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1912 Washington Senators Season
The 1912 Washington Senators won 91 games, lost 61, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played their home games at National Park. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions * August 23, 1912: Tilly Walker and Hippo Vaughn were traded by the Senators to the Kansas City Blues for Bill Kenworthy and Bert Gallia. * August 23, 1912: Joe Agler was purchased by the Senators from the Atlanta Crackers. * September 16, 1912: Bill Morley was drafted by the Senators from the Knoxville Reds in the 1912 rule 5 draft. Roster 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'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Pitching Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffith Stadium
Griffith Stadium stood in Washington, D.C., from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street (left field), and between W Street and Florida Avenue NW. The site was once home to a wooden baseball park. Built in 1891, it was called Boundary Field, or National Park after the team that played there: the Washington Senators/Nationals. It was destroyed by a fire in 1911. It was replaced by a steel and concrete structure, at first called National Park and then American League Park; it was renamed for Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith in 1923. The stadium was home to the American League Senators from 1911 through 1960, and to an expansion team of the same name for their first season in 1961. The venue hosted the All-Star Game in 1937 and 1956 and World Series games in 1924, 1925, and 1933. It served as home for the Negro league Homestead Grays during the 1940s, when it hosted the 1943 and 1944 Negro World Series. It was home to the Washington Redskins of the Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Becker (baseball)
Charles Schlagel "Buck" Becker (October 14, 1890 – July 30, 1928) was a Major League Baseball pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ... who played with the Washington Senators for two seasons. External links Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Washington, D.C. Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Atlanta Crackers players 1890 births 1928 deaths {{US-baseball-pitcher-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Ainsmith
Edward Wilbur Ainsmith (born as Edward Anshmedt; February 4, 1890 – September 6, 1981), nicknamed "Dorf," was a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played fifteen seasons with the Washington Senators (1910–1918), Detroit Tigers (1919–1921), St. Louis Cardinals (1921–1923), Brooklyn Robins (1923), and New York Giants (1924). He batted and threw right-handed. In 1,078 career games, Ainsmith batted .232 with 707 hits and 317 runs batted in. After retiring as a player, Ainsmith worked as a minor league umpire, a baseball scout, and a manager in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Early life Ainsmith was born in Moscow. His family came to the United States through Ellis Island when he was young. He attended Colby Academy in New Hampshire. He began his playing career in the New England League in 1908 before joining the Senators in the American League. Career ''The Day Book'' in Chicago, Illinois described Ainsmith in their May 10, 1913 edition as "a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve White (baseball)
Stephen Vincent White (December 21, 1884 – January 29, 1975) was a Major League Baseball pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ... who played for one season. He played for the Washington Senators and Boston Braves for four combined games during the 1912 season. External links 1884 births 1975 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Massachusetts Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Boston Braves players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixie Walker (pitcher)
Ewart Gladstone "Dixie" Walker (June 1, 1887 – November 14, 1965), was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to with the Washington Senators. He batted left and threw right-handed. Walker had a 25–31 record in 74 career games. He was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and died in Leeds, Alabama. He is buried in Birmingham's Elmwood Cemetery. Walker was the brother of Major Leaguer Ernie Walker, and the father of Major Leaguers Dixie Walker and Harry Walker Harry William Walker (October 22, 1918 – August 8, 1999) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. Known by the nickname "Harry the Hat", he played as a center fielder in Major League Baseball between 1940 and 1955, .... References External links * 1887 births 1965 deaths Albany Senators players Baltimore Orioles (International League) players Baseball players from Pennsylvania Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) Major League Baseball pitchers M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefty Schegg
Gilbert Eugene "Lefty" Schegg (August 29, 1889 – February 27, 1963) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), .... He played for the Washington Senators."Lefty Schegg Statistics and History" baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 21, 2011. References External links 1889 births 1963 deaths[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barney Pelty
Barney Pelty (September 10, 1880 – May 24, 1939), was an American Major League Baseball pitcher known as "the Yiddish Curver" because he was one of the first Jewish baseball players in the American League. he is in the top-ten for his career of all pitchers in the St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles franchise in batters hit by pitch (first), complete games (third), ERA (sixth), and innings pitched and shutouts (eighth). Early and personal life Pelty was born (and later died) in Farmington, Missouri, where his family was the only Jewish family at the time.Burton A. Boxerman, Benita W. Boxerman''Jews and Baseball: Volume 1, Entering the American Mainstream, 1871–1948''/ref> His parents were Samuel (who immigrated to the US from Prussia at the age of 17) and Helena Pelty, who were both Jewish, and he was the youngest of six children. His father was a cigar maker, and opened up a cigar store. He and his wife had a son, who became the city engineer of Farmington. College Pelty wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Musser
Paul Musser (June 24, 1889 – July 7, 1973) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators () and Boston Red Sox (). Listed at , 175 lb., Musser batted and threw right-handed. A native of Millheim, Pennsylvania, he attended Susquehanna University. In a two-season career, Musser posted a 0–2 record with a 3.35 ERA in 12 appearances, including six starts, one complete game, two saves, 24 strikeouts, 24 walks, and innings of work. Musser died at the age of 84 in State College, Pennsylvania State College is a home rule municipality in Centre County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is a college town, dominated economically, culturally and demographically by the presence of the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania Sta .... External linksBaseball Reference [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Johnson
Walter Perry Johnson (November 6, 1887 – December 10, 1946), nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators from to . He later served as manager of the Senators from 1929 through 1932 and of the Cleveland Indians from 1933 through 1935. Often thought of as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, Johnson established several pitching records, some of which remain unbroken nine decades after he retired from baseball. He remains by far the all-time career leader in shutouts with 110, second in wins with 417, and fourth in complete games with 531. He held the career record in strikeouts for nearly 56 years, with 3,508, from the end of his career in 1927 until the 1983 season, when three players ( Steve Carlton, Nolan Ryan and Gaylord Perry) finally passed the mark. Johnson was the only player in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Hughes (pitcher, Born 1878)
Thomas James Hughes (November 29, 1878 – February 8, 1956) was a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From through , Hughes played for the Chicago Orphans (1900–01), Baltimore Orioles (1902), Boston Americans (1902–03), New York Highlanders (1904) and Washington Senators (1904–09, 1911–13). He debuted on September 7, 1900, and played his final game on October 3, 1913. A native of Chicago, Hughes was nicknamed "Long Tom" for his height, a then-impressive . His younger brother, Ed Hughes, also played for Chicago (NL) and Boston (AL), making them the first set of brothers to play for the Red Sox. Career In 1901, Hughes completed 32 of his 35 starts for Chicago, including innings pitched. Despite his 10–23 mark, in part due to low run support, he recorded a 3.24 earned run average while striking out 225 opponents, the third-best ever for a National League rookie. He jumped to the American League the following season, while dividing his playing time b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Herring
Herbert Lee Herring (July 22, 1891 – April 22, 1964) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), .... He played for the Washington Senators."Herb Herring Statistics and History" baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 22, 2011. References External links 1891 births 1964 deaths[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Groom
Robert Groom (September 12, 1884 – February 19, 1948), was a professional baseball player who played as a pitcher in two midwest minor leagues and the Pacific Coast League from 1904 to 1908, and then in the Major Leagues from 1909 to 1918. He pitched for the Washington Senators (1909–1913), St. Louis Terriers (Federal League, 1914–1915), St. Louis Browns (1916–1917), and Cleveland Indians (1918). Biography Groom's best major league season was with the 1912 Senators, when he won 24 games and Washington finished second in the American League. During his debut season, Groom became the first pitcher to achieve 19 consecutive losses in a season, a record which was equalled in 1916 by Jack Nabors. In September 1916, Groom was also involved in a confrontation with George Sisler, the Browns' normally mild-mannered first baseman. After an inning in which Sisler missed a high throw to first base, Groom yelled, "Listen, you...college boy, you run harder for those...balls. Where t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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