The following are the baseball events of the year 1912 throughout the world. [edit] Champions [edit] Awards and honors [edit] MLB Statistical Leaders [edit] Major League Baseball final standings [edit] American League final standings [edit] National League final standings [edit] Events  U.S. president Taft at a Washington-Chicago game, Aug. 13 - April 20 - The Boston Red Sox play the first game in the history of Fenway Park. The Red Sox open up with an 11-inning, 7–6 victory over the New York Highlanders, the predecessors to Boston's arch-rival, the New York Yankees. Tris Speaker delivers the game-winning RBI before a crowd of 27,000 fans. Minutes later, the Detroit Tigers christen their Navin Field with a 6–5 victory over the Cleveland Naps.
- May 18 - The Cincinnati Reds play the first game in the history of Crosley Field.
- June 28 - Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants becomes the eighth pitcher to record 300 career wins.
- July 4 - In the second game of a double-header, George Mullin of the Detroit Tigers tosses a no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns in a 7-0 Tigers win.
- August 30 - St. Louis Browns pitcher Earl Hamilton returns the favor to the Detroit Tigers. He tosses a no-hitter in a 7-1 Browns victory.
- September 17 - Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Casey Stengel makes an impressive major league debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates, collecting four hits with two RBI and two stolen bases in the Dodgers 7–3 win.
- October 16 - The Boston Red Sox defeat the New York Giants, 3-2, in Game 8 of the World Series, ending one of the most exciting World Series in baseball history. The Red Sox win the World Championship four games to three (with Game 2 being declared a tie). Nearly all of the games were close. Four games in this Series were decided by one run. A fifth ended in a tie. A sixth was decided by two runs. Game 7 was the only one with a margin greater than three runs. Two games, including the decisive Game 8, went to extra innings. In Games 1 and 3, the losing team had the tying and winning runs on base when the game ended. This was the first time in which a World Series was decided in the last inning of the final game, in "sudden death" or "sudden victory" fashion. It was also the first Series where a team within one inning of losing came back to win. The next time a team that close to elimination recovered to win was Game 6 of the 1985 World Series.
[edit] Births [edit] January-March [edit] April-June [edit] July-September [edit] October-December [edit] Deaths - April 20 - Sam Barkley, 53, second baseman for 4 different teams from 1884 to 1889.
- September 26 - Cherokee Fisher, 67, star pitcher before and after the official beginning of professional baseball, known for his fastball.
- October 1 - Bill Boyd, 59, Third baseman/Right fielder for 4 seasons in the National Association, 1872-1875.
- October 10 - Bill Tobin, 58, third baseman for two teams during the 1880 season.
- November 8 - Cupid Childs, 45, second baseman for the Cleveland Spiders who batted .306 lifetime; led American Association in doubles in 1890, NL in runs in 1892, ranked third all-time in walks upon retirement
- November 26 - John T. Brush, 67, part owner of the New York Giants since 1890, the last 10 years as majority owner and team president; also owner and president of the Reds from 1891-1902, and of the Indianapolis club in the late 1880s
- November 27 - Fred Corey, 57?, pitcher and third baseman for seven seasons; 1878, 1880-1885.
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