# 1916 St. Louis Browns season

The 1916 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses.

## Offseason

* February 10, 1916: Harry Chapman, Ernie Johnson, and Ward Miller were purchased by the Browns from the St. Louis Terriers.

## 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 | Hank Severeid | 100 | 293 | 80 | .273 | 0 | 34 |
| 1B | George Sisler | 151 | 580 | 177 | .305 | 4 | 76 |
| 2B | Del Pratt | 158 | 596 | 159 | .267 | 5 | 103 |
| SS | Doc Lavan | 110 | 343 | 81 | .236 | 0 | 19 |
| 3B | Jimmy Austin | 129 | 411 | 85 | .207 | 1 | 28 |
| OF | Armando Marsans | 151 | 528 | 134 | .254 | 1 | 60 |
| OF | Burt Shotton | 156 | 614 | 174 | .283 | 1 | 36 |
| OF | Ward Miller | 146 | 485 | 129 | .266 | 1 | 50 |

#### 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 |
| Ernie Johnson | 74 | 236 | 54 | .229 | 0 | 19 |
| Grover Hartley | 89 | 222 | 50 | .225 | 0 | 12 |
| Jack Tobin | 77 | 150 | 32 | .213 | 0 | 10 |
| Babe Borton | 66 | 98 | 22 | .224 | 1 | 12 |
| Charlie Deal | 23 | 74 | 10 | .135 | 0 | 10 |
| William Rumler | 27 | 37 | 12 | .324 | 0 | 10 |
| Harry Chapman | 18 | 31 | 3 | .097 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Wallace | 14 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 1 |
| Verne Clemons | 4 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Paulette | 5 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hale | 4 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Kennedy | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Carl Weilman | 46 | 276.0 | 17 | 18 | 2.15 | 91 |
| Eddie Plank | 37 | 235.2 | 16 | 15 | 2.33 | 88 |
| Bob Groom | 41 | 217.1 | 13 | 9 | 2.57 | 92 |
| George Sisler | 3 | 27.0 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Davenport | 59 | 290.2 | 12 | 11 | 2.85 | 129 |
| Ernie Koob | 33 | 166.2 | 11 | 8 | 2.54 | 26 |
| Earl Hamilton | 23 | 95.1 | 5 | 7 | 3.30 | 25 |
| Jim Park | 26 | 79.0 | 1 | 4 | 2.62 | 26 |
| George Baumgardner | 4 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 7.88 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Tim McCabe | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.16 | 7 |
| Bill Fincher | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.14 | 5 |
| Doc Crandall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |