1916 St. Louis Browns season

The 1916 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses.

1916 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	79–75 (.513)
League place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Phil Ball
Manager(s)	Fielder Jones
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Offseason

• February 10, 1916: Harry Chapman,[1] Ernie Johnson,[2] and Ward Miller[3] were purchased by the Browns from the St. Louis Terriers.

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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers George Baumgardner Doc Crandall Dave Davenport Bill Fincher Bob Groom Earl Hamilton Ernie Koob Tim McCabe Jim Park Eddie Plank Carl Weilman		Catchers Harry Chapman Verne Clemons George Hale Grover Hartley Bill Rumler Hank Severeid Infielders Jimmy Austin Babe Borton Charlie Deal Ernie Johnson Doc Lavan Del Pratt George Sisler Bobby Wallace		Outfielders Billy Lee Armando Marsans Ward Miller Burt Shotton Jack Tobin Other batters Ray Kennedy Gene Paulette		Manager Fielder Jones

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
OF	Ward Miller	146	485	129	.266	1	50

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
Ernie Johnson	74	236	54	.229	0	19
Harry Chapman	18	31	3	.097	0	0
Bobby Wallace	14	18	5	.278	0	1
Verne Clemons	4	7	1	.143	0	0
George Hale	4	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

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
Dave Davenport	59	290.2	12	11	2.85	129
Ernie Koob	33	166.2	11	8	2.54	26
George Baumgardner	4	8	1	0	7.88	4

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
Bill Fincher	12	0	1	0	2.14	5
Doc Crandall	2	0	0	0	27.00	0

Notes

1. Harry Chapman page at Baseball Reference
2. Ernie Johnson page at Baseball Reference
3. Ward Miller page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1916 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1916 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com