The 1916 Chicago Cubs season was the 45th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 41st in the National League and the first at Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman Park"). The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 67–86.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions August 28, 1916: Heinie Zimmerman and Mickey Doolan were traded by the Cubs to the New York Giants for Larry Doyle, Merwin Jacobson, and Herb Hunter.Herb Hunter page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1916 Chicago Cubs 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 Jimmy Archer 77 205 45 .220 1 30 1B Vic Saier 147 498 126 .253 7 50 2B Otto Knabe 51 145 40 .276 0 7 SS Chuck Wortman 69 234 47 .201 2 16 3B 107 398 116 .291 6 64 OF Cy Williams 118 405 113 .279 12 66 OF Leslie Mann 127 415 113 .272 2 29 OF Max Flack 141 465 120 .258 3 20
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 Rollie Zeider 98 345 81 .235 1 22 Frank Schulte 72 230 68 .296 5 27 Eddie Mulligan 58 189 29 .153 0 9 65 179 35 .196 1 14 54 169 43 .254 2 15 Steve Yerkes 44 137 36 .263 1 10 Art Wilson 36 114 22 .193 0 5 Alex McCarthy 37 107 26 .243 0 6 Fritz Mollwitz 33 71 19 .268 0 11 28 70 15 .214 0 5 Charlie Pechous 22 69 10 .145 0 4 Rowdy Elliott 23 55 14 .255 0 3 Dutch Zwilling 35 53 6 .113 1 8 9 38 15 .395 1 7 14 27 7 .259 0 4 Solly Hofman 5 16 5 .313 0 2 Nick Allen 5 16 1 .063 0 1 Clem Clemens 10 15 0 .000 0 0 4 13 3 .231 0 0 7 10 1 .100 0 1 Charlie Deal 2 8 2 .250 0 3 Marty Shay 2 7 2 .286 0 0 2 4 0 .000 0 0 Ed Sicking 1 1 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 Bob O'Farrell 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 Hippo Vaughn 44 294.0 17 15 2.20 144 36 218.0 8 16 2.68 117 36 188.0 10 14 2.82 91 28 171.1 4 12 2.57 82 Scott Perry 4 28.1 2 1 2.54 10
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 37 155.1 10 6 2.78 36 35 152.0 6 11 2.31 56 Tom Seaton 31 121.0 6 6 3.27 45 12 48.1 2 3 3.91 21 8 36.0 2 2 2.75 14 George Pierce 4 4.1 0 0 2.08 0
References
External links 1916 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference