The 1912 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 11 to October 16, 1912. The
New York Giants and
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eigh ...
were the regular season champions of the
National League
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and
American League
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, respectively. The Red Sox then defeated the Giants in the
World Series
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, four games to three (with one tie).
This was the second of four seasons that the Chalmers Award, a precursor to the
Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League. Since 1931, it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers' ...
(introduced in 1931), was given to a player in each league.
During the season, ''
Harper's Weekly
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'' conducted a detailed accounting of the expenses of major league clubs, reaching a figure of approximately $175,000 to $200,000.
[''Harper's Weekly'', August 31, 1912, "The Dollars Behind the Baseball Diamond."]
Awards and honors
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Chalmers Award
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Tris Speaker
Tristram Edgar Speaker (April 4, 1888 – December 8, 1958), nicknamed "the Gray Eagle", was an American professional baseball player. Considered one of the greatest players in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), he compiled a career ba ...
,
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eigh ...
, OF
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Larry Doyle,
New York Giants, 2B
Statistical leaders
Standings
American League
National League
Postseason
Bracket