1916 Boston Red Sox | ||||
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World Series Champions American League Champions | ||||
![]() 1916 Boston Red Sox team photo, withBabe 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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The1916 Boston Red Sox season was the 16th season in the franchise'sMajor League Baseball history. TheRed Sox finished first in theAmerican League (AL) with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses. The team then faced theNational League (NL) championBrooklyn Robins in the1916 World Series, which the Red Sox won in five games to capture the franchise's second consecutive and fourth overall World Series.
While the Red Sox' home field wasFenway Park, their final two regular season games—adoubleheader against thePhiladelphia Athletics—and their three home games of the World Series were played atBraves 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 inWorcester, Massachusetts, on October 5.[3] The game was played to raise money for a grave monument for formerNational League umpireJohn Gaffney, who had grown up in Worcester and died in 1913.[4]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 | — |
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 |
1916 Boston Red Sox | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders Other batters | Manager |
Note: Pos=Position; G=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | AVG | OBP | SLG | Ref |
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C | Pinch Thomas | 100 | 217 | 21 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 33 | .263 | .363 | .332 | [6] |
1B | Dick Hoblitzell | 130 | 417 | 56 | 108 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 47 | .259 | .340 | .305 | [7] |
2B | Jack Barry | 94 | 332 | 29 | 67 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 17 | .202 | .276 | .226 | [8] |
SS | Everett Scott | 123 | 364 | 36 | 85 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 23 | .234 | .285 | .297 | [9] |
3B | Larry Gardner | 150 | 499 | 49 | 155 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 61 | 51 | .311 | .377 | .391 | [10] |
OF | Tillie Walker | 128 | 467 | 68 | 124 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 44 | 24 | .266 | .304 | .394 | [11] |
OF | Duffy Lewis | 152 | 562 | 57 | 151 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 34 | .269 | .316 | .343 | [12] |
OF | Harry Hooper | 151 | 576 | 75 | 156 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 36 | 80 | .271 | .361 | .349 | [13] |
P | Babe Ruth | 68 | 138 | 18 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | .268 | .313 | .413 | [14] |
Note: G=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | AVG | OBP | SLG | Ref |
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Hal Janvrin | 115 | 311 | 32 | 70 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 33 | .225 | .303 | .286 | [15] |
Hick Cady | 78 | 161 | 5 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 15 | .193 | .266 | .273 | [16] |
Del Gainer | 57 | 143 | 14 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | .252 | .301 | .357 | [17] |
Mike McNally | 90 | 137 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .168 | .230 | .168 | [18] |
Chick Shorten | 54 | 113 | 15 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .292 | .344 | .327 | [19] |
Olaf Henriksen | 70 | 104 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .221 | .341 | .288 | [20] |
Sam Agnew | 40 | 67 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .209 | .293 | .269 | [21] |
Bill Carrigan | 33 | 63 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .270 | .378 | .333 | [22] |
Jimmy Walsh | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .176 | .333 | .235 | [23] |
Heinie Wagner | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .500 | [24] |
Raymond Haley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | [25] |
Note: G=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | AVG | OBP | SLG | Ref |
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Dutch Leonard | 48 | 83 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | .205 | .258 | .241 | [26] |
Carl Mays | 48 | 77 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .234 | .366 | .299 | [27] |
Ernie Shore | 38 | 77 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .091 | .125 | .117 | [28] |
Rube Foster | 38 | 62 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .177 | .215 | .226 | [29] |
Vean Gregg | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .158 | [30] |
Herb Pennock | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .125 | [31] |
Sad Sam Jones | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | [32] |
Weldon Wyckoff | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | [33] |
Marty McHale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ─ | 1.000 | ─ | [34] |
Note: G=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average
Player | G | GS | IP | H | BB | R | ER | SO | W | L | SV | ERA | Ref |
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Babe Ruth | 44 | 40 | 323+2⁄3 | 230 | 118 | 83 | 64 | 169 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 1.78 | [35] |
Dutch Leonard | 48 | 35 | 273 | 242 | 66 | 86 | 71 | 145 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2.34 | [36] |
Carl Mays | 44 | 24 | 245 | 208 | 74 | 80 | 66 | 77 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2.42 | [37] |
Ernie Shore | 38 | 28 | 225+1⁄3 | 221 | 49 | 84 | 67 | 62 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2.68 | [38] |
Rube Foster | 33 | 19 | 183 | 175 | 86 | 72 | 59 | 55 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2.90 | [39] |
Vean Gregg | 21 | 7 | 77+1⁄3 | 72 | 30 | 32 | 26 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3.03 | [40] |
Herb Pennock | 9 | 2 | 26+2⁄3 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.04 | [41] |
Sad Sam Jones | 12 | 0 | 26+2⁄3 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.04 | [42] |
Weldon Wyckoff | 8 | 0 | 22+2⁄3 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.76 | [43] |
Marty McHale | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | [44] |
ALBoston Red Sox (4) vs. NLBrooklyn Robins (1)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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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 |