10Ad Brennan2
10Howie Camnitz2
10Doc Crandall2
10Bert Humphries2
10Bobby Keefe2
10Hank Robinson2
10Tom Seaton2
10Bill Steele2
10Joe Willis2

StrikeoutsSO

1Pete Alexander195
2Claude Hendrix176
3Rube Marquard175
4Rube Benton162
5Nap Rucker151
6Marty O'Toole150
7Lefty Tyler144
8Larry Cheney140
9Christy Mathewson134
10Howie Camnitz121

Innings PitchedIP

1Pete Alexander310.3
2Christy Mathewson310.0
3Larry Cheney303.3
4George Suggs303.0
5Rube Benton302.0
6Nap Rucker297.7
7Art Fromme296.0
8Rube Marquard294.7
9Slim Sallee294.0
10Claude Hendrix288.7

Complete GamesCG

1Larry Cheney28
2Christy Mathewson27
3Pete Alexander25
3Claude Hendrix25
3George Suggs25
6Art Fromme23
6Nap Rucker23
8Rube Benton22
8Howie Camnitz22
8Rube Marquard22

ShutoutsSHO

1Nap Rucker6
2Marty O'Toole5
2George Suggs5
4Larry Cheney4
4Claude Hendrix4
4Lew Richie4
7Pete Alexander3
7Art Fromme3
7Bob Harmon3
7Jimmy Lavender3
7Eppa Rixey3
7Slim Sallee3
7Jeff Tesreau3

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1Christy Mathewson7.6
2Rube Marquard6.4
3Nap Rucker6.2
4Pete Alexander5.9
5George Suggs5.8
6Claude Hendrix5.3
7Rube Benton5.2
8Slim Sallee5.0
9Larry Cheney5.0
10Art Fromme4.8

Earned Run Averagemin 150 IP

1Jeff Tesreau1.96
2Christy Mathewson2.12
3Nap Rucker2.21
4Hank Robinson2.26
5Red Ames2.46
6Eppa Rixey2.50
7Rube Marquard2.57
8Claude Hendrix2.59
9Slim Sallee2.60
10Marty O'Toole2.71

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 150 IP

1Hank Robinson1.01
2Christy Mathewson1.11
3Nap Rucker1.16
4Jeff Tesreau1.17
5Babe Adams1.20
6Howie Camnitz1.22
7Slim Sallee1.23
8Larry Cheney1.23
9Eppa Rixey1.24
9George Suggs1.24

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 150 IP

1Christy Mathewson2.60
2Red Ames2.81
3Nap Rucker2.87
4Hank Robinson2.87
5Rube Marquard2.92
6George Suggs3.10
7Babe Adams3.10
7Claude Hendrix3.10
9Pete Alexander3.14
10Ad Brennan3.17

Other leagues

Led the Other leagues — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1912 is 465 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 150-game schedule. The Other leagues played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1Pete Hill41
2Jesse Barber39
2Frank Duncan39
4Bill Pierce34
5Joe Hewitt25
6Wesley Pryor23
7Andrew Payne21
7Bruce Petway21
9Jules Thomas20
10Sam Bennett17
10Dick Wallace17

HitsH

1Jesse Barber66
1Frank Duncan66
3Pete Hill63
4Bill Pierce52
4Wesley Pryor52
6Sam Bennett47
7Andrew Payne46
8Jules Thomas40
9Joe Hewitt37
10Bill Monroe36

Doubles2B

1Sam Bennett13
2Jesse Barber12
3Frank Duncan11
3Bill Pierce11
5Pete Hill10
6Bruce Petway6
6Wesley Pryor6
6Jules Thomas6
9Bill Handy5
9José Magriñat5
9Andrew Payne5
9Dick Wallace5

Triples3B

1Bill Pierce6
2Jesse Barber4
2Pete Hill4
2Wesley Pryor4
5Frank Duncan3
5Sam Mongin3
7Sam Bennett2
7Ashby Dunbar2
7Joe Hewitt2
7Andrew Payne2
7Jules Thomas2
7Jess Turner2

Home RunsHR

1Jules Thomas5
2Bill Pettus3
3Bill Handy2
3Pete Hill2
3Hurley McNair2
3Bill Pierce2
3Wesley Pryor2
3Joe Williams2
9Walter Ball1
9Sam Bennett1
9Jesse Bragg1
9George Brown1
9Morten Clark1
9Frank Duncan1
9Leroy Grant1
9Chick Harper1
9Joe Hewitt1
9Heliodoro Hidalgo1
9Guy Jackson1
9Chappie Johnson1
9Topeka Jack Johnson1
9John Henry Lloyd1
9Jimmie Lyons1
9Al Robinson1
9Big Bill Smith1
9C. I. Taylor1

Runs Batted InRBI

1Pete Hill34
2Bill Pierce31
3Frank Duncan26
4Jesse Barber25
5Wesley Pryor23
6Andrew Payne21
7Sam Bennett19
7Jules Thomas19
9Bill Monroe16
10José Magriñat15
10Bruce Petway15
10Candy Jim Taylor15

WalksBB

1Jesse Barber17
2Frank Duncan14
2Pete Hill14
4Bruce Petway12
4Bill Pierce12
6Joe Hewitt11
6Bill Monroe11
8Carlos Morán10
8Andrew Payne10
8Jules Thomas10

Stolen BasesSB

1Joe Hewitt15
2Jimmie Lyons9
3Eugene Moore7
4John Henry Lloyd6
5Sam Bennett5
5Brown5
5Spottswood Poles5
5Wesley Pryor5
9Jesse Bragg4
9Bill Francis4
9Sam Mongin4
9Pearl Webster4

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1Pete Hill2.5
2Jesse Barber2.5
3Wesley Pryor1.8
4Sam Bennett1.4
5Frank Duncan1.3
6Bill Pierce1.3
7Jules Thomas1.3
8Joe Hewitt1.1
9John Henry Lloyd1.0
10Bill Handy0.7

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1912 is 465 plate appearances and 150 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 150 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1912 is counted as 3 separate leagues — American League, National League and Other leagues, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 61 ranking tables here, 26 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

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