1916 MLB season | |
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League | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | Regular season:
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Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 (8 per league) |
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 began on April 12, 1916. The regular season ended on October 5, with the Brooklyn Robins and Boston Red Sox as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 13th World Series on October 7 and ended with Game 5 on October 12. The Red Sox defeated the Robins, four games to one.
See also: Major League Baseball schedule |
The 1916 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.
Opening Day, April 14, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the 1912 season. The American League would see its final day of the regular season on October 4, while the National League would see its final day of the regular season was on October 5. The World Series took place between October 7 and October 12.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 91 | 63 | .591 | — | 49–28 | 42–35 |
Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | .578 | 2 | 49–28 | 40–37 |
Detroit Tigers | 87 | 67 | .565 | 4 | 49–28 | 38–39 |
New York Yankees | 80 | 74 | .519 | 11 | 46–31 | 34–43 |
St. Louis Browns | 79 | 75 | .513 | 12 | 45–32 | 34–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 77 | 77 | .500 | 14 | 44–33 | 33–44 |
Washington Senators | 76 | 77 | .497 | 14½ | 49–28 | 27–49 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 117 | .235 | 54½ | 23–53 | 13–64 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Robins | 94 | 60 | .610 | — | 50–27 | 44–33 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 91 | 62 | .595 | 2½ | 50–29 | 41–33 |
Boston Braves | 89 | 63 | .586 | 4 | 41–31 | 48–32 |
New York Giants | 86 | 66 | .566 | 7 | 47–30 | 39–36 |
Chicago Cubs | 67 | 86 | .438 | 26½ | 37–41 | 30–45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 65 | 89 | .422 | 29 | 37–40 | 28–49 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 60 | 93 | .392 | 33½ | 36–40 | 24–53 |
Cincinnati Reds | 60 | 93 | .392 | 33½ | 32–44 | 28–49 |
World Series | ||||
AL | Boston Red Sox | 4 | ||
NL | Brooklyn Robins | 1 |
Team | Former Manager | New Manager |
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Chicago Cubs | Roger Bresnahan | Joe Tinker |
Pittsburgh Pirates | Fred Clarke | Jimmy Callahan |
St. Louis Browns | Branch Rickey | Fielder Jones |
Team | Former Manager | New Manager |
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Cincinnati Reds | Buck Herzog | Ivey Wingo |
Cincinnati Reds | Ivey Wingo | Christy Mathewson |
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Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Chicago White Sox[1] | 89 | -4.3% | 679,923 | 26.0% | 8,830 |
Detroit Tigers[2] | 87 | -13.0% | 616,772 | 29.5% | 8,010 |
New York Giants[3] | 86 | 24.6% | 552,056 | 40.9% | 7,078 |
Philadelphia Phillies[4] | 91 | 1.1% | 515,365 | 14.6% | 6,524 |
Boston Red Sox[5] | 91 | -9.9% | 496,397 | -8.1% | 6,364 |
Cleveland Indians[6] | 77 | 35.1% | 492,106 | 208.9% | 6,309 |
New York Yankees[7] | 80 | 15.9% | 469,211 | 83.3% | 5,939 |
Chicago Cubs[8] | 67 | -8.2% | 453,685 | 109.0% | 5,743 |
Brooklyn Robins[9] | 94 | 17.5% | 447,747 | 50.4% | 5,740 |
St. Louis Browns[10] | 79 | 25.4% | 335,740 | 123.3% | 4,250 |
Boston Braves[11] | 89 | 7.2% | 313,495 | -16.7% | 4,019 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[12] | 65 | -11.0% | 289,132 | 28.1% | 3,707 |
Cincinnati Reds[13] | 60 | -15.5% | 255,846 | 16.9% | 3,366 |
St. Louis Cardinals[14] | 60 | -16.7% | 224,308 | -11.2% | 2,951 |
Philadelphia Athletics[15] | 36 | -16.3% | 184,471 | 26.2% | 2,427 |
Washington Senators[16] | 76 | -10.6% | 177,265 | 5.9% | 2,188 |