The 1916 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses.
Offseason February 10, 1916: Harry Chapman,Harry Chapman page at Baseball Reference Ernie Johnson,Ernie Johnson page at Baseball Reference and Ward MillerWard Miller page at Baseball Reference were purchased by the Browns from the St. Louis Terriers.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1916 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Catchers
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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Hank Severeid 100 293 80 .273 0 34 1B George Sisler 151 580 177 .305 4 76 2B Del Pratt 158 596 159 .267 5 103 SS Doc Lavan 110 343 81 .236 0 19 3B Jimmy Austin 129 411 85 .207 1 28 OF Armando Marsans 151 528 134 .254 1 60 OF Burt Shotton 156 614 174 .283 1 36 OF 146 485 129 .266 1 50
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 74 236 54 .229 0 19 Grover Hartley 89 222 50 .225 0 12 Jack Tobin 77 150 32 .213 0 10 Babe Borton 66 98 22 .224 1 12 Charlie Deal 23 74 10 .135 0 10 William Rumler 27 37 12 .324 0 10 18 31 3 .097 0 0 14 18 5 .278 0 1 4 7 1 .143 0 0 Gene Paulette 5 4 2 .500 0 0 4 1 0 .000 0 0 Ray Kennedy 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 Carl Weilman 46 276.0 17 18 2.15 91 Eddie Plank 37 235.2 16 15 2.33 88 Bob Groom 41 217.1 13 9 2.57 92 George Sisler 3 27.0 1 2 1.00 12
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 59 290.2 12 11 2.85 129 33 166.2 11 8 2.54 26 Earl Hamilton 23 95.1 5 7 3.30 25 Jim Park 26 79.0 1 4 2.62 26 4 8.0 1 0 7.88 4
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 Tim McCabe 13 2 0 0 3.16 7 12 0 1 0 2.14 5 2 0 0 0 27.00 0
Notes
References 1916 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1916 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com