1916 Philadelphia Athletics season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1916 Philadelphia Athletics Primary Logo (1902 to 1921).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 36 117 y 8th Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, and John Shibe Connie Mack The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics season was the 16th season of the Philadelphia Athletics baseball franchise. The team concluded the season in eighth place within the American League, achieving a record of 36 wins against 117 losses. Baseball historians frequently regard the 1916 Athletics as the poorest-performing team in the history of the American League,Pahigian Josh 2010 The Seventh Inning Stretch: Baseball's Most Essential and Inane Debates Guilford, Connecticut Globe Pequot Press 978-1-59921-805-2 151 with a winning percentage of .235, which remains the lowest for any modern major league team since 1900. The 117 losses recorded by the team stood as a Major League Baseball record until the expansion New York Mets surpassed it in 1962, finishing with 120 losses but a slightly better winning percentage of .250.https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40993611/chicago-white-sox-lose-100th-game-detroit-tigers-sweep Chicago White Sox lose 100th game, Detroit Tigers near sweep August 25, 2024 August 25, 2024 ESPN.com In MLB history, only the 1916 Philadelphia A's, who were 29-100-1, reached 100 losses in fewer games than the White Sox.https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/white-sox-lose-100th-game-of-2024-mlb-season-chicago-club-on-pace-to-beat-1962-mets-for-most-losses/ White Sox lose 100th game of 2024 MLB season: Chicago club on pace to beat 1962 Mets for most losses August 25, 2024 August 25, 2024 Mike Axisa CBSSports.comMets Lose 118th for Modern Mark Louis Effrat Louis Effrat The New York Times September 27, 1962 60 Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Roster 1916 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Rube Bressler Bullet Joe Bush Cap Crowell Michael Driscoll George Hesselbacher Jing Johnson Axel Lindstrom Bill Morrisette Elmer Myers Jack Nabors Rube Parnham Carl Ray Jack Richardson Socks Seibold Tom Sheehan Harry Weaver Walt Whittaker Marsh Williams Weldon Wyckoff Catchers Doc Carroll Raymond Haley Billy Meyer Mike Murphy Val Picinich Infielders Sam Crane Roy Grover Thomas Healy Nap Lajoie Otis Lawry Lew Malone Lee McElwee Stuffy McInnis Charlie Pick Harland Rowe Whitey Witt Outfielders Jim Brown Moxie Divis Charlie Grimm Bill Johnson Lee King Red Lanning Ralph Mitterling Rube Oldring Wally Schang Bill Stellbauer Amos Strunk Shag Thompson Buck Thrasher Jimmy Walsh Other batters Harry Davis Manager Connie Mack 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 Billy Meyer 50 138 32 .232 1 12 1B Stuffy McInnis 140 512 151 .295 1 60 2B Nap Lajoie 113 426 105 .246 2 35 SS Whitey Witt 143 563 138 .245 2 36 3B Charlie Pick 121 398 96 .241 0 20 OF Wally Schang 110 338 90 .266 7 38 OF Amos Strunk 150 544 172 .316 3 49 OF Jimmy Walsh Jimmy Walsh (outfielder) 114 390 91 .233 1 27 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 Lee McElwee 54 155 41 .265 0 10 Rube Oldring 40 146 36 .247 0 14 Lee King Lee King (outfielder, born 1894) 42 144 27 .188 0 8 Otis Lawry 41 123 25 .203 0 4 Val Picinich 40 118 23 .195 0 5 Raymond Haley 34 108 25 .231 0 4 Roy Grover 20 77 21 .273 0 7 Bill Stellbauer 25 48 13 .271 0 5 Jim Brown Jim Brown (outfielder) 14 42 10 .238 1 5 Ralph Mitterling 13 39 6 .154 0 2 Harland Rowe 17 36 5 .139 0 3 Red Lanning 19 33 6 .182 0 1 Buck Thrasher 7 29 9 .310 0 4 Mike Murphy 14 27 3 .111 0 1 Thomas Healy 6 23 6 .261 0 2 Doc Carroll 10 22 2 .091 0 0 Charlie Grimm 12 22 2 .091 0 0 Shag Thompson 15 17 0 .000 0 0 Bill Johnson Bill Johnson (1910s outfielder) 4 15 4 .267 0 1 Moxie Divis 3 6 1 .167 0 1 Lew Malone 5 4 0 .000 0 0 Sam Crane Sam Crane (shortstop) 2 4 1 .250 0 0 Harry Davis Harry Davis (1900s first baseman) 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 Elmer Myers 44 315.0 14 23 3.66 182 Bullet Joe Bush 40 286.2 15 24 2.57 157 Jack Nabors 40 212.2 1 20 3.47 74 Jing Johnson 12 84.1 2 8 3.74 25 Rube Parnham 4 24.2 2 1 4.01 8 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 Tom Sheehan 38 188.0 1 16 3.69 54 Marsh Williams 10 51.1 0 6 7.89 17 Cap Crowell 9 39.2 0 5 4.99 15 George Hesselbacher 6 26.0 0 4 7.27 6 Red Lanning 6 24.1 0 3 8.14 9 Socks Seibold 3 21.2 1 2 4.15 5 Weldon Wyckoff 7 21.1 0 1 5.48 4 Rube Bressler 4 15.0 0 2 6.60 8 Carl Ray Carl Ray (baseball) 3 9.1 0 1 4.82 5 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 Harry Weaver 3 0 0 0 10.13 2 Michael Driscoll Michael Driscoll (baseball) 1 0 1 0 5.40 0 Axel Lindstrom 1 0 0 0 4.50 1 Bill Morrisette Bill Morrisette (baseball) 1 0 0 0 6.75 2 Walt Whittaker 1 0 0 0 4.50 0 Jack Richardson Jack Richardson (baseball) 1 0 0 0 40.50 1 Awards and honors League top five finishers Bullet Joe Bush: #4 in AL in strikeouts (157) Bullet Joe Bush: #3 in AL in shutouts (8) Bullet Joe Bush: #3 in AL in complete games (25) Bullet Joe Bush: MLB leader in losses (24) Bullet Joe Bush: MLB leader in wild pitches (15) Bullet Joe Bush: #2 in AL in walks allowed (130) Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in strikeouts (182) Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in complete games (31) Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in losses (23) Elmer Myers: MLB leader in earned runs allowed (128) Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in hits allowed (280) Elmer Myers: MLB leader in walks allowed (168) Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in home runs allowed (7) Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in wild pitches (13) Elmer Myers: #2 in AL in hit batsmen (14) Jack Nabors: #3 in AL in losses (20) Amos Strunk: #4 in AL in batting average (.316) See also List of worst Major League Baseball season records References External links 1916 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1916 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oakland Category:Long stubs with short prose