1916 Major League Baseball season

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1916 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 12 – October 12, 1916
Number of games154
Number of teams16
Pennant Winners
AL champions Boston Red Sox
  AL runners-up Chicago White Sox
NL champions Brooklyn Robins
  NL runners-up Philadelphia Phillies
World Series
Champions Boston Red Sox
  Runners-up Brooklyn Robins
MLB seasons
Locations of AL teams for the 1916–1919 MLB seasons
ButtonRed.svg American League
Locations of NL teams for the 1916–1919 MLB seasons
ButtonBlue.svg National League

The 1916 Major League Baseball season began on April 12, 1916. The regular season ended on October 5, with the Brooklyn Robins and Boston Red Sox as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 13th World Series on October 7 and ended with Game 5 on October 12. The Red Sox defeated the Robins, four games to one.

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Teams

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacity
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 28,000
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio League Park 21,414
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 23,000
New York Yankees New York, New York Brush Stadium 34,000
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 23,000
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 18,000
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field 40,000
Brooklyn Robins New York, New York Ebbets Field 30,000
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois Weeghman Park 15,000
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 20,696
New York Giants New York, New York Brush Stadium 34,000
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 25,000
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Robison Field 21,000

Schedule

The 1916 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.

Opening Day, April 14, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the 1912 season. The American League would see its final day of the regular season on October 4, while the National League would see its final day of the regular season was on October 5. The World Series took place between October 7 and October 12.

Standings

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Boston Red Sox 4
NL Brooklyn Robins 1

Managers

League leaders

American League

National League

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Chicago White Sox [1] 89-4.3%679,92326.0%8,830
Detroit Tigers [2] 87-13.0%616,77229.5%8,010
New York Giants [3] 8624.6%552,05640.9%7,078
Philadelphia Phillies [4] 911.1%515,36514.6%6,524
Boston Red Sox [5] 91-9.9%496,397-8.1%6,364
Cleveland Indians [6] 7735.1%492,106208.9%6,309
New York Yankees [7] 8015.9%469,21183.3%5,939
Chicago Cubs [8] 67-8.2%453,685109.0%5,743
Brooklyn Robins [9] 9417.5%447,74750.4%5,740
St. Louis Browns [10] 7925.4%335,740123.3%4,250
Boston Braves [11] 897.2%313,495-16.7%4,019
Pittsburgh Pirates [12] 65-11.0%289,13228.1%3,707
Cincinnati Reds [13] 60-15.5%255,84616.9%3,366
St. Louis Cardinals [14] 60-16.7%224,308-11.2%2,951
Philadelphia Athletics [15] 36-16.3%184,47126.2%2,427
Washington Senators [16] 76-10.6%177,2655.9%2,188

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