1916 Boston Braves season

Major League Baseball team season
1916 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record89–63 (.586)
League place3rd
OwnersPercy Haughton
ManagersGeorge Stallings
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The 1916 Boston Braves season was the 46th season of the franchise. was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 89–63, four games behind the Brooklyn Robins.

Before the 1916 season, the Braves were sold to a syndicate headed by former Harvard University football coach Percy Haughton.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Robins 94 60 0.610 50–27 44–33
Philadelphia Phillies 91 62 0.595 50–29 41–33
Boston Braves 89 63 0.586 4 41–31 48–32
New York Giants 86 66 0.566 7 47–30 39–36
Chicago Cubs 67 86 0.438 26½ 37–41 30–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 65 89 0.422 29 37–40 28–49
St. Louis Cardinals 60 93 0.392 33½ 36–40 24–53
Cincinnati Reds 60 93 0.392 33½ 32–44 28–49

Record vs. opponents

1916 National League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 13–9 14–7–2 13–9–1 11–10–1 11–11–1 14–8–1 13–9
Brooklyn 9–13 15–7–1 15–7–1 15–7 11–11 14–8 15–7
Chicago 7–14–2 7–15–1 9–13 10–12 8–14 12–10 14–8
Cincinnati 9–13–1 7–15–1 13–9 5–16 5–17 13–9 8–14
New York 10–11–1 7–15 12–10 16–5 9–13 17–5–2 15–7
Philadelphia 11–11–1 11–11 14–8 17–5 13–9 13–9 12–9
Pittsburgh 8–14–1 8–14 10–12 9–13 5–17–2 9–13 16–6
St. Louis 9–13 7–15 8–14 14–8 7–15 9–12 6–16


Roster

1916 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Hank Gowdy 118 349 88 .252 1 34
1B Ed Konetchy 158 566 147 .260 3 70
2B Johnny Evers 71 241 52 .216 0 15
SS Rabbit Maranville 155 604 142 .235 4 38
3B Red Smith 150 509 132 .259 3 60
OF Sherry Magee 122 419 101 .241 3 54
OF Fred Snodgrass 112 382 95 .249 1 32
OF Joe Wilhoit 116 383 88 .230 2 38

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Zip Collins 93 268 56 .209 1 18
Dick Egan 83 238 53 .223 0 16
Ed Fitzpatrick 83 216 46 .213 1 18
Joe Connolly 62 110 25 .227 0 12
Earl Blackburn 47 110 30 .273 0 7
Pete Compton 34 98 20 .204 0 8
Walt Tragesser 41 54 11 .204 0 4
Larry Chappell 20 53 12 .226 0 9
Fred Bailey 6 10 1 .100 0 1
Art Rico 4 4 0 .000 0 0
Joe Mathes 2 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dick Rudolph 41 312.0 19 12 2.16 133
Lefty Tyler 34 249.1 17 9 2.02 117
Pat Ragan 28 182.0 9 9 2.08 94
Frank Allen 19 113.0 8 2 2.07 63

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jesse Barnes 33 163.0 6 15 2.37 55
Tom Hughes 40 161.0 16 3 2.35 97
Art Nehf 22 121.0 7 5 2.01 63
Ed Reulbach 21 109.1 7 6 2.47 47

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Elmer Knetzer 2 0 2 0 7.20 2

External links

  • 1916 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference
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