1916 National League

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The 1916 season of the National League was the forty-first 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	Brooklyn Robins	156	94	60	2	.603	-.-	585 (3.75)	471 (3.02)	0.261	0.308	0.345	2.12	0.965
2	Philadelphia Phillies	154	91	62	1	.591	2.5	581 (3.77)	489 (3.18)	0.250	0.305	0.341	2.36	0.963
3	Boston Braves	158	89	63	6	.563	4.0	542 (3.43)	453 (2.87)	0.233	0.294	0.307	2.19	0.967
4	New York Giants	155	86	66	3	.555	7.0	597 (3.85)	504 (3.25)	0.253	0.302	0.343	2.60	0.966
5	Chicago Cubs	156	67	86	3	.429	26.5	520 (3.33)	541 (3.47)	0.239	0.293	0.325	2.65	0.957
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	157	65	89	3	.414	29.0	484 (3.08)	586 (3.73)	0.240	0.291	0.316	2.76	0.959
7	St. Louis Cardinals	153	60	93	0	.392	33.5	476 (3.11)	629 (4.11)	0.243	0.290	0.318	3.14	0.957
8	Cincinnati Reds	155	60	93	2	.387	33.5	505 (3.26)	617 (3.98)	0.254	0.302	0.331	3.10	0.965

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Ed Konetchy	Boston Braves	158
At Bats	George Burns	New York Giants	623
Runs Scored	George Burns	New York Giants	105
Hits	Hal Chase	Cincinnati Reds	184
Doubles	Bert Niehoff	Philadelphia Phillies	42
Triples	Bill Hinchman	Pittsburgh Pirates	16
Home Runs	Dave Robertson Cy Williams	New York Giants Chicago Cubs	12
Total Bases	Zack Wheat	Brooklyn Robins	262
Runs Batted In	Heinie Zimmerman	Chicago Cubs/New York Giants	83
Stolen Bases	Max Carey	Pittsburgh Pirates	63
Caught Stealing	Buck Herzog	Cincinnati Reds/New York Giants	28
Walks	Heinie Groh	Cincinnati Reds	84
Hit by Pitch	Art Fletcher	New York Giants	14
Strikeouts	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	89
Sacrifice Hits	Max Flack	Chicago Cubs	39
Batting Average	Hal Chase	Cincinnati Reds	0.339
On-Base Percentage	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	0.379
Slugging Percentage	Zack Wheat	Brooklyn Robins	0.461
On-Base plus Slugging	Cy Williams	Chicago Cubs	0.831
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Hal Chase	Cincinnati Reds	154

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	33
Losses	Lee Meadows	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Win-Loss Percentage	Tom Hughes	Boston Braves	0.842
Appearances	Lee Meadows	St. Louis Cardinals	51
Games Started	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	45
Complete Games	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	38
Shutouts	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	16
Games Finished	Steamboat Williams	St. Louis Cardinals	21
Saves	Red Ames	St. Louis Cardinals	8
Innings Pitched	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	389.0
Batters Faced	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	1500
Hits Allowed	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	323
Home Runs Allowed	Pol Perritt	New York Giants	11
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Al Mamaux	Pittsburgh Pirates	136
Hit Batsmen	Jeff Pfeffer	Brooklyn Robins	17
Strikeouts	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	167
Wild Pitches	Larry Cheney	Brooklyn Robins	15
Balks	Al Mamaux	Pittsburgh Pirates	6
Runs Allowed	Al Mamaux	Pittsburgh Pirates	123
Earned Runs Allowed	Al Mamaux Jeff Tesreau	Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants	87
Earned Run Average	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	1.55
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	0.959

Postseason

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

Umpires

• Bill Byron
• Mal Eason
• Bob Emslie
• Pete Harrison
• Bill Klem
• Hank O'Day
• Al Orth
• Ernie Quigley
• Cy Rigler

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