1916 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
Record36–117 (.235)
League place8th
OwnersConnie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
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The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 36 wins and 117 losses. The 1916 team is often considered by baseball historians as the worst team in American League history,[1] and its .235 winning percentage is still the lowest ever for a modern (post-1900) big-league team.

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 record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Roster

1916 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 Billy Meyer 50 138 32 .232 1 12
1B Stuffy McInnis 140 512 151 .295 1 60
2B Nap Lajoie 113 426 105 .246 2 35
SS Whitey Witt 143 563 138 .245 2 36
3B Charlie Pick 121 398 96 .241 0 20
OF Wally Schang 110 338 90 .266 7 38
OF Amos Strunk 150 544 172 .316 3 49
OF Jimmy Walsh 114 390 91 .233 1 27

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
Lee McElwee 54 155 41 .265 0 10
Rube Oldring 40 146 36 .247 0 14
Lee King 42 144 27 .188 0 8
Otis Lawry 41 123 25 .203 0 4
Val Picinich 40 118 23 .195 0 5
Raymond Haley 34 108 25 .231 0 4
Roy Grover 20 77 21 .273 0 7
Bill Stellbauer 25 48 13 .271 0 5
Jim Brown 14 42 10 .238 1 5
Ralph Mitterling 13 39 6 .154 0 2
Harland Rowe 17 36 5 .139 0 3
Red Lanning 19 33 6 .182 0 1
Buck Thrasher 7 29 9 .310 0 4
Mike Murphy 14 27 3 .111 0 1
Thomas Healy 6 23 6 .261 0 2
Doc Carroll 10 22 2 .091 0 0
Charlie Grimm 12 22 2 .091 0 0
Shag Thompson 15 17 0 .000 0 0
Bill Johnson 4 15 4 .267 0 1
Moxie Divis 3 6 1 .167 0 1
Lew Malone 5 4 0 .000 0 0
Sam Crane 2 4 1 .250 0 0
Harry Davis 1 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
Elmer Myers 44 315.0 14 23 3.66 182
Bullet Joe Bush 40 286.2 15 24 2.57 157
Jack Nabors 40 212.2 1 20 3.47 74
Jing Johnson 12 84.1 2 8 3.74 25
Rube Parnham 4 24.2 2 1 4.01 8

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
Tom Sheehan 38 188.0 1 16 3.69 54
Marsh Williams 10 51.1 0 6 7.89 17
Cap Crowell 9 39.2 0 5 4.99 15
George Hesselbacher 6 26.0 0 4 7.27 6
Red Lanning 6 24.1 0 3 8.14 9
Socks Seibold 3 21.2 1 2 4.15 5
Weldon Wyckoff 7 21.1 0 1 5.48 4
Rube Bressler 4 15.0 0 2 6.60 8
Carl Ray 3 9.1 0 1 4.82 5

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
Harry Weaver 3 0 0 0 10.13 2
Michael Driscoll 1 0 1 0 5.40 0
Axel Lindstrom 1 0 0 0 4.50 1
Bill Morrisette 1 0 0 0 6.75 2
Walt Whittaker 1 0 0 0 4.50 0
Jack Richardson 1 0 0 0 40.50 1

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

See also

References

  1. ^ Pahigian, Josh (2010). The Seventh Inning Stretch: Baseball's Most Essential and Inane Debates. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-1-59921-805-2. p. 151

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