1916 New York Yankees season

The 1916 New York Yankees season was the 14th season for the Yankees in New York, and the 16th overall for the franchise. The team finished with a record of 80–74, finishing 11 games behind the American League champion Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Bill Donovan. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds.

1916 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1913) New York City, New York (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Manager(s)	Bill Donovan
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Opening game

The game was on April 21, 1916, at Griffith Stadium against the Washington Senators. President Woodrow Wilson threw out the ceremonial first pitch.[1]

Regular season

Season 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

Record vs. opponents

1916 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	14–8	15–7	14–8	11–11	16–6	10–12–1	11–11–1
Chicago	8–14	—	13–9	13–9	10–12	18–4	15–7	12–10–1
Cleveland	7–15	9–13	—	11–11	12–10	18–4	11–11–2	9–13–1
Detroit	8–14	9–13	11–11	—	14–8–1	18–4	13–9	14–8
New York	11–11	12–10	10–12	8–14–1	—	15–7	9–13	15–7–1
Philadelphia	6–16	4–18	4–18	4–18	7–15	—	5–17	6–15–1
St. Louis	12–10–1	7–15	11–11–2	9–13	13–9	17–5	—	10–12–1
Washington	11–11–1	10–12–1	13–9–1	8–14	7–15–1	15–6–1	12–10–1	—

Roster

1916 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Jess Buckles Ray Caldwell Mike Cantwell Nick Cullop Bill Donovan Ray Fisher Ray Keating Slim Love Cliff Markle George Mogridge Allen Russell Bob Shawkey Urban Shocker		Catchers Walt Alexander Les Nunamaker Roxy Walters Infielders Ángel Aragón Home Run Baker Lute Boone Joe Gedeon Charlie Mullen Roger Peckinpaugh Wally Pipp		Outfielders Paddy Baumann Doc Cook Frank Gilhooley Roy Hartzell Tim Hendryx Hugh High Solly Hofman Lee Magee Fritz Maisel Elmer Miller Rube Oldring Germany Schaefer		Manager Bill Donovan Coaches Duke Farrell Germany Schaefer

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
3B	Home Run Baker	100	360	97	.269	10	52

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
Germany Schaefer	1	1	0	.000	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
Ray Caldwell	21	165.2	5	12	2.99	76

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

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
Jess Buckles	2	0	0	0	2.25	2
Bill Donovan	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

1. "Yankees Open Season in Washington with Inglorious Defeat. Keating Batted Out of Box" (PDF). The New York Times. April 21, 1916. Retrieved December 26, 2013. President Wilson opened the local baseball season, here today when he threw out the first ball in the game between Washington and New York. The President was greeted with enthusiastic cheers from a capacity crowd when he tossed the ball to Umpire Connolly. ...

Further reading

• 1916 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• 1916 New York Yankees page at Baseball Reference