1916 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1916 National League Weeghman Park Chicago 67 86 y 5th Charles Phelps Taft, Charles Weeghman Joe Tinker The 1916 Chicago Cubs season was the 45th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 41st in the National League and the first 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 Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC 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.Herb Hunter page at Baseball Reference 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 C Jimmy Archer 77 205 45 .220 1 30 1B Vic Saier 147 498 126 .253 7 50 2B Otto Knabe 51 145 40 .276 0 7 SS Chuck Wortman 69 234 47 .201 2 16 3B Heinie Zimmerman 107 398 116 .291 6 64 OF Cy Williams 118 405 113 .279 12 66 OF Leslie Mann 127 415 113 .272 2 29 OF Max Flack 141 465 120 .258 3 20 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 Rollie Zeider 98 345 81 .235 1 22 Frank Schulte 72 230 68 .296 5 27 Eddie Mulligan 58 189 29 .153 0 9 William Fischer William Fischer (baseball) 65 179 35 .196 1 14 Joe Kelly Joe Kelly (1910s outfielder) 54 169 43 .254 2 15 Steve Yerkes 44 137 36 .263 1 10 Art Wilson 36 114 22 .193 0 5 Alex McCarthy 37 107 26 .243 0 6 Fritz Mollwitz 33 71 19 .268 0 11 Mickey Doolan 28 70 15 .214 0 5 Charlie Pechous 22 69 10 .145 0 4 Rowdy Elliott 23 55 14 .255 0 3 Dutch Zwilling 35 53 6 .113 1 8 Larry Doyle Larry Doyle (baseball) 9 38 15 .395 1 7 Earl Smith Earl Smith (1910s outfielder) 14 27 7 .259 0 4 Solly Hofman 5 16 5 .313 0 2 Nick Allen 5 16 1 .063 0 1 Clem Clemens 10 15 0 .000 0 0 Merwin Jacobson 4 13 3 .231 0 0 Joe Tinker 7 10 1 .100 0 1 Charlie Deal 2 8 2 .250 0 3 Marty Shay 2 7 2 .286 0 0 Herb Hunter baseball 2 4 0 .000 0 0 Ed Sicking 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Johnny O'Connor Johnny O'Connor (baseball) 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 Bob O'Farrell 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 Hippo Vaughn 44 294.0 17 15 2.20 144 Claude Hendrix 36 218.0 8 16 2.68 117 Jimmy Lavender 36 188.0 10 14 2.82 91 George McConnell George McConnell (baseball) 28 171.1 4 12 2.57 82 Scott Perry 4 28.1 2 1 2.54 10 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 Gene Packard 37 155.1 10 6 2.78 36 Mike Prendergast Mike Prendergast (baseball) 35 152.0 6 11 2.31 56 Tom Seaton 31 121.0 6 6 3.27 45 Mordecai Brown 12 48.1 2 3 3.91 21 Paul Carter Paul Carter (1910s pitcher) 8 36.0 2 2 2.75 14 George Pierce 4 4.1 0 0 2.08 0 References 2 External links 1916 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs