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 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 Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL 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
2B Lajoie, NapNap Lajoie 113 426 105 .246 2 35
OF Strunk, AmosAmos Strunk 150 544 172 .316 3 49
OF Walsh, JimmyJimmy 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
King, LeeLee King 42 144 27 .188 0 8
Haley, RichardRichard Haley 34 108 25 .231 0 4
Grover, RoyRoy Grover 20 77 21 .273 0 7
Brown, JimJim Brown 14 42 10 .238 1 5
Lanning, RedRed Lanning 19 33 6 .182 0 1
Thompson, ShagShag Thompson 15 17 0 .000 0 0
Johnson, BillBill Johnson 4 15 4 .267 0 1
Crane, SamSam Crane 2 4 1 .250 0 0
Davis, HarryHarry Davis 1 1 0 .000 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
Myers, ElmerElmer Myers 44 315 14 23 3.66 182
Bush, JoeJoe Bush 40 286.2 15 24 2.57 157
Nabors, JackJack Nabors 40 212.2 1 20 3.47 74
Johnson, JingJing Johnson 12 84.1 2 8 3.74 25
Parnham, RubeRube 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
Sheehan, TomTom Sheehan 38 188 1 16 3.69 54
Crowell, CapCap Crowell 9 39.2 0 5 4.99 15
Hesselbacher, GeorgeGeorge Hesselbacher 6 26 0 4 7.27 6
Lanning, RedRed Lanning 6 24.1 0 3 8.14 9
Seibold, SocksSocks Seibold 3 21.2 1 2 4.15 5
Bressler, RubeRube Bressler 4 15 0 2 6.60 8
Ray, CarlCarl 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
Driscoll, MichaelMichael Driscoll 1 0 1 0 5.40 0
Lindstrom, AxelAxel Lindstrom 1 0 0 0 4.50 1
Morrisette, BillBill Morrisette 1 0 0 0 6.75 2
Richardson, JackJack 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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