1912 Playoffs
St Louis Browns at New York Giants
Game 1
Tuesday 10/8
Addie Joss (20-18, 3.58) vs Hooks Wiltse (25-11, 2.84)
St Louis 4 New York 1 (10):
Browns score three times in the 10th on Harry Hooper's two run single and then later scores on a single by Red Killefer.
Game 2
Wednesday 10/9
Walter Johnson (27-9, 2.86) vs Cy Falkenberg (21-9, 3.97)
New York 11 St Louis 8:
Roger Peckinpaugh hits a 7th inning two run HR and Tris Speaker goes 4-5. Giants come from behind to slip past Browns.
New York Giants at St Louis Browns
Game 3
Friday 10/11
Red Ames (20-12, 4.35) vs Dick Rudolph (22-13, 3.51)
New York 8 St Louis 4:
Rabbit Maranville hits a bases loaded double in the fifth driving in 3 RBIs.
Game 4
Saturday 10/12
Addie Joss (1-0, 0.00) vs Hooks Wiltse (0-1, 3.60)
St Louis 4 New York 3:
Art Fletcher hits a go ahead HR in the 6th.
Game 5
Sunday 10/13
Cy Falkenberg (1-0, 6.75) vs Walter Johnson (0-1, 8.22)
New York 6 St Louis 5:
Falkenberg hits a bases loaded triple in the fourth.
St Louis Browns at New York Giants
Game 6
Tuesday 10/15
Dick Rudolph (0-1, 7.94) vs Red Ames (1-0, 3.68)
New York 8 St Louis 5:
Ray Morgan hits a two run HR while going 3-4, 3 RBIs.
Giants Defeat Browns
Tuesday, October 15th, 1912: The Giants are the class of the North American BaseBall League this year. They proved it with a 8-5 elimination win over St. Louis today at Polo Grounds IV.
That victory gave New York the 1912 North American Series title. They swept past the Browns in the series 4-2. MVP is Rabbit Maranville (7-19, 3.68, 5 RBIs)
Draft
NABL News: First-Year Player Draft
Saturday, October 12th, 1912: Scouts, coaches, managers and GMs all huddle together today to review the amateur draft and make decisions to fill their current and future needs. The 1912 North American BaseBall League candidates will be evaluated even more selectively now that judgment day has fallen on previous scouting reports. Each team will review its initial assessments and compare them to BNN's rankings:
1. Bob Shawkey, 21 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
2. Bill James, 20 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
3. Johnny Bassler, 17 year-old catcher out of high-school.
4. Wally Schang, 23 year-old catcher out of college.
5. Bubbles Hargrave, 20 year-old catcher out of college.
6. Rube Foster, 24 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
7. Doc Ayers, 21 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
8. Jim Shaw, 19 year-old starting pitcher out of high-school.
9. Nick Cullop, 25 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
10. Chief Johnson, 26 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
The draft unfolds with the first five picks given to Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Boston and Chicago.
The Top 5
Phillies SP Dutch Leonard
Detroit C Bubbles Hargrave
Cleveland C Johnny Bassler
Red Sox SP Doc Ayers
White Sox SP Nick Cullop
Senators draft
CF Les Mann
LF Merito Acosta
and others
Offseason
New York Highlanders become New York Yankees
Major Retirements
Cy Young (1890-1912) 395-295 2.95 era, 2473 Ks, 25 shut outs.
Cy is ranked third overall on the all times victories list.
Willie Keeler (1893-1910) .346 avg, 2549 hits, 1088 RBIs
Willie Clark (1895-1912) .298 avg, 2485 hits, 1161 RBIs.
Harry Davis (1896-1911) .289 avg, 1179 hits, 47 HR, 762 RBIs.
Senators retirements
Cy Young
Cy Seymour
Ike Van Zandt
Charlie DeArmond