1916 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1916  Philadelphia Athletics
League American League
Ballpark Shibe Park
City Philadelphia
Record36–117 (.235)
League place8th
Owners Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, and John Shibe
Managers Connie Mack
  1915
1917  

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 win 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]

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9163.59149284235
Chicago White Sox 8965.578249284037
Detroit Tigers 8767.565449283839
New York Yankees 8074.5191146313443
St. Louis Browns 7975.5131245323443
Cleveland Indians 7777.5001444333344
Washington Senators 7677.49714½49282749
Philadelphia Athletics 36117.23554½23531364

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 14–815–714–811–1116–610–12–111–11–1
Chicago 8–1413–913–910–1218–415–712–10–1
Cleveland 7–159–1311–1112–1018–411–11–29–13–1
Detroit 8–149–1311–1114–8–118–413–914–8
New York 11–1112–1010–128–14–115–79–1315–7–1
Philadelphia 6–164–184–184–187–155–176–15–1
St. Louis 12–10–17–1511–11–29–1313–917–510–12–1
Washington 11–11–110–12–113–9–18–147–15–115–6–112–10–1

Roster

1916 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
PitchersCatchers

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Billy Meyer 5013832.232112
1B Stuffy McInnis 140512151.295160
2B Nap Lajoie 113426105.246235
SS Whitey Witt 143563138.245236
3B Charlie Pick 12139896.241020
OF Wally Schang 11033890.266738
OF Amos Strunk 150544172.316349
OF Jimmy Walsh 11439091.233127

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Lee McElwee 5415541.265010
Rube Oldring 4014636.247014
Lee King 4214427.18808
Otis Lawry 4112325.20304
Val Picinich 4011823.19505
Raymond Haley 3410825.23104
Roy Grover 207721.27307
Bill Stellbauer 254813.27105
Jim Brown 144210.23815
Ralph Mitterling 13396.15402
Harland Rowe 17365.13903
Red Lanning 19336.18201
Buck Thrasher 7299.31004
Mike Murphy 14273.11101
Thomas Healy 6236.26102
Doc Carroll 10222.09100
Charlie Grimm 12222.09100
Shag Thompson 15170.00000
Bill Johnson 4154.26701
Moxie Divis 361.16701
Lew Malone 540.00000
Sam Crane 241.25000
Harry Davis 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Elmer Myers 44315.014233.66182
Bullet Joe Bush 40286.215242.57157
Jack Nabors 40212.21203.4774
Jing Johnson 1284.1283.7425
Rube Parnham 424.2214.018

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tom Sheehan 38188.01163.6954
Marsh Williams 1051.1067.8917
Cap Crowell 939.2054.9915
George Hesselbacher 626.0047.276
Red Lanning 624.1038.149
Socks Seibold 321.2124.155
Weldon Wyckoff 721.1015.484
Rube Bressler 415.0026.608
Carl Ray 39.1014.825

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Harry Weaver 300010.132
Michael Driscoll 10105.400
Axel Lindstrom 10004.501
Bill Morrisette 10006.752
Walt Whittaker 10004.500
Jack Richardson 100040.501

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

See also

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References

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  2. "Chicago White Sox lose 100th game, Detroit Tigers near sweep". ESPN.com. August 25, 2024. Retrieved August 25, 2024. In MLB history, only the 1916 Philadelphia A's, who were 29-100-1, reached 100 losses in fewer games than the White Sox.
  3. Axisa, Mike (August 25, 2024). "White Sox lose 100th game of 2024 MLB season: Chicago club on pace to beat 1962 Mets for most losses". CBSSports.com. Retrieved August 25, 2024.