1916 Chicago Cubs season

1916 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Weeghman Park (since 1916)
Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Phelps Taft, Charles Weeghman
Manager(s)	Joe Tinker
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The 1916 Chicago Cubs season was the 45th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 41st in the National League and the 1st at Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman Park"). The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 67–86.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Robins	94	60	0.610	—	50–27	44–33
Philadelphia Phillies	91	62	0.595	2½	50–29	41–33
Boston Braves	89	63	0.586	4	41–31	48–32
New York Giants	86	66	0.566	7	47–30	39–36
Chicago Cubs	67	86	0.438	26½	37–41	30–45
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	89	0.422	29	37–40	28–49
St. Louis Cardinals	60	93	0.392	33½	36–40	24–53
Cincinnati Reds	60	93	0.392	33½	32–44	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1916 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	13–9	14–7–2	13–9–1	11–10–1	11–11–1	14–8–1	13–9
Brooklyn	9–13	—	15–7–1	15–7–1	15–7	11–11	14–8	15–7
Chicago	7–14–2	7–15–1	—	9–13	10–12	8–14	12–10	14–8
Cincinnati	9–13–1	7–15–1	13–9	—	5–16	5–17	13–9	8–14
New York	10–11–1	7–15	12–10	16–5	—	9–13	17–5–2	15–7
Philadelphia	11–11–1	11–11	14–8	17–5	13–9	—	13–9	12–9
Pittsburgh	8–14–1	8–14	10–12	9–13	5–17–2	9–13	—	16–6
St. Louis	9–13	7–15	8–14	14–8	7–15	9–12	6–16	—

Notable transactions

• August 28, 1916: Heinie Zimmerman and Mickey Doolan were traded by the Cubs to the New York Giants for Larry Doyle, Merwin Jacobson, and Herb Hunter.^[1]

Roster

1916 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Mordecai Brown Paul Carter Claude Hendrix Jimmy Lavender George McConnell Gene Packard Scott Perry George Pierce Mike Prendergast Tom Seaton Hippo Vaughn		Catchers Nick Allen Jimmy Archer Clem Clemens Rowdy Elliott William Fischer Johnny O'Connor Bob O'Farrell Art Wilson Infielders Charlie Deal Mickey Doolan Larry Doyle Herb Hunter Otto Knabe Alex McCarthy Fritz Mollwitz Eddie Mulligan Charlie Pechous Vic Saier Marty Shay Joe Tinker Chuck Wortman Steve Yerkes Rollie Zeider Heinie Zimmerman		Outfielders Max Flack Solly Hofman Merwin Jacobson Joe Kelly Les Mann Wildfire Schulte Earl Smith Cy Williams Dutch Zwilling Other batters Ed Sicking		Manager Joe Tinker

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
3B	Zimmerman, HeinieHeinie Zimmerman	107	398	116	.291	6	64

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
Fischer, WilliamWilliam Fischer	65	179	35	.196	1	14
Kelly, JoeJoe Kelly	54	169	43	.254	2	15
Doolan, MickeyMickey Doolan	28	70	15	.214	0	5
Doyle, LarryLarry Doyle	9	38	15	.395	1	7
Smith, EarlEarl Smith	14	27	7	.259	0	4
Jacobson, MerwinMerwin Jacobson	4	13	3	.231	0	0
Tinker, JoeJoe Tinker	7	10	1	.100	0	1
Hunter, HerbHerb Hunter	2	4	0	.000	0	0
O'Connor, JohnnyJohnny O'Connor	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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Hendrix, ClaudeClaude Hendrix	36	218	8	16	2.68	117
Lavender, JimmyJimmy Lavender	36	188	10	14	2.82	91
McConnell, GeorgeGeorge McConnell	28	171.1	4	12	2.57	82

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
Packard, GeneGene Packard	37	155.1	10	6	2.78	36
Prendergast, MikeMike Prendergast	35	152	6	11	2.31	56
Brown, MordecaiMordecai Brown	12	48.1	2	3	3.91	21
Carter, PaulPaul Carter	8	36	2	2	2.75	14

References

1. Herb Hunter page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1916 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference