1916 Boston Red Sox season

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The 1916 Boston Red Sox season was the 16th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses. The team then faced the National League (NL) champion Brooklyn Robins in the 1916 World Series, which the Red Sox won in five games to capture the franchise's second consecutive and fourth overall World Series.

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
Record91–63 (.591)
OwnersJoseph Lannin
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1916 Boston Red Sox
World Series champions
American League champions
1916 Boston Red Sox team photo, with Babe Ruth fourth from left in bottom row
1916 Boston Red Sox team photo, with Babe Ruth fourth from left in bottom row
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record91–63 (.591)
League place1st
OwnersJoseph Lannin
ManagersBill Carrigan
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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Ballparks

While the Red Sox' home field was Fenway Park, their final two regular season games—a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics—and their three home games of the World Series were played at Braves 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 in Worcester, Massachusetts, on October 5.[3] The game was played to raise money for a grave monument for former National League umpire John Gaffney, who had grown up in Worcester and died in 1913.[4]

Regular season

Passbook for the 1916 season

Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9163 .591 — 49‍–‍28 42‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox 8965 .578 2 49‍–‍28 40‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers 8767 .565 4 49‍–‍28 38‍–‍39
New York Yankees 8074 .519 11 46‍–‍31 34‍–‍43
St. Louis Browns 7975 .513 12 45‍–‍32 34‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians 7777 .500 14 44‍–‍33 33‍–‍44
Washington Senators 7677 .497 14½ 49‍–‍28 27‍–‍49
Philadelphia Athletics 36117 .235 54½ 23‍–‍53 13‍–‍64
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Record vs. opponents

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1916 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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—
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Opening Day lineup

Harry HooperRF
Everett ScottSS
Dick Hoblitzel1B
Tilly WalkerCF
Chick ShortenLF
Larry Gardner3B
Jack Barry2B
Pinch ThomasC
Babe RuthP

Notable transactions

Roster

1916 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

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Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB AVG OBP SLG Ref
CPinch Thomas100217 2157 10 1121 33.263 .363 .332 [6]
1BDick Hoblitzell130417 56108 17 1044 47.259 .340 .305 [7]
2BJack Barry94332 2967 6 1022 17.202 .276 .226 [8]
SSEverett Scott123364 3685 19 2029 23.234 .285 .297 [9]
3BLarry Gardner150499 49155 20 7261 51.311 .377 .391 [10]
OFTillie Walker128467 68124 29 11344 24.266 .304 .394 [11]
OFDuffy Lewis152562 57151 29 5157 34.269 .316 .343 [12]
OFHarry Hooper151576 75156 20 11136 80.271 .361 .349 [13]
P Babe Ruth 68 138 18 37 5 3 3 16 9 .268 .313 .413 [14]
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Other batters

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

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Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB AVG OBP SLG Ref
Hal Janvrin115311 3270 11 4027 33.225 .303 .286 [15]
Hick Cady78161 531 7 3014 15.193 .266 .273 [16]
Del Gainer57143 1436 6 0321 10.252 .301 .357 [17]
Mike McNally90137 2823 0 0011 11.168 .230 .168 [18]
Chick Shorten54113 1533 2 1011 9.292 .344 .327 [19]
Olaf Henriksen70104 1323 3 208 19.221 .341 .288 [20]
Sam Agnew4067 414 2 105 6.209 .293 .269 [21]
Bill Carrigan3363 717 2 1011 11.270 .378 .333 [22]
Jimmy Walsh1417 63 1 002 4.176 .333 .235 [23]
Heinie Wagner52 01 0 000 1.500 .667 .500 [24]
Raymond Haley11 00 0 000 0.000 .000 .000 [25]
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Pitchers

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

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Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB AVG OBP SLG Ref
Dutch Leonard4883 217 3 0010 6.205 .258 .241 [26]
Carl Mays4877 818 1 208 16.234 .366 .299 [27]
Ernie Shore3877 37 2 003 3.091 .125 .117 [28]
Rube Foster3862 311 3 002 3.177 .215 .226 [29]
Vean Gregg2119 02 1 000 0.105 .105 .158 [30]
Herb Pennock118 01 0 000 1.125 .222 .125 [31]
Sad Sam Jones136 02 0 000 0.333 .333 .333 [32]
Weldon Wyckoff97 11 0 000 0.143 .143 .143 [33]
Marty McHale20 00 0 000 1─ 1.000 ─ [34]
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Pitching

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

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Player G GS IP H BB R ER SO W L SV ERA Ref
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]
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1916 World Series

Main article: 1916 World Series

AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Robins (1)

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GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Robins – 5, Red Sox – 6October 7Braves Field36,117
2Robins – 1, Red Sox – 2 (14)October 9Braves Field41,373
3Red Sox – 3, Robins – 4October 10Ebbets Field21,087
4Red Sox – 6, Robins – 2October 11Ebbets Field21,662
5Robins – 1, Red Sox – 4October 12Braves Field42,620
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