1916 Washington Senators

76-77 • .497 Win% • 7th in AL

📊 Season Record

76 Wins
77 Losses
.497 Win %
7th Rank
536 R 543 RA
Diff -7

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⚡ Quick Stats

536 Runs Scored
543 Runs Allowed
-7 Run Diff
300K Attendance

📈 vs. 1916 AL Average

Batting Avg .242 3% below the 1916 league average (.248)
OBP .319 equal to the 1916 league average (.321)
SLG .305 6% below the 1916 league average (.323)
Team ERA 2.67 6% better than the 1916 league average (2.83)
Runs Scored 536 7% below the 1916 league average (575 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumGriffith Stadium I
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 300,213
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Avg per Game 3,706

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1916

Batting Avg

1 Sam Rice 0.299 2 Joe Leonard 0.274 3 Clyde Milan 0.273 4 Alva Williams 0.267 5 Ray Morgan 0.267

Home Runs

1 Elmer Smith 2 2 Turner Barber 1 3 Eddie Foster 1 4 Walter Johnson 1 5 George McBride 1

RBI

1 Howie Shanks 48 2 John Henry 46 3 Clyde Milan 45 4 Eddie Foster 44 5 George McBride 36
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Eddie Foster 158 606 75 153 18 9 1 44 68 26 23 0.252
Clyde Milan 150 565 58 154 14 3 1 45 56 31 34 0.273
Howie Shanks 140 471 51 119 15 7 1 48 41 34 23 0.253
George McBride 139 466 36 106 15 4 1 36 23 58 8 0.227
Joe Judge 103 336 42 74 10 8 0 28 54 44 18 0.220
Ray Morgan 99 315 41 84 12 4 1 29 59 29 14 0.267
John Henry 117 305 28 76 12 3 0 46 49 40 12 0.249
Danny Moeller 78 240 30 59 8 1 1 23 30 35 13 0.246
Alva Williams 76 202 16 54 10 2 0 20 15 19 5 0.267
Sam Rice 58 197 26 59 8 3 1 17 15 13 4 0.299
Joe Leonard 42 168 20 46 7 0 0 14 22 23 4 0.274
Elmer Smith 45 168 12 36 10 3 2 27 18 28 4 0.214
Henri Rondeau 50 162 20 36 5 3 1 28 18 18 7 0.222
Charlie Jamieson 64 145 16 36 4 0 0 13 18 18 5 0.248
Walter Johnson 58 142 13 32 2 4 1 7 11 28 0 0.225
Eddie Ainsmith 51 100 11 17 4 0 0 8 8 14 3 0.170
Bert Gallia 49 93 8 18 3 1 0 7 3 34 1 0.194
Patsy Gharrity 39 92 8 21 5 1 0 9 8 18 2 0.228
Harry Harper 36 87 6 18 2 0 0 1 2 21 1 0.207
Doc Ayers 43 43 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 8 0 0.140
Joe Boehling 27 41 2 7 1 1 0 3 3 12 0 0.171
Mike Menosky 11 37 5 6 1 1 0 3 1 10 1 0.162
Turner Barber 15 33 3 7 0 1 1 5 2 3 0 0.212
Jim Shaw 26 32 2 5 2 0 0 0 2 13 0 0.156
Carl Sawyer 16 31 3 6 1 0 0 2 4 4 3 0.194
George Dumont 17 14 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 7 0 0.071
Claude Thomas 7 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.100
Merito Acosta 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.125
Molly Craft 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Marv Goodwin 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Bentley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1916

ERA

1 Walter Johnson 1.90 2 Harry Harper 2.45 3 Jim Shaw 2.62 4 Bert Gallia 2.76 5 George Dumont 3.06

Wins

1 Walter Johnson 25 2 Bert Gallia 17 3 Harry Harper 14 4 Joe Boehling 9 5 Doc Ayers 5

Strikeouts

1 Walter Johnson 228 2 Harry Harper 149 3 Bert Gallia 120 4 Doc Ayers 69 5 Joe Boehling 52
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Walter Johnson 25 20 1.90 48 38 1 369.2 290 78 82 228
Bert Gallia 17 12 2.76 49 31 2 283.2 278 87 99 120
Harry Harper 14 10 2.45 36 34 0 249.2 209 68 101 149
Doc Ayers 5 9 3.78 43 17 2 157.0 173 66 52 69
Joe Boehling 9 11 3.09 27 19 0 139.2 134 48 54 52
Jim Shaw 3 8 2.62 26 9 1 106.1 86 31 50 44
George Dumont 2 3 3.06 17 5 1 53.0 37 18 17 21
Claude Thomas 1 2 4.13 7 4 0 28.1 27 13 12 7
Sam Rice 0 1 2.95 5 1 0 21.1 18 7 10 3
Molly Craft 0 1 3.27 2 1 0 11.0 12 4 6 9
Marv Goodwin 0 0 3.18 3 0 0 5.2 5 2 3 1
Charlie Jamieson 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 4.0 2 2 3 2
Jack Bentley 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 1.1 0 0 1 1

👥 Roster (31)

Merito Acosta Eddie Ainsmith Doc Ayers Turner Barber Jack Bentley Joe Boehling Molly Craft George Dumont Eddie Foster Bert Gallia Patsy Gharrity Marv Goodwin +19 more

31 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1916 Washington Senators

What was the 1916 Washington Senators record?
The 1916 Washington Senators finished 76-77 (.497 win pct).
Who led the 1916 Washington Senators in home runs?
Elmer Smith led the 1916 Washington Senators with 2 home runs.
What was the 1916 Washington Senators team ERA?
The 1916 Washington Senators posted a team ERA of 2.67.
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