The 1912 Major League Baseball season began on April 11, 1912. The regular season ended on October 6, with the
New York Giants and
Boston Red Sox as the regular season champions of the
National League and
American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the ninth modern
World Series on October 8 and ended with Game 8 on October 16. The Red Sox defeated the Giants, four games to three (with one tie).
During the season, Harper's Weekly conducted a detailed accounting of the expenses of major league clubs, reaching a figure of approximately $175,000 to $200,000.[1]
The 1912 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the
1904 season. This format would last until
1919.
Opening Day, April 11, featured all sixteen teams, only the second time every team has started their season on the same day (first being two years prior with the
1910 season). The final day of the regular season was on October 6. The
World Series took place between October 8 and October 16.