The 1916 Boston Red Sox season was the 16th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses. The team then faced the National League (NL) champion Brooklyn Robins in the 1916 World Series, which the Red Sox won in five games to capture the franchise's second consecutive and fourth overall World Series.
Ballparks While the Red Sox' home field was Fenway Park, their final two regular season games—a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics—and their three home games of the World Series were played at Braves Field, due to its larger seating capacity.
Between the end of the regular season and the start of the World Series, Boston and Philadelphia played an exhibition game in Worcester, Massachusetts, on October 5. The game was played to raise money for a grave monument for former National League umpire John Gaffney, who had grown up in Worcester and died in 1913.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup Harry Hooper RFEverett Scott SSDick Hoblitzel 1BTilly Walker CFChick Shorten LFLarry Gardner 3BJack Barry 2BPinch Thomas C Babe Ruth P
Notable transactions April 9, 1916: Tris Speaker was traded by the Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Sad Sam Jones, Fred Thomas, and $55,000.
Roster 1916 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position Note: Pos=Position; G=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage Pos Player G ABR H2B3B HR RBIBB AVGOBPSLGRef C 100 217 21 57 101 1 2133 .263 .363.332 1B 130 417 56 108 171 0 4447 .259 .340.305 2B 94 332 29 67 61 0 2217 .202 .276.226 SS 123 364 36 85 192 0 2923 .234 .285.297 3B 150 499 49 155 207 2 61 51 .311 .377.391 OF 128 467 68 124 2911 3 4424 .266 .304.394 OF 152 562 57 151 295 1 5734 .269 .316.343 OF 151 576 75 156 2011 1 3680 .271 .361.349PBabe Ruth681381837533169.268.313.413
Other batters Note: G=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage Player G ABR H2B3B HR RBIBB AVGOBPSLGRef 115 311 32 70 114 0 2733 .225 .303.286 78 161 5 31 73 0 1415 .193 .266.273 57 143 14 36 60 3 2110 .252 .301.357 90 137 28 23 00 0 1111 .168 .230.168 54 113 15 33 21 0 119 .292 .344.327 70 104 13 23 32 0 819 .221 .341.288 40 67 4 14 21 0 56 .209 .293.269 33 63 7 17 21 0 1111 .270 .378.333 14 17 6 3 10 0 24 .176 .333.235 5 2 0 1 00 0 01 .500 .667.500 1 1 0 0 00 0 00 .000 .000.000
Pitchers Note: G=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage Player G ABR H2B3B HR RBIBB AVGOBPSLGRef Dutch Leonard 48 83 2 17 30 0 106 .205 .258.241 Carl Mays 48 77 8 18 12 0 816 .234 .366.299 Ernie Shore 38 77 3 7 20 0 33 .091 .125.117 Rube Foster 38 62 3 11 30 0 23 .177 .215.226 Vean Gregg 21 19 0 2 10 0 00 .105 .105.158 Herb Pennock 11 8 0 1 00 0 01 .125 .222.125 Sad Sam Jones 13 6 0 2 00 0 00 .333 .333.333 Weldon Wyckoff 9 7 1 1 00 0 00 .143 .143.143 Marty McHale 2 0 0 0 00 0 01 ─ 1.000─
Pitching Note: G=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average PlayerGGSIPHBBRERSOWLSVERARefBabe Ruth44402301188364169231211.78Dutch Leonard4835273242668671145181262.34Carl Mays442424520874806677181332.42Ernie Shore382822149846762161012.68Rube Foster33191831758672595514722.90Vean Gregg21772303226422503.03Herb Pennock92238119120213.04Sad Sam Jones120251012970113.04Weldon Wyckoff8018181312180014.76Marty McHale216747210103.00
1916 World Series
AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Robins (1) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Robins – 5, Red Sox – 6October 7Braves Field36,1172 Robins – 1, Red Sox – 2 (14) October 9Braves Field41,3733 Red Sox – 3, Robins – 4October 10Ebbets Field21,0874 Red Sox – 6, Robins – 2October 11Ebbets Field21,6625 Robins – 1, Red Sox – 4October 12Braves Field42,620
References
External links 1916 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1916 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com