1916 Philadelphia Phillies season

1916  Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Ballpark	Baker Bowl
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	William F. Baker
Managers	Pat Moran
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The following lists the events of the 1916 Philadelphia Phillies season.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Robins	94	60	0.610	—	50–27	44–33
Philadelphia Phillies	91	62	0.595	2½	50–29	41–33
Boston Braves	89	63	0.586	4	41–31	48–32
New York Giants	86	66	0.566	7	47–30	39–36
Chicago Cubs	67	86	0.438	26½	37–41	30–45
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	89	0.422	29	37–40	28–49
St. Louis Cardinals	60	93	0.392	33½	36–40	24–53
Cincinnati Reds	60	93	0.392	33½	32–44	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1916 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	13–9	14–7–2	13–9–1	11–10–1	11–11–1	14–8–1	13–9
Brooklyn	9–13	—	15–7–1	15–7–1	15–7	11–11	14–8	15–7
Chicago	7–14–2	7–15–1	—	9–13	10–12	8–14	12–10	14–8
Cincinnati	9–13–1	7–15–1	13–9	—	5–16	5–17	13–9	8–14
New York	10–11–1	7–15	12–10	16–5	—	9–13	17–5–2	15–7
Philadelphia	11–11–1	11–11	14–8	17–5	13–9	—	13–9	12–9
Pittsburgh	8–14–1	8–14	10–12	9–13	5–17–2	9–13	—	16–6
St. Louis	9–13	7–15	8–14	14–8	7–15	9–12	6–16	—

Roster

1916 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Pete Alexander Stan Baumgartner Chief Bender George Chalmers Al Demaree Gary Fortune Erv Kantlehner Erskine Mayer George McQuillan Joe Oeschger Eppa Rixey		Catchers Bert Adams Ed Burns Bill Killefer Infielders Dave Bancroft Bobby Byrne Oscar Dugey Fred Luderus Bert Niehoff Milt Stock		Outfielders Claude Cooper Gavvy Cravath Bob Gandy Wilbur Good Billy Maharg Dode Paskert Bud Weiser Possum Whitted Other batters Ben Tincup		Manager Pat Moran

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bill Killefer	97	286	62	.217	3	27
1B	Fred Luderus	146	508	143	.281	5	53
2B	Bert Niehoff	146	548	133	.243	4	61
SS	Dave Bancroft	142	477	101	.212	3	33
3B	Milt Stock	132	509	143	.281	1	43
OF	Dode Paskert	149	555	155	.279	8	46
OF	Gavvy Cravath	137	448	127	.283	11	70
OF	Possum Whitted	147	526	148	.281	6	68

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ed Burns	78	219	51	.233	0	14
Bobby Byrne	48	141	33	.234	0	9
Wilbur Good	75	136	34	.250	1	15
Oscar Dugey	41	50	11	.220	0	1
Bert Adams	11	13	3	.231	0	1
Bud Weiser	4	10	3	.300	0	1
Bob Gandy	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Ben Tincup	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Billy Maharg	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pete Alexander	48	389.0	33	12	1.55	167
Eppa Rixey	38	287.0	22	10	1.85	134
Al Demaree	39	285.0	19	14	2.62	130
Gary Fortune	1	5.0	0	1	3.60	3

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Erskine Mayer	28	140.0	7	7	3.15	62
Chief Bender	27	122.2	7	7	3.74	43
George Chalmers	12	53.2	1	4	3.19	21

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
George McQuillan	21	1	7	2	2.76	22
Joe Oeschger	14	1	0	0	2.37	17
Erv Kantlehner	3	0	0	0	9.00	2
Stan Baumgartner	1	0	0	0	2.25	0

References

• 1916 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference