Western Canada Baseball League :
The Bassano Boosters featured the top hitters of the 1912 Western Canada League season. Outfielder Archie Persons took the batting title with a .378 mark, edging teammate Howard Guyn, at .373. A pair of Calgary Bronchos, Sam Vivian and Red Roche were 3rd and 4th just ahead of Eugene "Chesty" Cox of Bassano. James Flanagan of Calgary was the top long distance hitter leading the loop with 24 doubles and 5 home runs. He was tied for the league in triples with Clementson of Red Deer and Roy Dudley of Edmonton, each with 11. Harry Raymond of Bassano was the runner-up in the power category with 23 doubles, 10 triples and 3 home runs. Ray Whisman of Edmonton was the top base stealer with 61.
Pete Standridge of Calgary and Ferdy Manning of Red Deer each won 21 games to lead the pitchers. Standridge had the best over-all record at 21-6 while Manning was in the most games, 39, pitched the most innings, 279, and was tops in strikeouts, with 144.
Ave : Persons BA - .378
Runs : Daniels RD - 99
Doubles : Flanagan CG - 24
Triples : Flanagan CG, Clementson RD, Dudley ED - 11
Home Runs : Flanagan CG - 5
SBs : Whisman Ed - 61
WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
1912 WCBL Persons Archie BA 60 198 59 75 92 11 2 1 27 .378
1912 WCBL Guyn Howard BA 40 126 33 47 78 9 0 0 9 .373
1912 WCBL Vivian Sam CG 44 156 28 57 74 13 2 0 10 .365
1912 WCBL Roche Red CG 43 139 33 49 68 13 3 0 11 .352
1912 WCBL Cox Chester BA 90 336 65 117 128 9 1 0 13 .348
1912 WCBL Bunstine E CG 46 99 26 34 45 7 3 0 1 .343
1912 WCBL Godfrey G RD 103 317 70 107 137 14 7 2 22 .337
1912 WCBL Standridge Pete CG 68 194 52 65 93 11 7 2 8 .335
1912 WCBL Daniels William RD 104 356 99 118 148 19 8 1 40 .331
1912 WCBL Raymond Harry BA 100 356 80 118 180 23 10 3 35 .331
1912 WCBL Mills Roy BA-RD 75 249 68 82 124 13 9 1 37 .330
1912 WCBL Dunn Bert RD 83 249 49 82 110 10 5 2 13 .329
1912 WCBL Flanagan James CG 101 357 88 115 170 24 11 5 36 .322
1912 WCBL Clementson RD 57 201 60 63 94 10 11 2 16 .313
1912 WCBL Whisman Ray ED 109 368 70 115 145 12 3 4 61 .312
1912 WCBL Holmes Milan RD 89 344 58 107 121 19 1 0 28 .311
1912 WCBL O'Brien W CG 92 336 71 104 124 17 4 1 22 .309
1912 WCBL Wicks Arthur CA-BA 88 294 60 90 111 11 6 1 16 .306
1912 WCBL Povey Buss ED 106 363 60 110 155 16 9 3 30 .303
1912 WCBL Hagel K ED 29 93 15 28 33 2 1 0 4 .301
1912 WCBL Dean Al CG 78 295 52 88 120 15 8 3 16 .298
1912 WCBL Morrow BA 12 37 5 11 13 2 0 0 0 .297
1912 WCBL Gay Frank RD 96 310 70 92 107 10 4 0 25 .296
1912 WCBL Mackin John ED 84 285 54 84 107 15 4 0 14 .294
1912 WCBL Dudley Roy ED 113 405 65 118 160 14 11 3 22 .291
1912 WCBL Piper Larry CG 101 403 72 117 151 23 10 1 25 .290
1912 WCBL Wineholt C ED 26 88 19 25 43 4 4 2 5 .284
1912 WCBL Pease BA-RD-CG 81 286 56 81 99 11 0 2 18 .283
1912 WCBL Reddick Leonard BA 99 344 66 97 125 14 4 2 22 .281
1912 WCBL Brennan John ED-RD 42 132 24 37 45 4 2 0 15 .280
1912 WCBL Stark RD 78 206 40 57 68 9 1 0 13 .276
1912 WCBL Grundell ED 26 94 14 25 31 4 1 0 6 .265
1912 WCBL Isbell Elbert ED 105 351 51 93 129 9 11 1 27 .264
1912 WCBL Streib Julius CG 80 249 42 65 76 12 1 0 5 .261
1912 WCBL Manning Ferdy/Del RD 57 166 26 42 57 7 4 0 6 .253
1912 WCBL Meyers/Myres CG 44 139 19 35 42 2 2 2 3 .251
1912 WCBL Spencer W RD 89 259 42 65 75 4 2 1 19 .250
1912 WCBL Wells Robert CG 98 324 53 81 104 12 7 1 13 .250
1912 WCBL Skillman Lloyd ED 9 20 4 5 8 3 0 0 1 .250
1912 WCBL Bliss A RD 89 298 51 73 88 12 2 1 18 .244
1912 WCBL Sully ED 23 70 7 17 22 3 1 0 2 .242
1912 WCBL Bottolfs RD 20 62 10 15 11 2 0 0 2 .241
1912 WCBL O'Hayer BA 98 319 43 76 98 14 2 1 31 .238
1912 WCBL Clynes ED 57 197 21 46 66 7 5 1 8 .233
1912 WCBL Borleske R ED 51 180 20 42 51 7 1 0 5 .233
1912 WCBL Davidson Samuel CG-BA 67 189 14 44 54 5 3 0 1 .232
1912 WCBL Wells BA 25 75 11 17 22 2 1 0 8 .226
1912 WCBL Narveson Alfred BA 23 80 9 18 25 1 3 0 1 .225
1912 WCBL Clayton John ED 40 120 7 27 30 3 0 0 1 .225
1912 WCBL Deller Phil BA 27 59 6 13 14 1 0 0 2 .220
1912 WCBL Hurley William RD 94 346 59 76 89 12 5 2 32 .219
1912 WCBL Barenkamp Bill CG 23 69 7 15 25 4 3 0 1 .217
1912 WCBL White ED 48 163 21 35 40 5 0 0 6 .214
1912 WCBL Heinrich Henry ED 44 122 7 26 38 6 3 0 1 .213
1912 WCBL Hayes Harry BA 43 116 13 24 35 4 2 1 4 .206
1912 WCBL Tanguay ED 46 131 16 25 27 2 0 0 6 .190
1912 WCBL Gelvin BA 24 54 8 10 11 1 0 0 1 .185
1912 WCBL Price ED 13 38 6 7 7 0 0 0 3 .184
1912 WCBL Westcott ED 21 67 6 11 12 1 0 0 1 .164
1912 WCBL Dickenson WE RD 33 94 6 13 17 2 1 0 5 .138
1912 WCBL Chandler RD 16 51 2 7 10 3 0 0 2 .137
1912 WCBL Ford Walter ED 55 125 16 17 25 2 0 2 3 .136
1912 WCBL O'Neill H BA 15 31 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 .129
1912 WCBL Cummings BA 11 31 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 .129
1912 WCBL Barnstead Fred CG 23 55 10 7 12 1 1 0 0 .127
1912 WCBL Fulwider CG 11 25 4 3 5 2 0 0 0 .120
Sources : The Reach Official American League Guide 1913; The Sporting News, Oct 3, 1912; Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide, 1913 Wins : Standridge CG, Manning RD - 21 Innings : Manning RD - 279 Games : Manning RD - 39 Strikeouts : Manning RD - 144
WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA 1912 WCBL Barenkamp Bill CG 16 12 3 .800 122 88 55 47 71 3 4 1912 WCBL Standridge CG 32 21 6 .778 239 223 132 80 121 10 3 1912 WCBL Hayes BA 34 19 8 .704 231 200 110 91 142 6 5 1912 WCBL Meyers/Myres J. CG 32 18 10 .643 247 237 169 119 105 20 6 1912 WCBL Narveson BA 8 5 3 .625 67 52 26 19 38 3 1 1912 WCBL Borleske ED 13 5 3 .625 91 109 51 24 32 6 2 1912 WCBL Manning Ferdy/Del RD 39 21 17 .553 279 324 175 110 144 13 8 1912 WCBL Dickenson RD 26 11 10 .524 189 204 128 71 110 6 5 1912 WCBL O'Neill BA 14 6 6 .500 85 113 71 56 30 9 2 1912 WCBL Barnstead CG 12 5 5 .500 82 92 58 56 36 6 4 1912 WCBL Gelvin CG-BA 24 7 8 .467 138 144 106 120 87 12 7 1912 WCBL Heinrich Henry ED 34 15 18 .455 270 236 128 89 139 24 12 1912 WCBL Dunn RD 27 11 14 .440 194 248 149 50 63 7 4 1912 WCBL Clayton ED 33 11 16 .407 247 267 172 110 130 23 15 1912 WCBL Skillman ED 9 2 3 .400 64 89 54 25 19 3 4 1912 WCBL Daniels RD 16 5 9 .357 118 144 99 47 51 1 1 1912 WCBL Ford ED 33 8 15 .348 213 217 138 84 140 10 19 1912 WCBL Deller BA 23 5 10 .333 139 172 111 47 62 11 4 1912 WCBL Fulwider CG 10 2 5 .286 61 82 76 26 25 12 4 1912 WCBL Cummings BA 6 1 3 .250 39 32 22 15 14 5 2
Source : The Reach Official American League Guide 1913; The Sporting News, Oct 3, 1912; Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide, 1913 BA=Bassano Boosters, CG=Calgary Bronchos, ED=Edmonton Gray Birds, RD=Red Deer Eskimos