The 1916 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 77–77, 14 games behind the Boston Red Sox.
1916 Cleveland Indians | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Dunn Field | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | Jim Dunn | |
Managers | Lee Fohl | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 edit
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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 | — |
Notable transactions edit
- April 12, 1916: Sad Sam Jones, Fred Thomas, and $55,000 were traded by the Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Tris Speaker.[1]
Roster edit
Beginning June 26, the Indians pioneered the use of uniform numbers on their home uniform jerseys, the first team to do so in MLB. The numbers were used up till the 1917 season.[2] Uniform numbers, though, were not worn on the away uniforms.
1916 Cleveland Indians | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager |
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Steve O'Neill | 130 | 378 | 89 | .235 | 0 | 29 |
1B | Chick Gandil | 146 | 533 | 138 | .259 | 0 | 72 |
2B | Ivan Howard | 81 | 246 | 46 | .187 | 0 | 23 |
SS | Bill Wambsganss | 136 | 475 | 117 | .246 | 0 | 45 |
3B | Terry Turner | 124 | 428 | 112 | .262 | 0 | 38 |
OF | Braggo Roth | 125 | 409 | 117 | .286 | 4 | 72 |
OF | Tris Speaker | 151 | 546 | 211 | .386 | 2 | 79 |
OF | Jack Graney | 155 | 589 | 142 | .241 | 5 | 54 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Ray Chapman | 109 | 346 | 80 | .231 | 0 | 27 |
Elmer Smith | 79 | 213 | 59 | .277 | 3 | 40 |
Joe Evans | 33 | 82 | 12 | .146 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Daly | 31 | 73 | 16 | .219 | 0 | 8 |
Walter Barbare | 13 | 48 | 11 | .229 | 0 | 3 |
Marty Kavanagh | 19 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 1 | 10 |
Hank DeBerry | 15 | 33 | 9 | .273 | 0 | 4 |
Josh Billings | 22 | 31 | 5 | .161 | 0 | 1 |
Danny Moeller | 25 | 30 | 2 | .067 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Coleman | 19 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 4 |
Clyde Engle | 11 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
Lou Guisto | 6 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 2 |
Milo Allison | 14 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 0 |
Al Bergman | 8 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 0 |
Howard Lohr | 3 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Bradley | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Chappell | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Leonard | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ollie Welf | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jim Bagby Sr. | 48 | 272.2 | 16 | 17 | 2.61 | 88 |
Stan Coveleski | 45 | 232.0 | 15 | 13 | 3.41 | 76 |
Guy Morton | 27 | 149.2 | 12 | 6 | 2.89 | 88 |
Fred Beebe | 20 | 100.2 | 5 | 3 | 2.41 | 32 |
Joe Boehling | 12 | 60.2 | 2 | 4 | 2.67 | 18 |
Grover Lowdermilk | 10 | 51.1 | 1 | 5 | 3.16 | 28 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ed Klepfer | 31 | 143.0 | 6 | 6 | 2.52 | 62 |
Fritz Coumbe | 29 | 120.1 | 7 | 5 | 2.02 | 39 |
Al Gould | 30 | 106.2 | 5 | 6 | 2.53 | 41 |
Otis Lambeth | 15 | 74.0 | 4 | 4 | 2.92 | 28 |
Willie Mitchell | 12 | 43.2 | 2 | 5 | 5.15 | 24 |
Pop-Boy Smith | 5 | 25.2 | 1 | 2 | 3.86 | 4 |
Ken Penner | 4 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.26 | 5 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Marty McHale | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.56 | 2 |
Rip Hagerman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 1 |
Red Gunkel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Shorty Desjardien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |