1916 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1916 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1916 in baseball.

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson throws out the ball on opening day of baseball season, 1916

1916 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 12 – October 12, 1916
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

The 1916 Major League Baseball season.

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Tris Speaker CLE .386 Hal Chase CIN .339 HR Wally Pipp NYY 12 Dave Robertson NYG Cy Williams CHC 12 RBI Del Pratt SLB 103 Heinie Zimmerman CHC/NYG 83 Wins Walter Johnson WSH 25 Pete Alexander PHP 33 ERA Babe Ruth BSR 1.75 Pete Alexander PHP 1.55 SO Walter Johnson WSH 228 Pete Alexander PHP 167 SV Bob Shawkey NYY 8 Red Ames SLC 8 SB Ty Cobb DET 68 Max Carey PIT 63

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

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 final standings

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

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Bill Carrigan
Chicago White Sox	Pants Rowland
Cleveland Indians	Lee Fohl
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings
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
Brooklyn Robins	Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs	Joe Tinker
Cincinnati Reds	Buck Herzog, Ivey Wingo and Christy Mathewson
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Pat Moran
Pittsburgh Pirates	Nixey Callahan
St. Louis Cardinals	Miller Huggins

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 centre field.[1]

World Series

The Red Sox defeated the Robins, four games to one.

External links

Media related to 1916 in Major League Baseball at Wikimedia Commons

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

References

1. Paschal, John. "Once Upon A Time: When Hall of Famers Go One-And-Done". fangraphs.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.