| 1916 Cleveland Indians | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | American League | |||
| Ballpark | Dunn Field | |||
| City | Cleveland, Ohio | |||
| Record | 77–77 (.500) | |||
| League place | 6th | |||
| Owners | Jim Dunn | |||
| Managers | Lee Fohl | |||
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The1916Cleveland Indians season was a season in Americanbaseball. The team finished sixth in theAmerican League with a record of 77–77, 14 games behind theBoston Red Sox.
| 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 |
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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 | — | |||||
Beginning June 26, the Indians pioneered the use of uniform numbers on their home uniform jerseys, the first team to do so in MLB. The numbers were used up till the 1917 season.[2] Uniform numbers, though, were not worn on the away uniforms.
| 1916 Cleveland Indians | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders Other batters | Manager | ||||||
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 | Steve O'Neill | 130 | 378 | 89 | .235 | 0 | 29 |
| 1B | Chick Gandil | 146 | 533 | 138 | .259 | 0 | 72 |
| 2B | Ivan Howard | 81 | 246 | 46 | .187 | 0 | 23 |
| SS | Bill Wambsganss | 136 | 475 | 117 | .246 | 0 | 45 |
| 3B | Terry Turner | 124 | 428 | 112 | .262 | 0 | 38 |
| OF | Braggo Roth | 125 | 409 | 117 | .286 | 4 | 72 |
| OF | Tris Speaker | 151 | 546 | 211 | .386 | 2 | 79 |
| OF | Jack Graney | 155 | 589 | 142 | .241 | 5 | 54 |
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 Chapman | 109 | 346 | 80 | .231 | 0 | 27 |
| Elmer Smith | 79 | 213 | 59 | .277 | 3 | 40 |
| Joe Evans | 33 | 82 | 12 | .146 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Daly | 31 | 73 | 16 | .219 | 0 | 8 |
| Walter Barbare | 13 | 48 | 11 | .229 | 0 | 3 |
| Marty Kavanagh | 19 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 1 | 10 |
| Hank DeBerry | 15 | 33 | 9 | .273 | 0 | 4 |
| Josh Billings | 22 | 31 | 5 | .161 | 0 | 1 |
| Danny Moeller | 25 | 30 | 2 | .067 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Coleman | 19 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 4 |
| Clyde Engle | 11 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
| Lou Guisto | 6 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 2 |
| Milo Allison | 14 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Bergman | 8 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Lohr | 3 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Bradley | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Chappell | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Leonard | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie Welf | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
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 Bagby Sr. | 48 | 272.2 | 16 | 17 | 2.61 | 88 |
| Stan Coveleski | 45 | 232.0 | 15 | 13 | 3.41 | 76 |
| Guy Morton | 27 | 149.2 | 12 | 6 | 2.89 | 88 |
| Fred Beebe | 20 | 100.2 | 5 | 3 | 2.41 | 32 |
| Joe Boehling | 12 | 60.2 | 2 | 4 | 2.67 | 18 |
| Grover Lowdermilk | 10 | 51.1 | 1 | 5 | 3.16 | 28 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Klepfer | 31 | 143.0 | 6 | 6 | 2.52 | 62 |
| Fritz Coumbe | 29 | 120.1 | 7 | 5 | 2.02 | 39 |
| Al Gould | 30 | 106.2 | 5 | 6 | 2.53 | 41 |
| Otis Lambeth | 15 | 74.0 | 4 | 4 | 2.92 | 28 |
| Willie Mitchell | 12 | 43.2 | 2 | 5 | 5.15 | 24 |
| Pop-Boy Smith | 5 | 25.2 | 1 | 2 | 3.86 | 4 |
| Ken Penner | 4 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.26 | 5 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty McHale | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.56 | 2 |
| Rip Hagerman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 1 |
| Red Gunkel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Shorty Desjardien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
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