The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics season was the 16th season of the Philadelphia Athletics baseball franchise. The team concluded the season in eighth place within the American League, achieving a record of 36 wins against 117 losses. Baseball historians frequently regard the 1916 Athletics as the poorest-performing team in the history of the American League, with a winning percentage of .235, which remains the lowest for any modern major league team since 1900. The 117 losses recorded by the team stood as a Major League Baseball record until the expansion New York Mets surpassed it in 1962, finishing with 120 losses but a slightly better winning percentage of .250.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1916 Philadelphia Athletics 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 Billy Meyer 50 138 32 .232 1 12 1B Stuffy McInnis 140 512 151 .295 1 60 2B 113 426 105 .246 2 35 SS Whitey Witt 143 563 138 .245 2 36 3B Charlie Pick 121 398 96 .241 0 20 OF Wally Schang 110 338 90 .266 7 38 OF 150 544 172 .316 3 49 OF 114 390 91 .233 1 27
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 Lee McElwee 54 155 41 .265 0 10 Rube Oldring 40 146 36 .247 0 14 42 144 27 .188 0 8 Otis Lawry 41 123 25 .203 0 4 Val Picinich 40 118 23 .195 0 5 34 108 25 .231 0 4 20 77 21 .273 0 7 Bill Stellbauer 25 48 13 .271 0 5 14 42 10 .238 1 5 Ralph Mitterling 13 39 6 .154 0 2 Harland Rowe 17 36 5 .139 0 3 19 33 6 .182 0 1 Buck Thrasher 7 29 9 .310 0 4 Mike Murphy 14 27 3 .111 0 1 Thomas Healy 6 23 6 .261 0 2 Doc Carroll 10 22 2 .091 0 0 Charlie Grimm 12 22 2 .091 0 0 15 17 0 .000 0 0 4 15 4 .267 0 1 Moxie Divis 3 6 1 .167 0 1 Lew Malone 5 4 0 .000 0 0 2 4 1 .250 0 0 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 44 315.0 14 23 3.66 182 40 286.2 15 24 2.57 157 40 212.2 1 20 3.47 74 12 84.1 2 8 3.74 25 4 24.2 2 1 4.01 8
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 38 188.0 1 16 3.69 54 Marsh Williams 10 51.1 0 6 7.89 17 9 39.2 0 5 4.99 15 6 26.0 0 4 7.27 6 6 24.1 0 3 8.14 9 3 21.2 1 2 4.15 5 Weldon Wyckoff 7 21.1 0 1 5.48 4 4 15.0 0 2 6.60 8 3 9.1 0 1 4.82 5
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 Harry Weaver 3 0 0 0 10.13 2 1 0 1 0 5.40 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 6.75 2 Walt Whittaker 1 0 0 0 4.50 0 1 0 0 0 40.50 1
Awards and honors
League top five finishers Bullet Joe Bush: #4 in AL in strikeouts (157) Bullet Joe Bush: #3 in AL in shutouts (8) Bullet Joe Bush: #3 in AL in complete games (25) Bullet Joe Bush: MLB leader in losses (24) Bullet Joe Bush: MLB leader in wild pitches (15) Bullet Joe Bush: #2 in AL in walks allowed (130) Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in strikeouts (182) Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in complete games (31) Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in losses (23) Elmer Myers: MLB leader in earned runs allowed (128) Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in hits allowed (280) Elmer Myers: MLB leader in walks allowed (168) Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in home runs allowed (7) Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in wild pitches (13) Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in hit batsmen (14) Jack Nabors: #3 in AL in losses (20) Amos Strunk: #4 in AL in batting average (.316)
See also List of worst Major League Baseball season records
References
External links 1916 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1916 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com