1916 Philadelphia Athletics season: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia
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{{Short description|Major League Baseball season}}
{{MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox baseball team season
| name = Philadelphia Athletics
| season = 1916
| misc =
| current league = American League▼
| logo = OaklandAthletics 100.png
▲| current league = American League
| y1 = 1901
| Uniform logo =
| ballpark = [[Shibe Park]]
| city = [[Philadelphia]]
| y4 = 1909
| record = 36–117 ({{Winning percentage|36|117}})
| city = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| y5league_place = 1901 8th
| owners = [[Connie Mack]], [[Ben Shibe|Benjamin Shibe]], [[Tom Shibe]], and [[John Shibe]]
| managers = [[Connie Mack]]
| television =
| radio =
|}}
The '''1916 Philadelphia Athletics season''' was the [[1916 Major League Baseball season|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,<ref>{{cite book|last=Pahigian|first=Josh|year=2010|title=The Seventh Inning Stretch: Baseball's Most Essential and Inane Debates|location=Guilford, Connecticut|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|isbn=978-1-59921-805-2|p=151}}</ref> 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 [[1962 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] surpassed it in 1962, finishing with 120 losses but a slightly better winning percentage of .250.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40993611/chicago-white-sox-lose-100th-game-detroit-tigers-sweep|title=Chicago White Sox lose 100th game, Detroit Tigers near sweep|date=August 25, 2024|accessdate=August 25, 2024|work=ESPN.com|quote=In MLB history, only the 1916 Philadelphia A's, who were 29-100-1, reached 100 losses in fewer games than the White Sox.}}</ref><ref name="MostLosses">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/white-sox-lose-100th-game-of-2024-mlb-season-chicago-club-on-pace-to-beat-1962-mets-for-most-losses/|title=White Sox lose 100th game of 2024 MLB season: Chicago club on pace to beat 1962 Mets for most losses|date=August 25, 2024|accessdate=August 25, 2024|first=Mike|last=Axisa|work=CBSSports.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mets Lose 118th for Modern Mark|first=Louis|last=Effrat|authorlink=Louis Effrat|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 27, 1962|page=60}}</ref>
The '''{{mlby|1916}} [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]] season''' involved the A's finishing 8th in the [[American League]] with a record of 36 wins and 117 losses. The 1916 team is often considered by baseball historians the worst team in American League history,{{citation needed|date=July 2010}} and its .235 winning percentage is still the lowest ever for a modern (post-1900) big-league team.
== Regular season ==
=== Season standings ===
{{1916 American League standings|highlight=Philadelphia Athletics}}
=== Record vs. opponents ===
{{1916 AL Record vs. opponents|team=PHI}}
=== Roster ===
{| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! colspan="10" style="background-color: #0038314169e1; color: #FFD800white; text-align: center;" | 1916 Philadelphia Athletics
|-
| colspan="10" style="background-color: #FFD8004169e1; color: #003831white; text-align: center;" | '''Roster'''
|-
| valign="top" | '''Pitchers'''
{{MLBplayer||[[Rube Bressler]]}}
{{MLBplayer||[[Bullet Joe Bush|Joe Bush]]}}
{{MLBplayer||[[Cap Crowell]]}}
{{MLBplayer||[[Michael Driscoll (baseball)|Michael Driscoll]]}}
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{{MLBplayer||[[Jing Johnson]]}}
{{MLBplayer||[[Axel Lindstrom]]}}
{{MLBplayer||[[Bill Morrisette (baseball)|Bill Morrisette]]}}
{{MLBplayer||[[Elmer Myers]]}}
{{MLBplayer||[[Jack Nabors]]}}
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| valign="top" | '''Catchers'''
{{MLBplayer||[[Doc Carroll]]}}
{{MLBplayer||[[RayRaymond Haley]]}}
{{MLBplayer||[[Billy Meyer]]}}
{{MLBplayer||[[Mike Murphy (baseball)|Mike Murphy]]}}
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== 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''
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pos
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI
|- align="center"
| C || [[Billy Meyer]] || 50 || 138 || 32 || .232 || 1 || 12
|- align=center
| 1B || [[Stuffy McInnis]] || 140 || 512 || 151 || .295 || 1 || 60
|- align=center
| 2B || {{sortname|Nap|Lajoie}} || 113 || 426 || 105 || .246 || 2 || 35
|- align="center"
| SS || [[Whitey Witt]] || 143 || 563 || 138 || .245 || 2 || 36
|- align=center
| 3B || [[Charlie Pick]] || 121 || 398 || 96 || .241 || 0 || 20
|- align=center
| OF || [[Wally Schang]] || 110 || 338 || 90 || .266 || 7 || 38
|- align=center
| OF || {{sortname|Amos|Strunk}} || 150 || 544 || 172 || .316 || 3 || 49
|- align="center"
| OF || {{sortname|Jimmy|Walsh|Jimmy Walsh (outfielder)}} || 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''
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI
|- align="center"
| [[Lee McElwee]] || 54 || 155 || 41 || .265 || 0 || 10
|- align=center
| [[Rube Oldring]] || 40 || 146 || 36 || .247 || 0 || 14
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Lee|King|Lee King (outfielder, born 1894)}} || 42 || 144 || 27 || .188 || 0 || 8
|- align="center"
| [[Otis Lawry]] || 41 || 123 || 25 || .203 || 0 || 4
|- align=center
| [[Val Picinich]] || 40 || 118 || 23 || .195 || 0 || 5
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Raymond|Haley}} || 34 || 108 || 25 || .231 || 0 || 4
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Roy|Grover}} || 20 || 77 || 21 || .273 || 0 || 7
|- align="center"
| [[Bill Stellbauer]] || 25 || 48 || 13 || .271 || 0 || 5
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Jim|Brown|Jim Brown (outfielder)}} || 14 || 42 || 10 || .238 || 1 || 5
|- align="center"
| [[Ralph Mitterling]] || 13 || 39 || 6 || .154 || 0 || 2
|- align=center
| [[Harland Rowe]] || 17 || 36 || 5 || .139 || 0 || 3
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Red|Lanning}} || 19 || 33 || 6 || .182 || 0 || 1
|- align="center"
| [[Buck Thrasher]] || 7 || 29 || 9 || .310 || 0 || 4
|- align=center
| [[Mike Murphy (baseball)|Mike Murphy]] || 14 || 27 || 3 || .111 || 0 || 1
|- align=center
| [[Thomas Healy (baseball)|Thomas Healy]] || 6 || 23 || 6 || .261 || 0 || 2
|- align=center
| [[Doc Carroll]] || 10 || 22 || 2 || .091 || 0 || 0
|- align=center
| [[Charlie Grimm]] || 12 || 22 || 2 || .091 || 0 || 0
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Shag|Thompson}} || 15 || 17 || 0 || .000 || 0 || 0
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Bill|Johnson|Bill Johnson (1910s outfielder)}} || 4 || 15 || 4 || .267 || 0 || 1
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Harry|Davis|Harry Davis (1900s first[[Moxie baseman)}}Divis]] || 13 || 16 || 01 || .000167 || 0 || 01
|- align=center
| [[Lew Malone]] || 5 || 4 || 0 || .000 || 0 || 0
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Sam|Crane|Sam Crane (shortstop)}} || 2 || 4 || 1 || .250 || 0 || 0
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Harry|Davis|Harry Davis (1900s first baseman)}} || 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''
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Elmer|Myers}} || 44 || 315.0 || 14 || 23 || 3.66 || 182
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Joe|Bush|Bullet Joe |Bush}} || 40 || 286.2 || 15 || 24 || 2.57 || 157
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Jack|Nabors}} || 40 || 212.2 || 1 || 20 || 3.47 || 74
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==== Other pitchers ====
''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Tom|Sheehan}} || 38 || 188.0 || 1 || 16 || 3.69 || 54
|- align="center"
| [[Marsh Williams]] || 10 || 51.1 || 0 || 6 || 7.89 || 17
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Cap|Crowell}} || 9 || 39.2 || 0 || 5 || 4.99 || 15
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|George|Hesselbacher}} || 6 || 26.0 || 0 || 4 || 7.27 || 6
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Red|Lanning}} || 6 || 24.1 || 0 || 3 || 8.14 || 9
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| {{sortname|Socks|Seibold}} || 3 || 21.2 || 1 || 2 || 4.15 || 5
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Rube|Bressler}}[[Weldon Wyckoff]] || 47 || 1521.1 || 0 || 21 || 65.6048 || 84
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Rube|Bressler}} || 4 || 15.0 || 0 || 2 || 6.60 || 8
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Carl|Ray|Carl Ray (baseball)}} || 3 || 9.1 || 0 || 1 || 4.82 || 5
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==== Relief pitchers ====
''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO
|- align="center"
| [[Harry Weaver]] || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 10.13 || 2
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Michael|Driscoll|Michael Driscoll (baseball)}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 5.40 || 0
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Axel|Lindstrom}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4.50 || 1
|- align="center"
| {{sortname|Bill|Morrisette|Bill Morrisette (baseball)}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6.75 || 2
|- align="center"
| [[Walt Whittaker]] || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4.50 || 0
|- align=center
| {{sortname|Jack|Richardson|Jack Richardson (baseball)}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 40.50 || 1
|}
== Awards and honors ==
=== League top five finishers ===
* [[Bullet Joe Bush|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 strikoutsstrikeouts (182)
* Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in complete games (31)
* Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in losses (23)
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* [[Amos Strunk]]: #4 in AL in batting average (.316)
==See Notes also==
*[[List of worst Major League Baseball season records]]
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==References==
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==External References links==
*[httphttps://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHA/1916.shtml 1916 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
*[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1916&t=PHA 1916 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
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