1916 Philadelphia Athletics season

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

1916 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909) Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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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	—

Roster

1916 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Rube Bressler Joe Bush Cap Crowell Michael Driscoll George Hesselbacher Jing Johnson Axel Lindstrom Bill Morrisette Elmer Myers Jack Nabors Rube Parnham Carl Ray Jack Richardson Socks Seibold Tom Sheehan Harry Weaver Walt Whittaker Marsh Williams Weldon Wyckoff		Catchers Doc Carroll Richard Haley Billy Meyer Mike Murphy Val Picinich Infielders Sam Crane Roy Grover Thomas Healy Nap Lajoie Otis Lawry Lew Malone Lee McElwee Stuffy McInnis Charlie Pick Harland Rowe Whitey Witt		Outfielders Jim Brown Moxie Divis Charlie Grimm Bill Johnson Lee King Red Lanning Ralph Mitterling Rube Oldring Wally Schang Bill Stellbauer Amos Strunk Shag Thompson Buck Thrasher Jimmy Walsh Other batters Harry Davis		Manager Connie Mack

Player stats

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
2B	Nap Lajoie	113	426	105	.246	2	35
OF	Amos Strunk	150	544	172	.316	3	49
OF	Jimmy Walsh	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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Lee King	42	144	27	.188	0	8
Richard Haley	34	108	25	.231	0	4
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
Sam Crane	2	4	1	.250	0	0
Harry Davis	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Tom Sheehan	38	188	1	16	3.69	54
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
Jack Richardson	1	0	0	0	40.50	1

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 strikeouts (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)

See also

• List of worst Major League Baseball season records

References

1. Pahigian, Josh (2010). The Seventh Inning Stretch: Baseball's Most Essential and Inane Debates. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-1-59921-805-2. p. 151

External links

• 1916 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1916 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com