1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1916  Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Nixey Callahan
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The 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 35th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 30th in the National League. In April 1916, newspapers reported that Otto Knabe would join the team at second base at the end of the month. ^[2]

The Pirates finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 65–89.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Robins	94	60	.610	—	50‍–‍27	44‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies	91	62	.595	2½	50‍–‍29	41‍–‍33
Boston Braves	89	63	.586	4	41‍–‍31	48‍–‍32
New York Giants	86	66	.566	7	47‍–‍30	39‍–‍36
Chicago Cubs	67	86	.438	26½	37‍–‍41	30‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	89	.422	29	37‍–‍40	28‍–‍49
St. Louis Cardinals	60	93	.392	33½	36‍–‍40	24‍–‍53
Cincinnati Reds	60	93	.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	—

Game log

1916 Game Log: 65–89 (Home: 37–40; Away: 28–49)
April: 6–8 (Home: 3–1; Away: 3–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 12 @ Cardinals 1–2 Doak Kantlehner (0–1) — — 0–1 2 April 13 @ Cardinals 4–0 Adams (1–0) Meadows — — 1–1 3 April 14 @ Cardinals 3–5 Jasper Harmon (0–1) Griner — 1–2 4 April 15 @ Cardinals 6–1 Mamaux (1–0) Hall — — 2–2 5 April 16 @ Reds 1–6 Toney Miller (0–1) — — 2–3 6 April 17 @ Reds 10–1 Kantlehner (1–1) Dale — — 3–3 7 April 18 @ Reds 3–4 (10) Schneider Adams (1–1) — — 3–4 8 April 20 Cardinals 0–5 Meadows Mamaux (1–1) Sallee — 3–5 9 April 21 Cardinals 8–0 Harmon (1–1) Steele — — 4–5 10 April 23 @ Cubs 0–3 McConnell Kantlehner (1–2) — 16,000 4–6 11 April 26 @ Cubs 3–6 Lavender Adams (1–2) Prendergast — 4–7 12 April 28 Reds 5–1 Harmon (2–1) Schneider — — 5–7 13 April 29 Reds 2–1 Mamaux (2–1) Toney Miller (1) — 6–7 14 April 30 @ Reds 7–8 Schneider Harmon (2–2) — — 6–8
May: 11–14 (Home: 6–12; Away: 5–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 15 May 1 @ Reds 0–3 Mitchell Adams (1–3) — — 6–9 16 May 4 Cubs 4–2 Cooper (1–0) Lavender — 4,000 7–9 17 May 5 Cubs 3–5 (13) Seaton Kantlehner (1–3) — — 7–10 18 May 6 Cubs 1–2 Vaughn Adams (1–4) — 8,000 7–11 19 May 7 @ Cubs 1–0 Kantlehner (2–3) Lavender — 19,000 8–11 20 May 8 @ Cubs 1–2 McConnell Cooper (1–1) — — 8–12 21 May 8 @ Cubs 6–4 Mamaux (3–1) Packard — — 9–12 22 May 9 Giants 5–13 Tesreau Harmon (2–3) Mathewson — 9–13 23 May 10 Giants 1–7 Anderson Adams (1–5) — 2,000 9–14 24 May 11 Giants 2–3 Perritt Kantlehner (2–4) Stroud 2,000 9–15 25 May 12 Giants 2–3 (10) Schauer Mamaux (3–2) — 2,000 9–16 26 May 13 Braves 5–3 Adams (2–5) Reulbach Kantlehner (1) — 10–16 27 May 15 Braves 8–7 Harmon (3–3) Rudolph Mamaux (1) — 11–16 28 May 18 Phillies 0–3 Alexander Kantlehner (2–5) — — 11–17 29 May 19 Phillies 4–2 Mamaux (4–2) McQuillan — — 12–17 30 May 20 Phillies 1–5 Demaree Adams (2–6) — — 12–18 31 May 23 Robins 0–6 Pfeffer Kantlehner (2–6) — — 12–19 32 May 24 Robins 2–3 (10) Cheney Harmon (3–4) — — 12–20 33 May 25 Robins 5–0 Miller (1–1) Dell — — 13–20 34 May 26 @ Cardinals 6–5 (11) Mamaux (5–2) Sallee — 2,000 14–20 35 May 28 @ Cardinals 4–0 Cooper (2–1) Doak — — 15–20 36 May 28 @ Cardinals 4–1 (5) Mamaux (6–2) Meadows — — 16–20 37 May 29 Reds 1–6 Mitchell Jacobs (0–1) — — 16–21 38 May 30 Reds 9–8 Cooper (3–1) Schulz — — 17–21 39 May 31 Reds 2–5 (16) Toney Miller (1–2) — — 17–22
June: 11–9 (Home: 4–2; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 40 June 1 Reds 8–4 Harmon (4–4) Schneider — — 18–22 41 June 2 @ Robins 5–2 Mamaux (7–2) Appleton — — 19–22 42 June 5 @ Robins 2–3 Dell Miller (1–3) — 2,500 19–23 43 June 6 @ Giants 3–2 Mamaux (8–2) Benton — 9,000 20–23 44 June 12 @ Phillies 1–2 Alexander Mamaux (8–3) — — 20–24 45 June 13 @ Phillies 3–5 Bender Adams (2–7) — 4,000 20–25 46 June 14 @ Phillies 2–3 (12) Rixey Jacobs (0–2) — — 20–26 47 June 15 @ Braves 2–1 Mamaux (9–3) Reulbach — — 21–26 48 June 16 @ Braves 0–2 Hughes Kantlehner (2–7) — — 21–27 49 June 20 Cardinals 6–10 (12) Jasper Miller (1–4) Williams — 21–28 50 June 22 Cardinals 8–4 Jacobs (1–2) Williams — — 22–28 51 June 23 Cardinals 7–8 Jasper Harmon (4–5) Ames — 22–29 52 June 24 Cardinals 4–3 Mamaux (10–3) Steele — — 23–29 53 June 24 Cardinals 5–2 Miller (2–4) Hall — — 24–29 54 June 25 @ Cubs 8–3 (12) Cooper (4–1) Vaughn — — 25–29 55 June 27 @ Cubs 0–1 Prendergast Cooper (4–2) — — 25–30 56 June 27 @ Cubs 4–10 Seaton Adams (2–8) Prendergast — 25–31 57 June 28 @ Cubs 3–2 Mamaux (11–3) Lavender — — 26–31 58 June 28 @ Cubs 3–2 (18) Cooper (5–2) McConnell — — 27–31 59 June 30 @ Reds 3–2 Harmon (5–5) Schneider — — 28–31
July: 11–18 (Home: 8–10; Away: 3–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 60 July 1 @ Reds 2–1 Mamaux (12–3) Knetzer — — 29–31 61 July 2 @ Reds 2–3 Toney Miller (2–5) — — 29–32 62 July 2 @ Reds 6–1 (5) Kantlehner (3–7) Dale — 6,000 30–32 63 July 3 Cubs 2–3 Seaton Cooper (5–3) Packard — 30–33 64 July 4 Cubs 0–5 Vaughn Kantlehner (3–8) — — 30–34 65 July 4 Cubs 1–0 Mamaux (13–3) Prendergast — — 31–34 66 July 5 Cubs 3–4 Hendrix Miller (2–6) Lavender — 31–35 67 July 6 Giants 6–12 Perritt Cooper (5–4) — — 31–36 68 July 7 Giants 5–2 Jacobs (2–2) Anderson — — 32–36 69 July 8 Giants 4–6 Benton Mamaux (13–4) — — 32–37 70 July 10 Giants 7–1 Miller (3–6) Schauer — — 33–37 71 July 11 Braves 3–2 Jacobs (3–2) Barnes — — 34–37 72 July 12 Braves 5–6 Barnes Mamaux (13–5) Hughes — 34–38 73 July 14 Braves 0–3 Ragan Harmon (5–6) — 2,500 34–39 74 July 15 Phillies 0–4 Alexander Jacobs (3–3) — — 34–40 75 July 15 Phillies 7–5 Mamaux (14–5) Chalmers Kantlehner (2) — 35–40 76 July 19 Robins 1–0 Kantlehner (4–8) Pfeffer — — 36–40 77 July 19 Robins 2–1 (14) Miller (4–6) Smith — — 37–40 78 July 22 Robins 1–7 Pfeffer Kantlehner (4–9) — — 37–41 79 July 22 Robins 2–3 (15) Marquard Miller (4–7) — — 37–42 80 July 24 Phillies 9–1 Mamaux (15–5) Demaree — — 38–42 81 July 26 @ Phillies 1–7 Alexander Adams (2–9) — — 38–43 82 July 26 @ Phillies 5–2 Miller (5–7) Rixey — 12,000 39–43 83 July 27 @ Phillies 4–5 Chalmers Harmon (5–7) — 3,500 39–44 84 July 28 @ Phillies 2–5 Bender Jacobs (3–4) — 4,500 39–45 85 July 29 @ Giants 3–4 (11) Perritt Mamaux (15–6) — — 39–46 86 July 29 @ Giants 0–5 Anderson Kantlehner (4–10) — 25,000 39–47 87 July 31 @ Giants 0–7 Sallee Miller (5–8) — — 39–48 88 July 31 @ Giants 0–7 Tesreau Jacobs (3–5) — — 39–49
August: 16–15 (Home: 10–9; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 89 August 1 @ Giants 4–3 (10) Cooper (6–4) Schupp — 5,000 40–49 90 August 2 @ Giants 2–6 Benton Mamaux (15–7) — — 40–50 91 August 3 @ Robins 2–7 Cheney Miller (5–9) — 2,500 40–51 92 August 4 @ Robins 0–2 Smith Harmon (5–8) — — 40–52 93 August 5 @ Robins 0–4 Marquard Cooper (6–5) — — 40–53 94 August 5 @ Robins 7–1 Mamaux (16–7) Pfeffer — — 41–53 95 August 11 @ Braves 2–1 Miller (6–9) Barnes — — 42–53 96 August 11 @ Braves 1–4 Tyler Mamaux (16–8) — 10,000 42–54 97 August 12 Cubs 3–0 Cooper (7–5) Lavender — — 43–54 98 August 13 @ Cardinals 8–9 (11) Ames Kantlehner (4–11) — — 43–55 99 August 13 @ Cardinals 9–5 (5) Mamaux (17–8) Watson — — 44–55 100 August 15 @ Cardinals 1–0 Harmon (6–8) Meadows — — 45–55 101 August 15 @ Cardinals 2–1 Cooper (8–5) Ames — — 46–55 102 August 17 Robins 1–5 Pfeffer Mamaux (17–9) — — 46–56 103 August 18 Robins 0–6 Cheney Harmon (6–9) — — 46–57 104 August 19 Robins 2–1 (10) Cooper (9–5) Smith — — 47–57 105 August 19 Robins 0–1 Marquard Kantlehner (4–12) — — 47–58 106 August 21 Phillies 6–3 Jacobs (4–5) Alexander — — 48–58 107 August 21 Phillies 2–1 Evans (1–0) Demaree — — 49–58 108 August 22 Phillies 2–6 Mayer Harmon (6–10) McQuillan — 49–59 109 August 22 Phillies 9–7 Cooper (10–5) Bender — — 50–59 110 August 23 Phillies 2–1 (16) Evans (2–0) Rixey — 1,000 51–59 111 August 24 Giants 10–1 Jacobs (5–5) Tesreau — — 52–59 112 August 25 Giants 2–6 (11) Tesreau Harmon (6–11) — 3,000 52–60 113 August 26 Giants 1–1 (14) — — 52–60 114 August 28 Braves 5–1 Mamaux (18–9) Rudolph — — 53–60 115 August 28 Braves 2–8 (7) Allen Kantlehner (4–13) — 5,000 53–61 116 August 29 Braves 1–6 Tyler Jacobs (5–6) — — 53–62 117 August 29 Braves 5–9 Hughes Kantlehner (4–14) — 7,000 53–63 118 August 30 Braves 0–1 Rudolph Cooper (10–6) — — 53–64 119 August 30 Braves 7–6 Jacobs (6–6) Allen Cooper (1) 5,000 54–64 120 August 31 Braves 3–2 (8) Mamaux (19–9) Nehf — 2,000 55–64
September: 10–24 (Home: 6–6; Away: 4–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 121 September 1 Reds 3–6 Toney Jacobs (6–7) — — 55–65 122 September 2 Reds 4–3 Harmon (7–11) Knetzer — — 56–65 123 September 2 Reds 2–7 Moseley Evans (2–1) Schulz 10,000 56–66 124 September 3 @ Reds 6–7 Mitchell Mamaux (19–10) — — 56–67 125 September 4 Cardinals 7–0 Miller (7–9) Meadows — 5,000 57–67 126 September 4 Cardinals 2–0 Cooper (11–6) Watson — 12,000 58–67 127 September 6 Cardinals 3–2 Kantlehner (5–14) Steele — — 59–67 128 September 6 Cardinals 6–3 Harmon (8–11) Ames — 3,500 60–67 129 September 7 Cubs 5–4 Mamaux (20–10) Packard Cooper (2) — 61–67 130 September 9 Cubs 0–3 Vaughn Kantlehner (5–15) — — 61–68 131 September 9 Cubs 0–2 Lavender Cooper (11–7) — 12,000 61–69 132 September 10 @ Cubs 8–7 Grimes (1–0) Prendergast Mamaux (2) — 62–69 133 September 12 @ Robins 0–6 Pfeffer Evans (2–2) — — 62–70 134 September 12 @ Robins 2–1 Mamaux (21–10) Coombs — 10,000 63–70 135 September 13 @ Robins 6–3 Cooper (12–7) Smith — — 64–70 136 September 14 @ Robins 2–3 Cheney Grimes (1–1) — — 64–71 137 September 15 @ Robins 1–8 (5) Marquard Jacobs (6–8) — — 64–72 138 September 16 @ Giants 2–8 Benton Mamaux (21–11) — — 64–73 139 September 16 @ Giants 3–4 Tesreau Cooper (12–8) — — 64–74 140 September 18 @ Giants 0–2 Schupp Miller (7–10) — — 64–75 141 September 18 @ Giants 1–1 (8) — — 64–75 142 September 19 @ Giants 2–9 Benton Jacobs (6–9) — — 64–76 143 September 19 @ Giants 1–5 Tesreau Evans (2–3) — — 64–77 144 September 20 @ Phillies 0–7 Demaree Cooper (12–9) — — 64–78 145 September 20 @ Phillies 2–3 Demaree Mamaux (21–12) — — 64–79 146 September 21 @ Phillies 8–3 Grimes (2–1) Rixey — — 65–79 147 September 22 @ Phillies 4–7 Mayer Evans (2–4) — — 65–80 148 September 23 @ Braves 2–4 Rudolph Mamaux (21–13) — — 65–81 149 September 23 @ Braves 1–1 (13) — — 65–81 150 September 25 @ Braves 0–5 Tyler Grimes (2–2) — — 65–82 151 September 25 @ Braves 2–3 Reulbach Mamaux (21–14) — — 65–83 152 September 26 @ Braves 0–3 Nehf Evans (2–5) — — 65–84 153 September 26 @ Braves 1–2 Allen Jacobs (6–10) — — 65–85 154 September 27 @ Braves 0–1 Tyler Cooper (12–10) — — 65–86 155 September 30 Reds 4–5 Mitchell Mamaux (21–15) — — 65–87
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 157 October 1 @ Reds 0–4 Toney Cooper (12–11) — — 65–89
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1916 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Babe Adams Paul Carpenter Wilbur Cooper Bill Evans Burleigh Grimes Bob Harmon Carmen Hill Elmer Jacobs Erv Kantlehner Al Mamaux Frank Miller Jack Scott		Catchers William Fischer George Gibson Walter Schmidt Bill Wagner Art Wilson Infielders Doug Baird Carson Bigbee Jack Farmer Billy Gleason Newt Halliday Doc Johnston Otto Knabe Ike McAuley Alex McCarthy Joe Schultz Paddy Siglin Jimmy Smith Frank Smykal Jim Viox Honus Wagner Hooks Warner		Outfielders Jesse Altenburg Ed Barney Max Carey Pete Compton Dan Costello Bill Hinchman Lee King Ray O'Brien Wildfire Schulte Other batters Bill Batsch Wilbur Fisher Gene Madden		Manager Nixey Callahan

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	Walter Schmidt	64	184	35	.190	2	15
1B	Doc Johnston	114	404	86	.213	0	39
2B	Jack Farmer	55	166	45	.271	0	14
SS	Honus Wagner	123	432	124	.287	1	39
3B	Doug Baird	128	430	93	.216	1	28
OF	Bill Hinchman	152	555	175	.315	4	76
OF	Frank Schulte	55	177	45	.254	0	14
OF	Max Carey	154	599	158	.264	7	42

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
Joe Schultz	77	204	53	.260	0	22
Hooks Warner	44	168	40	.238	2	14
Carson Bigbee	43	164	41	.250	0	3
Dan Costello	60	159	38	.239	0	8
Alex McCarthy	50	146	29	.199	0	3
Ed Barney	45	137	27	.197	0	9
Jim Viox	43	132	33	.250	1	17
Art Wilson	53	128	33	.258	1	12
William Fischer	42	113	29	.257	1	6
Jimmy Smith	36	96	18	.188	0	5
Otto Knabe	28	89	17	.191	0	9
George Gibson	33	84	17	.202	0	4
Ray O'Brien	16	57	12	.211	0	3
Bill Wagner	19	38	9	.237	0	2
Lee King	8	18	2	.111	0	1
Pete Compton	5	16	1	.063	0	0
Jesse Altenburg	8	14	6	.429	0	0
Frank Smykal	6	10	3	.300	0	2
Ike McAuley	4	8	2	.250	0	1
Paddy Siglin	3	4	1	.250	0	0
Billy Gleason	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Newt Halliday	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Gene Madden	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Wilbur Fisher	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Bill Batsch	1	0	0	----	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
Al Mamaux	45	310.0	21	15	2.53	163
Wilbur Cooper	42	246.0	12	11	1.87	111
Frank Miller	30	173.0	7	10	2.29	88
Burleigh Grimes	6	45.2	2	3	2.36	20

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
Bob Harmon	31	172.2	8	11	2.81	62
Erv Kantlehner	34	165.0	5	15	3.16	49
Elmer Jacobs	34	153.0	6	10	2.94	46
Babe Adams	16	72.1	2	9	5.72	22
Bill Evans	13	63.0	2	5	3.00	21

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Paul Carpenter	5	0	0	0	1.17	5
Carmen Hill	2	0	0	0	8.53	5
Jack Scott	1	0	0	0	10.80	4

References

1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
2. "Otto Knabe, Former Philly Star, To Join Pittsburgh Pirates." Scranton, Pennsylvania: The Scranton Times, April 17, 1916, p. 11 (subscription required).

• 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac