1916 Philadelphia Athletics season

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The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics season was the 16th season of the Philadelphia Athletics baseball franchise. The team concluded the season in eighth place within the American League, achieving a record of 36 wins against 117 losses. Baseball historians frequently regard the 1916 Athletics as the poorest-performing team in the history of the American League,[1] with a winning percentage of .235, which remains the lowest for any modern major league team since 1900. The 117 losses recorded by the team stood as a Major League Baseball record until the expansion New York Mets surpassed it in 1962, finishing with 120 losses but a slightly better winning percentage of .250.[2][3][4]

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
Record36–117 (.235)
OwnersConnie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, and John Shibe
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1916 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
Record36–117 (.235)
League place8th
OwnersConnie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
← 1915
1917 â†’
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Regular 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

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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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Roster

1916 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBilly Meyer5013832.232112
1BStuffy McInnis140512151.295160
2BNap Lajoie113426105.246235
SSWhitey Witt143563138.245236
3BCharlie Pick12139896.241020
OFWally Schang11033890.266738
OFAmos Strunk150544172.316349
OFJimmy Walsh11439091.233127
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Lee McElwee5415541.265010
Rube Oldring4014636.247014
Lee King4214427.18808
Otis Lawry4112325.20304
Val Picinich4011823.19505
Raymond Haley3410825.23104
Roy Grover207721.27307
Bill Stellbauer254813.27105
Jim Brown144210.23815
Ralph Mitterling13396.15402
Harland Rowe17365.13903
Red Lanning19336.18201
Buck Thrasher7299.31004
Mike Murphy14273.11101
Thomas Healy6236.26102
Doc Carroll10222.09100
Charlie Grimm12222.09100
Shag Thompson15170.00000
Bill Johnson4154.26701
Moxie Divis361.16701
Lew Malone540.00000
Sam Crane241.25000
Harry Davis100----00
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Elmer Myers44315.014233.66182
Bullet Joe Bush40286.215242.57157
Jack Nabors40212.21203.4774
Jing Johnson1284.1283.7425
Rube Parnham424.2214.018
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Sheehan38188.01163.6954
Marsh Williams1051.1067.8917
Cap Crowell939.2054.9915
George Hesselbacher626.0047.276
Red Lanning624.1038.149
Socks Seibold321.2124.155
Weldon Wyckoff721.1015.484
Rube Bressler415.0026.608
Carl Ray39.1014.825
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
Harry Weaver300010.132
Michael Driscoll10105.400
Axel Lindstrom10004.501
Bill Morrisette10006.752
Walt Whittaker10004.500
Jack Richardson100040.501
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Awards and honors

League top five finishers

  • Bullet Joe Bush: #4 in AL in strikeouts (157)
  • Bullet Joe Bush: #3 in AL in shutouts (8)
  • Bullet Joe Bush: #3 in AL in complete games (25)
  • Bullet Joe Bush: MLB leader in losses (24)
  • Bullet Joe Bush: MLB leader in wild pitches (15)
  • Bullet Joe Bush: #2 in AL in walks allowed (130)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in strikeouts (182)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in complete games (31)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in losses (23)
  • Elmer Myers: MLB leader in earned runs allowed (128)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in hits allowed (280)
  • Elmer Myers: MLB leader in walks allowed (168)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in home runs allowed (7)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in wild pitches (13)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in hit batsmen (14)
  • Jack Nabors: #3 in AL in losses (20)
  • Amos Strunk: #4 in AL in batting average (.316)

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