1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
League	National League
Ballpark	Washington Park
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
President	Charles Ebbets
Managers	Bill Dahlen
←  1911 1913 →

The 1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers finished in seventh place with a 65–76 record.

Offseason

• December 1911: Doc Scanlan was traded by the Trolley Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Eddie Stack. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	103	48	0.682	—	49–25	54–23
Pittsburgh Pirates	93	58	0.616	10	44–31	49–27
Chicago Cubs	91	59	0.607	11½	46–30	45–29
Cincinnati Reds	75	78	0.490	29	45–32	30–46
Philadelphia Phillies	73	79	0.480	30½	34–41	39–38
St. Louis Cardinals	63	90	0.412	41	37–40	26–50
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	58	95	0.379	46	33–43	25–52
Boston Braves	52	101	0.340	52	31–47	21–54

Record vs. opponents

1912 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	5–17	11–11	3–18–1	10–12	4–18–1	10–12
Brooklyn	13–9	—	5–17	6–16	6–16	9–13	8–14	11–10
Chicago	17–5	17–5	—	11–10–1	13–9–1	10–10	8–13	15–7
Cincinnati	11–11	16–6	10–11–1	—	6–16–1	8–14	11–11	13–9
New York	18–3–1	16–6	9–13–1	16–6–1	—	17–5	12–8	15–7
Philadelphia	12–10	13–9	10–10	14–8	5–17	—	8–14	11–11
Pittsburgh	18–4–1	14–8	13–8	11–11	8–12	14–8	—	15–7
St. Louis	12–10	10–11	7–15	9–13	7–15	11–11	7–15	—

Notable transactions

• May 7, 1912: Red Downs was purchased from the Trolley Dodgers by the Chicago Cubs. ^[2]
• July 10, 1912: Cliff Curtis was purchased by the Trolley Dodgers from the Philadelphia Phillies. ^[3]

Roster

1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Frank Allen Cy Barger Sandy Burk Cliff Curtis Eddie Dent Maury Kent Elmer Knetzer Pat Ragan Nap Rucker Bill Schardt Eddie Stack Earl Yingling		Catchers Tex Erwin Bob Higgins Otto Miller Ed Phelps Infielders George Cutshaw Jake Daubert Red Downs Bob Fisher John Hummel Enos Kirkpatrick Red Smith Dolly Stark Bert Tooley		Outfielders Jud Daley Herbie Moran Hub Northen Casey Stengel Zack Wheat		Manager Bill Dahlen

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Otto Miller	98	316	88	.278	1	31
1B	Jake Daubert	145	559	172	.308	3	66
2B	George Cutshaw	102	357	100	.280	0	28
3B	Red Smith	128	486	139	.286	4	57
SS	Bert Tooley	77	265	62	.234	2	37
OF	Herbie Moran	130	508	140	.276	1	40
OF	Zack Wheat	123	453	138	.305	8	65
OF	Hub Northen	118	412	116	.282	3	46

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
John Hummel	122	411	116	.282	5	54
Bob Fisher	82	257	60	.233	0	26
Jud Daley	61	199	51	.256	1	13
Tex Erwin	59	133	28	.211	2	14
Ed Phelps	52	111	32	.288	0	23
Enos Kirkpatrick	32	94	18	.191	0	6
Casey Stengel	17	57	18	.316	1	13
Red Downs	9	32	8	.250	0	3
Dolly Stark	8	22	4	.182	0	2
Bob Higgins	1	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Nap Rucker	45	297.2	18	21	2.21	151
Pat Ragan	36	208.0	7	18	3.63	101
Frank Allen	20	109.0	3	9	3.63	58

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Earl Yingling	25	163.0	6	11	3.59	51
Eddie Stack	28	142.0	7	5	3.36	45
Elmer Knetzer	33	140.1	7	9	4.55	61
Cy Barger	16	94.0	1	9	5.46	30
Maury Kent	20	93.0	5	5	4.84	24
Cliff Curtis	19	80.0	4	7	3.94	22

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bill Schardt	7	0	1	1	4.35	7
Sandy Burk	2	0	0	0	3.24	2
Eddie Dent	1	0	0	0	36.00	1

References

External links

• 1912 Brooklyn Dodgers Statistics at Baseball Reference
• 1912 Brooklyn Superbas Roster at Baseball Almanac
• The 1912 Brooklyn Superbas at Retrosheet
• 1912 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine