1916 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1916 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1916 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Dave Robertson led with 12 home runs, Del Pratt led with 103 RBI, and Tris Speaker led with 211 hits. Batting leaders require at least 200 at bats and pitching leaders at least 50 innings pitched, which is why a part-season line does not appear here.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

1916 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1916 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Tris Speaker CLE 151 546 102 211 41 8 2 79 35 82 20 0.386 0.470 0.502 0.972
Ty Cobb DET 145 542 113 201 31 10 5 68 68 78 39 0.371 0.452 0.493 0.944
Shoeless Joe Jackson CHA 155 592 91 202 40 21 3 78 24 46 25 0.341 0.393 0.495 0.888
Hal Chase CIN 142 542 66 184 29 12 4 82 22 19 48 0.339 0.363 0.459 0.822
John Henry Lloyd CAG 62 223 38 75 9 2 1 34 6 20 0 0.336 0.396 0.408 0.804
Amos Strunk PHA 150 544 71 172 30 9 3 49 21 66 59 0.316 0.393 0.421 0.814
Jake Daubert BRO 127 478 75 151 16 7 3 33 21 38 39 0.316 0.371 0.397 0.769
Bill Hinchman PIT 152 555 64 175 18 16 4 76 10 54 61 0.315 0.378 0.427 0.805
Rogers Hornsby SLN 139 495 63 155 17 15 6 65 17 40 63 0.313 0.369 0.444 0.814
Jesse Barber CAG 59 227 36 71 8 6 0 31 8 13 0 0.313 0.350 0.401 0.751
Zack Wheat BRO 149 568 76 177 32 13 9 73 19 43 49 0.312 0.366 0.461 0.828
Larry Gardner BOS 148 493 47 152 19 7 2 62 12 48 27 0.308 0.372 0.387 0.759
Eddie Collins CHA 155 545 87 168 14 17 0 52 40 86 36 0.308 0.405 0.396 0.802
Dave Robertson NY1 150 587 88 180 18 8 12 69 21 14 56 0.307 0.326 0.426 0.752
Bobby Veach DET 150 566 92 173 33 15 3 91 24 52 41 0.306 0.367 0.433 0.800
George Sisler SLA 151 580 83 177 21 11 4 76 34 40 37 0.305 0.355 0.400 0.755
Happy Felsch CHA 146 546 73 164 24 12 7 70 13 31 67 0.300 0.341 0.427 0.768
Les Nunamaker NYA 91 260 25 77 14 7 0 28 4 34 21 0.296 0.380 0.404 0.784
Frank Schulte CHN 72 230 31 68 11 1 5 27 9 20 35 0.296 0.352 0.417 0.769
Stuffy McInnis PHA 140 512 42 151 25 3 1 60 7 25 19 0.295 0.331 0.361 0.693
Frank Duncan CAG 60 211 26 62 5 1 1 27 2 18 0 0.294 0.361 0.341 0.702
Tom Long SLN 119 403 37 118 11 10 1 33 21 10 43 0.293 0.312 0.377 0.689
Heinie Zimmerman CHN 107 398 54 116 25 5 6 64 15 16 33 0.291 0.324 0.425 0.748
Honus Wagner PIT 123 432 45 124 15 9 1 39 11 34 36 0.287 0.350 0.370 0.721
Paddy Baumann NYA 79 237 35 68 5 3 1 25 10 19 16 0.287 0.352 0.346 0.698
Edd Roush CIN 69 272 34 78 7 14 0 15 15 13 19 0.287 0.336 0.415 0.751
Braggo Roth CLE 125 409 50 117 19 7 4 72 29 38 48 0.286 0.350 0.396 0.746
George Burns DET 135 479 60 137 22 6 4 73 12 22 30 0.286 0.327 0.382 0.709
Art Fletcher NY1 133 500 53 143 23 8 3 66 15 13 36 0.286 0.323 0.382 0.705
Sam Crawford DET 100 322 41 92 11 13 0 42 10 37 10 0.286 0.359 0.401 0.760
Gavvy Cravath PHI 137 448 70 127 21 8 11 70 9 64 89 0.283 0.379 0.440 0.819
Burt Shotton SLA 156 614 97 174 23 6 1 36 41 110 65 0.283 0.392 0.345 0.738
Harry Heilmann DET 136 451 57 127 30 11 2 73 9 42 40 0.282 0.349 0.410 0.760
Fred Luderus PHI 146 508 52 143 26 3 5 53 8 41 32 0.281 0.341 0.374 0.715
George Whitted PHI 147 526 68 148 20 12 6 68 29 19 46 0.281 0.309 0.399 0.708
Milt Stock PHI 132 509 61 143 25 6 1 43 21 27 33 0.281 0.320 0.360 0.679
George Burns NY1 155 623 105 174 24 8 5 41 37 63 47 0.279 0.346 0.368 0.714
Dode Paskert PHI 149 555 82 155 30 7 8 46 22 54 76 0.279 0.346 0.402 0.748
Casey Stengel BRO 127 462 66 129 27 8 8 53 11 33 51 0.279 0.329 0.424 0.753
Cy Williams CHN 118 405 55 113 19 9 12 66 6 51 64 0.279 0.372 0.459 0.831
Frank Gilhooley NYA 58 223 40 62 5 3 1 10 16 37 17 0.278 0.383 0.341 0.724
Leroy Grant CAG 58 209 27 58 14 1 1 39 6 12 0 0.278 0.317 0.368 0.685
Elmer Smith CLE 79 213 25 59 15 3 3 40 3 18 35 0.277 0.336 0.418 0.754
Hank Severeid SLA 100 293 23 80 8 2 0 34 3 26 17 0.273 0.341 0.314 0.655
Clyde Milan WS1 150 565 58 154 14 3 1 45 34 56 31 0.273 0.343 0.313 0.657
Les Mann CHN 127 415 46 113 13 9 2 29 11 19 31 0.272 0.307 0.361 0.669
Harry Hooper BOS 151 575 75 156 20 11 1 37 27 80 35 0.271 0.361 0.350 0.711
Home Run Baker NYA 100 360 46 97 23 2 10 52 15 36 30 0.269 0.344 0.428 0.772
Heinie Groh CIN 149 553 85 149 24 14 2 28 13 84 34 0.269 0.370 0.374 0.744
Duffy Lewis BOS 152 563 56 151 29 5 1 56 16 33 56 0.268 0.313 0.343 0.656
Larry Doyle NY1 113 441 55 118 24 10 2 47 17 27 23 0.268 0.316 0.381 0.697
Jack Ness CHA 75 258 32 69 7 5 1 34 4 9 32 0.267 0.310 0.345 0.655
Alva Williams WS1 76 202 16 54 10 2 0 20 5 15 19 0.267 0.324 0.337 0.661
Buck Herzog CIN 79 281 30 75 14 2 1 24 15 21 12 0.267 0.329 0.342 0.671
Del Pratt SLA 158 596 64 159 35 12 5 103 26 54 56 0.267 0.331 0.391 0.722
Ray Morgan WS1 99 315 41 84 12 4 1 29 14 59 29 0.267 0.398 0.340 0.738
Wally Schang PHA 110 338 41 90 15 8 7 38 14 38 44 0.266 0.358 0.420 0.778
Roxy Walters NYA 66 203 13 54 9 3 0 23 2 14 42 0.266 0.320 0.340 0.660
Ward Miller SLA 146 485 72 129 17 5 1 50 25 72 76 0.266 0.371 0.328 0.699
Tommy Griffith CIN 155 595 50 158 28 7 2 61 16 36 37 0.266 0.310 0.346 0.656
Tillie Walker BOS 128 467 68 124 29 11 3 46 14 23 45 0.266 0.303 0.394 0.697
Benny Kauff NY1 154 552 71 146 22 15 9 74 40 68 65 0.264 0.348 0.408 0.756
Pinch Thomas BOS 99 216 21 57 10 1 1 21 4 33 13 0.264 0.364 0.333 0.697
Max Carey PIT 154 599 90 158 23 11 7 42 63 59 58 0.264 0.337 0.374 0.711
Ralph Young DET 153 528 60 139 16 6 1 45 20 62 43 0.263 0.342 0.322 0.664
Hugh High NYA 116 377 44 99 13 4 1 28 13 47 44 0.263 0.349 0.326 0.675
Wally Pipp NYA 151 545 70 143 20 14 12 93 16 54 82 0.262 0.331 0.417 0.748
Greasy Neale CIN 138 530 53 139 13 5 0 20 17 19 79 0.262 0.295 0.306 0.601
Hi Myers BRO 113 412 54 108 12 14 3 36 17 21 35 0.262 0.308 0.381 0.689
Terry Turner CLE 124 428 52 112 15 3 0 38 15 40 29 0.262 0.325 0.311 0.636
Buck Herzog NY1 77 280 40 73 10 4 0 25 19 22 24 0.261 0.326 0.325 0.651
George Cutshaw BRO 154 581 58 151 21 4 2 63 27 25 32 0.260 0.292 0.320 0.612
Joe Schultz PIT 77 204 18 53 8 2 0 22 6 7 14 0.260 0.298 0.319 0.616
Ed Konetchy BSN 158 566 76 147 29 13 3 70 13 43 46 0.260 0.320 0.373 0.693
Red Smith BSN 150 509 48 132 16 10 3 60 13 53 55 0.259 0.333 0.348 0.680
Dick Hoblitzell BOS 130 417 57 108 17 1 0 39 10 47 28 0.259 0.338 0.305 0.643
Chick Gandil CLE 146 533 51 138 26 9 0 72 13 36 48 0.259 0.312 0.341 0.653
Frank Snyder SLN 132 406 23 105 12 4 0 39 7 18 31 0.259 0.290 0.308 0.598
Max Flack CHN 141 465 65 120 14 3 3 20 24 42 43 0.258 0.320 0.320 0.640
Lee Magee NYA 131 510 57 131 18 4 3 45 29 50 31 0.257 0.324 0.325 0.650
Roger Peckinpaugh NYA 145 552 65 141 22 8 4 58 18 62 50 0.255 0.332 0.346 0.678
Otto Miller BRO 73 216 16 55 9 2 1 17 6 7 29 0.255 0.281 0.329 0.610
Armando Marsans SLA 151 528 51 134 12 1 1 60 46 57 41 0.254 0.333 0.286 0.619
Ivy Olson BRO 108 351 29 89 13 4 1 38 14 21 27 0.254 0.298 0.322 0.620
Vic Saier CHN 147 498 60 126 25 3 7 50 20 79 68 0.253 0.356 0.357 0.714
Howie Shanks WS1 140 471 51 119 15 7 1 48 23 41 34 0.253 0.317 0.321 0.637
Eddie Foster WS1 158 606 75 153 18 9 1 44 23 68 26 0.252 0.332 0.317 0.649
Hank Gowdy BSN 118 349 32 88 14 1 1 34 8 24 33 0.252 0.311 0.307 0.618
Jimmy Johnston BRO 118 425 58 107 13 8 1 26 22 35 38 0.252 0.313 0.327 0.640
John Henry WS1 117 305 28 76 12 3 0 46 12 49 40 0.249 0.364 0.308 0.672
Fred Snodgrass BSN 112 382 33 95 13 5 1 32 14 34 54 0.249 0.318 0.317 0.635
Jack Meyers BRO 80 239 21 59 10 3 0 21 2 26 15 0.247 0.336 0.314 0.650
Nap Lajoie PHA 113 426 33 105 14 4 2 35 15 14 26 0.246 0.272 0.312 0.584
Bill Wambsganss CLE 136 475 57 117 14 4 0 45 13 41 40 0.246 0.313 0.293 0.605
Bill McKechnie NY1 71 260 22 64 9 1 0 17 7 7 20 0.246 0.269 0.288 0.557
Danny Moeller WS1 78 240 30 59 8 1 1 23 13 30 35 0.246 0.335 0.300 0.635
Whitey Witt PHA 143 563 64 138 16 15 2 36 19 55 71 0.245 0.315 0.337 0.652
Ivey Wingo CIN 119 347 30 85 8 11 2 40 4 25 27 0.245 0.298 0.349 0.646
Mike Mowrey BRO 144 495 57 121 22 6 0 60 16 50 60 0.244 0.320 0.313 0.633
Jack Smith SLN 130 357 43 87 6 5 6 34 24 20 50 0.244 0.291 0.339 0.630
Red Killefer CIN 70 234 29 57 9 1 1 18 7 21 8 0.244 0.327 0.303 0.630
Shano Collins CHA 143 527 74 128 28 12 0 42 16 59 51 0.243 0.323 0.342 0.664
Bert Niehoff PHI 146 548 65 133 42 4 4 61 20 37 57 0.243 0.292 0.356 0.648
Charlie Pick PHA 121 398 29 96 10 3 0 20 25 40 24 0.241 0.315 0.281 0.597
Jack Graney CLE 155 589 106 142 41 14 5 54 10 102 72 0.241 0.355 0.384 0.739
Sherry Magee BSN 122 419 44 101 17 5 3 54 10 44 52 0.241 0.322 0.327 0.649
Jack Fournier CHA 105 313 36 75 13 9 3 44 19 36 40 0.240 0.328 0.367 0.695
Owen Wilson SLN 120 355 30 85 8 2 3 32 4 20 46 0.239 0.289 0.299 0.588
Mike Gonzalez SLN 118 331 33 79 15 4 0 29 5 28 18 0.239 0.304 0.308 0.612
Dots Miller SLN 143 505 47 120 22 7 1 46 18 40 49 0.238 0.300 0.315 0.615
Oscar Stanage DET 94 291 16 69 17 3 0 30 3 17 48 0.237 0.286 0.316 0.602
Fred Merkle NY1 112 401 45 95 19 3 7 44 17 33 46 0.237 0.308 0.352 0.659
Doc Lavan SLA 110 343 32 81 13 1 0 19 7 32 38 0.236 0.305 0.280 0.585
Steve O'Neill CLE 130 378 30 89 23 0 0 29 2 24 33 0.235 0.288 0.296 0.584
Bob Bescher SLN 151 561 78 132 24 8 6 43 39 60 50 0.235 0.316 0.339 0.654
Rabbit Maranville BSN 155 604 79 142 16 13 4 38 32 50 69 0.235 0.296 0.325 0.620
Rollie Zeider CHN 98 345 29 81 11 2 1 22 9 26 26 0.235 0.294 0.287 0.581
Bruno Betzel SLN 142 510 49 119 15 11 1 37 22 39 77 0.233 0.288 0.312 0.600
Jimmy Walsh PHA 114 390 42 91 13 6 1 27 27 54 36 0.233 0.330 0.305 0.635
Ed Burns PHI 78 219 14 51 8 1 0 14 3 16 18 0.233 0.294 0.279 0.573
Everett Scott BOS 123 366 37 85 19 2 0 27 8 23 24 0.232 0.283 0.295 0.578
Ray Schalk CHA 129 410 36 95 12 9 0 41 30 41 31 0.232 0.311 0.305 0.616
Ray Chapman CLE 109 346 50 80 10 5 0 27 21 50 46 0.231 0.330 0.289 0.619
Joe Wilhoit BSN 116 383 44 88 13 4 2 38 18 27 45 0.230 0.282 0.300 0.582
Ernie Johnson SLA 74 236 29 54 9 3 0 19 13 30 23 0.229 0.323 0.292 0.616
George McBride WS1 139 466 36 106 15 4 1 36 8 23 58 0.227 0.271 0.283 0.555
Buck Weaver CHA 151 582 78 132 27 6 3 38 22 30 48 0.227 0.280 0.309 0.589
Ossie Vitt DET 153 597 88 135 17 12 0 42 18 75 28 0.226 0.314 0.295 0.608
Donie Bush DET 145 550 73 124 5 9 0 34 19 75 42 0.225 0.319 0.267 0.587
Grover Hartley SLA 89 222 19 50 8 0 0 12 4 30 24 0.225 0.325 0.261 0.587
Dick Egan BSN 83 238 23 53 8 3 0 16 2 19 21 0.223 0.280 0.282 0.562
Hal Janvrin BOS 117 310 32 69 11 4 0 26 6 32 32 0.223 0.299 0.284 0.583
Bill Rariden NY1 120 351 23 78 9 3 1 29 4 55 32 0.222 0.333 0.274 0.606
Joe Judge WS1 103 336 42 74 10 8 0 28 18 54 44 0.220 0.333 0.298 0.631
Jimmy Archer CHN 77 205 11 45 6 2 1 30 3 12 24 0.220 0.269 0.283 0.552
William Louden CIN 134 439 38 96 16 4 1 32 12 54 54 0.219 0.313 0.280 0.593
Bill Killefer PHI 97 286 22 62 5 4 3 27 2 8 14 0.217 0.246 0.294 0.539
Matías Ríos CSW 62 203 21 44 3 1 0 14 2 20 0 0.217 0.290 0.241 0.532
Gervasio González CSW 56 208 30 45 5 1 0 20 2 23 0 0.216 0.300 0.250 0.550
Doug Baird PIT 128 430 41 93 10 7 1 28 20 24 49 0.216 0.263 0.279 0.542
Johnny Evers BSN 71 241 33 52 4 1 0 15 5 40 19 0.216 0.330 0.241 0.570
Ed Fitzpatrick BSN 83 216 17 46 8 0 1 18 5 15 26 0.213 0.280 0.264 0.544
Doc Johnston PIT 114 404 33 86 10 10 0 39 17 20 42 0.213 0.262 0.287 0.549
Dave Bancroft PHI 142 477 53 101 10 0 3 33 15 74 57 0.212 0.323 0.252 0.574
Joe Gedeon NYA 122 435 50 92 14 4 0 27 14 40 61 0.211 0.282 0.262 0.544
Roy Corhan SLN 92 295 30 62 6 3 0 18 15 20 31 0.210 0.265 0.251 0.516
Zip Collins BSN 93 268 39 56 1 6 1 18 4 18 42 0.209 0.261 0.269 0.530
Jimmy Austin SLA 129 411 55 85 15 6 1 28 19 74 59 0.207 0.333 0.280 0.613
Jack Barry BOS 94 330 28 67 6 1 0 20 8 17 24 0.203 0.277 0.227 0.505
Chuck Wortman CHN 69 234 17 47 4 2 2 16 4 18 22 0.201 0.258 0.261 0.519
Zeb Terry CHA 94 269 20 51 8 4 0 17 4 33 36 0.190 0.292 0.249 0.541
Ivan Howard CLE 81 246 20 46 11 5 0 23 9 30 34 0.187 0.298 0.272 0.571
Bienvenido Jiménez CSW 62 243 40 45 7 0 0 8 10 27 0 0.185 0.272 0.214 0.486
Showing 1-50 of 153 qualified batters

Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

1916 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Ferdie Schupp NY1 9 3 30 11 8 4 1 140.3 79 14 37 86 0.90 0.83
Slim Sallee NY1 9 4 15 11 7 2 0 111.6 96 17 10 35 1.37 0.95
Pete Alexander PHI 33 12 48 45 38 16 3 389.0 323 67 50 167 1.55 0.96
Joe Williams NLG 5 2 9 6 6 1 0 63.3 70 11 17 37 1.56 1.37
Rube Marquard BRO 13 6 36 20 15 2 5 205.0 169 36 38 107 1.58 1.01
Juan Padrón CSW 10 11 28 19 18 5 4 184.3 124 34 52 143 1.66 0.95
Dick Whitworth CAG 12 3 20 13 11 3 0 121.0 83 23 65 88 1.71 1.22
Babe Ruth BOS 23 12 44 41 23 9 1 323.6 230 63 118 170 1.75 1.08
Bill Gatewood SLG 6 2 9 8 8 0 0 77.0 65 15 16 26 1.75 1.05
Eddie Cicotte CHA 15 7 44 19 11 2 5 187.0 138 37 70 91 1.78 1.11
Eppa Rixey PHI 22 10 38 33 20 3 0 287.0 239 59 74 134 1.85 1.09
Wilbur Cooper PIT 12 11 42 23 16 2 2 246.0 189 51 74 111 1.87 1.07
Walter Johnson WS1 25 20 48 38 36 3 1 369.6 290 78 82 228 1.90 1.01
Jeff Pfeffer BRO 25 11 41 37 30 6 1 328.6 274 70 63 128 1.92 1.03
Larry Cheney BRO 18 12 41 32 15 5 0 253.0 178 54 105 166 1.92 1.12
Harry Coveleski DET 21 11 44 39 22 3 2 324.3 278 71 63 108 1.97 1.05
Mellie Wolfgang CHA 4 6 27 14 6 1 0 127.0 103 28 42 36 1.98 1.14
Art Nehf BSN 7 5 22 12 6 1 0 121.0 110 27 20 36 2.01 1.07
Red Faber CHA 17 9 35 25 15 3 1 205.3 167 46 61 87 2.02 1.11
Fritz Coumbe CLE 7 5 29 13 7 2 0 120.3 121 27 27 39 2.02 1.23
Lefty Tyler BSN 17 9 34 28 21 6 1 249.3 200 56 58 117 2.02 1.03
Joe Benz CHA 9 5 28 16 6 4 0 142.0 108 32 32 57 2.03 0.99
Nick Cullop NYA 13 6 28 22 9 0 1 167.0 151 38 32 77 2.05 1.10
Frank Allen BSN 8 2 19 14 7 2 1 113.0 102 26 31 63 2.07 1.18
Pat Ragan BSN 9 9 28 23 14 3 0 182.0 143 42 47 94 2.08 1.04
Frank Wickware CAG 6 7 21 16 10 4 0 146.6 107 35 61 75 2.15 1.15
Carl Weilman SLA 17 18 46 31 19 1 2 276.0 237 66 76 91 2.15 1.13
Dick Rudolph BSN 19 12 41 38 27 5 3 312.0 266 75 38 133 2.16 0.97
Hippo Vaughn CHN 17 15 44 35 21 4 1 294.0 269 72 67 144 2.20 1.14
Bob Shawkey NYA 24 14 53 27 21 4 8 276.6 204 68 81 122 2.21 1.03
Wheezer Dell BRO 8 9 32 16 9 2 1 155.0 143 39 43 76 2.26 1.20
Fred Toney CIN 14 17 41 38 21 3 1 300.0 247 76 78 146 2.28 1.08
Frank Miller PIT 7 10 30 20 10 2 1 173.0 135 44 49 88 2.29 1.06
Mike Prendergast CHN 6 11 35 10 4 2 2 152.0 127 39 23 56 2.31 0.99
George Mogridge NYA 6 12 30 21 10 2 0 194.6 174 50 45 66 2.31 1.12
Eddie Plank SLA 16 15 37 26 17 3 3 235.6 203 61 67 88 2.33 1.15
Christy Mathewson NY1 3 4 12 6 4 1 2 65.6 59 17 7 16 2.33 1.01
Sherry Smith BRO 14 10 36 23 15 4 1 219.0 193 57 45 67 2.34 1.09
Tom Hughes BSN 16 3 40 14 7 1 5 161.0 121 42 51 97 2.35 1.07
Dutch Leonard BOS 18 12 48 34 17 6 6 274.0 244 72 66 144 2.36 1.13
Jesse Barnes BSN 6 15 33 18 9 3 1 163.0 154 43 37 55 2.37 1.17
Carl Mays BOS 18 13 44 24 14 2 3 245.0 208 65 74 76 2.39 1.15
Fred Beebe CLE 5 3 20 12 5 1 2 100.6 92 27 37 32 2.41 1.28
Reb Russell CHA 18 11 56 25 16 5 3 264.3 207 71 42 112 2.42 0.94
Harry Harper WS1 14 10 36 34 13 2 0 249.6 209 68 101 149 2.45 1.24
José Junco CSW 14 6 23 21 15 2 0 172.3 155 47 35 64 2.45 1.10
Ed Reulbach BSN 7 6 21 11 6 0 0 109.3 99 30 41 47 2.47 1.28
Judy Gans CAG 4 1 9 5 4 0 0 50.6 37 14 24 23 2.49 1.20
Jim Jeffries ABC 4 4 11 8 5 0 0 72.3 65 20 19 32 2.49 1.16
Ed Klepfer CLE 6 6 31 13 4 1 2 143.0 136 40 46 62 2.52 1.27
Al Mamaux PIT 21 15 45 38 26 1 2 310.0 264 87 136 163 2.53 1.29
Al Gould CLE 5 7 30 9 6 1 1 106.6 101 30 40 41 2.53 1.32
Ernie Koob SLA 11 8 33 20 10 2 2 166.6 153 47 56 26 2.54 1.25
Bob Groom SLA 13 9 41 26 8 1 4 217.3 174 62 98 92 2.57 1.25
George McConnell CHN 4 12 28 21 8 1 0 171.3 137 49 35 82 2.57 1.00
Bullet Joe Bush PHA 15 24 40 33 25 8 0 286.6 222 82 130 157 2.57 1.23
Lee Meadows SLN 12 23 51 36 11 1 2 289.0 261 83 119 120 2.58 1.31
Jim Bagby CLE 16 16 48 27 14 3 5 272.6 253 79 67 88 2.61 1.17
Pol Perritt NY1 18 11 40 28 17 5 2 251.0 243 73 56 115 2.62 1.19
Jim Park SLA 1 4 26 6 1 0 0 79.0 69 23 25 26 2.62 1.19
Al Demaree PHI 19 14 39 35 25 4 1 285.0 252 83 48 130 2.62 1.05
Urban Shocker NYA 4 3 12 9 4 1 0 82.3 67 24 32 43 2.62 1.20
Jim Shaw WS1 3 8 26 9 5 2 1 106.3 86 31 50 44 2.62 1.28
Bill Doak SLN 12 8 29 26 11 2 0 192.0 177 56 55 82 2.62 1.21
String Bean Williams BRG 6 3 10 8 7 0 1 75.3 79 22 19 45 2.63 1.30
Ernie Shore BOS 16 10 38 28 10 3 1 225.6 221 66 49 62 2.63 1.20
Red Ames SLN 11 16 45 22 10 2 8 228.0 225 67 57 98 2.64 1.24
Jack Coombs BRO 13 8 27 21 10 3 0 159.0 136 47 44 47 2.66 1.13
Joe Boehling CLE 2 4 12 9 3 0 0 60.6 63 18 23 18 2.67 1.42
Dick Redding NLG 8 2 10 8 8 2 0 80.6 73 24 23 50 2.68 1.19
Claude Hendrix CHN 8 16 36 24 15 3 2 218.0 193 65 67 117 2.68 1.19
Pete Schneider CIN 10 19 44 31 16 2 1 274.3 259 82 82 117 2.69 1.24
Jim Scott CHA 7 14 32 21 8 1 3 165.3 155 50 53 71 2.72 1.26
Dizzy Dismukes ABC 9 6 18 14 11 2 1 128.6 101 39 50 40 2.73 1.17
George Cunningham DET 7 10 35 14 5 0 2 150.3 146 46 74 68 2.75 1.46
George McQuillan PHI 1 7 21 3 1 0 2 62.0 58 19 15 22 2.76 1.18
Bert Gallia WS1 17 12 49 31 13 1 2 283.6 278 87 99 120 2.76 1.33
Gene Packard CHN 10 6 37 16 5 2 5 155.3 154 48 38 36 2.78 1.24
Dicta Johnson ABC 7 6 16 14 11 1 0 112.0 91 35 55 67 2.81 1.30
Bob Harmon PIT 8 11 31 17 10 2 0 172.6 175 54 39 62 2.81 1.24
Jimmy Lavender CHN 10 14 36 25 9 4 2 188.0 163 59 62 91 2.82 1.20
Dave Davenport SLA 12 11 59 31 13 1 2 290.6 267 92 100 129 2.85 1.26
Rube Benton NY1 16 8 38 30 15 3 2 238.6 210 76 58 115 2.87 1.12
Guy Morton CLE 12 8 27 18 9 0 0 149.6 139 48 42 88 2.89 1.21
Lefty Williams CHA 13 7 43 26 10 2 1 224.3 220 72 65 138 2.89 1.27
Elmer Knetzer CIN 5 12 36 16 12 0 1 171.3 161 55 48 70 2.89 1.22
Jeff Tesreau NY1 14 14 40 33 23 5 2 268.3 249 87 65 113 2.92 1.17
Otis Lambeth CLE 4 3 15 9 3 0 1 74.0 69 24 38 28 2.92 1.45
Elmer Jacobs PIT 6 10 34 17 8 0 0 153.0 151 50 38 46 2.94 1.24
Jean Dubuc DET 10 10 36 16 8 1 1 170.3 134 56 84 40 2.96 1.28
Ray Caldwell NYA 5 12 21 18 14 1 0 165.6 142 55 65 76 2.99 1.25
Bill Evans PIT 2 5 13 6 3 0 0 63.0 57 21 16 21 3.00 1.16
Vean Gregg BOS 2 5 21 7 3 0 0 77.6 71 26 30 41 3.01 1.30
Earl Hamilton SLA 5 7 22 12 3 0 0 91.3 97 31 26 25 3.05 1.35
George Dumont WS1 2 3 17 5 2 0 1 53.0 37 18 17 21 3.06 1.02
Milt Watson SLN 4 6 18 13 5 2 0 103.0 109 35 33 27 3.06 1.38
Rube Foster BOS 14 7 33 19 9 3 2 182.3 173 62 86 53 3.06 1.42
Ray Keating NYA 5 6 14 12 6 0 0 91.0 91 31 37 35 3.07 1.41
Joe Boehling WS1 9 11 27 19 7 2 0 139.6 134 48 54 52 3.09 1.35
Al Schulz CIN 8 19 44 22 10 0 2 215.0 208 75 93 95 3.14 1.40
Clarence Mitchell CIN 11 10 29 24 17 1 0 194.6 211 68 45 52 3.14 1.32
Erskine Mayer PHI 7 7 28 16 7 2 0 140.0 148 49 33 62 3.15 1.29
Grover Lowdermilk CLE 1 5 10 9 2 0 0 51.3 52 18 45 28 3.16 1.89
Erv Kantlehner PIT 5 15 34 21 7 2 2 165.0 151 58 57 49 3.16 1.26
Ray Fisher NYA 11 8 31 21 9 1 2 179.0 191 63 51 56 3.17 1.35
George Chalmers PHI 1 4 12 8 2 0 0 53.6 49 19 19 21 3.19 1.27
Allen Russell NYA 6 10 34 18 8 1 6 171.3 138 61 75 104 3.20 1.24
Hooks Dauss DET 19 12 39 29 18 1 4 238.6 220 85 90 95 3.21 1.30
Dave Danforth CHA 6 5 28 8 1 0 2 93.6 87 34 37 49 3.27 1.32
Tom Seaton CHN 6 6 31 12 4 0 1 121.0 108 44 43 45 3.27 1.25
Hi Jasper SLN 5 6 21 11 2 0 1 107.0 97 39 42 37 3.28 1.30
Willie Mitchell DET 7 5 23 17 7 2 0 127.6 119 47 48 60 3.31 1.31
Fred Anderson NY1 9 13 38 27 13 2 2 188.0 206 71 38 98 3.40 1.30
Tom Johnson CAG 14 4 24 18 12 0 0 156.0 130 59 56 73 3.40 1.19
Bob Steele SLN 5 15 29 22 7 1 0 148.0 156 56 42 67 3.41 1.34
Stan Coveleski CLE 15 13 45 27 11 1 3 232.0 247 88 58 76 3.41 1.31
Jack Nabors PHA 1 20 40 30 11 0 1 212.6 206 82 95 74 3.47 1.42
Slim Sallee SLN 5 5 16 7 4 2 1 70.0 75 27 23 28 3.47 1.40
Elmer Myers PHA 14 23 44 35 31 2 1 315.0 280 128 168 182 3.66 1.42
Bill James DET 8 12 30 20 8 0 1 151.6 141 62 79 61 3.68 1.45
Tom Sheehan PHA 1 16 38 17 8 0 0 188.0 197 77 94 54 3.69 1.55
Jing Johnson PHA 2 8 12 12 8 0 0 84.3 90 35 39 25 3.74 1.53
Charles Bender PHI 7 7 27 13 4 0 3 122.6 137 51 34 43 3.74 1.39
Doc Ayers WS1 5 9 43 17 7 0 2 157.0 173 66 52 69 3.78 1.43
Gunboat Thompson NLS 2 3 9 6 5 1 0 51.3 68 22 12 10 3.86 1.56
Earl Moseley CIN 7 10 31 15 7 0 1 150.3 145 65 69 60 3.89 1.42
Eustaquio Pedroso CSW 6 9 21 18 13 1 0 149.6 155 65 52 79 3.91 1.38
Bernie Boland DET 10 3 46 9 5 1 3 130.3 111 57 73 59 3.94 1.41
Steamboat Williams SLN 6 7 36 8 5 0 1 105.0 121 49 27 25 4.20 1.41
Lefty Harvey BRG 6 5 13 12 10 0 0 89.0 94 44 33 60 4.45 1.43
Doc Sykes NLS 1 9 11 9 6 0 1 76.3 95 40 29 31 4.72 1.62
Gene Dale CIN 3 4 17 5 2 0 0 69.6 80 40 33 23 5.17 1.62
Lee Wade SLG 4 4 13 10 6 0 0 74.0 87 46 12 31 5.59 1.34
Babe Adams PIT 2 9 16 10 4 1 0 72.3 91 46 12 22 5.72 1.42
Ad Lankford NLS 4 5 11 9 6 0 0 74.0 119 64 34 26 7.78 2.07
Marsh Williams PHA 0 6 10 4 3 0 0 51.3 71 45 31 17 7.89 1.99
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1916 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1916?
Dave Robertson led with 12 home runs in 1916.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1916?
Del Pratt led with 103 RBI in 1916.
Who led MLB in hits in 1916?
Tris Speaker led with 211 hits in 1916.
Who led MLB in wins in 1916?
Pete Alexander led with 33 wins in 1916.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1916?
Walter Johnson led with 228 strikeouts in 1916.
Who had the lowest ERA in 1916?
Ferdie Schupp at 0.90, among pitchers with at least 50 innings.