# 1916 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1916 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 35th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 25th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 60–93 during the season and finished tied for seventh and last in the National League.
Rogers Hornsby became a regular in the Cardinals lineup starting in 1916. Hornsby played at least one game at each infield position. He immediately established himself as one of the league's leading hitters, finishing the 1916 season fourth in the batting race with a .313 average, and smacking 15 triples, one short of the league's lead.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Mike González | 118 | 331 | 79 | .239 | 0 | 29 |
| 1B | Dots Miller | 143 | 505 | 120 | .238 | 1 | 46 |
| 2B | Bruno Betzel | 142 | 510 | 119 | .233 | 1 | 37 |
| SS | Roy Corhan | 92 | 295 | 62 | .210 | 0 | 18 |
| 3B | Rogers Hornsby | 139 | 495 | 155 | .313 | 6 | 65 |
| OF | Bob Bescher | 151 | 561 | 132 | .235 | 6 | 43 |
| OF | Jack Smith | 130 | 357 | 87 | .244 | 6 | 34 |
| OF | Chief Wilson | 120 | 355 | 85 | .239 | 3 | 32 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Snyder | 132 | 406 | 105 | .259 | 0 | 39 |
| Tom Long | 119 | 403 | 118 | .293 | 1 | 33 |
| Zinn Beck | 62 | 184 | 41 | .223 | 0 | 10 |
| Art Butler | 86 | 110 | 23 | .209 | 0 | 7 |
| Sam Bohne | 14 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Brottem | 26 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 0 | 4 |
| Stuffy Stewart | 9 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 1 |
| Miller Huggins | 18 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Walton Cruise | 3 | 3 | 2 | .667 | 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 |
| Lee Meadows | 51 | 289.0 | 12 | 23 | 2.58 | 120 |
| Bill Doak | 29 | 192.0 | 12 | 8 | 2.63 | 82 |
| Bob Steele | 29 | 148.0 | 5 | 15 | 3.41 | 67 |
| Milt Watson | 18 | 103.0 | 4 | 6 | 3.06 | 27 |

#### 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 |
| Red Ames | 45 | 228.0 | 11 | 16 | 2.64 | 98 |
| Hi Jasper | 21 | 107.0 | 5 | 6 | 3.28 | 37 |
| Steamboat Williams | 36 | 105.0 | 6 | 7 | 4.20 | 25 |
| Slim Sallee | 16 | 70.0 | 5 | 5 | 3.47 | 28 |
| Charley Hall | 10 | 42.2 | 0 | 4 | 5.48 | 15 |
| Joe Lotz | 12 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | 4.28 | 18 |

#### 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 |
| Murphy Currie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.88 | 8 |
| Dan Griner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.09 | 3 |
| Cy Warmoth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.40 | 1 |