# 1916 Philadelphia Phillies season

The following lists the events of the 1916 Philadelphia Phillies season.

## 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 | Bill Killefer | 97 | 286 | 62 | .217 | 3 | 27 |
| 1B | Fred Luderus | 146 | 508 | 143 | .281 | 5 | 53 |
| 2B | Bert Niehoff | 146 | 548 | 133 | .243 | 4 | 61 |
| SS | Dave Bancroft | 142 | 477 | 101 | .212 | 3 | 33 |
| 3B | Milt Stock | 132 | 509 | 143 | .281 | 1 | 43 |
| OF | Dode Paskert | 149 | 555 | 155 | .279 | 8 | 46 |
| OF | Gavvy Cravath | 137 | 448 | 127 | .283 | 11 | 70 |
| OF | Possum Whitted | 147 | 526 | 148 | .281 | 6 | 68 |

#### 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 |
| Ed Burns | 78 | 219 | 51 | .233 | 0 | 14 |
| Bobby Byrne | 48 | 141 | 33 | .234 | 0 | 9 |
| Wilbur Good | 75 | 136 | 34 | .250 | 1 | 15 |
| Oscar Dugey | 41 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 0 | 1 |
| Bert Adams | 11 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
| Bud Weiser | 4 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Gandy | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Tincup | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Maharg | 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 |
| Pete Alexander | 48 | 389.0 | 33 | 12 | 1.55 | 167 |
| Eppa Rixey | 38 | 287.0 | 22 | 10 | 1.85 | 134 |
| Al Demaree | 39 | 285.0 | 19 | 14 | 2.62 | 130 |
| Gary Fortune | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.60 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Erskine Mayer | 28 | 140.0 | 7 | 7 | 3.15 | 62 |
| Chief Bender | 27 | 122.2 | 7 | 7 | 3.74 | 43 |
| George Chalmers | 12 | 53.2 | 1 | 4 | 3.19 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| George McQuillan | 21 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2.76 | 22 |
| Joe Oeschger | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.37 | 17 |
| Erv Kantlehner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
| Stan Baumgartner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 0 |