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Major League Baseball team season
1916 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersNixey Callahan
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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.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Robins 94 60 .610 — 50‍–‍27 44‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies 91 62 .595 2½ 50‍–‍29 41‍–‍33
Boston Braves 89 63 .586 4 41‍–‍31 48‍–‍32
New York Giants 86 66 .566 7 47‍–‍30 39‍–‍36
Chicago Cubs 67 86 .438 26½ 37‍–‍41 30‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates 65 89 .422 29 37‍–‍40 28‍–‍49
St. Louis Cardinals 60 93 .392 33½ 36‍–‍40 24‍–‍53
Cincinnati Reds 60 93 .392 33½ 32‍–‍44 28‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1916 National League record
Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 13–9 14–7–2 13–9–1 11–10–1 11–11–1 14–8–1 13–9
Brooklyn 9–13 — 15–7–1 15–7–1 15–7 11–11 14–8 15–7
Chicago 7–14–2 7–15–1 — 9–13 10–12 8–14 12–10 14–8
Cincinnati 9–13–1 7–15–1 13–9 — 5–16 5–17 13–9 8–14
New York 10–11–1 7–15 12–10 16–5 — 9–13 17–5–2 15–7
Philadelphia 11–11–1 11–11 14–8 17–5 13–9 — 13–9 12–9
Pittsburgh 8–14–1 8–14 10–12 9–13 5–17–2 9–13 — 16–6
St. Louis 9–13 7–15 8–14 14–8 7–15 9–12 6–16 —


Game log

1916 Game Log: 65–89 (Home: 37–40; Away: 28–49)
April: 6–8 (Home: 3–1; Away: 3–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 12 @ Cardinals 1–2 Doak Kantlehner (0–1) — — 0–1
2 April 13 @ Cardinals 4–0 Adams (1–0) Meadows — — 1–1
3 April 14 @ Cardinals 3–5 Jasper Harmon (0–1) Griner — 1–2
4 April 15 @ Cardinals 6–1 Mamaux (1–0) Hall — — 2–2
5 April 16 @ Reds 1–6 Toney Miller (0–1) — — 2–3
6 April 17 @ Reds 10–1 Kantlehner (1–1) Dale — — 3–3
7 April 18 @ Reds 3–4 (10) Schneider Adams (1–1) — — 3–4
8 April 20 Cardinals 0–5 Meadows Mamaux (1–1) Sallee — 3–5
9 April 21 Cardinals 8–0 Harmon (1–1) Steele — — 4–5
10 April 23 @ Cubs 0–3 McConnell Kantlehner (1–2) — 16,000 4–6
11 April 26 @ Cubs 3–6 Lavender Adams (1–2) Prendergast — 4–7
12 April 28 Reds 5–1 Harmon (2–1) Schneider — — 5–7
13 April 29 Reds 2–1 Mamaux (2–1) Toney Miller (1) — 6–7
14 April 30 @ Reds 7–8 Schneider Harmon (2–2) — — 6–8
May: 11–14 (Home: 6–12; Away: 5–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
15 May 1 @ Reds 0–3 Mitchell Adams (1–3) — — 6–9
16 May 4 Cubs 4–2 Cooper (1–0) Lavender — 4,000 7–9
17 May 5 Cubs 3–5 (13) Seaton Kantlehner (1–3) — — 7–10
18 May 6 Cubs 1–2 Vaughn Adams (1–4) — 8,000 7–11
19 May 7 @ Cubs 1–0 Kantlehner (2–3) Lavender — 19,000 8–11
20 May 8 @ Cubs 1–2 McConnell Cooper (1–1) — — 8–12
21 May 8 @ Cubs 6–4 Mamaux (3–1) Packard — — 9–12
22 May 9 Giants 5–13 Tesreau Harmon (2–3) Mathewson — 9–13
23 May 10 Giants 1–7 Anderson Adams (1–5) — 2,000 9–14
24 May 11 Giants 2–3 Perritt Kantlehner (2–4) Stroud 2,000 9–15
25 May 12 Giants 2–3 (10) Schauer Mamaux (3–2) — 2,000 9–16
26 May 13 Braves 5–3 Adams (2–5) Reulbach Kantlehner (1) — 10–16
27 May 15 Braves 8–7 Harmon (3–3) Rudolph Mamaux (1) — 11–16
28 May 18 Phillies 0–3 Alexander Kantlehner (2–5) — — 11–17
29 May 19 Phillies 4–2 Mamaux (4–2) McQuillan — — 12–17
30 May 20 Phillies 1–5 Demaree Adams (2–6) — — 12–18
31 May 23 Robins 0–6 Pfeffer Kantlehner (2–6) — — 12–19
32 May 24 Robins 2–3 (10) Cheney Harmon (3–4) — — 12–20
33 May 25 Robins 5–0 Miller (1–1) Dell — — 13–20
34 May 26 @ Cardinals 6–5 (11) Mamaux (5–2) Sallee — 2,000 14–20
35 May 28 @ Cardinals 4–0 Cooper (2–1) Doak — — 15–20
36 May 28 @ Cardinals 4–1 (5) Mamaux (6–2) Meadows — — 16–20
37 May 29 Reds 1–6 Mitchell Jacobs (0–1) — — 16–21
38 May 30 Reds 9–8 Cooper (3–1) Schulz — — 17–21
39 May 31 Reds 2–5 (16) Toney Miller (1–2) — — 17–22
June: 11–9 (Home: 4–2; Away: 7–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
40 June 1 Reds 8–4 Harmon (4–4) Schneider — — 18–22
41 June 2 @ Robins 5–2 Mamaux (7–2) Appleton — — 19–22
42 June 5 @ Robins 2–3 Dell Miller (1–3) — 2,500 19–23
43 June 6 @ Giants 3–2 Mamaux (8–2) Benton — 9,000 20–23
44 June 12 @ Phillies 1–2 Alexander Mamaux (8–3) — — 20–24
45 June 13 @ Phillies 3–5 Bender Adams (2–7) — 4,000 20–25
46 June 14 @ Phillies 2–3 (12) Rixey Jacobs (0–2) — — 20–26
47 June 15 @ Braves 2–1 Mamaux (9–3) Reulbach — — 21–26
48 June 16 @ Braves 0–2 Hughes Kantlehner (2–7) — — 21–27
49 June 20 Cardinals 6–10 (12) Jasper Miller (1–4) Williams — 21–28
50 June 22 Cardinals 8–4 Jacobs (1–2) Williams — — 22–28
51 June 23 Cardinals 7–8 Jasper Harmon (4–5) Ames — 22–29
52 June 24 Cardinals 4–3 Mamaux (10–3) Steele — — 23–29
53 June 24 Cardinals 5–2 Miller (2–4) Hall — — 24–29
54 June 25 @ Cubs 8–3 (12) Cooper (4–1) Vaughn — — 25–29
55 June 27 @ Cubs 0–1 Prendergast Cooper (4–2) — — 25–30
56 June 27 @ Cubs 4–10 Seaton Adams (2–8) Prendergast — 25–31
57 June 28 @ Cubs 3–2 Mamaux (11–3) Lavender — — 26–31
58 June 28 @ Cubs 3–2 (18) Cooper (5–2) McConnell — — 27–31
59 June 30 @ Reds 3–2 Harmon (5–5) Schneider — — 28–31
July: 11–18 (Home: 8–10; Away: 3–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
60 July 1 @ Reds 2–1 Mamaux (12–3) Knetzer — — 29–31
61 July 2 @ Reds 2–3 Toney Miller (2–5) — — 29–32
62 July 2 @ Reds 6–1 (5) Kantlehner (3–7) Dale — 6,000 30–32
63 July 3 Cubs 2–3 Seaton Cooper (5–3) Packard — 30–33
64 July 4 Cubs 0–5 Vaughn Kantlehner (3–8) — — 30–34
65 July 4 Cubs 1–0 Mamaux (13–3) Prendergast — — 31–34
66 July 5 Cubs 3–4 Hendrix Miller (2–6) Lavender — 31–35
67 July 6 Giants 6–12 Perritt Cooper (5–4) — — 31–36
68 July 7 Giants 5–2 Jacobs (2–2) Anderson — — 32–36
69 July 8 Giants 4–6 Benton Mamaux (13–4) — — 32–37
70 July 10 Giants 7–1 Miller (3–6) Schauer — — 33–37
71 July 11 Braves 3–2 Jacobs (3–2) Barnes — — 34–37
72 July 12 Braves 5–6 Barnes Mamaux (13–5) Hughes — 34–38
73 July 14 Braves 0–3 Ragan Harmon (5–6) — 2,500 34–39
74 July 15 Phillies 0–4 Alexander Jacobs (3–3) — — 34–40
75 July 15 Phillies 7–5 Mamaux (14–5) Chalmers Kantlehner (2) — 35–40
76 July 19 Robins 1–0 Kantlehner (4–8) Pfeffer — — 36–40
77 July 19 Robins 2–1 (14) Miller (4–6) Smith — — 37–40
78 July 22 Robins 1–7 Pfeffer Kantlehner (4–9) — — 37–41
79 July 22 Robins 2–3 (15) Marquard Miller (4–7) — — 37–42
80 July 24 Phillies 9–1 Mamaux (15–5) Demaree — — 38–42
81 July 26 @ Phillies 1–7 Alexander Adams (2–9) — — 38–43
82 July 26 @ Phillies 5–2 Miller (5–7) Rixey — 12,000 39–43
83 July 27 @ Phillies 4–5 Chalmers Harmon (5–7) — 3,500 39–44
84 July 28 @ Phillies 2–5 Bender Jacobs (3–4) — 4,500 39–45
85 July 29 @ Giants 3–4 (11) Perritt Mamaux (15–6) — — 39–46
86 July 29 @ Giants 0–5 Anderson Kantlehner (4–10) — 25,000 39–47
87 July 31 @ Giants 0–7 Sallee Miller (5–8) — — 39–48
88 July 31 @ Giants 0–7 Tesreau Jacobs (3–5) — — 39–49
August: 16–15 (Home: 10–9; Away: 6–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
89 August 1 @ Giants 4–3 (10) Cooper (6–4) Schupp — 5,000 40–49
90 August 2 @ Giants 2–6 Benton Mamaux (15–7) — — 40–50
91 August 3 @ Robins 2–7 Cheney Miller (5–9) — 2,500 40–51
92 August 4 @ Robins 0–2 Smith Harmon (5–8) — — 40–52
93 August 5 @ Robins 0–4 Marquard Cooper (6–5) — — 40–53
94 August 5 @ Robins 7–1 Mamaux (16–7) Pfeffer — — 41–53
95 August 11 @ Braves 2–1 Miller (6–9) Barnes — — 42–53
96 August 11 @ Braves 1–4 Tyler Mamaux (16–8) — 10,000 42–54
97 August 12 Cubs 3–0 Cooper (7–5) Lavender — — 43–54
98 August 13 @ Cardinals 8–9 (11) Ames Kantlehner (4–11) — — 43–55
99 August 13 @ Cardinals 9–5 (5) Mamaux (17–8) Watson — — 44–55
100 August 15 @ Cardinals 1–0 Harmon (6–8) Meadows — — 45–55
101 August 15 @ Cardinals 2–1 Cooper (8–5) Ames — — 46–55
102 August 17 Robins 1–5 Pfeffer Mamaux (17–9) — — 46–56
103 August 18 Robins 0–6 Cheney Harmon (6–9) — — 46–57
104 August 19 Robins 2–1 (10) Cooper (9–5) Smith — — 47–57
105 August 19 Robins 0–1 Marquard Kantlehner (4–12) — — 47–58
106 August 21 Phillies 6–3 Jacobs (4–5) Alexander — — 48–58
107 August 21 Phillies 2–1 Evans (1–0) Demaree — — 49–58
108 August 22 Phillies 2–6 Mayer Harmon (6–10) McQuillan — 49–59
109 August 22 Phillies 9–7 Cooper (10–5) Bender — — 50–59
110 August 23 Phillies 2–1 (16) Evans (2–0) Rixey — 1,000 51–59
111 August 24 Giants 10–1 Jacobs (5–5) Tesreau — — 52–59
112 August 25 Giants 2–6 (11) Tesreau Harmon (6–11) — 3,000 52–60
113 August 26 Giants 1–1 (14) — — 52–60
114 August 28 Braves 5–1 Mamaux (18–9) Rudolph — — 53–60
115 August 28 Braves 2–8 (7) Allen Kantlehner (4–13) — 5,000 53–61
116 August 29 Braves 1–6 Tyler Jacobs (5–6) — — 53–62
117 August 29 Braves 5–9 Hughes Kantlehner (4–14) — 7,000 53–63
118 August 30 Braves 0–1 Rudolph Cooper (10–6) — — 53–64
119 August 30 Braves 7–6 Jacobs (6–6) Allen Cooper (1) 5,000 54–64
120 August 31 Braves 3–2 (8) Mamaux (19–9) Nehf — 2,000 55–64
September: 10–24 (Home: 6–6; Away: 4–18)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
121 September 1 Reds 3–6 Toney Jacobs (6–7) — — 55–65
122 September 2 Reds 4–3 Harmon (7–11) Knetzer — — 56–65
123 September 2 Reds 2–7 Moseley Evans (2–1) Schulz 10,000 56–66
124 September 3 @ Reds 6–7 Mitchell Mamaux (19–10) — — 56–67
125 September 4 Cardinals 7–0 Miller (7–9) Meadows — 5,000 57–67
126 September 4 Cardinals 2–0 Cooper (11–6) Watson — 12,000 58–67
127 September 6 Cardinals 3–2 Kantlehner (5–14) Steele — — 59–67
128 September 6 Cardinals 6–3 Harmon (8–11) Ames — 3,500 60–67
129 September 7 Cubs 5–4 Mamaux (20–10) Packard Cooper (2) — 61–67
130 September 9 Cubs 0–3 Vaughn Kantlehner (5–15) — — 61–68
131 September 9 Cubs 0–2 Lavender Cooper (11–7) — 12,000 61–69
132 September 10 @ Cubs 8–7 Grimes (1–0) Prendergast Mamaux (2) — 62–69
133 September 12 @ Robins 0–6 Pfeffer Evans (2–2) — — 62–70
134 September 12 @ Robins 2–1 Mamaux (21–10) Coombs — 10,000 63–70
135 September 13 @ Robins 6–3 Cooper (12–7) Smith — — 64–70
136 September 14 @ Robins 2–3 Cheney Grimes (1–1) — — 64–71
137 September 15 @ Robins 1–8 (5) Marquard Jacobs (6–8) — — 64–72
138 September 16 @ Giants 2–8 Benton Mamaux (21–11) — — 64–73
139 September 16 @ Giants 3–4 Tesreau Cooper (12–8) — — 64–74
140 September 18 @ Giants 0–2 Schupp Miller (7–10) — — 64–75
141 September 18 @ Giants 1–1 (8) — — 64–75
142 September 19 @ Giants 2–9 Benton Jacobs (6–9) — — 64–76
143 September 19 @ Giants 1–5 Tesreau Evans (2–3) — — 64–77
144 September 20 @ Phillies 0–7 Demaree Cooper (12–9) — — 64–78
145 September 20 @ Phillies 2–3 Demaree Mamaux (21–12) — — 64–79
146 September 21 @ Phillies 8–3 Grimes (2–1) Rixey — — 65–79
147 September 22 @ Phillies 4–7 Mayer Evans (2–4) — — 65–80
148 September 23 @ Braves 2–4 Rudolph Mamaux (21–13) — — 65–81
149 September 23 @ Braves 1–1 (13) — — 65–81
150 September 25 @ Braves 0–5 Tyler Grimes (2–2) — — 65–82
151 September 25 @ Braves 2–3 Reulbach Mamaux (21–14) — — 65–83
152 September 26 @ Braves 0–3 Nehf Evans (2–5) — — 65–84
153 September 26 @ Braves 1–2 Allen Jacobs (6–10) — — 65–85
154 September 27 @ Braves 0–1 Tyler Cooper (12–10) — — 65–86
155 September 30 Reds 4–5 Mitchell Mamaux (21–15) — — 65–87
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
157 October 1 @ Reds 0–4 Toney Cooper (12–11) — — 65–89
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1916 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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
Lee King 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
Babe Adams 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
Paul Carpenter 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

References

  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. "Otto Knabe, Former Philly Star, To Join Pittsburgh Pirates." Scranton, Pennsylvania: The Scranton Times, April 17, 1916, p. 11 (subscription required).
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