# 1916 Chicago Cubs season

The 1916 Chicago Cubs season was the 45th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 41st in the National League and the first at Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman Park"). The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 67–86.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* August 28, 1916: Heinie Zimmerman and Mickey Doolan were traded by the Cubs to the New York Giants for Larry Doyle, Merwin Jacobson, and Herb Hunter.

### 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 | Jimmy Archer | 77 | 205 | 45 | .220 | 1 | 30 |
| 1B | Vic Saier | 147 | 498 | 126 | .253 | 7 | 50 |
| 2B | Otto Knabe | 51 | 145 | 40 | .276 | 0 | 7 |
| SS | Chuck Wortman | 69 | 234 | 47 | .201 | 2 | 16 |
| 3B | Heinie Zimmerman | 107 | 398 | 116 | .291 | 6 | 64 |
| OF | Cy Williams | 118 | 405 | 113 | .279 | 12 | 66 |
| OF | Leslie Mann | 127 | 415 | 113 | .272 | 2 | 29 |
| OF | Max Flack | 141 | 465 | 120 | .258 | 3 | 20 |

#### 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 |
| Rollie Zeider | 98 | 345 | 81 | .235 | 1 | 22 |
| Frank Schulte | 72 | 230 | 68 | .296 | 5 | 27 |
| Eddie Mulligan | 58 | 189 | 29 | .153 | 0 | 9 |
| William Fischer | 65 | 179 | 35 | .196 | 1 | 14 |
| Joe Kelly | 54 | 169 | 43 | .254 | 2 | 15 |
| Steve Yerkes | 44 | 137 | 36 | .263 | 1 | 10 |
| Art Wilson | 36 | 114 | 22 | .193 | 0 | 5 |
| Alex McCarthy | 37 | 107 | 26 | .243 | 0 | 6 |
| Fritz Mollwitz | 33 | 71 | 19 | .268 | 0 | 11 |
| Mickey Doolan | 28 | 70 | 15 | .214 | 0 | 5 |
| Charlie Pechous | 22 | 69 | 10 | .145 | 0 | 4 |
| Rowdy Elliott | 23 | 55 | 14 | .255 | 0 | 3 |
| Dutch Zwilling | 35 | 53 | 6 | .113 | 1 | 8 |
| Larry Doyle | 9 | 38 | 15 | .395 | 1 | 7 |
| Earl Smith | 14 | 27 | 7 | .259 | 0 | 4 |
| Solly Hofman | 5 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Allen | 5 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 1 |
| Clem Clemens | 10 | 15 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Merwin Jacobson | 4 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Tinker | 7 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Deal | 2 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Marty Shay | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Hunter | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Sicking | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
| Bob O'Farrell | 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 |
| Hippo Vaughn | 44 | 294.0 | 17 | 15 | 2.20 | 144 |
| Claude Hendrix | 36 | 218.0 | 8 | 16 | 2.68 | 117 |
| Jimmy Lavender | 36 | 188.0 | 10 | 14 | 2.82 | 91 |
| George McConnell | 28 | 171.1 | 4 | 12 | 2.57 | 82 |
| Scott Perry | 4 | 28.1 | 2 | 1 | 2.54 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Gene Packard | 37 | 155.1 | 10 | 6 | 2.78 | 36 |
| Mike Prendergast | 35 | 152.0 | 6 | 11 | 2.31 | 56 |
| Tom Seaton | 31 | 121.0 | 6 | 6 | 3.27 | 45 |
| Mordecai Brown | 12 | 48.1 | 2 | 3 | 3.91 | 21 |
| Paul Carter | 8 | 36.0 | 2 | 2 | 2.75 | 14 |
| George Pierce | 4 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 0 |