1916 Boston Red Sox season

The 1916 Boston Red Sox season was the 16th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses. The team then faced the National League (NL) champion Brooklyn Robins in the 1916 World Series, which the Red Sox won in five games to capture the franchise's second consecutive and fourth overall World Series.

1916 Boston Red Sox
World Series Champions American League Champions
1916 Boston Red Sox team photo, with Babe Ruth fourth from left in bottom row
League	American League
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	91–63 (.591)
League place	1st
Owners	Joseph Lannin
Managers	Bill Carrigan
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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Ballparks

While the Red Sox' home field was Fenway Park, their final two regular season games—a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics—and their three home games of the World Series were played at Braves Field,^[1] due to its larger seating capacity.^[2]

Between the end of the regular season and the start of the World Series, Boston and Philadelphia played an exhibition game in Worcester, Massachusetts, on October 5.^[3] The game was played to raise money for a grave monument for former National League umpire John Gaffney, who had grown up in Worcester and died in 1913.^[4]

Regular season

Passbook for the 1916 season

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

1916 American League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Opening Day lineup

Harry Hooper	RF
Everett Scott	SS
Dick Hoblitzel	1B
Tilly Walker	CF
Chick Shorten	LF
Larry Gardner	3B
Jack Barry	2B
Pinch Thomas	C
Babe Ruth	P

Notable transactions

• April 9, 1916: Tris Speaker was traded by the Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Sad Sam Jones, Fred Thomas, and $55,000.^[5]

Roster

1916 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Rube Foster Vean Gregg Sad Sam Jones Dutch Leonard Carl Mays Marty McHale Herb Pennock Babe Ruth Ernie Shore Weldon Wyckoff		Catchers Sam Agnew Hick Cady Bill Carrigan Pinch Thomas Infielders Jack Barry Del Gainer Larry Gardner Dick Hoblitzel Hal Janvrin Mike McNally Everett Scott Heinie Wagner Jimmy Walsh		Outfielders Olaf Henriksen Harry Hooper Duffy Lewis Chick Shorten Tilly Walker Other batters Raymond Haley		Manager Bill Carrigan

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	Pinch Thomas	99	216	57	.264	1	21
1B	Dick Hoblitzell	130	417	108	.259	0	39
2B	Jack Barry	94	330	67	.203	0	20
SS	Everett Scott	123	366	85	.232	0	27
3B	Larry Gardner	148	493	152	.308	2	62
OF	Tillie Walker	128	467	124	.266	3	46
OF	Duffy Lewis	152	563	151	.268	1	56
OF	Harry Hooper	151	575	156	.271	1	37

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
Hal Janvrin	117	310	69	.223	0	26
Hick Cady	78	162	31	.191	0	13
Del Gainer	56	142	36	.254	3	18
Mike McNally	87	135	23	.170	0	9
Chick Shorten	53	112	33	.295	0	11
Olaf Henriksen	68	99	20	.202	0	11
Sam Agnew	40	67	14	.209	0	7
Bill Carrigan	33	63	17	.270	0	11
Jimmy Walsh	14	17	3	.176	0	2
Heinie Wagner	6	8	4	.500	0	0
Raymond Haley	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
Babe Ruth	44	323.2	23	12	1.75	170
Dutch Leonard	48	274.0	18	12	2.36	144
Carl Mays	44	245.0	18	13	2.39	76
Ernie Shore	38	225.2	16	10	2.63	62
Rube Foster	33	182.1	14	7	3.06	53

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
Vean Gregg	21	77.2	2	5	3.01	41
Herb Pennock	9	26.2	0	2	3.04	12
Marty McHale	2	6.0	0	1	3.00	1

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
Sad Sam Jones	12	0	1	1	3.67	7
Weldon Wyckoff	8	0	0	1	4.76	18

1916 World Series

Main article: 1916 World Series

AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Robins (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Robins – 5, Red Sox – 6	October 7	Braves Field	36,117
2	Robins – 1, Red Sox – 2 (14)	October 9	Braves Field	41,373
3	Red Sox – 3, Robins – 4	October 10	Ebbets Field	21,087
4	Red Sox – 6, Robins – 2	October 11	Ebbets Field	21,662
5	Robins – 1, Red Sox – 4	October 12	Braves Field	42,620

References

1. "1916 Log For Braves Field in Boston, MA". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
2. "The Ballparks: Braves Field". This Great Game. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
3. "Mackman Shut Out Team of the Red Sox". The Boston Globe. October 6, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved October 15, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
4. Ballou, Bill (June 17, 2017). "Baseball: 'King of Umpires' John Gaffney called Worcester home". Telegram & Gazette. Worcester, Massachusetts. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
5. Tris Speaker page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1916 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1916 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com