# 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 35th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 30th in the National League. In April 1916, newspapers reported that Otto Knabe would join the team at second base at the end of the month.
The Pirates finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 65–89.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Robins | 94 | 60 | .610 | — | 50‍–‍27 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 91 | 62 | .595 | 2½ | 50‍–‍29 | 41‍–‍33 |
| Boston Braves | 89 | 63 | .586 | 4 | 41‍–‍31 | 48‍–‍32 |
| New York Giants | 86 | 66 | .566 | 7 | 47‍–‍30 | 39‍–‍36 |
| Chicago Cubs | 67 | 86 | .438 | 26½ | 37‍–‍41 | 30‍–‍45 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 65 | 89 | .422 | 29 | 37‍–‍40 | 28‍–‍49 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 60 | 93 | .392 | 33½ | 36‍–‍40 | 24‍–‍53 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 60 | 93 | .392 | 33½ | 32‍–‍44 | 28‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1916 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 13–9 | 14–7–2 | 13–9–1 | 11–10–1 | 11–11–1 | 14–8–1 | 13–9 |
| Brooklyn | 9–13 | — | 15–7–1 | 15–7–1 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 15–7 |
| Chicago | 7–14–2 | 7–15–1 | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 14–8 |
| Cincinnati | 9–13–1 | 7–15–1 | 13–9 | — | 5–16 | 5–17 | 13–9 | 8–14 |
| New York | 10–11–1 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 16–5 | — | 9–13 | 17–5–2 | 15–7 |
| Philadelphia | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 13–9 | — | 13–9 | 12–9 |
| Pittsburgh | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 5–17–2 | 9–13 | — | 16–6 |
| St. Louis | 9–13 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 14–8 | 7–15 | 9–12 | 6–16 | — |

### Game log

1916 Game Log: 65–89 (Home: 37–40; Away: 28–49) :
April: 6–8 (Home: 3–1; Away: 3–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 12@ Cardinals1–2DoakKantlehner (0–1)——0–1
2April 13@ Cardinals4–0Adams (1–0)Meadows——1–1
3April 14@ Cardinals3–5JasperHarmon (0–1)Griner—1–2
4April 15@ Cardinals6–1Mamaux (1–0)Hall——2–2
5April 16@ Reds1–6ToneyMiller (0–1)——2–3
6April 17@ Reds10–1Kantlehner (1–1)Dale——3–3
7April 18@ Reds3–4 (10)SchneiderAdams (1–1)——3–4
8April 20Cardinals0–5MeadowsMamaux (1–1)Sallee—3–5
9April 21Cardinals8–0Harmon (1–1)Steele——4–5
10April 23@ Cubs0–3McConnellKantlehner (1–2)—16,0004–6
11April 26@ Cubs3–6LavenderAdams (1–2)Prendergast—4–7
12April 28Reds5–1Harmon (2–1)Schneider——5–7
13April 29Reds2–1Mamaux (2–1)ToneyMiller (1)—6–7
14April 30@ Reds7–8SchneiderHarmon (2–2)——6–8 :
May: 11–14 (Home: 6–12; Away: 5–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
15May 1@ Reds0–3MitchellAdams (1–3)——6–9
16May 4Cubs4–2Cooper (1–0)Lavender—4,0007–9
17May 5Cubs3–5 (13)SeatonKantlehner (1–3)——7–10
18May 6Cubs1–2VaughnAdams (1–4)—8,0007–11
19May 7@ Cubs1–0Kantlehner (2–3)Lavender—19,0008–11
20May 8@ Cubs1–2McConnellCooper (1–1)——8–12
21May 8@ Cubs6–4Mamaux (3–1)Packard——9–12
22May 9Giants5–13TesreauHarmon (2–3)Mathewson—9–13
23May 10Giants1–7AndersonAdams (1–5)—2,0009–14
24May 11Giants2–3PerrittKantlehner (2–4)Stroud2,0009–15
25May 12Giants2–3 (10)SchauerMamaux (3–2)—2,0009–16
26May 13Braves5–3Adams (2–5)ReulbachKantlehner (1)—10–16
27May 15Braves8–7Harmon (3–3)RudolphMamaux (1)—11–16
28May 18Phillies0–3AlexanderKantlehner (2–5)——11–17
29May 19Phillies4–2Mamaux (4–2)McQuillan——12–17
30May 20Phillies1–5DemareeAdams (2–6)——12–18
31May 23Robins0–6PfefferKantlehner (2–6)——12–19
32May 24Robins2–3 (10)CheneyHarmon (3–4)——12–20
33May 25Robins5–0Miller (1–1)Dell——13–20
34May 26@ Cardinals6–5 (11)Mamaux (5–2)Sallee—2,00014–20
35May 28@ Cardinals4–0Cooper (2–1)Doak——15–20
36May 28@ Cardinals4–1 (5)Mamaux (6–2)Meadows——16–20
37May 29Reds1–6MitchellJacobs (0–1)——16–21
38May 30Reds9–8Cooper (3–1)Schulz——17–21
39May 31Reds2–5 (16)ToneyMiller (1–2)——17–22 :
June: 11–9 (Home: 4–2; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
40June 1Reds8–4Harmon (4–4)Schneider——18–22
41June 2@ Robins5–2Mamaux (7–2)Appleton——19–22
42June 5@ Robins2–3DellMiller (1–3)—2,50019–23
43June 6@ Giants3–2Mamaux (8–2)Benton—9,00020–23
44June 12@ Phillies1–2AlexanderMamaux (8–3)——20–24
45June 13@ Phillies3–5BenderAdams (2–7)—4,00020–25
46June 14@ Phillies2–3 (12)RixeyJacobs (0–2)——20–26
47June 15@ Braves2–1Mamaux (9–3)Reulbach——21–26
48June 16@ Braves0–2HughesKantlehner (2–7)——21–27
49June 20Cardinals6–10 (12)JasperMiller (1–4)Williams—21–28
50June 22Cardinals8–4Jacobs (1–2)Williams——22–28
51June 23Cardinals7–8JasperHarmon (4–5)Ames—22–29
52June 24Cardinals4–3Mamaux (10–3)Steele——23–29
53June 24Cardinals5–2Miller (2–4)Hall——24–29
54June 25@ Cubs8–3 (12)Cooper (4–1)Vaughn——25–29
55June 27@ Cubs0–1PrendergastCooper (4–2)——25–30
56June 27@ Cubs4–10SeatonAdams (2–8)Prendergast—25–31
57June 28@ Cubs3–2Mamaux (11–3)Lavender——26–31
58June 28@ Cubs3–2 (18)Cooper (5–2)McConnell——27–31
59June 30@ Reds3–2Harmon (5–5)Schneider——28–31 :
July: 11–18 (Home: 8–10; Away: 3–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
60July 1@ Reds2–1Mamaux (12–3)Knetzer——29–31
61July 2@ Reds2–3ToneyMiller (2–5)——29–32
62July 2@ Reds6–1 (5)Kantlehner (3–7)Dale—6,00030–32
63July 3Cubs2–3SeatonCooper (5–3)Packard—30–33
64July 4Cubs0–5VaughnKantlehner (3–8)——30–34
65July 4Cubs1–0Mamaux (13–3)Prendergast——31–34
66July 5Cubs3–4HendrixMiller (2–6)Lavender—31–35
67July 6Giants6–12PerrittCooper (5–4)——31–36
68July 7Giants5–2Jacobs (2–2)Anderson——32–36
69July 8Giants4–6BentonMamaux (13–4)——32–37
70July 10Giants7–1Miller (3–6)Schauer——33–37
71July 11Braves3–2Jacobs (3–2)Barnes——34–37
72July 12Braves5–6BarnesMamaux (13–5)Hughes—34–38
73July 14Braves0–3RaganHarmon (5–6)—2,50034–39
74July 15Phillies0–4AlexanderJacobs (3–3)——34–40
75July 15Phillies7–5Mamaux (14–5)ChalmersKantlehner (2)—35–40
76July 19Robins1–0Kantlehner (4–8)Pfeffer——36–40
77July 19Robins2–1 (14)Miller (4–6)Smith——37–40
78July 22Robins1–7PfefferKantlehner (4–9)——37–41
79July 22Robins2–3 (15)MarquardMiller (4–7)——37–42
80July 24Phillies9–1Mamaux (15–5)Demaree——38–42
81July 26@ Phillies1–7AlexanderAdams (2–9)——38–43
82July 26@ Phillies5–2Miller (5–7)Rixey—12,00039–43
83July 27@ Phillies4–5ChalmersHarmon (5–7)—3,50039–44
84July 28@ Phillies2–5BenderJacobs (3–4)—4,50039–45
85July 29@ Giants3–4 (11)PerrittMamaux (15–6)——39–46
86July 29@ Giants0–5AndersonKantlehner (4–10)—25,00039–47
87July 31@ Giants0–7SalleeMiller (5–8)——39–48
88July 31@ Giants0–7TesreauJacobs (3–5)——39–49 :
August: 16–15 (Home: 10–9; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
89August 1@ Giants4–3 (10)Cooper (6–4)Schupp—5,00040–49
90August 2@ Giants2–6BentonMamaux (15–7)——40–50
91August 3@ Robins2–7CheneyMiller (5–9)—2,50040–51
92August 4@ Robins0–2SmithHarmon (5–8)——40–52
93August 5@ Robins0–4MarquardCooper (6–5)——40–53
94August 5@ Robins7–1Mamaux (16–7)Pfeffer——41–53
95August 11@ Braves2–1Miller (6–9)Barnes——42–53
96August 11@ Braves1–4TylerMamaux (16–8)—10,00042–54
97August 12Cubs3–0Cooper (7–5)Lavender——43–54
98August 13@ Cardinals8–9 (11)AmesKantlehner (4–11)——43–55
99August 13@ Cardinals9–5 (5)Mamaux (17–8)Watson——44–55
100August 15@ Cardinals1–0Harmon (6–8)Meadows——45–55
101August 15@ Cardinals2–1Cooper (8–5)Ames——46–55
102August 17Robins1–5PfefferMamaux (17–9)——46–56
103August 18Robins0–6CheneyHarmon (6–9)——46–57
104August 19Robins2–1 (10)Cooper (9–5)Smith——47–57
105August 19Robins0–1MarquardKantlehner (4–12)——47–58
106August 21Phillies6–3Jacobs (4–5)Alexander——48–58
107August 21Phillies2–1Evans (1–0)Demaree——49–58
108August 22Phillies2–6MayerHarmon (6–10)McQuillan—49–59
109August 22Phillies9–7Cooper (10–5)Bender——50–59
110August 23Phillies2–1 (16)Evans (2–0)Rixey—1,00051–59
111August 24Giants10–1Jacobs (5–5)Tesreau——52–59
112August 25Giants2–6 (11)TesreauHarmon (6–11)—3,00052–60
113August 26Giants1–1 (14)——52–60
114August 28Braves5–1Mamaux (18–9)Rudolph——53–60
115August 28Braves2–8 (7)AllenKantlehner (4–13)—5,00053–61
116August 29Braves1–6TylerJacobs (5–6)——53–62
117August 29Braves5–9HughesKantlehner (4–14)—7,00053–63
118August 30Braves0–1RudolphCooper (10–6)——53–64
119August 30Braves7–6Jacobs (6–6)AllenCooper (1)5,00054–64
120August 31Braves3–2 (8)Mamaux (19–9)Nehf—2,00055–64 :
September: 10–24 (Home: 6–6; Away: 4–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
121September 1Reds3–6ToneyJacobs (6–7)——55–65
122September 2Reds4–3Harmon (7–11)Knetzer——56–65
123September 2Reds2–7MoseleyEvans (2–1)Schulz10,00056–66
124September 3@ Reds6–7MitchellMamaux (19–10)——56–67
125September 4Cardinals7–0Miller (7–9)Meadows—5,00057–67
126September 4Cardinals2–0Cooper (11–6)Watson—12,00058–67
127September 6Cardinals3–2Kantlehner (5–14)Steele——59–67
128September 6Cardinals6–3Harmon (8–11)Ames—3,50060–67
129September 7Cubs5–4Mamaux (20–10)PackardCooper (2)—61–67
130September 9Cubs0–3VaughnKantlehner (5–15)——61–68
131September 9Cubs0–2LavenderCooper (11–7)—12,00061–69
132September 10@ Cubs8–7Grimes (1–0)PrendergastMamaux (2)—62–69
133September 12@ Robins0–6PfefferEvans (2–2)——62–70
134September 12@ Robins2–1Mamaux (21–10)Coombs—10,00063–70
135September 13@ Robins6–3Cooper (12–7)Smith——64–70
136September 14@ Robins2–3CheneyGrimes (1–1)——64–71
137September 15@ Robins1–8 (5)MarquardJacobs (6–8)——64–72
138September 16@ Giants2–8BentonMamaux (21–11)——64–73
139September 16@ Giants3–4TesreauCooper (12–8)——64–74
140September 18@ Giants0–2SchuppMiller (7–10)——64–75
141September 18@ Giants1–1 (8)——64–75
142September 19@ Giants2–9BentonJacobs (6–9)——64–76
143September 19@ Giants1–5TesreauEvans (2–3)——64–77
144September 20@ Phillies0–7DemareeCooper (12–9)——64–78
145September 20@ Phillies2–3DemareeMamaux (21–12)——64–79
146September 21@ Phillies8–3Grimes (2–1)Rixey——65–79
147September 22@ Phillies4–7MayerEvans (2–4)——65–80
148September 23@ Braves2–4RudolphMamaux (21–13)——65–81
149September 23@ Braves1–1 (13)——65–81
150September 25@ Braves0–5TylerGrimes (2–2)——65–82
151September 25@ Braves2–3ReulbachMamaux (21–14)——65–83
152September 26@ Braves0–3NehfEvans (2–5)——65–84
153September 26@ Braves1–2AllenJacobs (6–10)——65–85
154September 27@ Braves0–1TylerCooper (12–10)——65–86
155September 30Reds4–5MitchellMamaux (21–15)——65–87 :
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
157October 1@ Reds0–4ToneyCooper (12–11)——65–89 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie Bold = Pirates team member :

### Roster
## 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 | Walter Schmidt | 64 | 184 | 35 | .190 | 2 | 15 |
| 1B | Doc Johnston | 114 | 404 | 86 | .213 | 0 | 39 |
| 2B | Jack Farmer | 55 | 166 | 45 | .271 | 0 | 14 |
| SS | Honus Wagner | 123 | 432 | 124 | .287 | 1 | 39 |
| 3B | Doug Baird | 128 | 430 | 93 | .216 | 1 | 28 |
| OF | Bill Hinchman | 152 | 555 | 175 | .315 | 4 | 76 |
| OF | Frank Schulte | 55 | 177 | 45 | .254 | 0 | 14 |
| OF | Max Carey | 154 | 599 | 158 | .264 | 7 | 42 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Schultz | 77 | 204 | 53 | .260 | 0 | 22 |
| Hooks Warner | 44 | 168 | 40 | .238 | 2 | 14 |
| Carson Bigbee | 43 | 164 | 41 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Dan Costello | 60 | 159 | 38 | .239 | 0 | 8 |
| Alex McCarthy | 50 | 146 | 29 | .199 | 0 | 3 |
| Ed Barney | 45 | 137 | 27 | .197 | 0 | 9 |
| Jim Viox | 43 | 132 | 33 | .250 | 1 | 17 |
| Art Wilson | 53 | 128 | 33 | .258 | 1 | 12 |
| William Fischer | 42 | 113 | 29 | .257 | 1 | 6 |
| Jimmy Smith | 36 | 96 | 18 | .188 | 0 | 5 |
| Otto Knabe | 28 | 89 | 17 | .191 | 0 | 9 |
| George Gibson | 33 | 84 | 17 | .202 | 0 | 4 |
| Ray O'Brien | 16 | 57 | 12 | .211 | 0 | 3 |
| Bill Wagner | 19 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 0 | 2 |
| Lee King | 8 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Compton | 5 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Altenburg | 8 | 14 | 6 | .429 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Smykal | 6 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 2 |
| Ike McAuley | 4 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Paddy Siglin | 3 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Gleason | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Newt Halliday | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Madden | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilbur Fisher | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Batsch | 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 |
| Al Mamaux | 45 | 310.0 | 21 | 15 | 2.53 | 163 |
| Wilbur Cooper | 42 | 246.0 | 12 | 11 | 1.87 | 111 |
| Frank Miller | 30 | 173.0 | 7 | 10 | 2.29 | 88 |
| Burleigh Grimes | 6 | 45.2 | 2 | 3 | 2.36 | 20 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Harmon | 31 | 172.2 | 8 | 11 | 2.81 | 62 |
| Erv Kantlehner | 34 | 165.0 | 5 | 15 | 3.16 | 49 |
| Elmer Jacobs | 34 | 153.0 | 6 | 10 | 2.94 | 46 |
| Babe Adams | 16 | 72.1 | 2 | 9 | 5.72 | 22 |
| Bill Evans | 13 | 63.0 | 2 | 5 | 3.00 | 21 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Paul Carpenter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 | 5 |
| Carmen Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.53 | 5 |
| Jack Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 4 |