1916 Pittsburgh Pirates

65-89 • .422 Win% • 6th in NL

📊 Season Record

65 Wins
89 Losses
.422 Win %
6th Rank
484 R 586 RA
Diff -102

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⚡ Quick Stats

484 Runs Scored
586 Runs Allowed
-102 Run Diff
356K Attendance

📈 vs. 1916 NL Average

Batting Avg .240 3% below the 1916 league average (.246)
OBP .297 2% below the 1916 league average (.303)
SLG .315 4% below the 1916 league average (.328)
Team ERA 2.76 6% worse than the 1916 league average (2.61)
Runs Scored 484 10% below the 1916 league average (536 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 356,300
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Avg per Game 4,567

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1916

Batting Avg

1 Bill Hinchman 0.315 2 Honus Wagner 0.287 3 Jack Farmer 0.271 4 Max Carey 0.264 5 Joe Schultz 0.260

Home Runs

1 Max Carey 7 2 Bill Hinchman 4 3 Walter Schmidt 2 4 Hooks Warner 2 5 Doug Baird 1

RBI

1 Bill Hinchman 76 2 Max Carey 42 3 Doc Johnston 39 4 Honus Wagner 39 5 Doug Baird 28
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Max Carey 154 599 90 158 23 11 7 42 59 58 63 0.264
Bill Hinchman 152 555 64 175 18 16 4 76 54 61 10 0.315
Honus Wagner 123 432 45 124 15 9 1 39 34 36 11 0.287
Doug Baird 128 430 41 93 10 7 1 28 24 49 20 0.216
Doc Johnston 114 404 33 86 10 10 0 39 20 42 17 0.213
Joe Schultz 77 204 18 53 8 2 0 22 7 14 6 0.260
Walter Schmidt 64 184 16 35 1 2 2 15 10 13 3 0.190
Frank Schulte 55 177 12 45 5 3 0 14 17 19 5 0.254
Hooks Warner 44 168 12 40 1 1 2 14 6 19 6 0.238
Jack Farmer 55 166 10 45 6 4 0 14 7 24 1 0.271
Carson Bigbee 43 164 17 41 3 6 0 3 7 14 8 0.250
Dan Costello 60 159 11 38 1 3 0 8 6 23 3 0.239
Alex McCarthy 50 146 11 29 3 0 0 3 15 10 3 0.199
Ed Barney 45 137 16 27 4 0 0 9 23 15 8 0.197
Jim Viox 43 132 12 33 7 0 1 17 17 11 2 0.250
Art Wilson 53 128 11 33 5 2 1 12 13 27 4 0.258
William Fischer 42 113 11 29 7 1 1 6 10 3 1 0.257
Al Mamaux 45 110 13 21 3 2 0 6 3 18 0 0.191
Jimmy Smith 36 96 4 18 1 1 0 5 6 22 0 0.188
Otto Knabe 28 89 4 17 3 1 0 9 6 6 1 0.191
George Gibson 33 84 4 17 2 2 0 4 3 7 0 0.202
Wilbur Cooper 44 79 4 17 2 0 0 4 0 20 0 0.215
Ray O'Brien 16 57 5 12 3 2 0 3 1 14 0 0.211
Bob Harmon 35 55 4 6 1 0 0 1 2 9 0 0.109
Frank Miller 30 51 1 7 4 0 0 3 1 16 0 0.137
Erv Kantlehner 34 46 2 8 0 1 0 1 2 11 0 0.174
Elmer Jacobs 34 40 3 3 0 1 0 1 3 13 0 0.075
Bill Wagner 19 38 2 9 0 2 0 2 5 8 0 0.237
Babe Adams 16 22 1 6 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0.273
Bill Evans 13 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.150
Lee King 8 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.111
Burleigh Grimes 6 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.176
Pete Compton 5 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.062
Jesse Altenburg 8 14 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.429
Frank Smykal 6 10 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0.300
Ike McAuley 4 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250
Paddy Siglin 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Paul Carpenter 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Billy Gleason 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Scott 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Wilbur Fisher 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Newt Halliday 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Gene Madden 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Batsch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Carmen Hill 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1916

ERA

1 Wilbur Cooper 1.87 2 Frank Miller 2.29 3 Burleigh Grimes 2.36 4 Al Mamaux 2.53 5 Bob Harmon 2.81

Wins

1 Al Mamaux 21 2 Wilbur Cooper 12 3 Bob Harmon 8 4 Frank Miller 7 5 Elmer Jacobs 6

Strikeouts

1 Al Mamaux 163 2 Wilbur Cooper 111 3 Frank Miller 88 4 Bob Harmon 62 5 Erv Kantlehner 49
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Al Mamaux 21 15 2.53 45 38 2 310.0 264 87 136 163
Wilbur Cooper 12 11 1.87 42 23 2 246.0 189 51 74 111
Frank Miller 7 10 2.29 30 20 1 173.0 135 44 49 88
Bob Harmon 8 11 2.81 31 17 0 172.2 175 54 39 62
Erv Kantlehner 5 15 3.16 34 21 2 165.0 151 58 57 49
Elmer Jacobs 6 10 2.94 34 17 0 153.0 151 50 38 46
Babe Adams 2 9 5.72 16 10 0 72.1 91 46 12 22
Bill Evans 2 5 3.00 13 6 0 63.0 57 21 16 21
Burleigh Grimes 2 3 2.36 6 5 0 45.2 40 12 10 20
Paul Carpenter 0 0 1.17 5 0 0 7.2 8 1 4 5
Carmen Hill 0 0 8.53 2 0 0 6.1 11 6 5 5
Jack Scott 0 0 10.80 1 0 0 5.0 5 6 3 4

👥 Roster (45)

Babe Adams Jesse Altenburg Doug Baird Ed Barney Bill Batsch Carson Bigbee Max Carey Paul Carpenter Pete Compton Wilbur Cooper Dan Costello Bill Evans +33 more

45 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 65-89 (.422 win pct).
Who led the 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
Max Carey led the 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates with 7 home runs.
What was the 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 2.76.
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