1916 Boston Red Sox season

The 1916 Boston Red Sox season was the 16th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses. The team then faced the National League champion Brooklyn Robins season|Brooklyn Robins] in the 1916 World Series, which the Red Sox won in five games to capture the franchise's second consecutive and fourth overall World Series.

Ballparks

While the Red Sox' home field was Fenway Park, their final two regular season games—a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics—and their three home games of the World Series were played at Braves Field, due to its larger seating capacity.
Between the end of the regular season and the start of the World Series, Boston and Philadelphia played an exhibition game in Worcester, Massachusetts, on October 5. The game was played to raise money for a grave monument for former National League umpire John [Gaffney (baseball)|John Gaffney], who had grown up in Worcester and died in 1913.

Regular season

Notable transactions

April 9, 1916: Tris Speaker was traded by the Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Sad Sam Jones, Fred Thomas, and $55,000.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos=Position; G=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	AVG	OBP	SLG	Ref
C		100	217	21	57	10	1	1	21	33	.263	.363	.332
1B		130	417	56	108	17	1	0	44	47	.259	.340	.305
2B		94	332	29	67	6	1	0	22	17	.202	.276	.226
SS		123	364	36	85	19	2	0	29	23	.234	.285	.297
3B		150	499	49	155	20	7	2	61	51	.311	.377	.391
OF		128	467	68	124	29	11	3	44	24	.266	.304	.394
OF		152	562	57	151	29	5	1	57	34	.269	.316	.343
OF		151	576	75	156	20	11	1	36	80	.271	.361	.349
P	Babe Ruth	68	138	18	37	5	3	3	16	9	.268	.313	.413

Other batters

Note: G=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	AVG	OBP	SLG	Ref
	115	311	32	70	11	4	0	27	33	.225	.303	.286
	78	161	5	31	7	3	0	14	15	.193	.266	.273
	57	143	14	36	6	0	3	21	10	.252	.301	.357
	90	137	28	23	0	0	0	11	11	.168	.230	.168
	54	113	15	33	2	1	0	11	9	.292	.344	.327
	70	104	13	23	3	2	0	8	19	.221	.341	.288
	40	67	4	14	2	1	0	5	6	.209	.293	.269
	33	63	7	17	2	1	0	11	11	.270	.378	.333
	14	17	6	3	1	0	0	2	4	.176	.333	.235
	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.667	.500
	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Pitchers

Note: G=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	AVG	OBP	SLG	Ref
Dutch Leonard	48	83	2	17	3	0	0	10	6	.205	.258	.241
Carl Mays	48	77	8	18	1	2	0	8	16	.234	.366	.299
Ernie Shore	38	77	3	7	2	0	0	3	3	.091	.125	.117
Rube Foster (baseball, [born 1888)\|Rube Foster]	38	62	3	11	3	0	0	2	3	.177	.215	.226
Vean Gregg	21	19	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.105	.105	.158
Herb Pennock	11	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.222	.125
Sad Sam Jones	13	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333
Weldon Wyckoff	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143
Marty McHale	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	─	1.000	─

Pitching

Note: G=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

Player	G	GS	IP	H	BB	R	ER	SO	W	L	SV	ERA	Ref
Babe Ruth	44	40		230	118	83	64	169	23	12	1	1.78
Dutch Leonard	48	35	273	242	66	86	71	145	18	12	6	2.34
Carl Mays	44	24	245	208	74	80	66	77	18	13	3	2.42
Ernie Shore	38	28		221	49	84	67	62	16	10	1	2.68
Rube Foster	33	19	183	175	86	72	59	55	14	7	2	2.90
Vean Gregg	21	7		72	30	32	26	42	2	5	0	3.03
Herb Pennock	9	2		23	8	11	9	12	0	2	1	3.04
Sad Sam Jones	12	0		25	10	12	9	7	0	1	1	3.04
Weldon Wyckoff	8	0		18	18	13	12	18	0	0	1	4.76
Marty McHale	2	1	6	7	4	7	2	1	0	1	0	3.00

1916 World Series

'''AL Boston Red Sox vs. NL Brooklyn Robins '''