1916 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1916 National League Robison Field St. Louis, Missouri 60–93 (.392) T-7th Helene Hathaway Britton 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 Season standings St. Louis Cardinals Record vs. opponents STL Roster 1916 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Red Ames Murphy Currie Bill Doak Dan Griner Charley Hall Hi Jasper Joe Lotz Lee Meadows Slim Sallee Bob Steele Cy Warmoth Milt Watson Steamboat Williams Catchers Tony Brottem Mike González Frank Snyder Infielders Zinn Beck Bruno Betzel Sam Bohne Roy Corhan Rogers Hornsby Miller Huggins Dots Miller Stuffy Stewart Outfielders Bob Bescher Art Butler Walton Cruise Tom Long Jack Smith Chief Wilson Manager Miller Huggins Coaches Charley O'Leary 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 Mike González Mike González (catcher) 118 331 79 .239 0 29 1B Dots Miller 143 505 120 .238 1 46 2B Bruno Betzel 142 510 119 .233 1 37 SS Roy Corhan 92 295 62 .210 0 18 3B Rogers Hornsby 139 495 155 .313 6 65 OF Bob Bescher 151 561 132 .235 6 43 OF Jack Smith Jack Smith (outfielder) 130 357 87 .244 6 34 OF Chief Wilson 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 Frank Snyder 132 406 105 .259 0 39 Tom Long Tom Long (outfielder) 119 403 118 .293 1 33 Zinn Beck 62 184 41 .223 0 10 Art Butler 86 110 23 .209 0 7 Sam Bohne 14 38 9 .237 0 0 Tony Brottem 26 33 6 .182 0 4 Stuffy Stewart 9 17 3 .176 0 1 Miller Huggins 18 9 3 .333 0 0 Walton Cruise 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 Lee Meadows 51 289.0 12 23 2.58 120 Bill Doak 29 192.0 12 8 2.63 82 Bob Steele Bob Steele (baseball) 29 148.0 5 15 3.41 67 Milt Watson 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 Red Ames 45 228.0 11 16 2.64 98 Hi Jasper 21 107.0 5 6 3.28 37 Steamboat Williams 36 105.0 6 7 4.20 25 Slim Sallee 16 70.0 5 5 3.47 28 Charley Hall 10 42.2 0 4 5.48 15 Joe Lotz 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 Murphy Currie 6 0 0 0 1.88 8 Dan Griner 4 0 0 0 4.09 3 Cy Warmoth 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 Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season St Louis