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The 1916 season of the American League was the sixteenth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Boston Red Sox	156	91	63	2	.583	-.-	550 (3.53)	480 (3.08)	0.248	0.312	0.318	2.48	0.972
2	Chicago White Sox	155	89	65	1	.574	2.0	601 (3.88)	497 (3.21)	0.251	0.312	0.339	2.36	0.968
3	Detroit Tigers	155	87	67	1	.561	4.0	670 (4.32)	595 (3.84)	0.264	0.334	0.350	2.97	0.968
4	New York Yankees	156	80	74	2	.513	11.0	577 (3.70)	561 (3.60)	0.246	0.314	0.326	2.77	0.967
5	St. Louis Browns	158	79	75	4	.500	12.0	588 (3.72)	545 (3.45)	0.245	0.326	0.307	2.58	0.963
6	Cleveland Indians	157	77	77	3	.490	14.0	630 (4.01)	602 (3.83)	0.250	0.320	0.331	2.90	0.965
7	Washington Senators	159	76	77	6	.478	14.5	536 (3.37)	543 (3.42)	0.242	0.314	0.306	2.67	0.964
8	Philadelphia Athletics	154	36	117	1	.234	54.5	447 (2.90)	776 (5.04)	0.242	0.299	0.313	3.92	0.952

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Eddie Foster Del Pratt	Washington Senators St. Louis Browns	158
At Bats	Burt Shotton	St. Louis Browns	614
Runs Scored	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	113
Hits	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	211
Doubles	Jack Graney Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians Cleveland Indians	41
Triples	Joe Jackson	Chicago White Sox	21
Home Runs	Wally Pipp	New York Yankees	12
Total Bases	Joe Jackson	Chicago White Sox	293
Runs Batted In	Del Pratt	St. Louis Browns	103
Stolen Bases	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	68
Caught Stealing	Burt Shotton	St. Louis Browns	28
Walks	Burt Shotton	St. Louis Browns	110
Hit by Pitch	Jack Barry	Boston Red Sox	17
Strikeouts	Wally Pipp	New York Yankees	82
Sacrifice Hits	Buck Weaver	Chicago White Sox	44
Batting Average	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	0.386
On-Base Percentage	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	0.470
Slugging Percentage	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	0.502
On-Base plus Slugging	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	0.972
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	185

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	25
Losses	Joe Bush	Philadelphia Athletics	24
Win-Loss Percentage	Bernie Boland	Detroit Tigers	0.769
Appearances	Dave Davenport	St. Louis Browns	59
Games Started	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	41
Complete Games	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	36
Shutouts	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	9
Games Finished	Bob Shawkey	New York Yankees	23
Saves	Bob Shawkey	New York Yankees	8
Innings Pitched	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	369.2
Batters Faced	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	1449
Hits Allowed	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	290
Home Runs Allowed	Allan Russell	New York Yankees	8
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Elmer Myers	Philadelphia Athletics	168
Hit Batsmen	Hooks Dauss	Detroit Tigers	16
Strikeouts	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	228
Wild Pitches	Joe Bush	Philadelphia Athletics	15
Balks	Dave Danforth	Chicago White Sox	3
Runs Allowed	Elmer Myers	Philadelphia Athletics	169
Earned Runs Allowed	Elmer Myers	Philadelphia Athletics	128
Earned Run Average	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	1.75
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Reb Russell	Chicago White Sox	0.942

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion Boston Red Sox defeated the National League's Brooklyn Robins, 4 games to 1.

Umpires

• Ollie Chill
• Tom Connolly
• Bill Dinneen
• Billy Evans
• George Hildebrand
• Dick Nallin
• Silk O'Loughlin
• Brick Owens

Further reading

• Paul Batesel: Major League Baseball Players of 1916: A Biographical Dictionary, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2007.
• Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1910s (the 1916 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]
• Paul G. Zinn and John G. Zinn: The Major League Pennant Races of 1916: The Most Maddening Baseball Melee in History, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7864-3630-9