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
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record91–63 (.591)
League place1st
OwnersJoseph Lannin
ManagersBill Carrigan
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

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 9163 0.591 — 49–28 42–35
Chicago White Sox 8965 0.578 2 49–28 40–37
Detroit Tigers 8767 0.565 4 49–28 38–39
New York Yankees 8074 0.519 11 46–31 34–43
St. Louis Browns 7975 0.513 12 45–32 34–43
Cleveland Indians 7777 0.500 14 44–33 33–44
Washington Senators 7677 0.497 14½ 49–28 27–49
Philadelphia Athletics 36117 0.235 54½ 23–53 13–64

Record vs. opponents

1916 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —14–815–714–811–1116–610–12–111–11–1
Chicago 8–14—13–913–910–1218–415–712–10–1
Cleveland 7–159–13—11–1112–1018–411–11–29–13–1
Detroit 8–149–1311–11—14–8–118–413–914–8
New York 11–1112–1010–128–14–1—15–79–1315–7–1
Philadelphia 6–164–184–184–187–15—5–176–15–1
St. Louis 12–10–17–1511–11–29–1313–917–5—10–12–1
Washington 11–11–110–12–113–9–18–147–15–115–6–112–10–1—

Opening Day lineup

Harry HooperRF
Everett ScottSS
Dick Hoblitzel1B
Tilly WalkerCF
Chick ShortenLF
Larry Gardner3B
Jack Barry2B
Pinch ThomasC
Babe RuthP

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
CPinch Thomas9921657.264121
1BDick Hoblitzell130417108.259039
2BJack Barry9433067.203020
SSEverett Scott12336685.232027
3BLarry Gardner148493152.308262
OFTillie Walker128467124.266346
OFDuffy Lewis152563151.268156
OFHarry Hooper151575156.271137

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 Janvrin11731069.223026
Hick Cady7816231.191013
Del Gainer5614236.254318
Mike McNally8713523.17009
Chick Shorten5311233.295011
Olaf Henriksen689920.202011
Sam Agnew406714.20907
Bill Carrigan336317.270011
Jimmy Walsh14173.17602
Heinie Wagner684.50000
Raymond Haley110.00000

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 Ruth44323.223121.75170
Dutch Leonard48274.018122.36144
Carl Mays44245.018132.3976
Ernie Shore38225.216102.6362
Rube Foster33182.11473.0653

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 Gregg2177.2253.0141
Herb Pennock926.2023.0412
Marty McHale26.0013.001

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 Jones120113.677
Weldon Wyckoff80014.7618

1916 World Series

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

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Robins – 5, Red Sox – 6October 7Braves Field36,117
2Robins – 1, Red Sox – 2 (14 innings)October 9Braves Field41,373
3Red Sox – 3, Robins – 4October 10Ebbets Field21,087
4Red Sox – 6, Robins – 2October 11Ebbets Field21,662
5Robins – 1, Red Sox – 4October 12Braves Field42,620

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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