1916 Philadelphia Athletics season


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The 1916 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] and its .235 winning percentage is still the lowest ever for a modern (post-1900) big-league team.

1916 Philadelphia Athletics
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BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnersConnie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack

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Regular season

Season standings

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

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
OF Amos Strunk 150 544 172 .316 3 49

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 King 42 144 27 .188 0 8
Roy Grover 20 77 21 .273 0 7
Jim Brown 14 42 10 .238 1 5
Red Lanning 19 33 6 .182 0 1
Shag Thompson 15 17 0 .000 0 0
Bill Johnson 4 15 4 .267 0 1
Harry Davis 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
Elmer Myers 44 315 14 23 3.66 182
Joe Bush 40 286.2 15 24 2.57 157
Jack Nabors 40 212.2 1 20 3.47 74
Jing Johnson 12 84.1 2 8 3.74 25
Rube Parnham 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
Cap Crowell 9 39.2 0 5 4.99 15
George Hesselbacher 6 26 0 4 7.27 6
Red Lanning 6 24.1 0 3 8.14 9
Socks Seibold 3 21.2 1 2 4.15 5
Rube Bressler 4 15 0 2 6.60 8
Carl Ray 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
Michael Driscoll 1 0 1 0 5.40 0
Axel Lindstrom 1 0 0 0 4.50 1
Bill Morrisette 1 0 0 0 6.75 2

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

  • Joe Bush: #4 in AL in strikeouts (157)
  • Joe Bush: #3 in AL in shutouts (8)
  • Joe Bush: #3 in AL in complete games (25)
  • Joe Bush: MLB leader in losses (24)
  • Joe Bush: MLB leader in wild pitches (15)
  • Joe Bush: #2 in AL in walks allowed (130)
  • Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in strikouts (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)

Notes

References

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