1916 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:	1916
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Robison Field
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	60–93 (.392)
League Place:	T-7th
Owners:	Helene Hathaway Britton
Managers:	Miller Huggins

The 1916 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 35th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 25th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 60–93 during the season and finished tied for seventh and last in the National League.

Rogers Hornsby became a regular in the Cardinals lineup starting in 1916. Hornsby played at least one game at each infield position. He immediately established himself as one of the league's leading hitters, finishing the 1916 season fourth in the batting race with a .313 average, and smacking 15 triples, one short of the league's lead.

Regular season

Roster

1916 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		118	331	79	.239	0	29
1B		143	505	120	.238	1	46
2B		142	510	119	.233	1	37
SS		92	295	62	.210	0	18
3B		139	495	155	.313	6	65
OF		151	561	132	.235	6	43
OF		130	357	87	.244	6	34
OF		120	355	85	.239	3	32

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
	132	406	105	.259	0	39
	119	403	118	.293	1	33
	62	184	41	.223	0	10
	86	110	23	.209	0	7
	14	38	9	.237	0	0
	26	33	6	.182	0	4
	9	17	3	.176	0	1
	18	9	3	.333	0	0
	3	3	2	.667	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
	51	289.0	12	23	2.58	120
	29	192.0	12	8	2.63	82
	29	148.0	5	15	3.41	67
	18	103.0	4	6	3.06	27

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
	45	228.0	11	16	2.64	98
	21	107.0	5	6	3.28	37
	36	105.0	6	7	4.20	25
	16	70.0	5	5	3.47	28
	10	42.2	0	4	5.48	15
	12	40.0	0	3	4.28	18

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
	6	0	0	0	1.88	8
	4	0	0	0	4.09	3
	3	0	0	0	14.40	1

External links

• 1916 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1916 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com