1912 Baseball Season

An unprecedented number of triples and Ty Cobb's suspension -- plus his team's bizarre reaction and the game that resulted -- gave fans plenty to talk about during the 1912 baseball season. See more highlights below:

• Chief Wilson of the Pirates cracks an all-time record 36 triples.

• Ted Easterly collects 13 pinch hits, a new record.

• The Boston National League team is first called the "Braves."

• New York features the first brother battery -- Homer and Tommy Thompson.

• Earl Hamilton of the Browns no-hits Detroit on August 30.

• Jeff Tesreau of the Giants no-hits the Phils on Sept. 6.

• George Mullin celebrates his birthday by hurling a no-hitter for Detroit over St. Louis on July 4.

• Ty Cobb is suspended for going into the stands in New York on May 15 to fight with heckler Claude Lueker.

• On May 18, the Tigers respond to Cobb's suspension by going on strike.

• The Tigers are forced to use local amateurs in a game at Philadelphia; A's win 24-2.

• The Red Sox win an American League record 105 games (since broken).

• Joe Jackson hits an American League record 26 triples.

• Tris Speaker cracks 53 doubles, a new loop record.

• Honus Wagner leads the National League in RBI (102) and runs produced (186).

• Rube Marquard and Larry Cheney, a Cubs rookie, tie for the National League lead in wins with 26.

• Walter Johnson wins 33 and also leads the majors in strikeouts with 303.

• Navin Field (now Tiger Stadium) opens on April 20.

• Phils owner Horace Fogel is barred from the majors for accusing the Giants and Cards of conspiring to throw the pennant.

• For the second year in a row, Ed Walsh is the runner-up for the Chalmers Award.

• Walsh wins 27, tops the American League in innings (393), and sets a new American League record with ten saves.

• Fenway Park opens on April 20, the Red Sox beating New York 7-6.

To learn more about baseball, see:

• 1911 Baseball Season
• 1913 Baseball Season
• Baseball History
• How Baseball Works
• How the Baseball Hall of Fame Works
• How Minor League Baseball Teams Work
• Babe Ruth