1916 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1916 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Nixey 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. The Pirates finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 65–89.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Robins	94	60	0.610	—	50–27	44–33
Philadelphia Phillies	91	62	0.595	2½	50–29	41–33
Boston Braves	89	63	0.586	4	41–31	48–32
New York Giants	86	66	0.566	7	47–30	39–36
Chicago Cubs	67	86	0.438	26½	37–41	30–45
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	89	0.422	29	37–40	28–49
St. Louis Cardinals	60	93	0.392	33½	36–40	24–53
Cincinnati Reds	60	93	0.392	33½	32–44	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1916 National League Records 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)

May: 11–14 (Home: 6–12; Away: 5–2)

June: 11–9 (Home: 4–2; Away: 7–7)

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)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1916 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Babe Adams

Paul Carpenter

Wilbur Cooper

Bill Evans

Burleigh Grimes

Bob Harmon

Carmen Hill

Elmer Jacobs

Erv Kantlehner

Al Mamaux

Frank Miller

Jack Scott

Catchers

William Fischer

George Gibson

Walter Schmidt

Bill Wagner

Art Wilson

Infielders

Doug Baird

Carson Bigbee

Jack Farmer

Billy Gleason

Newt Halliday

Doc Johnston

Otto Knabe

Ike McAuley

Alex McCarthy

Joe Schultz

Paddy Siglin

Jimmy Smith

Frank Smykal

Jim Viox

Honus Wagner

Hooks Warner

Outfielders

Jesse Altenburg

Ed Barney

Max Carey

Pete Compton

Dan Costello

Bill Hinchman

Lee King

Ray O'Brien

Wildfire Schulte

Other batters

Bill Batsch

Wilbur Fisher

Gene Madden

Manager

Nixey Callahan

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

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
King, LeeLee King	8	18	2	.111	0	1

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

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
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	16	72.1	2	9	5.72	22

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
Carpenter, PaulPaul Carpenter	5	0	0	0	1.17	5

References

↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

1916 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1916 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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