1916 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record89–63 (.586)
League place3rd
OwnersPercy Haughton
ManagersGeorge Stallings
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The 1916 Boston Braves season was the 46th season of the franchise. was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 89–63, four games behind the Brooklyn Robins.

Before the 1916 season, the Braves were sold to a syndicate headed by former Harvard University football coach Percy Haughton.

Regular season

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1916 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 13–9 14–7–2 13–9–1 11–10–1 11–11–1 14–8–1 13–9
Brooklyn 9–13 — 15–7–1 15–7–1 15–7 11–11 14–8 15–7
Chicago 7–14–2 7–15–1 — 9–13 10–12 8–14 12–10 14–8
Cincinnati 9–13–1 7–15–1 13–9 — 5–16 5–17 13–9 8–14
New York 10–11–1 7–15 12–10 16–5 — 9–13 17–5–2 15–7
Philadelphia 11–11–1 11–11 14–8 17–5 13–9 — 13–9 12–9
Pittsburgh 8–14–1 8–14 10–12 9–13 5–17–2 9–13 — 16–6
St. Louis 9–13 7–15 8–14 14–8 7–15 9–12 6–16 —


Roster

1916 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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
C Hank Gowdy 118 349 88 .252 1 34
1B Ed Konetchy 158 566 147 .260 3 70
2B Johnny Evers 71 241 52 .216 0 15
SS Rabbit Maranville 155 604 142 .235 4 38
3B Red Smith 150 509 132 .259 3 60
OF Sherry Magee 122 419 101 .241 3 54
OF Fred Snodgrass 112 382 95 .249 1 32
OF Joe Wilhoit 116 383 88 .230 2 38

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
Zip Collins 93 268 56 .209 1 18
Dick Egan 83 238 53 .223 0 16
Ed Fitzpatrick 83 216 46 .213 1 18
Joe Connolly 62 110 25 .227 0 12
Earl Blackburn 47 110 30 .273 0 7
Pete Compton 34 98 20 .204 0 8
Walt Tragesser 41 54 11 .204 0 4
Larry Chappell 20 53 12 .226 0 9
Fred Bailey 6 10 1 .100 0 1
Art Rico 4 4 0 .000 0 0
Joe Mathes 2 0 0 ---- 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
Dick Rudolph 41 312.0 19 12 2.16 133
Lefty Tyler 34 249.1 17 9 2.02 117
Pat Ragan 28 182.0 9 9 2.08 94
Frank Allen 19 113.0 8 2 2.07 63

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
Jesse Barnes 33 163.0 6 15 2.37 55
Tom Hughes 40 161.0 16 3 2.35 97
Art Nehf 22 121.0 7 5 2.01 63
Ed Reulbach 21 109.1 7 6 2.47 47

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
Elmer Knetzer 2 0 2 0 7.20 2

External links


1916 MLB season by team
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