# 1916 Cleveland Indians season

The 1916 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 77–77, 14 games behind the Boston Red Sox.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 12, 1916: Sad Sam Jones, Fred Thomas, and $55,000 were traded by the Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Tris Speaker.

### Roster

Beginning June 26, the Indians pioneered the use of uniform numbers on their home uniform jerseys, the first team to do so in MLB. The numbers were used up till the 1917 season. Uniform numbers, though, were not worn on the away uniforms.

## 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 | Steve O'Neill | 130 | 378 | 89 | .235 | 0 | 29 |
| 1B | Chick Gandil | 146 | 533 | 138 | .259 | 0 | 72 |
| 2B | Ivan Howard | 81 | 246 | 46 | .187 | 0 | 23 |
| SS | Bill Wambsganss | 136 | 475 | 117 | .246 | 0 | 45 |
| 3B | Terry Turner | 124 | 428 | 112 | .262 | 0 | 38 |
| OF | Braggo Roth | 125 | 409 | 117 | .286 | 4 | 72 |
| OF | Tris Speaker | 151 | 546 | 211 | .386 | 2 | 79 |
| OF | Jack Graney | 155 | 589 | 142 | .241 | 5 | 54 |

#### 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 |
| Ray Chapman | 109 | 346 | 80 | .231 | 0 | 27 |
| Elmer Smith | 79 | 213 | 59 | .277 | 3 | 40 |
| Joe Evans | 33 | 82 | 12 | .146 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Daly | 31 | 73 | 16 | .219 | 0 | 8 |
| Walter Barbare | 13 | 48 | 11 | .229 | 0 | 3 |
| Marty Kavanagh | 19 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 1 | 10 |
| Hank DeBerry | 15 | 33 | 9 | .273 | 0 | 4 |
| Josh Billings | 22 | 31 | 5 | .161 | 0 | 1 |
| Danny Moeller | 25 | 30 | 2 | .067 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Coleman | 19 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 4 |
| Clyde Engle | 11 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
| Lou Guisto | 6 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 2 |
| Milo Allison | 14 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Bergman | 8 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Lohr | 3 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Bradley | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Chappell | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Leonard | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie Welf | 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 |
| Jim Bagby Sr. | 48 | 272.2 | 16 | 17 | 2.61 | 88 |
| Stan Coveleski | 45 | 232.0 | 15 | 13 | 3.41 | 76 |
| Guy Morton | 27 | 149.2 | 12 | 6 | 2.89 | 88 |
| Fred Beebe | 20 | 100.2 | 5 | 3 | 2.41 | 32 |
| Joe Boehling | 12 | 60.2 | 2 | 4 | 2.67 | 18 |
| Grover Lowdermilk | 10 | 51.1 | 1 | 5 | 3.16 | 28 |

#### 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 |
| Ed Klepfer | 31 | 143.0 | 6 | 6 | 2.52 | 62 |
| Fritz Coumbe | 29 | 120.1 | 7 | 5 | 2.02 | 39 |
| Al Gould | 30 | 106.2 | 5 | 6 | 2.53 | 41 |
| Otis Lambeth | 15 | 74.0 | 4 | 4 | 2.92 | 28 |
| Willie Mitchell | 12 | 43.2 | 2 | 5 | 5.15 | 24 |
| Pop-Boy Smith | 5 | 25.2 | 1 | 2 | 3.86 | 4 |
| Ken Penner | 4 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.26 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Marty McHale | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.56 | 2 |
| Rip Hagerman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 1 |
| Red Gunkel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Shorty Desjardien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |