1916 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersNixey Callahan
← 1915 Seasons 1917 →

The 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 35th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 30th in the National League. In April 1916, newspapers reported that Otto Knabe would join the team at second base at the end of the month.[2]

The Pirates finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 65–89.

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 —


Game log

1916 Game Log: 65–89 (Home: 37–40; Away: 28–49)
April: 6–8 (Home: 3–1; Away: 3–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 12 @ Cardinals 1–2 Doak Kantlehner (0–1) — — 0–1
2 April 13 @ Cardinals 4–0 Adams (1–0) Meadows — — 1–1
3 April 14 @ Cardinals 3–5 Jasper Harmon (0–1) Griner — 1–2
4 April 15 @ Cardinals 6–1 Mamaux (1–0) Hall — — 2–2
5 April 16 @ Reds 1–6 Toney Miller (0–1) — — 2–3
6 April 17 @ Reds 10–1 Kantlehner (1–1) Dale — — 3–3
7 April 18 @ Reds 3–4 (10) Schneider Adams (1–1) — — 3–4
8 April 20 Cardinals 0–5 Meadows Mamaux (1–1) Sallee — 3–5
9 April 21 Cardinals 8–0 Harmon (1–1) Steele — — 4–5
10 April 23 @ Cubs 0–3 McConnell Kantlehner (1–2) — 16,000 4–6
11 April 26 @ Cubs 3–6 Lavender Adams (1–2) Prendergast — 4–7
12 April 28 Reds 5–1 Harmon (2–1) Schneider — — 5–7
13 April 29 Reds 2–1 Mamaux (2–1) Toney Miller (1) — 6–7
14 April 30 @ Reds 7–8 Schneider Harmon (2–2) — — 6–8
May: 11–14 (Home: 6–12; Away: 5–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
15 May 1 @ Reds 0–3 Mitchell Adams (1–3) — — 6–9
16 May 4 Cubs 4–2 Cooper (1–0) Lavender — 4,000 7–9
17 May 5 Cubs 3–5 (13) Seaton Kantlehner (1–3) — — 7–10
18 May 6 Cubs 1–2 Vaughn Adams (1–4) — 8,000 7–11
19 May 7 @ Cubs 1–0 Kantlehner (2–3) Lavender — 19,000 8–11
20 May 8 @ Cubs 1–2 McConnell Cooper (1–1) — — 8–12
21 May 8 @ Cubs 6–4 Mamaux (3–1) Packard — — 9–12
22 May 9 Giants 5–13 Tesreau Harmon (2–3) Mathewson — 9–13
23 May 10 Giants 1–7 Anderson Adams (1–5) — 2,000 9–14
24 May 11 Giants 2–3 Perritt Kantlehner (2–4) Stroud 2,000 9–15
25 May 12 Giants 2–3 (10) Schauer Mamaux (3–2) — 2,000 9–16
26 May 13 Braves 5–3 Adams (2–5) Reulbach Kantlehner (1) — 10–16
27 May 15 Braves 8–7 Harmon (3–3) Rudolph Mamaux (1) — 11–16
28 May 18 Phillies 0–3 Alexander Kantlehner (2–5) — — 11–17
29 May 19 Phillies 4–2 Mamaux (4–2) McQuillan — — 12–17
30 May 20 Phillies 1–5 Demaree Adams (2–6) — — 12–18
31 May 23 Robins 0–6 Pfeffer Kantlehner (2–6) — — 12–19
32 May 24 Robins 2–3 (10) Cheney Harmon (3–4) — — 12–20
33 May 25 Robins 5–0 Miller (1–1) Dell — — 13–20
34 May 26 @ Cardinals 6–5 (11) Mamaux (5–2) Sallee — 2,000 14–20
35 May 28 @ Cardinals 4–0 Cooper (2–1) Doak — — 15–20
36 May 28 @ Cardinals 4–1 (5) Mamaux (6–2) Meadows — — 16–20
37 May 29 Reds 1–6 Mitchell Jacobs (0–1) — — 16–21
38 May 30 Reds 9–8 Cooper (3–1) Schulz — — 17–21
39 May 31 Reds 2–5 (16) Toney Miller (1–2) — — 17–22
June: 11–9 (Home: 4–2; Away: 7–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
40 June 1 Reds 8–4 Harmon (4–4) Schneider — — 18–22
41 June 2 @ Robins 5–2 Mamaux (7–2) Appleton — — 19–22
42 June 5 @ Robins 2–3 Dell Miller (1–3) — 2,500 19–23
43 June 6 @ Giants 3–2 Mamaux (8–2) Benton — 9,000 20–23
44 June 12 @ Phillies 1–2 Alexander Mamaux (8–3) — — 20–24
45 June 13 @ Phillies 3–5 Bender Adams (2–7) — 4,000 20–25
46 June 14 @ Phillies 2–3 (12) Rixey Jacobs (0–2) — — 20–26
47 June 15 @ Braves 2–1 Mamaux (9–3) Reulbach — — 21–26
48 June 16 @ Braves 0–2 Hughes Kantlehner (2–7) — — 21–27
49 June 20 Cardinals 6–10 (12) Jasper Miller (1–4) Williams — 21–28
50 June 22 Cardinals 8–4 Jacobs (1–2) Williams — — 22–28
51 June 23 Cardinals 7–8 Jasper Harmon (4–5) Ames — 22–29
52 June 24 Cardinals 4–3 Mamaux (10–3) Steele — — 23–29
53 June 24 Cardinals 5–2 Miller (2–4) Hall — — 24–29
54 June 25 @ Cubs 8–3 (12) Cooper (4–1) Vaughn — — 25–29
55 June 27 @ Cubs 0–1 Prendergast Cooper (4–2) — — 25–30
56 June 27 @ Cubs 4–10 Seaton Adams (2–8) Prendergast — 25–31
57 June 28 @ Cubs 3–2 Mamaux (11–3) Lavender — — 26–31
58 June 28 @ Cubs 3–2 (18) Cooper (5–2) McConnell — — 27–31
59 June 30 @ Reds 3–2 Harmon (5–5) Schneider — — 28–31
July: 11–18 (Home: 8–10; Away: 3–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
60 July 1 @ Reds 2–1 Mamaux (12–3) Knetzer — — 29–31
61 July 2 @ Reds 2–3 Toney Miller (2–5) — — 29–32
62 July 2 @ Reds 6–1 (5) Kantlehner (3–7) Dale — 6,000 30–32
63 July 3 Cubs 2–3 Seaton Cooper (5–3) Packard — 30–33
64 July 4 Cubs 0–5 Vaughn Kantlehner (3–8) — — 30–34
65 July 4 Cubs 1–0 Mamaux (13–3) Prendergast — — 31–34
66 July 5 Cubs 3–4 Hendrix Miller (2–6) Lavender — 31–35
67 July 6 Giants 6–12 Perritt Cooper (5–4) — — 31–36
68 July 7 Giants 5–2 Jacobs (2–2) Anderson — — 32–36
69 July 8 Giants 4–6 Benton Mamaux (13–4) — — 32–37
70 July 10 Giants 7–1 Miller (3–6) Schauer — — 33–37
71 July 11 Braves 3–2 Jacobs (3–2) Barnes — — 34–37
72 July 12 Braves 5–6 Barnes Mamaux (13–5) Hughes — 34–38
73 July 14 Braves 0–3 Ragan Harmon (5–6) — 2,500 34–39
74 July 15 Phillies 0–4 Alexander Jacobs (3–3) — — 34–40
75 July 15 Phillies 7–5 Mamaux (14–5) Chalmers Kantlehner (2) — 35–40
76 July 19 Robins 1–0 Kantlehner (4–8) Pfeffer — — 36–40
77 July 19 Robins 2–1 (14) Miller (4–6) Smith — — 37–40
78 July 22 Robins 1–7 Pfeffer Kantlehner (4–9) — — 37–41
79 July 22 Robins 2–3 (15) Marquard Miller (4–7) — — 37–42
80 July 24 Phillies 9–1 Mamaux (15–5) Demaree — — 38–42
81 July 26 @ Phillies 1–7 Alexander Adams (2–9) — — 38–43
82 July 26 @ Phillies 5–2 Miller (5–7) Rixey — 12,000 39–43
83 July 27 @ Phillies 4–5 Chalmers Harmon (5–7) — 3,500 39–44
84 July 28 @ Phillies 2–5 Bender Jacobs (3–4) — 4,500 39–45
85 July 29 @ Giants 3–4 (11) Perritt Mamaux (15–6) — — 39–46
86 July 29 @ Giants 0–5 Anderson Kantlehner (4–10) — 25,000 39–47
87 July 31 @ Giants 0–7 Sallee Miller (5–8) — — 39–48
88 July 31 @ Giants 0–7 Tesreau Jacobs (3–5) — — 39–49
August: 16–15 (Home: 10–9; Away: 6–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
89 August 1 @ Giants 4–3 (10) Cooper (6–4) Schupp — 5,000 40–49
90 August 2 @ Giants 2–6 Benton Mamaux (15–7) — — 40–50
91 August 3 @ Robins 2–7 Cheney Miller (5–9) — 2,500 40–51
92 August 4 @ Robins 0–2 Smith Harmon (5–8) — — 40–52
93 August 5 @ Robins 0–4 Marquard Cooper (6–5) — — 40–53
94 August 5 @ Robins 7–1 Mamaux (16–7) Pfeffer — — 41–53
95 August 11 @ Braves 2–1 Miller (6–9) Barnes — — 42–53
96 August 11 @ Braves 1–4 Tyler Mamaux (16–8) — 10,000 42–54
97 August 12 Cubs 3–0 Cooper (7–5) Lavender — — 43–54
98 August 13 @ Cardinals 8–9 (11) Ames Kantlehner (4–11) — — 43–55
99 August 13 @ Cardinals 9–5 (5) Mamaux (17–8) Watson — — 44–55
100 August 15 @ Cardinals 1–0 Harmon (6–8) Meadows — — 45–55
101 August 15 @ Cardinals 2–1 Cooper (8–5) Ames — — 46–55
102 August 17 Robins 1–5 Pfeffer Mamaux (17–9) — — 46–56
103 August 18 Robins 0–6 Cheney Harmon (6–9) — — 46–57
104 August 19 Robins 2–1 (10) Cooper (9–5) Smith — — 47–57
105 August 19 Robins 0–1 Marquard Kantlehner (4–12) — — 47–58
106 August 21 Phillies 6–3 Jacobs (4–5) Alexander — — 48–58
107 August 21 Phillies 2–1 Evans (1–0) Demaree — — 49–58
108 August 22 Phillies 2–6 Mayer Harmon (6–10) McQuillan — 49–59
109 August 22 Phillies 9–7 Cooper (10–5) Bender — — 50–59
110 August 23 Phillies 2–1 (16) Evans (2–0) Rixey — 1,000 51–59
111 August 24 Giants 10–1 Jacobs (5–5) Tesreau — — 52–59
112 August 25 Giants 2–6 (11) Tesreau Harmon (6–11) — 3,000 52–60
113 August 26 Giants 1–1 (14) — — 52–60
114 August 28 Braves 5–1 Mamaux (18–9) Rudolph — — 53–60
115 August 28 Braves 2–8 (7) Allen Kantlehner (4–13) — 5,000 53–61
116 August 29 Braves 1–6 Tyler Jacobs (5–6) — — 53–62
117 August 29 Braves 5–9 Hughes Kantlehner (4–14) — 7,000 53–63
118 August 30 Braves 0–1 Rudolph Cooper (10–6) — — 53–64
119 August 30 Braves 7–6 Jacobs (6–6) Allen Cooper (1) 5,000 54–64
120 August 31 Braves 3–2 (8) Mamaux (19–9) Nehf — 2,000 55–64
September: 10–24 (Home: 6–6; Away: 4–18)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
121 September 1 Reds 3–6 Toney Jacobs (6–7) — — 55–65
122 September 2 Reds 4–3 Harmon (7–11) Knetzer — — 56–65
123 September 2 Reds 2–7 Moseley Evans (2–1) Schulz 10,000 56–66
124 September 3 @ Reds 6–7 Mitchell Mamaux (19–10) — — 56–67
125 September 4 Cardinals 7–0 Miller (7–9) Meadows — 5,000 57–67
126 September 4 Cardinals 2–0 Cooper (11–6) Watson — 12,000 58–67
127 September 6 Cardinals 3–2 Kantlehner (5–14) Steele — — 59–67
128 September 6 Cardinals 6–3 Harmon (8–11) Ames — 3,500 60–67
129 September 7 Cubs 5–4 Mamaux (20–10) Packard Cooper (2) — 61–67
130 September 9 Cubs 0–3 Vaughn Kantlehner (5–15) — — 61–68
131 September 9 Cubs 0–2 Lavender Cooper (11–7) — 12,000 61–69
132 September 10 @ Cubs 8–7 Grimes (1–0) Prendergast Mamaux (2) — 62–69
133 September 12 @ Robins 0–6 Pfeffer Evans (2–2) — — 62–70
134 September 12 @ Robins 2–1 Mamaux (21–10) Coombs — 10,000 63–70
135 September 13 @ Robins 6–3 Cooper (12–7) Smith — — 64–70
136 September 14 @ Robins 2–3 Cheney Grimes (1–1) — — 64–71
137 September 15 @ Robins 1–8 (5) Marquard Jacobs (6–8) — — 64–72
138 September 16 @ Giants 2–8 Benton Mamaux (21–11) — — 64–73
139 September 16 @ Giants 3–4 Tesreau Cooper (12–8) — — 64–74
140 September 18 @ Giants 0–2 Schupp Miller (7–10) — — 64–75
141 September 18 @ Giants 1–1 (8) — — 64–75
142 September 19 @ Giants 2–9 Benton Jacobs (6–9) — — 64–76
143 September 19 @ Giants 1–5 Tesreau Evans (2–3) — — 64–77
144 September 20 @ Phillies 0–7 Demaree Cooper (12–9) — — 64–78
145 September 20 @ Phillies 2–3 Demaree Mamaux (21–12) — — 64–79
146 September 21 @ Phillies 8–3 Grimes (2–1) Rixey — — 65–79
147 September 22 @ Phillies 4–7 Mayer Evans (2–4) — — 65–80
148 September 23 @ Braves 2–4 Rudolph Mamaux (21–13) — — 65–81
149 September 23 @ Braves 1–1 (13) — — 65–81
150 September 25 @ Braves 0–5 Tyler Grimes (2–2) — — 65–82
151 September 25 @ Braves 2–3 Reulbach Mamaux (21–14) — — 65–83
152 September 26 @ Braves 0–3 Nehf Evans (2–5) — — 65–84
153 September 26 @ Braves 1–2 Allen Jacobs (6–10) — — 65–85
154 September 27 @ Braves 0–1 Tyler Cooper (12–10) — — 65–86
155 September 30 Reds 4–5 Mitchell Mamaux (21–15) — — 65–87
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
157 October 1 @ Reds 0–4 Toney Cooper (12–11) — — 65–89
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1916 Pittsburgh Pirates
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 Walter Schmidt 64 184 35 .190 2 15
1B Doc Johnston 114 404 86 .213 0 39
2B Jack Farmer 55 166 45 .271 0 14
SS Honus Wagner 123 432 124 .287 1 39
3B Doug Baird 128 430 93 .216 1 28
OF Bill Hinchman 152 555 175 .315 4 76
OF Frank Schulte 55 177 45 .254 0 14
OF Max Carey 154 599 158 .264 7 42

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
Joe Schultz 77 204 53 .260 0 22
Hooks Warner 44 168 40 .238 2 14
Carson Bigbee 43 164 41 .250 0 3
Dan Costello 60 159 38 .239 0 8
Alex McCarthy 50 146 29 .199 0 3
Ed Barney 45 137 27 .197 0 9
Jim Viox 43 132 33 .250 1 17
Art Wilson 53 128 33 .258 1 12
William Fischer 42 113 29 .257 1 6
Jimmy Smith 36 96 18 .188 0 5
Otto Knabe 28 89 17 .191 0 9
George Gibson 33 84 17 .202 0 4
Ray O'Brien 16 57 12 .211 0 3
Bill Wagner 19 38 9 .237 0 2
Lee King 8 18 2 .111 0 1
Pete Compton 5 16 1 .063 0 0
Jesse Altenburg 8 14 6 .429 0 0
Frank Smykal 6 10 3 .300 0 2
Ike McAuley 4 8 2 .250 0 1
Paddy Siglin 3 4 1 .250 0 0
Billy Gleason 1 2 0 .000 0 0
Newt Halliday 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Gene Madden 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Wilbur Fisher 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Bill Batsch 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
Al Mamaux 45 310.0 21 15 2.53 163
Wilbur Cooper 42 246.0 12 11 1.87 111
Frank Miller 30 173.0 7 10 2.29 88
Burleigh Grimes 6 45.2 2 3 2.36 20

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
Bob Harmon 31 172.2 8 11 2.81 62
Erv Kantlehner 34 165.0 5 15 3.16 49
Elmer Jacobs 34 153.0 6 10 2.94 46
Babe Adams 16 72.1 2 9 5.72 22
Bill Evans 13 63.0 2 5 3.00 21

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Paul Carpenter 5 0 0 0 1.17 5
Carmen Hill 2 0 0 0 8.53 5
Jack Scott 1 0 0 0 10.80 4

References

  1. ^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ^ "Otto Knabe, Former Philly Star, To Join Pittsburgh Pirates." Scranton, Pennsylvania: The Scranton Times, April 17, 1916, p. 11 (subscription required).
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