1912 Appalachian League

Overview

The 1912 season was the second year for the Appalachian League. Six teams competed, starting on May 16 and closed the regular season out on September 17. The towns the teams played in didn't change, but the Knoxville team reverted to the name of Reds.

Notable Events of the Season

• Pitcher Kelly of Johnson city allowed Bristol only one hit on May 29, and on the same day, Asheville got only one hit off Williams of Morristowm, in the second game of a double-header.
• Knoxville made 17 safe hits for a total of 28 bases against Cleveland, June 1.
• Pitcher Walker of Bristol did not allow Asheville a safe hit on June 14.
• Only twenty-seven men faced Merchant of Johnson City in the game with Knoxville on June 15.
• Pitcher Davis of Knoxville struck out 20 men in the game with Bristol on Jun 28. This equals the minor league record held by William Mitchell, pitcher of the San Antonio club of the Texas League, in a game with Galveston in 1909.
• Bristol failed to make a hit off pitcher Merchant of Johnson City, August 5.
• Pitchers Cullop of Bristol and Hall of Johnson city gave a remarkable exhibition in a game between the two teams on August 6. Fifteen innings were played, the result being a tie, 1-1. Cullop did not allow a hit for fourteen innings and Hall did not allow a hit for ten innings. Each pitcher struck out sixteen men.
• Pitcher Wilson of Knoxville shut out Johnson City, 5-0, without a safe hit, August 22.

1912 Final Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	total games	Manager	Manager 2
Bristol Boosters	57	43	0.570	0	100	Clarence "Red" Munson
Knoxville Reds	56	46	0.549	2	102	Frank Moffett
Johnson City Soldiers	54	48	0.529	4	102	James Duffy
Cleveland Counts	51	51	0.500	7	102	Count Zimeski
Asheville Moonshiners	47	58	0.448	12.5	105	Rudy King	Bert Kite
Morristown Jobbers	41	60	0.406	16.5	101	Apey Mills

Statistics

1912 Team Batting

Team	G	AB	R	H	SB	SH	SF	PT
Johnson City	104	3289	398	837	171	116	13	.254
Knoxville	102	3131	357	772	133	103	17	.246
Asheville	106	3317	320	817	128	103	13	.246
Cleveland	102	3182	373	765	146	121	11	.240
Morristown	102	3127	323	740	129	115	21	.237
Bristol	101	3093	361	721	144	70	30	.233

1912 Individual Batting

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1912 Team Fielding

Notes on team fielding info: Following bbref.com's lead, I'm adding in the following stat columns:

• Ch - Defensive Chances, which is: Put Outs + Assists + Errors

Team	G	Ch	PO	A	E	PCT
Johnson City	104	3988	2607	1232	149	.963
Knoxville	102	3855	2548	1127	180	.958
Morristown	102	3049	1613	1259	177	.956
Asheville	106	4115	2685	1222	208	.952
Bristol	101	3840	2521	1114	205	.947
Cleveland	102	3973	2573	1180	220	.945

1912 Individual Fielding

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1912 Individual Pitching

Notes on pitching info: Following bbref.com's lead, I'm adding in the following stat columns:

• WHIP - Strike Outs per Walk, which is: (BB + H) / IP
• H9 - Strike Outs per Walk, which is: 9 x H / IP
• BB9 - Strike Outs per Walk, which is: 9 x BB / IP
• SO9 - Strike Outs per Walk, which is: 9 x SO / IP
• SO/W - Strike Outs per Walk, which is: SO / BB

Last Name	First Name	Team 1	Team 2	W	L	T	W-L %	G	IP	H	R	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Davis	Dixie	Knoxville		13	3	0	.812	16	131	80	24	39	162	10	0	2	0.908	5.5	2.7	11.1	4.15
Hensling		Bristol		3	1	0	.750	4	33	20	3	3	12	1	0	0	0.697	5.5	0.8	3.3	4.00
Griner	Dan	Cleveland		17	7	0	.708	25	202	140	35	19	156	5	2	3	0.787	6.2	0.8	7.0	8.21
Cullop	Nick	Bristol		14	6	1	.700	21	183	111	46	26	158	10	1	4	0.749	5.5	1.3	7.8	6.08
Ware	Andy	Cleveland		17	7	0	.692	25	112	109	51	16	63	3	0	5	1.116	8.8	1.3	5.1	3.94
Wilson	Fin	Knoxville		21	10	0	.678	32	261	182	86	39	198	9	0	6	0.847	6.3	1.3	6.8	5.08
McCammett		Bristol		6	3	0	.667	13	98	94	39	7	29	4	0	0	1.031	8.6	0.6	2.7	4.14
Williams	Lefty	Morristown		18	11	0	.622	32	253	191	73	46	224	14	2	7	0.937	6.8	1.6	8.0	4.87
Walker	Roy	Bristol		17	11	0	.607	31	240	166	61	44	203	20	1	9	0.875	6.2	1.7	7.6	4.61
Baker	Raymond	Knoxville		9	6	0	.600	16	124	102	37	6	53	2	0	0	0.871	7.4	0.4	3.8	8.83
Kelley	H.	Johnson City		15	10	0	.600	26	193	162	73	41	144	20	0	9	1.052	7.6	1.9	6.7	3.51
Watson	Harry	Asheville		17	12	0	.586	31	255	229	87	46	132	8	1	6	1.078	8.1	1.6	4.7	2.87
Merchant	Rube	Johnson City		15	11	0	.577	29	211	164	60	54	89	5	1	7	1.033	7.0	2.3	3.8	1.65
Lynne		Knoxville		4	3	0	.571	9	67	58	26	17	14	4	0	0	1.119	7.8	2.3	1.9	0.82
Hall	Sam	Johnson City		11	9	2	.550	26	175	124	49	20	111	6	1	0	0.823	6.4	1.0	5.7	5.55
Brummerhoff	Louis	Johnson City	Bristol	13	12	0	.520	27	214	169	85	70	115	16	0	16	1.117	7.1	2.9	4.8	1.64
Knox	William	Knoxville		2	2	0	.500	6	38	52	21	3	17	0	0	1	1.447	12.3	0.7	4.0	5.67
Herrell	Walt	Johnson City		4	4	0	.500	12	84	76	39	23	45	1	0	3	1.179	8.1	2.5	4.8	1.96
Sheckles		Johnson City		2	2	0	.500	6	43	46	21	7	16	3	0	0	1.233	9.6	1.5	3.3	2.29
Stafford	Tal	Asheville		12	13	0	.480	26	209	202	86	33	117	8	1	1	1.124	8.7	1.4	5.0	3.55
Hamilton		Bristol	Knoxville	4	5	0	.444	10	78	69	46	33	45	9	1	0	1.308	8.0	3.8	5.2	1.36
Gudger	James	Cleveland		13	17	0	.433	32	257	206	96	53	156	4	0	9	1.008	7.2	1.9	5.5	2.94
Foreman	John	Asheville		3	4	1	.429	10	69	67	30	21	38	2	0	2	1.275	8.7	2.7	5.0	1.81
Norman	Jesse	Cleveland		8	11	0	.421	26	163	168	85	23	87	11	0	3	1.172	9.3	1.3	4.8	3.78
O’Brien	Henry	Asheville		7	10	0	.412	18	129	120	53	22	47	3	0	2	1.101	8.4	1.5	3.3	2.14
Schrauder	Frank	Morristown		6	9	0	.400	17	139	142	87	35	69	11	2	2	1.273	9.2	2.3	4.5	1.97
Stults	M.	Bristol		2	3	0	.400	5	18	27	19	9	11	1	0	1	2.000	13.5	4.5	5.5	1.22
Sanders		Morristown		3	6	0	.333	9	79	93	43	1	24	7	0	0	1.190	10.6	0.1	2.7	24.00
Clyde	Cyrus	Morristown		5	10	0	.333	18	134	146	71	19	35	7	0	0	1.231	9.8	1.3	2.4	1.84
McDonald		Johnson City		2	4	0	.333	8	53	43	23	27	13	4	0	2	1.321	7.3	4.6	2.2	0.48
Perritt	Olin	Morristown		3	7	0	.300	11	84	88	53	23	42	11	0	3	1.321	9.4	2.5	4.5	1.83
Weymack	John	Asheville		6	17	0	.261	24	186	168	98	62	103	6	1	9	1.237	8.1	3.0	5.0	1.66
Griffin		Morristown		1	3	0	.250	6	33	38	25	15	23	4	1	1	1.606	10.4	4.1	6.3	1.53
Hidy	Urban	Morristown		1	3	0	.250	4	32	30	19	4	11	3	0	11	1.063	8.4	1.1	3.1	2.75
Pruitt		Cleveland	Morristown	2	6	0	.250	9	57	66	36	18	25	2	0	3	1.474	10.4	2.8	3.9	1.39
Nelsen	Ed	Knoxville		4	15	0	.210	24	163	144	74	52	91	12	0	2	1.202	8.0	2.9	5.0	1.75
Hill		Bristol		0	6	0	.000	6	50	59	40	6	31	2	0	2	1.300	10.6	1.1	5.6	5.17

Sources / References

• 1913 Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide - pages 224-225 at archive.org
• Spalding’s Official Base Ball Record - pages 224-228 at archive.org
• 1913 The Reach Official American League Base Ball Guide - pages 469-474 at archive.org
• The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3d edition - page 238
• The Appalachian League Black Book (First Edition, 1949), compiled and edited by Karl Kingler (Damascus, Virginia)
• 1912 Appalachian League page at Baseball-Reference.com

Methods

Source materials, mostly the Spalding and Reach guides, were transcribed. The guides were the best available info at the time, but they weren't always accurate. Typos and name variations were not unusual. Names listed here are in line with those at bbref.com. Discernible typos were corrected.

Credit

This page was assembled and presented by Mark D. Aubrey.

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