# 1916 Washington Senators season

The 1916 Washington Senators won 76 games, lost 77, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 91 | 63 | .591 | — | 49‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | .578 | 2 | 49‍–‍28 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Detroit Tigers | 87 | 67 | .565 | 4 | 49‍–‍28 | 38‍–‍39 |
| New York Yankees | 80 | 74 | .519 | 11 | 46‍–‍31 | 34‍–‍43 |
| St. Louis Browns | 79 | 75 | .513 | 12 | 45‍–‍32 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 77 | 77 | .500 | 14 | 44‍–‍33 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Washington Senators | 76 | 77 | .497 | 14½ | 49‍–‍28 | 27‍–‍49 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 117 | .235 | 54½ | 23‍–‍53 | 13‍–‍64 |

### Record vs. opponents

1916 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 14–8 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 10–12–1 | 11–11–1 |
| Chicago | 8–14 | — | 13–9 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 18–4 | 15–7 | 12–10–1 |
| Cleveland | 7–15 | 9–13 | — | 11–11 | 12–10 | 18–4 | 11–11–2 | 9–13–1 |
| Detroit | 8–14 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 14–8–1 | 18–4 | 13–9 | 14–8 |
| New York | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 8–14–1 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 15–7–1 |
| Philadelphia | 6–16 | 4–18 | 4–18 | 4–18 | 7–15 | — | 5–17 | 6–15–1 |
| St. Louis | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | 11–11–2 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 17–5 | — | 10–12–1 |
| Washington | 11–11–1 | 10–12–1 | 13–9–1 | 8–14 | 7–15–1 | 15–6–1 | 12–10–1 | — |

### 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 | John Henry | 117 | 305 | 76 | .249 | 0 | 46 |
| 1B | Joe Judge | 103 | 336 | 74 | .220 | 0 | 28 |
| 2B | Ray Morgan | 99 | 315 | 84 | .267 | 1 | 29 |
| SS | George McBride | 139 | 466 | 106 | .227 | 1 | 36 |
| 3B | Eddie Foster | 158 | 606 | 153 | .252 | 1 | 44 |
| OF | Danny Moeller | 78 | 240 | 59 | .246 | 1 | 23 |
| OF | Howie Shanks | 140 | 471 | 119 | .253 | 1 | 48 |
| OF | Clyde Milan | 150 | 565 | 154 | .273 | 1 | 45 |

#### 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 |
| Rip Williams | 76 | 202 | 54 | .267 | 0 | 20 |
| Sam Rice | 58 | 197 | 59 | .299 | 1 | 17 |
| Elmer Smith | 45 | 168 | 36 | .214 | 2 | 27 |
| Joe Leonard | 42 | 168 | 46 | .274 | 0 | 14 |
| Henri Rondeau | 50 | 162 | 36 | .222 | 1 | 28 |
| Charlie Jamieson | 64 | 145 | 36 | .248 | 0 | 13 |
| Eddie Ainsmith | 51 | 100 | 17 | .170 | 0 | 8 |
| Patsy Gharrity | 39 | 92 | 21 | .228 | 0 | 9 |
| Mike Menosky | 11 | 37 | 6 | .162 | 0 | 3 |
| Turner Barber | 15 | 33 | 7 | .212 | 1 | 5 |
| Carl Sawyer | 16 | 31 | 6 | .194 | 0 | 2 |
| Merito Acosta | 5 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 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 |
| Walter Johnson | 48 | 369.2 | 25 | 20 | 1.90 | 228 |
| Bert Gallia | 49 | 283.2 | 17 | 13 | 2.76 | 120 |
| Harry Harper | 36 | 249.2 | 14 | 10 | 2.45 | 149 |
| Joe Boehling | 27 | 139.2 | 9 | 11 | 3.09 | 52 |

#### 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 |
| Doc Ayers | 43 | 157.0 | 5 | 8 | 3.78 | 69 |
| Jim Shaw | 26 | 106.1 | 3 | 8 | 2.62 | 44 |
| George Dumont | 17 | 53.0 | 2 | 3 | 3.06 | 21 |
| Claude Thomas | 7 | 28.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.13 | 7 |
| Sam Rice | 5 | 21.1 | 0 | 1 | 2.95 | 3 |
| Molly Craft | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.27 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Marv Goodwin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 1 |
| Jack Bentley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Charlie Jamieson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |