1912 Brooklyn Dodgers (est. 1901)

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1901 - 68-72 - World Series: Boston Americans over Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2

1902 - 81-59 - World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles 4-2

1903 - 77-63 - World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Boston Americans 5-1

1904 - 97-57 - WON WORLD SERIES - BROOKLYN SUPERBAS over New York Highlanders 4-3

1905 - 82-72 - World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over New York Highlanders - 4-0

1906 - 87-67 - World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Washington Senators - 4-0

1907 - 94-60 - BROOKLYN lost World Series to New York Highlanders 4-2

1908 - 82-72 - World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1

1909 - 94-60 - BROOKLYN lost World Series to Philadelphia Athletics 4-2

1910 - 89-65 - WON WORLD SERIES - BROOKLYN SUPERBAS over Philadelphia Athletics 4-0

1911 - 84-70 - BROOKLYN lost World Series to Chicago White Sox 4-2

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Major Offseason Additions

Honus Wagner (Trade with Naps)
Dylan Fullerton (Trade with Highlanders)
Burt Shotton (Trade with Cubs)
Howard Starkes (Trades with Highlanders)

Major Offseason Losses

Dode Paskert (Trade to Naps)


Brooklyn is considered the most improved team since last year.

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March 7th, 1912

The Dodgers came into the 9th down by three but eventually John Knight hit an RBI single to give Brooklyn a walk-off, 6-5 win over the Reds to open their Spring schedule.

WP - Kid Speer (1-0)
LP - Hank Robinson (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-0

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March 8th, 1912

The Dodgers fell, 4-2, to the Pirates.

Mike Silver left the game with groin tightness, but it doesn't sound serious.

WP - Adam Catron (1-0)
Save - Richard Whitaker (1)
LP - Framer Ray (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-1

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March 9th, 1912

Bart Sullivan pitched well but it was mostly six walks by Santiago Sanchez that gave the Dodgers a 6-5 win over the Giants.

WP - Bill Otey (1-0)
Save - John McCloskey (1)
LP - Santiago Sanchez (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-1

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March 10th, 1912

Wilbur Cooper looked great! He will be a nice addition to the Brooklyn rotation!

The Dodgers shutout the Cardinals, 1-0.

WP - Wilbur Cooper (1-0)
Save - Fred Link (1)
LP - Ed Karger (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-1

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March 11th, 1912

The Phillies came out on top today, beating the Dodgers, 5-2.

WP - Ronald Clark (1-0)
LP - Jack Coombs (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-2

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March 12th, 1912

Jimmy Dygert was not expected to challenge for a rotation spot but today he pitched five scoreless inning sagas the Cubs.

Unfortunately the bullpen did not do as well as the Dodger lost, 5-4.

WP - Mario Layar (1-0)
Save - Doc Crandall (1)
LP - Eddie Higgins (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-3

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March 13th, 1912

Five strong innings by Christy Mathewson and a home run by Bris Lord led to a 7-1 Dodger win over the newly re-named Boston Braves.

WP - Christy Mathewson (1-0)
LP - Hugh Bedient (0-1)

Spring Record - 4-3

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March 14th, 1912

Eppa Rixey's first start of the Spring was very solid. The second... not so much. The Reds beat the Dodgers, 10-2.

Claude Rossman homered for Brooklyn.

WP - Willie Mitchell (1-0)
LP - Eppa RIxey (0-1)

Spring Record - 4-4

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March 15th, 1912

Sam Crawford went 2 for 3 with a home run and three RBI as the Dodgers beat the Pirates, 4-2.

WP - Bart Sullivan (1-0)
LP - Willis Fullerton (0-1)

Spring Record - 5-4

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March 16th, 1912

It was another scoreless Spring outing for Wilbur Cooper as the Dodgers beat the Giants, 2-0.

WP - Wilbur Cooper (2-0)
Save - Fred Link (2)
LP - Cristo Randi (0-1)

Spring Record - 6-4

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TRADE

To BRAVES

Mordecai Brown
Sal Carter
Tim Zapata

To DODGERS

Jose Deleon
Alberto Falco
Yoo-chul Kim
Carlos Gonzales
Willie Brown
$525

The fans are happy about Deleon.

He joins the big league camp.

TRADE

To WHITE SOX

Irv Young
Chet Chadbourne

To DODGERS

Albert Black
Jose Contreras
Robert Barbier
Jaime Zamora
David Castaneda

Black joins the big camp.


TRADE

To PIRATES

Howard Starkes

To DODGERS

Red Nelson
Leroy Browning
Chris Campbell
Quinn Cooper
Theodore Dean

Nelson joins the M.L. camp.

First Round of Spring Cuts

Sent to the Minor League Camp

Eddie Higgins
Ben Kuhn
Bill Otey
Eppa Rixey
Chris Boyd
Amby McConnell

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March 17th, 1912

Five scoreless innings by Jack Coombs led to a 5-1 win by the Dodgers over the Cardinals.

WP - Jack Coombs (1-1)
LP - Chris Hilton (0-1)

Spring Record - 7-4

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March 18th, 1912

Jimmy Dygert pitched five scoreless frames but the bullpen couldn't hold it and the Dodgers lost, 3-1, to the Phillies.

WP - Andres Alvarez (2-1)
Save - Dan Phillips (1)
LP - Kevin Hunter (0-1)

Spring Record - 7-5

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March 20th, 1912

Yes, the Cubs beat the Dodgers, 9-5, in 14 innings.

The real news, however, is the TEN Brooklyn errors.

Unacceptable.

WP - Johnny Lush (1-0)
LP - Eric Allen (0-1)

Spring Record - 7-6

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March 21st, 1912

Christy Mathewson is getting into his groove and today he led the Dodgers to a 5-2 win over the Braves.

WP - Bert Sincock (1-0)
Save - Josh Swindell (1)
LP - Walton Shaw (0-1)

Spring Record - 8-6

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March 22nd, 1912

The Dodgers celebrated their manager's -56th birthday with a 7-2 win over the Reds.

Bart Sullivan pitched five scoreless innings.

WP - Bart Sullivan (2-0)
LP - Jeff Hodges (0-2)

Spring Record - 9-6

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March 23rd, 1912

Wilbur Cooper has allowed only one earned run in 15 innings pitched this Spring. He is certainly trying to earn a spot in the rotation as a rookie!

Today he led the Dodgers to a 7-1 win over the Pirates.

WP - Wilbur Cooper (3-0)
LP - Joe Benz (0-1)

Spring Record - 10-6

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March 24th, 1912

Ping Bodie went 3 for 5 with a home run and 4 RBI as the Dodgers trounced the Giants, 10-1.

WP - Jack Coombs (2-1)
LP - Al Demaree (1-1)

Spring Record - 11-6