On This Day

Thursday, October 5, 1916

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1916 World Series

Upcoming Games

October 7, 1916

Brooklyn Robins at Boston Red Sox

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Final Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 91 63 .591 --
White Sox 89 65 .578 2.0
Tigers 87 67 .565 4.0
Yankees 80 74 .519 11.0
Browns 79 75 .513 12.0
Indians 77 77 .500 14.0
Senators 76 77 .497 14.5
Athletics 36 117 .235 54.5

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 94 60 .610 --
Phillies 91 62 .595 2.5
Braves 89 63 .586 4.0
Giants 86 66 .566 7.0
Cubs 67 86 .438 26.5
Pirates 65 89 .422 29.0
Reds 60 93 .392 33.5
Cardinals 60 93 .392 33.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hi Myers 3
2 Bert Adams 2
2 George Burns 2
2 George Cutshaw 2
2 5 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mickey Doolin 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Cutshaw 2
1 Jake Daubert 2
1 Casey Stengel 2
4 George Burns 1
4 5 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Gary Fortune 0.50
1 Jeff Tesreau 0.50
3 Art Nehf 0.20
4 Ed Appleton 0.09

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Appleton 1
1 Art Nehf 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jeff Tesreau 4
2 Gary Fortune 3
3 Art Nehf 2
4 Ed Appleton 1
4 George Smith 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .341
2 Hal Chase .341
3 Jake Daubert .320
4 Bill Hinchman .315
5 Zack Wheat .312

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wally Pipp 12
1 Dave Robertson 12
1 Cy Williams 12
4 Gavvy Cravath 11
5 Home Run Baker 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wally Pipp 89
1 Bobby Veach 89
3 Hal Chase 84
4 Bill Hinchman 81
5 Heinie Zimmerman 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 69
2 Max Carey 65
3 Armando Marsans 46
4 Benny Kauff 41
4 Burt Shotton 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.55
2 Rube Marquard 1.67
3 Babe Ruth 1.75
4 Eddie Cicotte 1.78
5 Wilbur Cooper 1.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 33
2 Walter Johnson 25
2 Jeff Pfeffer 25
4 Bob Shawkey 24
5 Babe Ruth 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 229
2 Elmer Myers 182
3 Babe Ruth 171
4 Pete Alexander 169
5 Larry Cheney 166

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bob Shawkey 8
2 Red Ames 7
3 Dutch Leonard 6
3 Allen Russell 6
5 5 tied 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Hinchman .432
2 Jake Daubert .409
3 Tim Hendryx .357
3 Casey Stengel .357
5 George Cutshaw .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Happy Felsch 2
1 Dode Paskert 2
1 Wally Pipp 2
1 Dave Robertson 2
5 27 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Happy Felsch 16
2 George Cutshaw 11
3 Benny Kauff 10
3 Bert Niehoff 10
3 Dave Robertson 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 9
2 Ty Cobb 8
3 Eddie Collins 7
4 Braggo Roth 6
5 4 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Fritz Coumbe 0.00
2 Ferdie Schupp 0.36
3 Ernie Shore 0.81
4 Eddie Cicotte 0.93
5 Nick Cullop 0.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 4
1 Lefty Tyler 4
3 Eddie Cicotte 3
3 Bert Gallia 3
3 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Tyler 34
2 Rube Marquard 21
3 Wilbur Cooper 20
4 Larry Cheney 19
4 2 others tied 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Doc Ayers 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 Al Gould 1
1 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .407
2 Les Mann .361
3 Bill Hinchman .361
4 Casey Stengel .354
5 Walter Holke .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Benny Kauff 6
2 Gavvy Cravath 5
3 Wally Schang 4
3 Zack Wheat 4
5 Dave Robertson 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Benny Kauff 24
2 Happy Felsch 21
3 George Cutshaw 20
3 Bobby Veach 20
5 2 tied 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 16
2 Ty Cobb 15
3 Eddie Collins 14
4 Burt Shotton 11
5 Walter Holke 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ferdie Schupp 0.43
2 Eddie Cicotte 0.74
3 Pol Perritt 0.88
4 Lefty Tyler 1.14
5 Babe Ruth 1.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 7
1 Jeff Tesreau 7
3 Rube Benton 6
3 Jeff Pfeffer 6
3 2 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Larry Cheney 45
2 Lefty Tyler 44
3 Rube Marquard 37
4 Rube Benton 36
5 2 tied 35

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Eddie Cicotte 2
1 Bob Shawkey 2
3 Pete Alexander 1
3 Doc Ayers 1
3 14 others tied 1