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1916 Boston Red Sox
World Series Champions
American League Champions
1916 Boston Red Sox team photo, with Babe Ruth fourth from left in bottom row
1916 Boston Red Sox team photo, with Babe Ruth fourth from left in bottom row
League American League
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record91–63 (.591)
League place1st
Owners Joseph Lannin
Managers Bill Carrigan
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
←  1915 Seasons 1917 →

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, [1] due to its larger seating capacity. [2]

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. [3] 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. [4]

Regular season

Passbook for the 1916 season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 91 63 0.591 — 49–28 42–35
Chicago White Sox 89 65 0.578 2 49–28 40–37
Detroit Tigers 87 67 0.565 4 49–28 38–39
New York Yankees 80 74 0.519 11 46–31 34–43
St. Louis Browns 79 75 0.513 12 45–32 34–43
Cleveland Indians 77 77 0.500 14 44–33 33–44
Washington Senators 76 77 0.497 14½ 49–28 27–49
Philadelphia Athletics 36 117 0.235 54½ 23–53 13–64

Record vs. opponents

1916 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 14–8 15–7 14–8 11–11 16–6 10–12–1 11–11–1
Chicago 8–14 — 13–9 13–9 10–12 18–4 15–7 12–10–1
Cleveland 7–15 9–13 — 11–11 12–10 18–4 11–11–2 9–13–1
Detroit 8–14 9–13 11–11 — 14–8–1 18–4 13–9 14–8
New York 11–11 12–10 10–12 8–14–1 — 15–7 9–13 15–7–1
Philadelphia 6–16 4–18 4–18 4–18 7–15 — 5–17 6–15–1
St. Louis 12–10–1 7–15 11–11–2 9–13 13–9 17–5 — 10–12–1
Washington 11–11–1 10–12–1 13–9–1 8–14 7–15–1 15–6–1 12–10–1 —


Opening Day lineup

Harry Hooper RF
Everett Scott SS
Dick Hoblitzel 1B
Tilly Walker CF
Chick Shorten LF
Larry Gardner 3B
Jack Barry 2B
Pinch Thomas C
Babe Ruth P

Notable transactions

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; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Pinch Thomas 99 216 57 .264 1 21
1B Dick Hoblitzell 130 417 108 .259 0 39
2B Jack Barry 94 330 67 .203 0 20
SS Everett Scott 123 366 85 .232 0 27
3B Larry Gardner 148 493 152 .308 2 62
OF Tillie Walker 128 467 124 .266 3 46
OF Duffy Lewis 152 563 151 .268 1 56
OF Harry Hooper 151 575 156 .271 1 37

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
Hal Janvrin 117 310 69 .223 0 26
Hick Cady 78 162 31 .191 0 13
Del Gainer 56 142 36 .254 3 18
Mike McNally 87 135 23 .170 0 9
Chick Shorten 53 112 33 .295 0 11
Olaf Henriksen 68 99 20 .202 0 11
Sam Agnew 40 67 14 .209 0 7
Bill Carrigan 33 63 17 .270 0 11
Jimmy Walsh 14 17 3 .176 0 2
Heinie Wagner 6 8 4 .500 0 0
Raymond Haley 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
Babe Ruth 44 323.2 23 12 1.75 170
Dutch Leonard 48 274.0 18 12 2.36 144
Carl Mays 44 245.0 18 13 2.39 76
Ernie Shore 38 225.2 16 10 2.63 62
Rube Foster 33 182.1 14 7 3.06 53

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
Vean Gregg 21 77.2 2 5 3.01 41
Herb Pennock 9 26.2 0 2 3.04 12
Marty McHale 2 6.0 0 1 3.00 1

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
Sad Sam Jones 12 0 1 1 3.67 7
Weldon Wyckoff 8 0 0 1 4.76 18

1916 World Series

Main article: 1916 World Series

AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Robins (1)

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Robins – 5, Red Sox – 6 October 7 Braves Field 36,117
2 Robins – 1, Red Sox – 2 (14 innings) October 9 Braves Field 41,373
3 Red Sox – 3, Robins – 4 October 10 Ebbets Field 21,087
4 Red Sox – 6, Robins – 2 October 11 Ebbets Field 21,662
5 Robins – 1, Red Sox – 4 October 12 Braves Field 42,620

References

  1. ^ "1916 Log For Braves Field in Boston, MA". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "The Ballparks: Braves Field". This Great Game. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "Mackman Shut Out Team of the Red Sox". The Boston Globe. October 6, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved October 15, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Ballou, Bill (June 17, 2017). "Baseball: 'King of Umpires' John Gaffney called Worcester home". Telegram & Gazette. Worcester, Massachusetts. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  5. ^ Tris Speaker page at Baseball Reference

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