1912 Richmond Rebels season

United States Baseball League team season

1912 Richmond Rebels

League| United States Baseball League
Ballpark| Lee Park
City| Richmond, VA
Owners| Ernest C. Landgraf
Managers| Alfred Newman[1]

The 1912 Richmond Rebels season was the first and only season for the Rebels and the United States Baseball League, which collapsed after just over a month of play.

## Regular season

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Few individual game results are known from that year. However, the Rebels defeated the Washington Senators on May 1, opening day, by a score of 2-0 before 9,000 fans. They also defeated New York (4-0) and Cincinnati (5-2) several days later.[2]

### Standings

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United States Baseball League | Win  | Loss  | Pct

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Pittsburgh Filipinos  | 19  | 7  | .731
Richmond Rebels | 15 | 11 | .577
Reading (no name)  | 12  | 9  | .571
Cincinnati Pippins  | 12  | 10  | .545
Washington Senators  | 6  | 7  | .462
Chicago Green Sox  | 10  | 12  | .455
Cleveland Forest City  | 8  | 13  | .381
New York Knickerbockers  | 2  | 15  | .118

### Roster

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1912 Richmond Rebels

Roster
Pitchers |  | Catchers

*   * Bert Blue

Infielders

|  | Outfielders

*   * Socks Seybold

|  | Manager

* Alfred Newman

## References

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1. ^ "New York not yet in Outlaw League" (PDF). The New York Times. March 16, 1912.
2. ^ Daniel, W. Harrison (2003). Baseball and Richmond: a history of the Professional game, 1884-2000. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. pp. 61-62.