1916 St. Louis Browns season explained

St. Louis Browns
Season:	1916
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Sportsman's Park
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	79–75 (.513)
League Place:	5th
Owners:	Phil Ball
Managers:	Fielder Jones

The 1916 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses.

Offseason

• February 10, 1916: Harry Chapman,^[1] Ernie Johnson,^[2] and Ward Miller^[3] were purchased by the Browns from the St. Louis Terriers.

Regular season

Roster

1916 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther 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
C		100	293	80	.273	0	34
1B		151	580	177	.305	4	76
2B		158	596	159	.267	5	103
SS		110	343	81	.236	0	19
3B		129	411	85	.207	1	28
OF		151	528	134	.254	1	60
OF		156	614	174	.283	1	36
OF		146	485	129	.266	1	50

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
	74	236	54	.229	0	19
	89	222	50	.225	0	12
	77	150	32	.213	0	10
	66	98	22	.224	1	12
	23	74	10	.135	0	10
	27	37	12	.324	0	10
	18	31	3	.097	0	0
	14	18	5	.278	0	1
	4	7	1	.143	0	0
	5	4	2	.500	0	0
	4	1	0	.000	0	0
	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
	46	276.0	17	18	2.15	91
	37	235.2	16	15	2.33	88
	41	217.1	13	9	2.57	92
	3	27.0	1	2	1.00	12

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
	59	290.2	12	11	2.85	129
	33	166.2	11	8	2.54	26
	23	95.1	5	7	3.30	25
	26	79.0	1	4	2.62	26
	4	8.0	1	0	7.88	4

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
	13	2	0	0	3.16	7
	12	0	1	0	2.14	5
	2	0	0	0	27.00	0

References

• 1916 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1916 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chapmha01.shtml Harry Chapman page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnser01.shtml Ernie Johnson page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/millewa02.shtml Ward Miller page at Baseball Reference