1916 Philadelphia Athletics season

1916 Philadelphia Athletics
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Owner(s) Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s) Connie Mack
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The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 36 wins and 117 losses. The 1916 team is often considered by baseball historians 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 9163 0.591 — 49–28 42–35
Chicago White Sox 8965 0.578 2 49–28 40–37
Detroit Tigers 8767 0.565 4 49–28 38–39
New York Yankees 8074 0.519 11 46–31 34–43
St. Louis Browns 7975 0.513 12 45–32 34–43
Cleveland Indians 7777 0.500 14 44–33 33–44
Washington Senators 7677 0.497 14½ 49–28 27–49
Philadelphia Athletics 36117 0.235 54½ 23–53 13–64

Record vs. opponents

1916 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —14–815–714–811–1116–610–12–111–11–1
Chicago 8–14—13–913–910–1218–415–712–10–1
Cleveland 7–159–13—11–1112–1018–411–11–29–13–1
Detroit 8–149–1311–11—14–8–118–413–914–8
New York 11–1112–1010–128–14–1—15–79–1315–7–1
Philadelphia 6–164–184–184–187–15—5–176–15–1
St. Louis 12–10–17–1511–11–29–1313–917–5—10–12–1
Washington 11–11–110–12–113–9–18–147–15–115–6–112–10–1—

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
2BNap Lajoie113426105.246235
OFAmos Strunk150544172.316349
OFJimmy Walsh11439091.233127

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 King4214427.18808
Richard Haley3410825.23104
Roy Grover207721.27307
Jim Brown144210.23815
Red Lanning19336.18201
Shag Thompson15170.00000
Bill Johnson4154.26701
Sam Crane241.25000
Harry Davis110.00000

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 Myers4431514233.66182
Joe Bush40286.215242.57157
Jack Nabors40212.21203.4774
Jing Johnson1284.1283.7425
Rube Parnham424.2214.018

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 Sheehan381881163.6954
Cap Crowell939.2054.9915
George Hesselbacher626047.276
Red Lanning624.1038.149
Socks Seibold321.2124.155
Rube Bressler415026.608
Carl Ray39.1014.825

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
Michael Driscoll10105.400
Axel Lindstrom10004.501
Bill Morrisette10006.752
Jack Richardson100040.501

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

  • Joe Bush: #4 in AL in strikeouts (157)
  • Joe Bush: #3 in AL in shutouts (8)
  • Joe Bush: #3 in AL in complete games (25)
  • Joe Bush: MLB leader in losses (24)
  • Joe Bush: MLB leader in wild pitches (15)
  • Joe Bush: #2 in AL in walks allowed (130)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in strikeouts (182)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in complete games (31)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in losses (23)
  • Elmer Myers: MLB leader in earned runs allowed (128)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in hits allowed (280)
  • Elmer Myers: MLB leader in walks allowed (168)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in home runs allowed (7)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in wild pitches (13)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in hit batsmen (14)
  • Jack Nabors: #3 in AL in losses (20)
  • Amos Strunk: #4 in AL in batting average (.316)

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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