1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 35th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 30th in the National League. In April 1916, newspapers reported that Otto Knabe would join the team at second base at the end of the month.
The Pirates finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 65–89.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Walter Schmidt	64	184	35	.190	2	15
1B	Doc Johnston	114	404	86	.213	0	39
2B	Jack Farmer	55	166	45	.271	0	14
SS	Honus Wagner	123	432	124	.287	1	39
3B	Doug Baird	128	430	93	.216	1	28
OF	Bill Hinchman	152	555	175	.315	4	76
OF	Frank Schulte	55	177	45	.254	0	14
OF	Max Carey	154	599	158	.264	7	42

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Joe Schultz	77	204	53	.260	0	22
Hooks Warner	44	168	40	.238	2	14
Carson Bigbee	43	164	41	.250	0	3
Dan Costello	60	159	38	.239	0	8
Alex McCarthy	50	146	29	.199	0	3
Ed Barney	45	137	27	.197	0	9
Jim Viox	43	132	33	.250	1	17
Art Wilson	53	128	33	.258	1	12
William Fischer	42	113	29	.257	1	6
Jimmy Smith	36	96	18	.188	0	5
Otto Knabe	28	89	17	.191	0	9
George Gibson	33	84	17	.202	0	4
Ray O'Brien	16	57	12	.211	0	3
Bill Wagner	19	38	9	.237	0	2
	8	18	2	.111	0	1
Pete Compton	5	16	1	.063	0	0
Jesse Altenburg	8	14	6	.429	0	0
Frank Smykal	6	10	3	.300	0	2
Ike McAuley	4	8	2	.250	0	1
Paddy Siglin	3	4	1	.250	0	0
Billy Gleason	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Newt Halliday	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Gene Madden	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Wilbur Fisher	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Bill Batsch	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Al Mamaux	45	310.0	21	15	2.53	163
Wilbur Cooper	42	246.0	12	11	1.87	111
Frank Miller	30	173.0	7	10	2.29	88
Burleigh Grimes	6	45.2	2	3	2.36	20

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Harmon	31	172.2	8	11	2.81	62
Erv Kantlehner	34	165.0	5	15	3.16	49
Elmer Jacobs	34	153.0	6	10	2.94	46
	16	72.1	2	9	5.72	22
Bill Evans	13	63.0	2	5	3.00	21

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	5	0	0	0	1.17	5
Carmen Hill	2	0	0	0	8.53	5
Jack Scott	1	0	0	0	10.80	4