1916 Cleveland Indians season

The 1916 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 77–77, 14 games behind the Boston Red Sox.

1916 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Jim Dunn
Manager(s)Lee Fohl
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9163 0.591 — 49–28 42–35
Chicago White Sox 8965 0.578 2 49–28 40–37
Detroit Tigers 8767 0.565 4 49–28 38–39
New York Yankees 8074 0.519 11 46–31 34–43
St. Louis Browns 7975 0.513 12 45–32 34–43
Cleveland Indians 7777 0.500 14 44–33 33–44
Washington Senators 7677 0.497 14½ 49–28 27–49
Philadelphia Athletics 36117 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 —14–815–714–811–1116–610–12–111–11–1
Chicago 8–14—13–913–910–1218–415–712–10–1
Cleveland 7–159–13—11–1112–1018–411–11–29–13–1
Detroit 8–149–1311–11—14–8–118–413–914–8
New York 11–1112–1010–128–14–1—15–79–1315–7–1
Philadelphia 6–164–184–184–187–15—5–176–15–1
St. Louis 12–10–17–1511–11–29–1313–917–5—10–12–1
Washington 11–11–110–12–113–9–18–147–15–115–6–112–10–1—

Notable transactions

Roster

Beginning June 26, the Indians pioneered the use of uniform numbers on their home uniform jerseys, the first team to do so in the MLB, the numbers were used up till the 1917 season.[2] Uniform numbers, through, were not worn on the away uniforms.

1916 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Player stats

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
OFTris Speaker151546211.386279

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
Ray Chapman10934680.231027

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
Jim Bagby48272.216172.7188

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

Notes
  1. Tris Speaker page at Baseball Reference
  2. http://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/numbers-on-jerseys-in-sports-why-when-first-team-indians-yankees-100-year-anniversary/311oyf8s8jzx1ehi5lhu07pgz

References
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