1916 Major League Baseball season

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

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

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	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

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

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]

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

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Media related to 1916 in Major League Baseball at Wikimedia Commons

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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
1916 World Series