1912 World Series - Boston Red Sox over New York Giants (4-3)

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1912 World Series (4-3): Boston Red Sox (105-47) over New York Giants (103-48)

1911 WS / 1913 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 8, 1912 at Polo Grounds V (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  1    3  0  0     4  6  1
    New York Giants              0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  1     3  8  1

    PITCHERS: BOS - Wood
              NYG - Tesreau, Crandall (8)

               WP - Smoky Joe Wood
	       LP - Jeff Tesreau
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - none
              NYG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 35,730

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 9, 1912 at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              0  1  0    1  0  0    0  3  0    1  0     6 11  5
    Boston Red Sox               3  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0    1  0     6 10  1

    PITCHERS: NYG - Mathewson
              BOS - Collins, Hall (8), Bedient (11)

               WP - none
	       LP - none
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 30,148

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 10, 1912 at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     2  7  1
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     1  7  0

    PITCHERS: NYG - Marquard
              BOS - O'Brien, Bedient (9)

               WP - Rube Marquard
	       LP - Buck O'Brien
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,624

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 11, 1912 at Polo Grounds V (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  1     3  8  1
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  9  1

    PITCHERS: BOS - Wood
              NYG - Tesreau, Ames (8)

               WP - Smoky Joe Wood
	       LP - Jeff Tesreau
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - none
              NYG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 36,502

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 12, 1912 at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  3  1
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  x     2  5  1

    PITCHERS: NYG - Mathewson
              BOS - Bedient

               WP - Hugh Bedient
	       LP - Christy Mathewson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,683

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 14, 1912 at Polo Grounds V (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  7  2
    New York Giants              5  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x     5 11  1

    PITCHERS: BOS - O'Brien, Collins (2)
              NYG - Marquard

               WP - Rube Marquard
	       LP - Buck O'Brien
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - none
              NYG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 30,622

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 15, 1912 at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              6  1  0    0  0  2    1  0  1    11 16  4
    Boston Red Sox               0  1  0    0  0  0    2  1  0     4  9  2

    PITCHERS: NYG - Tesreau
              BOS - Wood, Hall (2)

               WP - Jeff Tesreau
	       LP - Smoky Joe Wood
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - Doyle
              BOS - Gardner

  ATTENDANCE: 32,694

Game 8 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 16, 1912 at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    1     2  9  2
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    2     3  8  4

    PITCHERS: NYG - Mathewson
              BOS - Bedient, Wood (8)

               WP - Smoky Joe Wood
	       LP - Christy Mathewson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 17,034

Series Batting Stats

Boston Red Sox Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Neal Ball	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*58	177	22	39	0	20	12	.220	.535
Hugh Bedient	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	41	73	11	14	0	7	0	.192	.506
Hick Cady	7	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.136	.136	.136	.273	0	0	47	135	19	35	0	9	0	.259	.710
Bill Carrigan	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	87	266	34	70	0	24	7	.263	.656
Ray Collins	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	27	65	8	11	0	2	0	.169	.492
Clyde Engle	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	58	171	32	40	0	18	12	.234	.647
Larry Gardner	8	28	4	5	2	1	1	5	2	5	.179	.250	.429	.679	0	0	143	517	88	163	3	86	25	.315	.832
Charley Hall	2	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.750	.800	1.000	1.800	0	0	34	75	10	20	1	14	0	.267	.734
Olaf Henriksen	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0	0	44	56	20	18	0	8	0	.321	.868
Harry Hooper	8	31	3	9	2	1	0	2	4	4	.290	.361	.419	.780	1	1	147	590	98	143	2	53	29	.242	.653
Duffy Lewis	8	32	4	6	3	0	0	1	2	2	.188	.235	.281	.517	0	0	154	581	85	165	6	109	9	.284	.754
Buck O'Brien	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	37	94	4	13	0	6	0	.138	.360
Tris Speaker	8	30	4	9	1	2	0	2	4	2	.300	.382	.467	.849	1	1	153	580	136	222	10	90	52	.383	1.031
Jake Stahl	8	32	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	6	.250	.250	.313	.563	2	1	95	326	40	98	3	60	13	.301	.801
Heinie Wagner	8	30	1	5	1	0	0	0	3	6	.167	.242	.200	.442	1	0	144	504	75	138	2	68	21	.274	.717
Smoky Joe Wood	4	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	0	0	43	124	16	36	1	13	0	.290	.784
Steve Yerkes	8	32	3	8	0	2	0	4	2	3	.250	.294	.375	.669	0	0	131	523	73	132	0	42	4	.252	.629
Totals	85	273	25	60	14	6	1	21	19	36	.220	.271	.326	.597	5	3	154	5071	799	1404	29		185	.277	.735

New York Giants Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Red Ames	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	58	6	13	0	3	1	.224	.550
Beals Becker	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	1	125	402	66	106	6	58	30	.264	.747
Doc Crandall	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	50	80	9	25	0	19	0	.313	.798
Josh Devore	7	24	4	6	0	0	0	0	7	5	.250	.419	.250	.669	4	2	106	327	66	90	2	37	27	.275	.754
Larry Doyle	8	33	5	8	0	0	1	2	3	2	.242	.306	.333	.639	2	0	143	558	98	184	10	90	36	.330	.864
Art Fletcher	8	28	1	5	1	0	0	3	1	4	.179	.207	.214	.421	1	0	129	419	64	118	1	57	16	.282	.702
Buck Herzog	8	30	6	12	4	1	0	5	1	3	.400	.412	.600	1.012	2	1	140	482	72	127	2	47	37	.263	.705
Rube Marquard	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	43	96	14	21	0	8	2	.219	.518
Christy Mathewson	3	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	43	110	14	29	0	10	2	.264	.626
Moose McCormick	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.200	.250	.450	0	0	42	39	4	13	0	8	1	.333	.909
Fred Merkle	8	33	5	9	2	1	0	3	0	7	.273	.273	.394	.667	1	1	129	479	82	148	11	84	37	.309	.823
Chief Meyers	8	28	2	10	0	1	0	3	2	3	.357	.419	.429	.848	1	1	126	371	60	133	6	54	8	.358	.918
Red Murray	8	31	5	10	4	1	0	4	2	2	.323	.364	.516	.880	0	1	143	549	83	152	3	92	38	.277	.734
Tillie Shafer	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	78	163	48	47	0	23	22	.288	.733
Fred Snodgrass	8	33	2	7	2	0	0	2	2	5	.212	.278	.273	.551	0	3	146	535	91	144	3	69	43	.269	.727
Jeff Tesreau	3	8	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	3	.375	.444	.375	.819	0	1	36	82	1	12	0	6	0	.146	.393
Art Wilson	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	65	121	17	35	3	19	2	.289	.771
Totals	85	274	31	74	13	4	1	25	22	39	.270	.328	.358	.685	11	11	154	5067	823	1451	47		319	.286	.755

Boston Red Sox Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Hugh Bedient	4	2	0.50	1	0	0	1	18.0	10	1	7	7	0.944	41	28	2.92	20	9	2	231.0	206	55	122	1.130
Ray Collins	2	1	1.88	0	0	0	0	14.1	14	3	0	6	0.977	27	24	2.53	13	8	0	199.1	192	42	82	1.174
Charley Hall	2	0	3.38	0	0	0	0	10.2	11	4	9	1	1.875	34	20	3.02	15	8	2	191.0	178	70	83	1.298
Buck O'Brien	2	2	5.00	0	2	0	0	9.0	12	5	3	4	1.667	37	34	2.58	20	13	0	275.2	237	90	115	1.186
Smoky Joe Wood	4	3	4.50	3	1	0	2	22.0	27	11	3	21	1.364	43	38	1.91	34	5	1	344.0	267	82	258	1.015
Totals	14	8	2.92	4	3	0	3	74.0	74	24	22	39	1.297	154	154	2.756	105	47		1362.0	1243	385	712	1.195

New York Giants Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Red Ames	1	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	2.000	33	22	2.46	11	5	2	179.0	194	35	83	1.279
Doc Crandall	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	2	0.500	37	10	3.61	13	7	2	162.0	181	35	60	1.333
Rube Marquard	2	2	0.50	2	0	0	2	18.0	14	1	2	9	0.889	43	38	2.57	26	11	1	294.2	286	80	175	1.242
Christy Mathewson	3	3	0.94	0	2	0	3	28.2	23	3	5	10	0.977	43	34	2.12	23	12	5	310.0	311	34	134	1.113
Jeff Tesreau	3	3	3.13	1	2	0	1	23.0	19	8	11	15	1.304	36	28	1.96	17	7	1	243.0	177	106	119	1.165
Totals	10	8	1.59	3	4	0	6	73.2	60	13	19	36	1.072	154	154	2.582	103	48		1369.2	1352	338	652	1.234

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