The New York Knickerbockers were one of 8 teams in the short-lived United States Baseball League, which collapsed after just over a month of play.[1] The Knickerbockers were owned by Charles White and managed by William Jordon.[2]
1912 Standings
Team
Win
Loss
Pct
Pittsburgh Filipinos
19
7
.731
Richmond Rebels
15
11
.577
Reading (no nickname)
12
9
.571
Cincinnati Cams
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
New York finished dead last in the standings at the end at 2-15. They were the first USBL team to fold, doing so on May 28.[3]
The 1912 New York Knickerbockers season was the first and only season for the club. They folded with the United States Baseball League after about a month of play.
Regular season
Of the few individual game results known from that season, it is known that on opening day, May 1, 1912, the Knickerbockers battled with Reading to a 10-10 tie in 10 innings. The game was called due to darkness.[5] New York eventually ended up last in the USBL standings.
^Daniel, W. Harrison (2011). Baseball & Richmond: a history of the Professional game, 1884-200. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 62. ISBN978-0-7864-1489-5.
