1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1916 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907);
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Nixey Callahan
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The 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 35th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 30th in the National League. 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 Records Sources:
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)

May: 11–14 (Home: 6–12; Away: 5–2)

June: 11–9 (Home: 4–2; Away: 7–7)

July: 11–18 (Home: 8–10; Away: 3–8)

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)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1916 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Babe Adams

Paul Carpenter

Wilbur Cooper

Bill Evans

Burleigh Grimes

Bob Harmon

Carmen Hill

Elmer Jacobs

Erv Kantlehner

Al Mamaux

Frank Miller

Jack Scott

Catchers

William Fischer

George Gibson

Walter Schmidt

Bill Wagner

Art Wilson

Infielders

Doug Baird

Carson Bigbee

Jack Farmer

Billy Gleason

Newt Halliday

Doc Johnston

Otto Knabe

Ike McAuley

Alex McCarthy

Joe Schultz

Paddy Siglin

Jimmy Smith

Frank Smykal

Jim Viox

Honus Wagner

Hooks Warner

Outfielders

Jesse Altenburg

Ed Barney

Max Carey

Pete Compton

Dan Costello

Bill Hinchman

Lee King

Ray O'Brien

Wildfire Schulte

Other batters

Bill Batsch

Wilbur Fisher

Gene Madden

Manager

Nixey Callahan

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

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 King	8	18	2	.111	0	1

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

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
Babe Adams	16	72.1	2	9	5.72	22

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

References

From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

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[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

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