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1916 St. Louis Browns season

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1916 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record79–75 (.513)
League place5th
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersFielder Jones
← 1915 Seasons 1917 →

The 1916 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 91 63 .591 49‍–‍28 42‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox 89 65 .578 2 49‍–‍28 40‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers 87 67 .565 4 49‍–‍28 38‍–‍39
New York Yankees 80 74 .519 11 46‍–‍31 34‍–‍43
St. Louis Browns 79 75 .513 12 45‍–‍32 34‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians 77 77 .500 14 44‍–‍33 33‍–‍44
Washington Senators 76 77 .497 14½ 49‍–‍28 27‍–‍49
Philadelphia Athletics 36 117 .235 54½ 23‍–‍53 13‍–‍64

Record vs. opponents

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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

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1916 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Hank Severeid 100 293 80 .273 0 34
1B George Sisler 151 580 177 .305 4 76
2B Del Pratt 158 596 159 .267 5 103
SS Doc Lavan 110 343 81 .236 0 19
3B Jimmy Austin 129 411 85 .207 1 28
OF Armando Marsans 151 528 134 .254 1 60
OF Burt Shotton 156 614 174 .283 1 36
OF Ward Miller 146 485 129 .266 1 50

Other batters

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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
Ernie Johnson 74 236 54 .229 0 19
Grover Hartley 89 222 50 .225 0 12
Jack Tobin 77 150 32 .213 0 10
Babe Borton 66 98 22 .224 1 12
Charlie Deal 23 74 10 .135 0 10
William Rumler 27 37 12 .324 0 10
Harry Chapman 18 31 3 .097 0 0
Bobby Wallace 14 18 5 .278 0 1
Verne Clemons 4 7 1 .143 0 0
Gene Paulette 5 4 2 .500 0 0
George Hale 4 1 0 .000 0 0
Ray Kennedy 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Carl Weilman 46 276.0 17 18 2.15 91
Eddie Plank 37 235.2 16 15 2.33 88
Bob Groom 41 217.1 13 9 2.57 92
George Sisler 3 27.0 1 2 1.00 12

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Davenport 59 290.2 12 11 2.85 129
Ernie Koob 33 166.2 11 8 2.54 26
Earl Hamilton 23 95.1 5 7 3.30 25
Jim Park 26 79.0 1 4 2.62 26
George Baumgardner 4 8.0 1 0 7.88 4

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tim McCabe 13 2 0 0 3.16 7
Bill Fincher 12 0 1 0 2.14 5
Doc Crandall 2 0 0 0 27.00 0

Notes

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References

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