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Sunday, April 22, 2012

List of 36: Cool Facts About the 1912 Season


1. Fenway Park Opened
2. Tris Speaker won the MVP (Chalmers Award)
3. Red Sox won 105 games
4. 597,096 people attended games at Fenway
5. Sox scored 21 runs on May 29
6. Sox won 20 games in August
7. Joe Wood won 16 games on the road
8. Sox won 10 games in a row 8/28-9/6
9. Tris Speaker scored 136 runs
10. Joe Wood struck out 258 batters
11. Joe Wood won 18 games at Fenway
12. Sox won 21 games in June
13. Sox won 21 games in July
14. Joe Wood pitch 344 innings
15. Larry Gardner hit 18 triples
16. Joe Wood completed 35 games
17. Tris Speaker had 222 hits
18. Joe Wood won 16 straight games
19. Tris Speaker hit for the cycle on June 9
20. Joe Wood threw 10 shutouts
21. Hugh Bedient won 20 games
22. Tris Speaker stole 52 bases
23. Buck O’Brien won 20 games
24. Joe Wood won 34 games
25. Tris Speaker hit in 30 straight games
26. Joe Wood had a .872 winning percentage
27. Tris Speaker batted .383
28. Joe Wood had a 1.91 ERA
29. Hugh Bedient had 2 saves to tie for team lead
30.  Charley Hall saved 2 games
31. Tris Speaker hit a league leading 10 HR
32. Tris Speaker hit 8 inside-the-park HR
33. Larry Gardner had 167 putouts at 3rd
34. Tris Speaker hit 53 Doubles
35. Joe Wood had 110 assists
36. Tris Speaker had 35 assists in CF (no wonder he was the MVP)

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