1916 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1916 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1916 in baseball.

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson throws out the ball on opening day of baseball season, 1916

The 1916 Major League Baseball season.

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Tris Speaker CLE .386 Hal Chase CIN .339 HR Wally Pipp NYY 12 Dave Robertson NYG Cy Williams CHC 12 RBI Del Pratt SLB 103 Heinie Zimmerman 2TM 83 Wins Walter Johnson WSH 25 Pete Alexander PHI 33 ERA Babe Ruth BOS 1.75 Pete Alexander PHI 1.55 SO Walter Johnson WSH 228 Pete Alexander PHI 167 SV Bob Shawkey NYY 8 Red Ames STL 8 SB Ty Cobb DET 68 Max Carey PIT 63

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

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

National League final standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Robins	94	60	.610	—	50‍–‍27	44‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies	91	62	.595	2½	50‍–‍29	41‍–‍33
Boston Braves	89	63	.586	4	41‍–‍31	48‍–‍32
New York Giants	86	66	.566	7	47‍–‍30	39‍–‍36
Chicago Cubs	67	86	.438	26½	37‍–‍41	30‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	89	.422	29	37‍–‍40	28‍–‍49
St. Louis Cardinals	60	93	.392	33½	36‍–‍40	24‍–‍53
Cincinnati Reds	60	93	.392	33½	32‍–‍44	28‍–‍49

World Series

The Red Sox defeated the Robins, four games to one.

External links

Media related to 1916 in Major League Baseball at Wikimedia Commons

• 1916 season at Baseball-reference.com