1916 New York Yankees season

1916 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Polo Grounds (since 1913); New York City, New York (since 1903);
Other information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Manager(s)	Bill Donovan
	< Previous season Next season >

The 1916 New York Yankees season was the 14th season for the Yankees in New York, and the 16th overall for the franchise. The team finished with a record of 80–74, finishing 11 games behind the American League champion Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Bill Donovan. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds.

Opening game

The game was on April 20, 1916, at Griffith Stadium against the Washington Senators. President Woodrow Wilson threw out the ceremonial first pitch. The Senators, behind Walter Johnson, defeated New York, 12-4.[1]

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 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Jess Buckles

Ray Caldwell

Mike Cantwell

Nick Cullop

Bill Donovan

Ray Fisher

Ray Keating

Slim Love

Cliff Markle

George Mogridge

Allen Russell

Bob Shawkey

Urban Shocker

Catchers

Walt Alexander

Les Nunamaker

Roxy Walters

Infielders

Ángel Aragón

Home Run Baker

Lute Boone

Joe Gedeon

Charlie Mullen

Roger Peckinpaugh

Wally Pipp

Outfielders

Paddy Baumann

Doc Cook

Frank Gilhooley

Roy Hartzell

Tim Hendryx

Hugh High

Solly Hofman

Lee Magee

Fritz Maisel

Elmer Miller

Rube Oldring

Germany Schaefer

Manager

Bill Donovan

Coaches

Duke Farrell

Germany Schaefer

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
C	Les Nunamaker	91	260	77	.296	0	28
1B	Wally Pipp	151	545	143	.262	12	93
2B	Joe Gedeon	122	435	92	.211	0	27
SS	Roger Peckinpaugh	145	552	141	.255	4	58
3B	Home Run Baker	100	360	97	.269	10	52
OF	Lee Magee	131	510	131	.257	3	45
OF	Frank Gilhooley	58	223	62	.278	1	10
OF	Hugh High	116	377	99	.263	1	28

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
Paddy Baumann	79	237	68	.287	1	25
Roxy Walters	66	203	54	.266	0	23
Fritz Maisel	53	158	36	.228	0	7
Rube Oldring	43	158	37	.234	1	12
Elmer Miller	43	152	34	.224	1	18
Charlie Mullen	59	146	39	.267	0	18
Lute Boone	46	124	23	.185	1	8
Walt Alexander	36	78	20	.256	0	3
Roy Hartzell	33	64	12	.188	0	7
Tim Hendryx	15	62	18	.290	0	5
Solly Hofman	6	27	8	.296	0	2
Ángel Aragón	12	24	5	.208	0	3
Doc Cook	4	10	1	.100	0	1
Germany Schaefer	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Bob Shawkey	53	276.2	24	14	2.21	122
George Mogridge	30	194.2	6	12	2.31	66
Ray Fisher	31	179	11	8	3.17	56
Nick Cullop	28	167	13	6	2.05	77
Ray Caldwell	21	165.2	5	12	2.99	76
Ray Keating	14	91	5	6	3.07	35
Urban Shocker	12	82.1	4	3	2.62	43

Other pitchers