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, Cy Williams, and Wally Pipp tied for the lead with 12 home runs, Del Pratt led with 103 RBI, and Tris Speaker led with 211 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 480 plate appearances at 155 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (155 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

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

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 480 plate appearances at 155 team games. 79 of the 172 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

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 PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Tris Speaker CLE 151 647 546 102 211 41 8 2 79 35 82 20 .386 .470 .502 .972
Ty Cobb DET 145 636 542 113 201 31 10 5 68 68 78 39 .371 .452 .493 .944
Shoeless Joe Jackson CHA 155 659 592 91 202 40 21 3 78 24 46 25 .341 .393 .495 .888
Hal Chase CIN 142 571 542 66 184 29 12 4 82 22 19 48 .339 .363 .459 .822
Amos Strunk PHA 150 634 544 71 172 30 9 3 49 21 66 59 .316 .393 .421 .814
Jake Daubert BRO 127 555 478 75 151 16 7 3 33 21 38 39 .316 .371 .397 .769
Bill Hinchman PIT 152 628 555 64 175 18 16 4 76 10 54 61 .315 .378 .427 .805
Rogers Hornsby SLN 139 550 495 63 155 17 15 6 65 17 40 63 .313 .369 .444 .814
Zack Wheat BRO 149 626 568 76 177 32 13 9 73 19 43 49 .312 .366 .461 .828
Larry Gardner BOS 148 566 493 47 152 19 7 2 62 12 48 27 .308 .372 .387 .759
Eddie Collins CHA 155 673 545 87 168 14 17 0 52 40 86 36 .308 .405 .396 .802
Dave Robertson NY1 150 620 587 88 180 18 8 12 69 21 14 56 .307 .326 .426 .752
Bobby Veach DET 150 645 566 92 173 33 15 3 91 24 52 41 .306 .367 .433 .800
George Sisler SLA 151 644 580 83 177 21 11 4 76 34 40 37 .305 .355 .400 .755
Happy Felsch CHA 146 593 546 73 164 24 12 7 70 13 31 67 .300 .341 .427 .768
Stuffy McInnis PHA 140 566 512 42 151 25 3 1 60 7 25 19 .295 .331 .361 .693
Honus Wagner PIT 123 484 432 45 124 15 9 1 39 11 34 36 .287 .350 .370 .721
George Burns DET 135 527 479 60 137 22 6 4 73 12 22 30 .286 .327 .382 .709
Art Fletcher NY1 133 542 500 53 143 23 8 3 66 15 13 36 .286 .323 .382 .705
Heinie Zimmerman 2 teams 147 588 549 76 157 29 5 6 83 24 23 43 .286 .318 .390 .708
Gavvy Cravath PHI 137 532 448 70 127 21 8 11 70 9 64 89 .283 .379 .440 .819
Burt Shotton SLA 156 728 614 97 174 23 6 1 36 41 110 65 .283 .392 .345 .738
Harry Heilmann DET 136 513 451 57 127 30 11 2 73 9 42 40 .282 .349 .410 .760
Fred Luderus PHI 146 567 508 52 143 26 3 5 53 8 41 32 .281 .341 .374 .715
George Whitted PHI 147 577 526 68 148 20 12 6 68 29 19 46 .281 .309 .399 .708
Milt Stock PHI 132 550 509 61 143 25 6 1 43 21 27 33 .281 .320 .360 .679
George Burns NY1 155 696 623 105 174 24 8 5 41 37 63 47 .279 .346 .368 .714
Dode Paskert PHI 149 624 555 82 155 30 7 8 46 22 54 76 .279 .346 .402 .748
Casey Stengel BRO 127 511 462 66 129 27 8 8 53 11 33 51 .279 .329 .424 .753
Cy Williams CHN 118 484 405 55 113 19 9 12 66 6 51 64 .279 .372 .459 .831
Larry Doyle 2 teams 122 527 479 61 133 29 11 3 54 19 28 24 .278 .323 .403 .726
Clyde Milan WS1 150 638 565 58 154 14 3 1 45 34 56 31 .273 .343 .313 .657
Harry Hooper BOS 151 670 575 75 156 20 11 1 37 27 80 35 .271 .361 .350 .711
Heinie Groh CIN 149 652 553 85 149 24 14 2 28 13 84 34 .269 .370 .374 .744
Duffy Lewis BOS 152 624 563 56 151 29 5 1 56 16 33 56 .268 .313 .343 .656
Del Pratt SLA 158 669 596 64 159 35 12 5 103 26 54 56 .267 .331 .391 .722
Ward Miller SLA 146 594 485 72 129 17 5 1 50 25 72 76 .266 .371 .328 .699
Tommy Griffith CIN 155 641 595 50 158 28 7 2 61 16 36 37 .266 .310 .346 .656
Tillie Walker BOS 128 506 467 68 124 29 11 3 46 14 23 45 .266 .303 .394 .697
Benny Kauff NY1 154 632 552 71 146 22 15 9 74 40 68 65 .264 .348 .408 .756
Buck Herzog 2 teams 156 638 561 70 148 24 6 1 49 34 43 36 .264 .327 .333 .661
Max Carey PIT 154 679 599 90 158 23 11 7 42 63 59 58 .264 .337 .374 .711
Ralph Young DET 153 614 528 60 139 16 6 1 45 20 62 43 .263 .342 .322 .664
Wally Pipp NYA 151 617 545 70 143 20 14 12 93 16 54 82 .262 .331 .417 .748
Greasy Neale CIN 138 567 530 53 139 13 5 0 20 17 19 79 .262 .295 .306 .601
Terry Turner CLE 124 495 428 52 112 15 3 0 38 15 40 29 .262 .325 .311 .636
George Cutshaw BRO 154 636 581 58 151 21 4 2 63 27 25 32 .260 .292 .320 .612
Ed Konetchy BSN 158 636 566 76 147 29 13 3 70 13 43 46 .260 .320 .373 .693
Red Smith BSN 150 584 509 48 132 16 10 3 60 13 53 55 .259 .333 .348 .680
Dick Hoblitzell BOS 130 488 417 57 108 17 1 0 39 10 47 28 .259 .338 .305 .643
Chick Gandil CLE 146 601 533 51 138 26 9 0 72 13 36 48 .259 .312 .341 .653
Max Flack CHN 141 546 465 65 120 14 3 3 20 24 42 43 .258 .320 .320 .640
Lee Magee NYA 131 581 510 57 131 18 4 3 45 29 50 31 .257 .324 .325 .650
Roger Peckinpaugh NYA 145 635 552 65 141 22 8 4 58 18 62 50 .255 .332 .346 .678
Armando Marsans SLA 151 614 528 51 134 12 1 1 60 46 57 41 .254 .333 .286 .619
Vic Saier CHN 147 590 498 60 126 25 3 7 50 20 79 68 .253 .356 .357 .714
Howie Shanks WS1 140 540 471 51 119 15 7 1 48 23 41 34 .253 .317 .321 .637
Eddie Foster WS1 158 685 606 75 153 18 9 1 44 23 68 26 .252 .332 .317 .649
Bill Wambsganss CLE 136 551 475 57 117 14 4 0 45 13 41 40 .246 .313 .293 .605
Whitey Witt PHA 143 626 563 64 138 16 15 2 36 19 55 71 .245 .315 .337 .652
Mike Mowrey BRO 144 581 495 57 121 22 6 0 60 16 50 60 .244 .320 .313 .633
Shano Collins CHA 143 606 527 74 128 28 12 0 42 16 59 51 .243 .323 .342 .664
Bert Niehoff PHI 146 611 548 65 133 42 4 4 61 20 37 57 .243 .292 .356 .648
Jack Graney CLE 155 702 589 106 142 41 14 5 54 10 102 72 .241 .355 .384 .739
Sherry Magee BSN 122 485 419 44 101 17 5 3 54 10 44 52 .241 .322 .327 .649
Dots Miller SLN 143 560 505 47 120 22 7 1 46 18 40 49 .238 .300 .315 .615
Fred Merkle 2 teams 135 527 470 51 111 20 3 7 46 19 40 50 .236 .308 .336 .644
Bob Bescher SLN 151 636 561 78 132 24 8 6 43 39 60 50 .235 .316 .339 .654
Rabbit Maranville BSN 155 680 604 79 142 16 13 4 38 32 50 69 .235 .296 .325 .620
Bruno Betzel SLN 142 560 510 49 119 15 11 1 37 22 39 77 .233 .288 .312 .600
Jimmy Walsh 2 teams 128 485 407 47 94 14 6 1 29 30 58 38 .231 .330 .302 .632
George McBride WS1 139 517 466 36 106 15 4 1 36 8 23 58 .227 .271 .283 .555
Buck Weaver CHA 151 669 582 78 132 27 6 3 38 22 30 48 .227 .280 .309 .589
Ossie Vitt DET 153 705 597 88 135 17 12 0 42 18 75 28 .226 .314 .295 .608
Donie Bush DET 145 653 550 73 124 5 9 0 34 19 75 42 .225 .319 .267 .587
William Louden CIN 134 503 439 38 96 16 4 1 32 12 54 54 .219 .313 .280 .593
Dave Bancroft PHI 142 571 477 53 101 10 0 3 33 15 74 57 .212 .323 .252 .574
Joe Gedeon NYA 122 491 435 50 92 14 4 0 27 14 40 61 .211 .282 .262 .544
Jimmy Austin SLA 129 508 411 55 85 15 6 1 28 19 74 59 .207 .333 .280 .613
Lew McCarty UNQ 2 teams 80 252 218 23 74 9 5 0 22 4 21 25 .339 .405 .427 .832
John Henry Lloyd UNQ CAG 62 250 223 38 75 9 2 1 34 6 20 0 .336 .396 .408 .804
Cristóbal Torriente UNQ CSW 51 210 183 30 60 10 2 2 38 7 22 0 .328 .403 .437 .840
Jesse Barber UNQ 2 teams 63 268 245 40 75 9 7 0 33 8 14 0 .306 .344 .400 .744
Pete Hill UNQ CAG 56 220 184 41 56 7 2 2 23 8 27 0 .304 .399 .397 .796
Sam Rice UNQ WS1 58 214 197 26 59 8 3 1 17 4 15 13 .299 .352 .386 .738
Les Nunamaker UNQ NYA 91 296 260 25 77 14 7 0 28 4 34 21 .296 .380 .404 .784
Frank Duncan UNQ CAG 60 242 211 26 62 5 1 1 27 2 18 0 .294 .361 .341 .702
Tom Long UNQ SLN 119 423 403 37 118 11 10 1 33 21 10 43 .293 .312 .377 .689
Paddy Baumann UNQ NYA 79 266 237 35 68 5 3 1 25 10 19 16 .287 .352 .346 .698
Braggo Roth UNQ CLE 125 465 409 50 117 19 7 4 72 29 38 48 .286 .350 .396 .746
Sam Crawford UNQ DET 100 368 322 41 92 11 13 0 42 10 37 10 .286 .359 .401 .760
Frank Gilhooley UNQ NYA 58 263 223 40 62 5 3 1 10 16 37 17 .278 .383 .341 .724
Frank Schulte UNQ 2 teams 127 450 407 43 113 16 4 5 41 14 37 54 .278 .339 .373 .713
Leroy Grant UNQ CAG 58 228 209 27 58 14 1 1 39 6 12 0 .278 .317 .368 .685
Hank Severeid UNQ SLA 100 328 293 23 80 8 2 0 34 3 26 17 .273 .341 .314 .655
Les Mann UNQ CHN 127 444 415 46 113 13 9 2 29 11 19 31 .272 .307 .361 .669
Home Run Baker UNQ NYA 100 402 360 46 97 23 2 10 52 15 36 30 .269 .344 .428 .772
Jack Ness UNQ CHA 75 281 258 32 69 7 5 1 34 4 9 32 .267 .310 .345 .655
Alva Williams UNQ WS1 76 230 202 16 54 10 2 0 20 5 15 19 .267 .324 .337 .661
Edd Roush UNQ 2 teams 108 371 341 38 91 7 15 0 20 19 14 23 .267 .309 .375 .685
Ray Morgan UNQ WS1 99 398 315 41 84 12 4 1 29 14 59 29 .267 .398 .340 .738
Wally Schang UNQ PHA 110 399 338 41 90 15 8 7 38 14 38 44 .266 .358 .420 .778
Roxy Walters UNQ NYA 66 225 203 13 54 9 3 0 23 2 14 42 .266 .320 .340 .660
Pinch Thomas UNQ BOS 99 265 216 21 57 10 1 1 21 4 33 13 .264 .364 .333 .697
Hugh High UNQ NYA 116 451 377 44 99 13 4 1 28 13 47 44 .263 .349 .326 .675
Hi Myers UNQ BRO 113 452 412 54 108 12 14 3 36 17 21 35 .262 .308 .381 .689
Joe Schultz UNQ PIT 77 221 204 18 53 8 2 0 22 6 7 14 .260 .298 .319 .616
Frank Snyder UNQ SLN 132 430 406 23 105 12 4 0 39 7 18 31 .259 .290 .308 .598
Fred McMullin UNQ CHA 68 220 187 8 48 3 0 0 10 9 19 30 .257 .332 .273 .604
Bill McKechnie UNQ 2 teams 108 413 390 26 100 12 1 0 27 11 10 32 .256 .277 .292 .569
Eustaquio Pedroso UNQ CSW 53 204 176 18 45 15 2 0 29 2 17 0 .256 .332 .364 .695
Otto Miller UNQ BRO 73 227 216 16 55 9 2 1 17 6 7 29 .255 .281 .329 .610
Ivy Olson UNQ BRO 108 393 351 29 89 13 4 1 38 14 21 27 .254 .298 .322 .620
Pelayo Chacón UNQ CSW 51 220 190 32 48 10 2 0 14 9 20 0 .253 .336 .326 .663
Hank Gowdy UNQ BSN 118 393 349 32 88 14 1 1 34 8 24 33 .252 .311 .307 .618
Jimmy Johnston UNQ BRO 118 472 425 58 107 13 8 1 26 22 35 38 .252 .313 .327 .640
Elmer Smith UNQ 2 teams 124 433 381 37 95 25 6 5 67 7 36 63 .249 .319 .386 .705
John Henry UNQ WS1 117 373 305 28 76 12 3 0 46 12 49 40 .249 .364 .308 .672
Fred Snodgrass UNQ BSN 112 436 382 33 95 13 5 1 32 14 34 54 .249 .318 .317 .635
Jack Meyers UNQ BRO 80 274 239 21 59 10 3 0 21 2 26 15 .247 .336 .314 .650
Red Killefer UNQ 2 teams 72 270 235 29 58 9 1 1 19 7 22 8 .247 .332 .306 .638
Nap Lajoie UNQ PHA 113 455 426 33 105 14 4 2 35 15 14 26 .246 .272 .312 .584
Ivey Wingo UNQ CIN 119 393 347 30 85 8 11 2 40 4 25 27 .245 .298 .349 .646
Jack Smith UNQ SLN 130 400 357 43 87 6 5 6 34 24 20 50 .244 .291 .339 .630
Otto Knabe UNQ 2 teams 79 262 234 21 57 11 1 0 16 4 15 24 .244 .300 .299 .600
Charlie Pick UNQ PHA 121 452 398 29 96 10 3 0 20 25 40 24 .241 .315 .281 .597
Rube Oldring UNQ 2 teams 83 330 304 27 73 16 3 1 26 7 21 22 .240 .289 .322 .612
Jack Fournier UNQ CHA 105 362 313 36 75 13 9 3 44 19 36 40 .240 .328 .367 .695
Owen Wilson UNQ SLN 120 389 355 30 85 8 2 3 32 4 20 46 .239 .289 .299 .588
Mike Gonzalez UNQ SLN 118 370 331 33 79 15 4 0 29 5 28 18 .239 .304 .308 .612
Tommy Clarke UNQ CIN 78 204 177 10 42 10 1 0 17 8 24 20 .237 .328 .305 .633
Oscar Stanage UNQ DET 94 318 291 16 69 17 3 0 30 3 17 48 .237 .286 .316 .602
Fritz Mollwitz UNQ 2 teams 98 277 254 13 60 6 4 0 27 10 12 18 .236 .271 .291 .562
Doc Lavan UNQ SLA 110 382 343 32 81 13 1 0 19 7 32 38 .236 .305 .280 .585
Steve O'Neill UNQ CLE 130 417 378 30 89 23 0 0 29 2 24 33 .235 .288 .296 .584
Rollie Zeider UNQ CHN 98 379 345 29 81 11 2 1 22 9 26 26 .235 .294 .287 .581
Ed Burns UNQ PHI 78 244 219 14 51 8 1 0 14 3 16 18 .233 .294 .279 .573
Everett Scott UNQ BOS 123 422 366 37 85 19 2 0 27 8 23 24 .232 .283 .295 .578
Ray Schalk UNQ CHA 129 472 410 36 95 12 9 0 41 30 41 31 .232 .311 .305 .616
Ray Chapman UNQ CLE 109 437 346 50 80 10 5 0 27 21 50 46 .231 .330 .289 .619
Joe Wilhoit UNQ BSN 116 426 383 44 88 13 4 2 38 18 27 45 .230 .282 .300 .582
Ernie Johnson UNQ SLA 74 278 236 29 54 9 3 0 19 13 30 23 .229 .323 .292 .616
Art Wilson UNQ 2 teams 89 272 242 16 55 8 3 1 17 5 19 41 .227 .286 .298 .584
Danny Moeller UNQ 2 teams 103 313 270 35 61 8 1 1 24 15 35 41 .226 .319 .274 .593
Grover Hartley UNQ SLA 89 258 222 19 50 8 0 0 12 4 30 24 .225 .325 .261 .587
Zinn Beck UNQ SLN 62 201 184 8 41 7 1 0 10 3 14 21 .223 .281 .272 .553
Dick Egan UNQ BSN 83 271 238 23 53 8 3 0 16 2 19 21 .223 .280 .282 .562
Hal Janvrin UNQ BOS 117 363 310 32 69 11 4 0 26 6 32 32 .223 .299 .284 .583
Bill Rariden UNQ NY1 120 415 351 23 78 9 3 1 29 4 55 32 .222 .333 .274 .606
Joe Judge UNQ WS1 103 399 336 42 74 10 8 0 28 18 54 44 .220 .333 .298 .631
Jimmy Archer UNQ CHN 77 228 205 11 45 6 2 1 30 3 12 24 .220 .269 .283 .552
William Fischer UNQ 2 teams 107 324 292 26 64 16 3 2 20 3 21 11 .219 .276 .315 .591
Alex McCarthy UNQ 2 teams 87 298 253 21 55 5 3 0 9 4 26 17 .217 .308 .261 .569
Bill Killefer UNQ PHI 97 307 286 22 62 5 4 3 27 2 8 14 .217 .246 .294 .539
Matías Ríos UNQ CSW 62 232 203 21 44 3 1 0 14 2 20 0 .217 .290 .241 .532
Gervasio González UNQ CSW 56 239 208 30 45 5 1 0 20 2 23 0 .216 .300 .250 .550
Doug Baird UNQ PIT 128 461 430 41 93 10 7 1 28 20 24 49 .216 .263 .279 .542
Johnny Evers UNQ BSN 71 294 241 33 52 4 1 0 15 5 40 19 .216 .330 .241 .570
Ed Fitzpatrick UNQ BSN 83 248 216 17 46 8 0 1 18 5 15 26 .213 .280 .264 .544
Doc Johnston UNQ PIT 114 449 404 33 86 10 10 0 39 17 20 42 .213 .262 .287 .549
Bill Francis UNQ CAG 62 244 199 27 42 10 0 0 22 1 31 0 .211 .329 .261 .590
Roy Corhan UNQ SLN 92 322 295 30 62 6 3 0 18 15 20 31 .210 .265 .251 .516
Zip Collins UNQ BSN 93 296 268 39 56 1 6 1 18 4 18 42 .209 .261 .269 .530
Jack Barry UNQ BOS 94 392 330 28 67 6 1 0 20 8 17 24 .203 .277 .227 .505
Ollie O'Mara UNQ BRO 72 212 193 18 39 5 2 0 15 10 12 20 .202 .249 .249 .497
Manuel Villa UNQ CSW 55 228 199 20 40 6 1 1 20 3 20 0 .201 .274 .256 .530
Chuck Wortman UNQ CHN 69 256 234 17 47 4 2 2 16 4 18 22 .201 .258 .261 .519
Walter Schmidt UNQ PIT 64 202 184 16 35 1 2 2 15 3 10 13 .190 .236 .250 .486
Zeb Terry UNQ CHA 94 324 269 20 51 8 4 0 17 4 33 36 .190 .292 .249 .541
Ivan Howard UNQ CLE 81 294 246 20 46 11 5 0 23 9 30 34 .187 .298 .272 .571
Bienvenido Jiménez UNQ CSW 62 279 243 40 45 7 0 0 8 10 27 0 .185 .272 .214 .486
Eddie Mulligan UNQ CHN 58 207 189 13 29 3 4 0 9 1 8 30 .153 .200 .212 .412
Showing 1-50 of 172 batters listed (79 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 155 innings at 155 team games. 77 of the 134 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1916 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Pete Alexander PHI 33 12 48 45 38 16 3 389.0 323 67 50 167 1.55 0.96
Rube Marquard BRO 13 6 36 20 15 2 5 205.0 169 36 38 107 1.58 1.01
Juan Padrón 2 teams 11 11 29 20 19 6 4 193.1 128 34 52 151 1.58 0.93
Babe Ruth BOS 23 12 44 41 23 9 1 323.2 230 63 118 170 1.75 1.08
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 1 369.2 290 78 82 228 1.90 1.01
Jeff Pfeffer BRO 25 11 41 37 30 6 1 328.2 274 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 2 324.1 278 71 63 108 1.97 1.05
Red Faber CHA 17 9 35 25 15 3 1 205.1 167 46 61 87 2.02 1.11
Lefty Tyler BSN 17 9 34 28 21 6 1 249.1 200 56 58 117 2.02 1.03
Nick Cullop NYA 13 6 28 22 9 0 1 167.0 151 38 32 77 2.05 1.10
Pat Ragan BSN 9 9 28 23 14 3 0 182.0 143 42 47 94 2.08 1.04
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
Frank Wickware 2 teams 8 7 25 19 12 4 1 169.2 125 41 74 89 2.17 1.17
Slim Sallee 2 teams 14 9 31 18 11 4 1 181.2 171 44 33 63 2.18 1.12
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 8 276.2 204 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
George Mogridge NYA 6 12 30 21 10 2 0 194.2 174 50 45 66 2.31 1.12
Eddie Plank SLA 16 15 37 26 17 3 3 235.2 203 61 67 88 2.33 1.15
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
Reb Russell CHA 18 11 56 25 16 5 3 264.1 207 71 42 112 2.42 0.94
Harry Harper WS1 14 10 36 34 13 2 0 249.2 209 68 101 149 2.45 1.24
José Junco CSW 14 6 23 21 15 2 0 172.1 155 47 35 64 2.45 1.10
Al Mamaux PIT 21 15 45 38 26 1 2 310.0 264 87 136 163 2.53 1.29
Ernie Koob SLA 11 8 33 20 10 2 2 166.2 153 47 56 26 2.54 1.25
Bob Groom SLA 13 9 41 26 8 1 4 217.1 174 62 98 92 2.57 1.25
George McConnell CHN 4 12 28 21 8 1 0 171.1 137 49 35 82 2.57 1.00
Bullet Joe Bush PHA 15 24 40 33 25 8 0 286.2 222 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 5 272.2 253 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
Al Demaree PHI 19 14 39 35 25 4 1 285.0 252 83 48 130 2.62 1.05
Bill Doak SLN 12 8 29 26 11 2 0 192.0 177 56 55 82 2.62 1.21
Ernie Shore BOS 16 10 38 28 10 3 1 225.2 221 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
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 1 274.1 259 82 82 117 2.69 1.24
Jim Scott CHA 7 14 32 21 8 1 3 165.1 155 50 53 71 2.72 1.26
Bert Gallia WS1 17 12 49 31 13 1 2 283.2 278 87 99 120 2.76 1.33
Gene Packard CHN 10 6 37 16 5 2 5 155.1 154 48 38 36 2.78 1.24
Bob Harmon PIT 8 11 31 17 10 2 0 172.2 175 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 2 290.2 267 92 100 129 2.85 1.26
Rube Benton NY1 16 8 38 30 15 3 2 238.2 210 76 58 115 2.87 1.12
Lefty Williams CHA 13 7 43 26 10 2 1 224.1 220 72 65 138 2.89 1.27
Jeff Tesreau NY1 14 14 40 33 23 5 2 268.1 249 87 65 113 2.92 1.17
Jean Dubuc DET 10 10 36 16 8 1 1 170.1 134 56 84 40 2.96 1.28
Joe Boehling 2 teams 11 15 39 28 10 2 0 200.1 197 66 77 70 2.97 1.37
Ray Caldwell NYA 5 12 21 18 14 1 0 165.2 142 55 65 76 2.99 1.25
Elmer Knetzer 2 teams 5 14 38 16 12 0 1 176.1 172 59 50 72 3.01 1.26
Rube Foster BOS 14 7 33 19 9 3 2 182.1 173 62 86 53 3.06 1.42
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 0 194.2 211 68 45 52 3.14 1.32
Ray Fisher NYA 11 8 31 21 9 1 2 179.0 191 63 51 56 3.17 1.35
Allen Russell NYA 6 10 34 18 8 1 6 171.1 138 61 75 104 3.20 1.24
Hooks Dauss DET 19 12 39 29 18 1 4 238.2 220 85 90 95 3.21 1.30
Erv Kantlehner 2 teams 5 15 37 21 7 2 2 169.0 158 62 60 51 3.30 1.29
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
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 1 212.2 206 82 95 74 3.47 1.42
Elmer Myers PHA 14 23 44 35 31 2 1 315.0 280 128 168 182 3.66 1.42
Tom Sheehan PHA 1 16 38 17 8 0 0 188.0 197 77 94 54 3.69 1.55
Willie Mitchell 2 teams 9 10 35 23 8 2 1 171.1 174 72 67 84 3.78 1.41
Doc Ayers WS1 5 9 43 17 7 0 2 157.0 173 66 52 69 3.78 1.43
Ferdie Schupp UNQ NY1 9 3 30 11 8 4 1 140.1 79 14 37 86 0.90 0.83
Joe Williams UNQ NLG 5 2 9 6 6 1 0 63.1 70 11 17 37 1.56 1.37
Dick Whitworth UNQ CAG 12 3 20 13 11 3 0 121.0 83 23 65 88 1.71 1.22
Bill Gatewood UNQ SLG 6 2 9 8 8 0 0 77.0 65 15 16 26 1.75 1.05
Mellie Wolfgang UNQ CHA 4 6 27 14 6 1 0 127.0 103 28 42 36 1.98 1.14
Art Nehf UNQ BSN 7 5 22 12 6 1 0 121.0 110 27 20 36 2.01 1.07
Fritz Coumbe UNQ CLE 7 5 29 13 7 2 0 120.1 121 27 27 39 2.02 1.23
Joe Benz UNQ CHA 9 5 28 16 6 4 0 142.0 108 32 32 57 2.03 0.99
Frank Allen UNQ BSN 8 2 19 14 7 2 1 113.0 102 26 31 63 2.07 1.18
Mike Prendergast UNQ CHN 6 11 35 10 4 2 2 152.0 127 39 23 56 2.31 0.99
Fred Beebe UNQ CLE 5 3 20 12 5 1 2 100.2 92 27 37 32 2.41 1.28
Ed Reulbach UNQ BSN 7 6 21 11 6 0 0 109.1 99 30 41 47 2.47 1.28
Judy Gans UNQ CAG 4 1 9 5 4 0 0 50.2 37 14 24 23 2.49 1.20
Jim Jeffries UNQ ABC 4 4 11 8 5 0 0 72.1 65 20 19 32 2.49 1.16
Ed Klepfer UNQ CLE 6 6 31 13 4 1 2 143.0 136 40 46 62 2.52 1.27
Al Gould UNQ CLE 5 7 30 9 6 1 1 106.2 101 30 40 41 2.53 1.32
Jim Park UNQ SLA 1 4 26 6 1 0 0 79.0 69 23 25 26 2.62 1.19
Urban Shocker UNQ NYA 4 3 12 9 4 1 0 82.1 67 24 32 43 2.62 1.20
Jim Shaw UNQ WS1 3 8 26 9 5 2 1 106.1 86 31 50 44 2.62 1.28
Dick Redding UNQ NLG 8 2 10 8 8 2 0 80.2 73 24 23 50 2.68 1.19
Dizzy Dismukes UNQ ABC 9 6 18 14 11 2 1 128.2 101 39 50 40 2.73 1.17
George Cunningham UNQ DET 7 10 35 14 5 0 2 150.1 146 46 74 68 2.75 1.46
George McQuillan UNQ PHI 1 7 21 3 1 0 2 62.0 58 19 15 22 2.76 1.18
Dicta Johnson UNQ ABC 7 6 16 14 11 1 0 112.0 91 35 55 67 2.81 1.30
Guy Morton UNQ CLE 12 8 27 18 9 0 0 149.2 139 48 42 88 2.89 1.21
String Bean Williams UNQ 2 teams 6 6 14 11 10 0 1 108.1 112 35 28 65 2.91 1.29
Otis Lambeth UNQ CLE 4 3 15 9 3 0 1 74.0 69 24 38 28 2.92 1.45
Elmer Jacobs UNQ PIT 6 10 34 17 8 0 0 153.0 151 50 38 46 2.94 1.24
Bill Evans UNQ PIT 2 5 13 6 3 0 0 63.0 57 21 16 21 3.00 1.16
Vean Gregg UNQ BOS 2 5 21 7 3 0 0 77.2 71 26 30 41 3.01 1.30
Christy Mathewson UNQ 2 teams 4 4 13 7 5 1 2 74.2 74 25 8 19 3.01 1.10
George Dumont UNQ WS1 2 3 17 5 2 0 1 53.0 37 18 17 21 3.06 1.02
Milt Watson UNQ SLN 4 6 18 13 5 2 0 103.0 109 35 33 27 3.06 1.38
Ray Keating UNQ NYA 5 6 14 12 6 0 0 91.0 91 31 37 35 3.07 1.41
Earl Hamilton UNQ 2 teams 6 9 28 17 6 0 0 132.2 135 46 52 32 3.12 1.41
Grover Lowdermilk UNQ 2 teams 1 5 11 9 2 0 0 51.2 52 18 48 28 3.14 1.94
Erskine Mayer UNQ PHI 7 7 28 16 7 2 0 140.0 148 49 33 62 3.15 1.29
George Chalmers UNQ PHI 1 4 12 8 2 0 0 53.2 49 19 19 21 3.19 1.27
Dave Danforth UNQ CHA 6 5 28 8 1 0 2 93.2 87 34 37 49 3.27 1.32
Tom Seaton UNQ CHN 6 6 31 12 4 0 1 121.0 108 44 43 45 3.27 1.25
Hi Jasper UNQ SLN 5 6 21 11 2 0 1 107.0 97 39 42 37 3.28 1.30
Bob Steele UNQ SLN 5 15 29 22 7 1 0 148.0 156 56 42 67 3.41 1.34
Bill James UNQ DET 8 12 30 20 8 0 1 151.2 141 62 79 61 3.68 1.45
Jing Johnson UNQ PHA 2 8 12 12 8 0 0 84.1 90 35 39 25 3.74 1.53
Charles Bender UNQ PHI 7 7 27 13 4 0 3 122.2 137 51 34 43 3.74 1.39
Gunboat Thompson UNQ NLS 2 3 9 6 5 1 0 51.1 68 22 12 10 3.86 1.56
Earl Moseley UNQ CIN 7 10 31 15 7 0 1 150.1 145 65 69 60 3.89 1.42
Eustaquio Pedroso UNQ CSW 6 9 21 18 13 1 0 149.2 155 65 52 79 3.91 1.38
Bernie Boland UNQ DET 10 3 46 9 5 1 3 130.1 111 57 73 59 3.94 1.41
Steamboat Williams UNQ SLN 6 7 36 8 5 0 1 105.0 121 49 27 25 4.20 1.41
Doc Sykes UNQ 2 teams 3 10 14 12 8 0 1 99.1 120 49 36 39 4.44 1.57
Lefty Harvey UNQ 2 teams 6 6 14 13 10 0 0 91.1 98 49 37 61 4.83 1.48
Gene Dale UNQ CIN 3 4 17 5 2 0 0 69.2 80 40 33 23 5.17 1.62
Lee Wade UNQ SLG 4 4 13 10 6 0 0 74.0 87 46 12 31 5.59 1.34
Babe Adams UNQ PIT 2 9 16 10 4 1 0 72.1 91 46 12 22 5.72 1.42
Ad Lankford UNQ NLS 4 5 11 9 6 0 0 74.0 119 64 34 26 7.78 2.07
Marsh Williams UNQ PHA 0 6 10 4 3 0 0 51.1 71 45 31 17 7.89 1.99
Showing 1-50 of 134 pitchers listed (77 qualified)

Reading the 1916 leader tables

The 1916 batting table lists 172 hitters, of whom 79 qualify for the rate columns. Tris Speaker tops the qualified hitters in batting average (.386); Ty Cobb is second at .371. Dave Robertson has the most home runs in the table, 12, while Del Pratt leads the RBI column with 103. 77 pitchers qualify out of the 134 in the 1916 table. The qualified ERA race is led by Pete Alexander at 1.55, and Juan Padrón has the best WHIP, 0.93. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Pete Alexander in wins (33) and Walter Johnson in strikeouts (228).

1916 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1916?
Dave Robertson, Cy Williams, and Wally Pipp tied for the lead 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 batting average in 1916?
Tris Speaker led at .386 in 1916, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
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.