1916 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1916 American League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 79–75 (.513) 5th Phil Ball 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,Harry Chapman page at Baseball Reference Ernie Johnson,Ernie Johnson page at Baseball Reference and Ward MillerWard Miller page at Baseball Reference were purchased by the Browns from the St. Louis Terriers. Regular season Season standings St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL Roster 1916 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers George Baumgardner Doc Crandall Dave Davenport Bill Fincher Bob Groom Earl Hamilton Ernie Koob Tim McCabe Jim Park Eddie Plank Carl Weilman Catchers Harry Chapman Verne Clemons George Hale Grover Hartley Bill Rumler Hank Severeid Infielders Jimmy Austin Babe Borton Charlie Deal Ernie Johnson Doc Lavan Del Pratt George Sisler Bobby Wallace Outfielders Billy Lee Armando Marsans Ward Miller Burt Shotton Jack Tobin Other batters Ray Kennedy Gene Paulette Manager Fielder Jones 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 Hank Severeid 100 293 80 .273 0 34 1B George Sisler 151 580 177 .305 4 76 2B Del Pratt 158 596 159 .267 5 103 SS Doc Lavan 110 343 81 .236 0 19 3B Jimmy Austin 129 411 85 .207 1 28 OF Armando Marsans 151 528 134 .254 1 60 OF Burt Shotton 156 614 174 .283 1 36 OF Ward Miller Ward Miller (baseball) 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 Ernie Johnson Ernie Johnson (shortstop) 74 236 54 .229 0 19 Grover Hartley 89 222 50 .225 0 12 Jack Tobin 77 150 32 .213 0 10 Babe Borton 66 98 22 .224 1 12 Charlie Deal 23 74 10 .135 0 10 William Rumler 27 37 12 .324 0 10 Harry Chapman Harry Chapman (baseball) 18 31 3 .097 0 0 Bobby Wallace Bobby Wallace (baseball) 14 18 5 .278 0 1 Verne Clemons 4 7 1 .143 0 0 Gene Paulette 5 4 2 .500 0 0 George Hale George Hale (baseball) 4 1 0 .000 0 0 Ray Kennedy 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 Carl Weilman 46 276.0 17 18 2.15 91 Eddie Plank 37 235.2 16 15 2.33 88 Bob Groom 41 217.1 13 9 2.57 92 George Sisler 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 Dave Davenport 59 290.2 12 11 2.85 129 Ernie Koob 33 166.2 11 8 2.54 26 Earl Hamilton 23 95.1 5 7 3.30 25 Jim Park 26 79.0 1 4 2.62 26 George Baumgardner 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 Tim McCabe 13 2 0 0 3.16 7 Bill Fincher Bill Fincher (baseball) 12 0 1 0 2.14 5 Doc Crandall 2 0 0 0 27.00 0 Notes 2 References 1916 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1916 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season St Louis