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1916 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings Minor League Standings

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Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Boston (A)	91	63	.591	--
Detroit	88	66	.571	3
St. Louis (A)	82	72	.532	9
Cleveland	79	75	.513	12
Philadelphia (A)	78	76	.506	13
New York (A)	76	78	.494	15
Chicago (A)	75	79	.487	16
Washington	47	107	.305	44

Post-Season Results
World Series (4-0)	St. Louis (N) Cardinals over Boston (A) Red Sox

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
PHA	4.6	701	154	5329	1392	186	69	42	488	567	.261	.323	.346	.669
BOS	4.5	699	154	5297	1416	209	78	25	483	760	.267	.329	.350	.679
SLA	4.5	691	154	5203	1396	189	86	35	473	604	.268	.329	.358	.687
CLE	4.1	627	154	5140	1322	187	67	33	502	574	.257	.323	.339	.662
DET	3.9	602	154	5179	1369	184	58	17	456	473	.264	.324	.332	.656
CHA	3.6	556	154	5149	1310	173	67	26	378	558	.254	.305	.329	.635
NYA	3.4	516	154	5105	1173	185	67	30	442	569	.230	.291	.310	.601
WAS	3.2	487	154	5130	1160	169	63	29	394	733	.226	.281	.301	.582
Totals	4.0	4879	1232	41532	10538	1482	555	237	3616	4838	.254	.314	.333	.647
Average		610	154	5192	1317	185	69	30	452	605

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
DET	3.2	500	154	2.83	1382.7	1254	8.1	362	2.4	726	4.7	10
BOS	3.4	526	154	2.78	1397.7	1236	8.0	361	2.3	552	3.6	8
NYA	3.8	587	154	3.11	1392.7	1284	8.3	459	3.0	586	3.8	28
CHA	3.9	596	154	3.35	1371.0	1253	8.1	523	3.4	632	4.1	11
CLE	3.9	606	154	3.26	1366.7	1307	8.5	449	2.9	505	3.3	7
PHA	4.1	637	154	3.42	1389.7	1367	8.9	375	2.4	557	3.6	8
SLA	4.2	644	154	3.37	1371.7	1302	8.5	513	3.3	601	3.9	15
WAS	5.1	783	154	4.46	1362.7	1535	10.0	574	3.7	679	4.4	6
Totals	4.0	4879	1232	3.32	11034.6	10538	8.6	3616	2.9	4838	3.9	93
Average		610	154		1379	1317		452		605		12

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
BOS	97	57	-6	0	0	0	2	3	4	0.93	0.61	2,051,063	Jason Russell
CHA	72	82	3	0	0	1	2	2	14	0.97	0.73	1,402,757	Carl Mitchell
CLE	79	75	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	1.00	0.75	1,333,380	Mark Kossoff
DET	90	64	-2	0	0	0	1	2	4	1.02	1.06	1,140,426	Rodney McBride
NYA	68	86	8	0	0	1	1	2	7	1.03	1.60	1,042,570	John Richardson
PHA	84	70	-6	0	0	4	0	1	9	1.05	1.06	1,661,450	Mark Goercke
SLA	82	72	0	0	0	1	2	0	9	1.00	1.34	2,073,676	Matt Andersen
WAS	46	108	1	0	0	2	1	0	18	1.00	1.02	1,710,941	Ben Johnson

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
BOS	273	137.39	93.01	42.57	2.98	1.83	9.01	7.73	9.02	12.01
DET	264	104.36	107.56	52.06	10.59	4.51	6.10	7.59	8.84	14.43
SLA	246	141.59	71.86	32.52	5.93	2.55	3.99	3.18	6.02	10.86
CLE	237	118.18	80.90	37.89	6.57	2.86	4.92	4.15	6.12	13.29
PHA	234	127.15	73.17	33.65	5.31	0.91	5.14	5.50	7.13	9.67
NYA	228	79.07	98.04	50.85	9.52	2.87	5.55	6.15	8.88	17.88
CHA	225	98.34	83.22	43.40	11.50	3.38	1.90	7.66	6.91	12.07
WAS	141	78.66	40.33	21.99	5.84	2.74	2.77	4.43	2.64	3.57

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger Award:	Rube Ellis	SLA	.329, 9 HR, 90 RBI
Cy Young Award:	Joe Boehling	DET	23-11, 1.92, 351.7 IP, 206 K
Rookie of the Year Award:	Milt Stock	DET	.307, 1 HR, 63 RBI

Gold Glove Award Winners

P	Sailor Stroud	PHA	.985, 31 PO, 101 A, 2 E
C	Frank Owens	CHA	.985, 548 PO, 123 A, 10 E 38.0% (98-258) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Dick Hoblitzel	CLE	.991, 1473 PO, 122 A, 15 E
2B	Art Phelan	BOS	.991, 285 PO, 628 A, 8 E
3B	Hank Gowdy	DET	.973, 88 PO, 307 A, 11 E
SS	Joe Cassidy	NYA	.946, 222 PO, 528 A, 43 E
LF	Bobby Veach	SLA	.965, 241 PO, 10 A, 9 E
CF	Bris Lord	NYA	.976, 349 PO, 19 A, 9 E
RF	Harry Lumley	NYA	.957, 288 PO, 3 A, 13 E

League Batting Leaderboards Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average

Ellis	SLA	.329
Peckinpaugh	SLA	.319
Burns	PHA	.312
Gandil	CHA	.311
Griffith	PHA	.308

On-Base Pct

Ellis	SLA	.408
Burns	PHA	.406
Peckinpaugh	SLA	.402
Cree	WAS	.378
Griffith	PHA	.374

Slugging Pct

Speaker	WAS	.444
Hoblitzel	CLE	.439
Lumley	NYA	.437
Ellis	SLA	.433
Burns	PHA	.421

OPS

Ellis	SLA	.840
Burns	PHA	.827
Hoblitzel	CLE	.811
Speaker	WAS	.811
Cree	WAS	.790

Ellis	SLA	99.6
Burns	PHA	97.9
Peckinpaugh	SLA	91.6
Speaker	WAS	85.9
Cree	WAS	81.0

Games

Cree	WAS	151
Burns	DET	150
Speaker	WAS	149
Delahanty	NYA	148
Lord	NYA	148

At-Bats

Peckinpaugh	SLA	589
Cassidy	NYA	586
Ellis	SLA	571
Burns	PHA	570
Burns	DET	567

Runs

Burns	PHA	114
Gandil	CHA	99
Peckinpaugh	SLA	96
Ellis	SLA	93
Daubert	BOS	90

Hits

Ellis	SLA	188
Peckinpaugh	SLA	188
Cassidy	NYA	180
Burns	PHA	178
Gandil	CHA	173

Total Bases

Ellis	SLA	247
Speaker	WAS	244
Burns	PHA	240
Lumley	NYA	231
Gandil	CHA	230

Singles

Peckinpaugh	SLA	161
Ellis	SLA	156
Cassidy	NYA	153
Gandil	CHA	136
Burns	PHA	135

Doubles

Speaker	WAS	35
Daubert	BOS	34
Wilson	SLA	33
Delahanty	NYA	29
Burns	PHA	28

Triples

Lumley	NYA	15
Phelan	BOS	15
Cree	WAS	14
Daubert	BOS	14
Veach	SLA	14

Homeruns

Baker	PHA	15
Lumley	NYA	11
Speaker	WAS	10
Ellis	SLA	9
Owens	CHA	8

RBIs

Baker	PHA	96
Veach	SLA	93
Ellis	SLA	90
Hoblitzel	CLE	85
Griffith	PHA	84

Stolen Bases

Gandil	CHA	74
Bates	CLE	72
Ellis	SLA	54
Burch	CLE	51
Phelan	BOS	51

Caught Stealing

Roush	DET	27
Cassidy	NYA	26
Johnston	BOS	25
Gandil	CHA	24
Myers		23

Walks

Burns	PHA	90
Lord	NYA	76
Ellis	SLA	75
Delahanty	NYA	74
Peckinpaugh	SLA	73

Strikeouts

Johnston	BOS	91
Chapman	CLE	82
Evans	CHA	81
Snodgrass	BOS	79
Wilson	SLA	76

League Pitching Leaderboards Help

ERA

Boehling	DET	1.92
Hagerman	SLA	1.96
Merritt	BOS	2.10
Baumgardner	CLE	2.10
Kroh	NYA	2.29

Wins

Dauss	BOS	26
Hughes	BOS	24
Boehling	DET	23
Falkenberg	PHA	23
Hagerman	SLA	23

Losses

St.Vrain	WAS	25
Doscher	WAS	20
Walker	SLA	20
Vance	DET	19
Bender	CHA	17

Winning Pct

Hagerman	SLA	.742
Caldwell		.737
Dauss	BOS	.703
Falkenberg	PHA	.697
Boehling	DET	.676

Saves

Myers	NYA	18
Smith	DET	9
Winham	CHA	9
Thomas	SLA	7
Benz	SLA	5

Games Pitched

Kent	NYA	52
Caldwell	WAS	47
Boehling	DET	41
Glaze	NYA	41
Hughes	BOS	41

Games Started

Boehling	DET	41
Glaze	NYA	41
Hughes	BOS	41
Kroh	NYA	41
Mayer	DET	41

Complete Games

Dauss	BOS	34
Mayer	DET	32
Vance	DET	31
Boehling	DET	30
Hughes	BOS	30

Shutouts

Boehling	DET	8
Mayer	DET	7
Hagerman	SLA	5
Caldwell	WAS	4
Falkenberg	PHA	4

Innings Pitched

Boehling	DET	351.7
Hughes	BOS	351.0
Mayer	DET	349.7
Dauss	BOS	349.3
Kroh	NYA	338.3

Hits Allowed

St.Vrain	WAS	354
Mayer	DET	324
Dauss	BOS	321
Kroh	NYA	318
Richie	CLE	316

Homeruns Allowed

Toney	NYA	19
Vance	DET	19
Doscher	WAS	14
Mayer	DET	12
Walker	SLA	12

Strikeouts

Vance	DET	241
Boehling	DET	206
Hughes	BOS	201
Dubuc	CLE	195
Hagerman	SLA	183

Walks Allowed

Dubuc	CLE	174
Vance	DET	142
St.Vrain	WAS	133
Benton	CHA	129
Hughes	BOS	123

Walks per 9IP

Mayer	DET	1.0
Richie	CLE	1.2
Kroh	NYA	1.3
Falkenberg	PHA	1.4
Merritt	BOS	1.5

Hits per 9IP

Hagerman	SLA	5.8
Benton	CHA	6.7
Hughes	BOS	6.8
Boehling	DET	7.0
Vance	DET	7.3

Strikeouts per 9IP

Vance	DET	6.7
Hagerman	SLA	6.2
Caldwell		5.9
Dubuc	CLE	5.4
Caldwell	WAS	5.3

WHiP

Merritt	BOS	1.02
Mayer	DET	1.04
Boehling	DET	1.04
Falkenberg	PHA	1.07
Kroh	NYA	1.08

OAVG

Hagerman	SLA	.184
Benton	CHA	.211
Hughes	BOS	.212
Boehling	DET	.215
Vance	DET	.225

OOBP

Merritt	BOS	.265
Boehling	DET	.270
Falkenberg	PHA	.273
Kroh	NYA	.275
Baumgardner	CLE	.276

OSLG

Hagerman	SLA	.253
Benton	CHA	.272
Boehling	DET	.272
Hughes	BOS	.273
Merritt	BOS	.287

OOPS

Hagerman	SLA	.532
Boehling	DET	.542
Merritt	BOS	.552
Hughes	BOS	.557
Baumgardner	CLE	.567

League All-Stars

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League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Tris Speaker	WAS	$ 24,000,000
2.	Sam Crawford	PHA	$ 14,300,000
3.	Jim Delahanty	NYA	$ 12,500,000
4.	Hi West	WAS	$ 12,000,000
5.	Tom Walker	SLA	$ 11,000,000
6.	Tim Jordan	PHA	$ 10,800,000
7.	George Merritt	BOS	$ 9,555,444
8.	Johnny Bates	CLE	$ 9,110,235
9.	Ralph Caldwell	WAS	$ 8,740,000
10.	Dick Hoblitzel	CLE	$ 8,300,000
11.	Ed Reulbach	CLE	$ 8,010,000
12.	Doc White	CHA	$ 7,600,000
13.	King Brady	BOS	$ 7,500,555
14.	Roger Peckinpaugh	SLA	$ 7,500,000
15.	Frank Baker	PHA	$ 7,160,000
16.	Hal Chase	WAS	$ 7,020,000
17.	Charlie Shields	CLE	$ 6,840,000
18.	Chief Wilson	SLA	$ 6,290,000
19.	Al Burch	CLE	$ 6,270,000
20.	Joe Cassidy	NYA	$ 6,250,000
21.	Stuffy McInnis	SLA	$ 6,050,000
22.	Lew Moren	BOS	$ 6,040,000
23.	Rube Kroh	NYA	$ 6,021,429
24.	Harry Lumley	NYA	$ 6,000,000
	Ralph Glaze	NYA	$ 6,000,000