1916 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 1916 American League Dunn Field Cleveland, Ohio 77 77 y 6th Jim Dunn Lee Fohl The 1916 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 77–77, 14 games behind the Boston Red Sox. Regular season Season standings Cleveland Indians Record vs. opponents CLE Notable transactions April 12, 1916: Sad Sam Jones, Fred Thomas, and $55,000 were traded by the Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Tris Speaker.Tris Speaker page at Baseball Reference Roster Beginning June 26, the Indians pioneered the use of uniform numbers on their home uniform jerseys, the first team to do so in MLB. The numbers were used up till the 1917 season.http://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/numbers-on-jerseys-in-sports-why-when-first-team-indians-yankees-100-year-anniversary/311oyf8s8jzx1ehi5lhu07pgz 100 years ago, the Indians were the first to put numbers on their jerseys Uniform numbers, though, were not worn on the away uniforms. 1916 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers Jim Bagby Fred Beebe Joe Boehling Fritz Coumbe Stan Coveleski Shorty Desjardien Al Gould Red Gunkel Rip Hagerman Ed Klepfer Otis Lambeth Grover Lowdermilk Marty McHale Willie Mitchell Guy Morton Ken Penner Pop-Boy Smith Catchers Josh Billings Jack Bradley Bob Coleman Tom Daly Hank DeBerry Steve O'Neill Infielders Walter Barbare Al Bergman Ray Chapman Clyde Engle Joe Evans Chick Gandil Lou Guisto Ivan Howard Marty Kavanagh Joe Leonard Terry Turner Bill Wambsganss Outfielders Milo Allison Jack Graney Howard Lohr Danny Moeller Braggo Roth Elmer Smith Tris Speaker Other batters Larry Chappell Ollie Welf Manager Lee Fohl 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 Steve O'Neill 130 378 89 .235 0 29 1B Chick Gandil 146 533 138 .259 0 72 2B Ivan Howard 81 246 46 .187 0 23 SS Bill Wambsganss 136 475 117 .246 0 45 3B Terry Turner 124 428 112 .262 0 38 OF Braggo Roth 125 409 117 .286 4 72 OF Tris Speaker 151 546 211 .386 2 79 OF Jack Graney 155 589 142 .241 5 54 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 Ray Chapman 109 346 80 .231 0 27 Elmer Smith 79 213 59 .277 3 40 Joe Evans 33 82 12 .146 0 1 Tom Daly 31 73 16 .219 0 8 Walter Barbare 13 48 11 .229 0 3 Marty Kavanagh 19 44 11 .250 1 10 Hank DeBerry 15 33 9 .273 0 4 Josh Billings 22 31 5 .161 0 1 Danny Moeller 25 30 2 .067 0 1 Bob Coleman 19 28 6 .214 0 4 Clyde Engle 11 26 4 .154 0 1 Lou Guisto 6 19 3 .158 0 2 Milo Allison 14 18 5 .278 0 0 Al Bergman 8 14 3 .214 0 0 Howard Lohr 3 7 1 .143 0 1 Jack Bradley 2 3 0 .000 0 0 Larry Chappell 3 2 0 .000 0 0 Joe Leonard 3 2 0 .000 0 0 Ollie Welf 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 Jim Bagby Sr. 48 272.2 16 17 2.61 88 Stan Coveleski 45 232.0 15 13 3.41 76 Guy Morton 27 149.2 12 6 2.89 88 Fred Beebe 20 100.2 5 3 2.41 32 Joe Boehling 12 60.2 2 4 2.67 18 Grover Lowdermilk 10 51.1 1 5 3.16 28 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 Ed Klepfer 31 143.0 6 6 2.52 62 Fritz Coumbe 29 120.1 7 5 2.02 39 Al Gould 30 106.2 5 6 2.53 41 Otis Lambeth 15 74.0 4 4 2.92 28 Willie Mitchell 12 43.2 2 5 5.15 24 Pop-Boy Smith 5 25.2 1 2 3.86 4 Ken Penner 4 12.2 1 1 4.26 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 Marty McHale 5 0 0 0 5.56 2 Rip Hagerman 2 0 0 0 12.27 1 Red Gunkel 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Shorty Desjardien 1 0 0 0 18.00 0 Notes 2 References 1916 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Category:1916 in sports in Ohio