1916 Cleveland Indians season

1916 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Dunn Field (since 1901)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jim Dunn
Manager(s)	Lee Fohl
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The 1916 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 77–77, 14 games behind the Boston Red Sox.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	91	63	0.591	—	49–28	42–35
Chicago White Sox	89	65	0.578	2	49–28	40–37
Detroit Tigers	87	67	0.565	4	49–28	38–39
New York Yankees	80	74	0.519	11	46–31	34–43
St. Louis Browns	79	75	0.513	12	45–32	34–43
Cleveland Indians	77	77	0.500	14	44–33	33–44
Washington Senators	76	77	0.497	14½	49–28	27–49
Philadelphia Athletics	36	117	0.235	54½	23–53	13–64

Record vs. opponents

1916 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

Notable transactions

• April 12, 1916: Sad Sam Jones, Fred Thomas, and $55,000 were traded by the Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Tris Speaker.^[1]

Roster

1916 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Jim Bagby Fred Beebe Joe Boehling Fritz Coumbe Stan Coveleski Shorty Desjardien Al Gould Red Gunkel Rip Hagerman Ed Klepfer Otis Lambeth Grover Lowdermilk Marty McHale Willie Mitchell Guy Morton Ken Penner Pop-Boy Smith		Catchers Josh Billings Jack Bradley Bob Coleman Tom Daly Hank DeBerry Steve O'Neill Infielders Walter Barbare Al Bergman Ray Chapman Clyde Engle Joe Evans Chick Gandil Lou Guisto Ivan Howard Marty Kavanagh Joe Leonard Terry Turner Bill Wambsganss		Outfielders Milo Allison Jack Graney Howard Lohr Danny Moeller Braggo Roth Elmer Smith Tris Speaker Other batters Larry Chappell Ollie Welf		Manager Lee Fohl

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	Speaker, TrisTris Speaker	151	546	211	.386	2	79

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
Chapman, RayRay Chapman	109	346	80	.231	0	27

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

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
Bagby, JimJim Bagby	48	272.2	16	17	2.71	88

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

Notes

1. Tris Speaker page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1916 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference