The 1916 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 35th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 25th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 60–93 during the season and finished tied for seventh and last in the National League.
Rogers Hornsby became a regular in the Cardinals lineup starting in 1916. Hornsby played at least one game at each infield position. He immediately established himself as one of the league's leading hitters, finishing the 1916 season fourth in the batting race with a .313 average, and smacking 15 triples, one short of the league's lead.
Regular season Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1916 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
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 118 331 79 .239 0 29 1B Dots Miller 143 505 120 .238 1 46 2B Bruno Betzel 142 510 119 .233 1 37 SS Roy Corhan 92 295 62 .210 0 18 3B 139 495 155 .313 6 65 OF Bob Bescher 151 561 132 .235 6 43 OF 130 357 87 .244 6 34 OF Chief Wilson 120 355 85 .239 3 32
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 Frank Snyder 132 406 105 .259 0 39 119 403 118 .293 1 33 Zinn Beck 62 184 41 .223 0 10 Art Butler 86 110 23 .209 0 7 Sam Bohne 14 38 9 .237 0 0 Tony Brottem 26 33 6 .182 0 4 Stuffy Stewart 9 17 3 .176 0 1 18 9 3 .333 0 0 Walton Cruise 3 3 2 .667 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 Lee Meadows 51 289.0 12 23 2.58 120 29 192.0 12 8 2.63 82 29 148.0 5 15 3.41 67 Milt Watson 18 103.0 4 6 3.06 27
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 45 228.0 11 16 2.64 98 Hi Jasper 21 107.0 5 6 3.28 37 Steamboat Williams 36 105.0 6 7 4.20 25 Slim Sallee 16 70.0 5 5 3.47 28 Charley Hall 10 42.2 0 4 5.48 15 Joe Lotz 12 40.0 0 3 4.28 18
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 6 0 0 0 1.88 8 4 0 0 0 4.09 3 3 0 0 0 14.40 1
External links 1916 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1916 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com