1912 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1912 throughout the world.
Champions
Awards and honors
- Tris Speaker, Boston Red Sox, OF
- Larry Doyle, New York Giants, 2B
MLB statistical leaders
Major league baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standings
Events
- The New York Highlanders, predecessors of the New York Yankees, wear pinstripes uniforms for the first time while facing the Boston Red Sox in Opening Day at Hilltop Park. In the first inning, Boston scores a run against pitcher Ray Caldwell‚ while New York respond with two runs in the bottom against Smoky Joe Wood. That is all the scoring until the ninth inning‚ when the Sox score four runs‚ including two on a Wood single. Boston wins‚ 5–3‚ on Wood's seven hitter.
- New York Giants pitcher Rube Marquard begins a 19-game winning streak with an 18–3 triumph over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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