1916 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

1916 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 12 – October 12, 1916
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Pennant Winners
AL champions	Boston Red Sox
AL runners-up	Chicago White Sox
NL champions	Brooklyn Robins
NL runners-up	Philadelphia Phillies
World Series
Champions	Boston Red Sox
Runners-up	Brooklyn Robins
MLB seasons
← 1915 1917 →

Red Sox

White Sox

Indians

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Yankees

Senators

Locations of AL teams for the 1916–1919 MLB seasons

American League

Braves

Robins

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of NL teams for the 1916–1919 MLB seasons

National League

The 1916 Major League Baseball season began on April 12, 1916. The regular season ended on October 5, with the Brooklyn Robins and Boston Red Sox as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 13th World Series on October 7 and ended with Game 5 on October 12. The Red Sox defeated the Robins, four games to one.

Teams

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
American League	Boston Red Sox	Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	35,000
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park	28,000
	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland, Ohio	League Park	21,414
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Navin Field	23,000
	New York Yankees	New York, New York	Brush Stadium	34,000
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	23,000
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	18,000
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	Griffith Stadium	27,000
National League	Boston Braves	Boston, Massachusetts	Braves Field	40,000
	Brooklyn Robins	New York, New York	Ebbets Field	30,000
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	Weeghman Park	15,000
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Redland Field	20,696
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Brush Stadium	34,000
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	National League Park	18,000
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	25,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Robison Field	21,000

Schedule

The 1916 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.

Opening Day, April 14, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the 1912 season. The American League would see its final day of the regular season on October 4, while the National League would see its final day of the regular season was on October 5. The World Series took place between October 7 and October 12.

Standings

American League

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	91	63	0.591	—	49–28	42–35
Chicago White Sox	89	65	0.578	2	49–28	40–37
Detroit Tigers	87	67	0.565	4	49–28	38–39
New York Yankees	80	74	0.519	11	46–31	34–43
St. Louis Browns	79	75	0.513	12	45–32	34–43
Cleveland Indians	77	77	0.500	14	44–33	33–44
Washington Senators	76	77	0.497	14½	49–28	27–49
Philadelphia Athletics	36	117	0.235	54½	23–53	13–64

National League

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Robins	94	60	0.610	—	50–27	44–33
Philadelphia Phillies	91	62	0.595	2½	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

Postseason

Bracket

World Series

AL	Boston Red Sox	4

NL	Brooklyn Robins	1

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Bill Carrigan	Won 2nd straight AL pennant and World Series
Chicago White Sox	Pants Rowland	Finished 2nd
Cleveland Indians	Lee Fohl
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings	Finished 3rd
New York Yankees	Bill Donovan
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Fielder Jones
Washington Senators	Clark Griffith

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	George Stallings	Finished 3rd
Brooklyn Robins	Wilbert Robinson	Won 1st NL pennant
Chicago Cubs	Joe Tinker
Cincinnati Reds	Buck Herzog Ivey Wingo Christy Mathewson
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Pat Moran	Finished 2nd
Pittsburgh Pirates	Nixey Callahan
St. Louis Cardinals	Miller Huggins

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Tris Speaker (CLE)	.386
HR	Wally Pipp (NYY)	12
RBI	Del Pratt (SLB)	103
R	Ty Cobb (DET)	113
H	Tris Speaker (CLE)	211
SB	Ty Cobb (DET)	68

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Walter Johnson (WSH)	25
L	Bullet Joe Bush (PHA)	24
ERA	Babe Ruth (BRS)	1.75
K	Walter Johnson (WSH)	228
IP	Walter Johnson (WSH)	369.2
SV	Bob Shawkey (NYY)	8

National League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Hal Chase (CIN)	.339
HR	Dave Robertson (NYG) Cy Williams (CHC)	12
RBI	Heinie Zimmerman (CHC/NYG)	128
R	George Burns (NYG)	105
H	Hal Chase (CIN)	184
SB	Max Carey (PIT)	63

¹ National League Triple Crown pitching winner

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Grover Cleveland Alexander¹ (PHP)	33
L	Lee Meadows (SLC)	23
ERA	Grover Cleveland Alexander¹ (PHP)	1.55
K	Grover Cleveland Alexander¹ (PHP)	167
IP	Grover Cleveland Alexander (PHP)	389.0
SV	Red Ames (SLC)	8

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
Chicago White Sox^[1]	89	-4.3%	679,923	26.0%	8,830
Detroit Tigers^[2]	87	-13.0%	616,772	29.5%	8,010
New York Giants^[3]	86	24.6%	552,056	40.9%	7,078
Philadelphia Phillies^[4]	91	1.1%	515,365	14.6%	6,524
Boston Red Sox^[5]	91	-9.9%	496,397	-8.1%	6,364
Cleveland Indians^[6]	77	35.1%	492,106	208.9%	6,309
New York Yankees^[7]	80	15.9%	469,211	83.3%	5,939
Chicago Cubs^[8]	67	-8.2%	453,685	109.0%	5,743
Brooklyn Robins^[9]	94	17.5%	447,747	50.4%	5,740
St. Louis Browns^[10]	79	25.4%	335,740	123.3%	4,250
Boston Braves^[11]	89	7.2%	313,495	-16.7%	4,019
Pittsburgh Pirates^[12]	65	-11.0%	289,132	28.1%	3,707
Cincinnati Reds^[13]	60	-15.5%	255,846	16.9%	3,366
St. Louis Cardinals^[14]	60	-16.7%	224,308	-11.2%	2,951
Philadelphia Athletics^[15]	36	-16.3%	184,471	26.2%	2,427
Washington Senators^[16]	76	-10.6%	177,265	5.9%	2,188

Notable events

July 28 - In the course of an 8-6 defeat to the St Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics second baseman Nap Lajoie plays his lone game in center field.^[17]

References

^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ Paschal, John (January 29, 2019). "Once Upon A Time: When Hall of Famers Go One-And-Done". fangraphs.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.

External links

Media related to 1916 in Major League Baseball at Wikimedia Commons

1916 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference Retrieved January 14, 2018.

v t e 1916 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
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