1916 Boston Red Sox season

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.

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
League	American League
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	91–63 (.591)
League place	1st
Owners	Joseph Lannin
Managers	Bill Carrigan
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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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

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	91	63	.591	—	49‍–‍28	42‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	2	49‍–‍28	40‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers	87	67	.565	4	49‍–‍28	38‍–‍39
New York Yankees	80	74	.519	11	46‍–‍31	34‍–‍43
St. Louis Browns	79	75	.513	12	45‍–‍32	34‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians	77	77	.500	14	44‍–‍33	33‍–‍44
Washington Senators	76	77	.497	14½	49‍–‍28	27‍–‍49
Philadelphia Athletics	36	117	.235	54½	23‍–‍53	13‍–‍64

Record vs. opponents

1916 American League record v t e Sources:
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

• April 9, 1916: Tris Speaker was traded by the Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Sad Sam Jones, Fred Thomas, and $55,000.^[5]

Roster

1916 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Rube Foster Vean Gregg Sad Sam Jones Dutch Leonard Carl Mays Marty McHale Herb Pennock Babe Ruth Ernie Shore Weldon Wyckoff		Catchers Sam Agnew Hick Cady Bill Carrigan Pinch Thomas Infielders Jack Barry Del Gainer Larry Gardner Dick Hoblitzel Hal Janvrin Mike McNally Everett Scott Heinie Wagner Jimmy Walsh		Outfielders Olaf Henriksen Harry Hooper Duffy Lewis Chick Shorten Tilly Walker Other batters Raymond Haley		Manager Bill Carrigan

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	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	AVG	OBP	SLG	Ref
C	Pinch Thomas	100	217	21	57	10	1	1	21	33	.263	.363	.332	[6]
1B	Dick Hoblitzell	130	417	56	108	17	1	0	44	47	.259	.340	.305	[7]
2B	Jack Barry	94	332	29	67	6	1	0	22	17	.202	.276	.226	[8]
SS	Everett Scott	123	364	36	85	19	2	0	29	23	.234	.285	.297	[9]
3B	Larry Gardner	150	499	49	155	20	7	2	61	51	.311	.377	.391	[10]
OF	Tillie Walker	128	467	68	124	29	11	3	44	24	.266	.304	.394	[11]
OF	Duffy Lewis	152	562	57	151	29	5	1	57	34	.269	.316	.343	[12]
OF	Harry Hooper	151	576	75	156	20	11	1	36	80	.271	.361	.349	[13]
P	Babe Ruth	68	138	18	37	5	3	3	16	9	.268	.313	.413	[14]

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	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	AVG	OBP	SLG	Ref
Hal Janvrin	115	311	32	70	11	4	0	27	33	.225	.303	.286	[15]
Hick Cady	78	161	5	31	7	3	0	14	15	.193	.266	.273	[16]
Del Gainer	57	143	14	36	6	0	3	21	10	.252	.301	.357	[17]
Mike McNally	90	137	28	23	0	0	0	11	11	.168	.230	.168	[18]
Chick Shorten	54	113	15	33	2	1	0	11	9	.292	.344	.327	[19]
Olaf Henriksen	70	104	13	23	3	2	0	8	19	.221	.341	.288	[20]
Sam Agnew	40	67	4	14	2	1	0	5	6	.209	.293	.269	[21]
Bill Carrigan	33	63	7	17	2	1	0	11	11	.270	.378	.333	[22]
Jimmy Walsh	14	17	6	3	1	0	0	2	4	.176	.333	.235	[23]
Heinie Wagner	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.667	.500	[24]
Raymond Haley	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	[25]

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	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	AVG	OBP	SLG	Ref
Dutch Leonard	48	83	2	17	3	0	0	10	6	.205	.258	.241	[26]
Carl Mays	48	77	8	18	1	2	0	8	16	.234	.366	.299	[27]
Ernie Shore	38	77	3	7	2	0	0	3	3	.091	.125	.117	[28]
Rube Foster	38	62	3	11	3	0	0	2	3	.177	.215	.226	[29]
Vean Gregg	21	19	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.105	.105	.158	[30]
Herb Pennock	11	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.222	.125	[31]
Sad Sam Jones	13	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	[32]
Weldon Wyckoff	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	[33]
Marty McHale	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	─	1.000	─	[34]

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

Player	G	GS	IP	H	BB	R	ER	SO	W	L	SV	ERA	Ref
Babe Ruth	44	40	323+2⁄3	230	118	83	64	169	23	12	1	1.78	[35]
Dutch Leonard	48	35	273	242	66	86	71	145	18	12	6	2.34	[36]
Carl Mays	44	24	245	208	74	80	66	77	18	13	3	2.42	[37]
Ernie Shore	38	28	225+1⁄3	221	49	84	67	62	16	10	1	2.68	[38]
Rube Foster	33	19	183	175	86	72	59	55	14	7	2	2.90	[39]
Vean Gregg	21	7	77+1⁄3	72	30	32	26	42	2	5	0	3.03	[40]
Herb Pennock	9	2	26+2⁄3	23	8	11	9	12	0	2	1	3.04	[41]
Sad Sam Jones	12	0	26+2⁄3	25	10	12	9	7	0	1	1	3.04	[42]
Weldon Wyckoff	8	0	22+2⁄3	18	18	13	12	18	0	0	1	4.76	[43]
Marty McHale	2	1	6	7	4	7	2	1	0	1	0	3.00	[44]

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)	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