1916 Cleveland Indians
Record: 79-75
Finish: 4th in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 627
Runs Allowed: 606
Exp W-L: 79-75
 
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 1,333,380
Manager: Mark Kossoff

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-60, 3rd in the American League
AA: 66-65, 5th in the American League
A: 57-74, 6th in the American League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B  Ray Chapman 25 142 522 68 136 20 9 1 58 26 18 55 82 .261 .333 .339 .672 59.6 10.6 4.2
SS  Rube Oldring 32 141 496 64 132 25 11 4 67 42 12 52 36 .266 .335 .385 .720 62.8 12.7 4.8
2B  Marty Kavanagh 25 142 483 50 141 22 3 2 56 17 12 47 32 .292 .356 .362 .719 59.9 12.5 3.8
1B *Dick Hoblitzel 27 125 456 64 137 24 12 5 85 19 12 56 11 .300 .372 .439 .811 72.9 18.0 2.2
CF *Johnny Bates 33 120 432 81 121 16 8 2 38 72 13 59 14 .280 .372 .368 .740 71.4 17.8 2.4
CF  Happy Felsch 24 120 440 52 123 18 9 0 52 14 11 30 55 .280 .328 .361 .690 49.6 9.2 4.0
RF *Al Burch 32 119 404 60 108 8 1 3 40 51 20 53 26 .267 .352 .314 .666 49.4 9.1 3.3
C *Jack Lapp 31 87 290 32 73 15 2 1 36 1 2 39 37 .252 .338 .328 .666 33.0 5.7 4.0
C  Eddie Ainsmith 24 66 223 27 70 8 2 4 33 3 1 22 27 .314 .372 .422 .794 33.9 8.5 2.3
LF *Max Flack 26 72 217 25 55 7 2 2 16 20 1 15 21 .253 .302 .332 .634 23.8 4.2 1.2
RF *Claude Rossman 35 44 171 29 49 7 2 7 24 0 3 10 18 .287 .326 .474 .800 22.6 4.8 1.0
2B #Charlie Malay 37 51 165 15 36 4 1 0 17 4 3 14 11 .218 .282 .255 .536 11.2 0.1 2.0
3B  Red Smith 26 48 152 15 28 4 3 0 14 9 5 24 31 .184 .300 .250 .550 12.4 0.6 1.4
P  Jean Dubuc 27 38 124 10 16 0 0 0 6 1 1 7 44 .129 .176 .129 .305 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Lew Richie 32 37 111 4 5 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 19 .045 .062 .045 .107 -6.7 0.0 0.0
P *George Baumgardner 24 31 99 7 12 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 30 .121 .130 .141 .271 -2.6 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Tyler 26 25 80 3 19 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 36 .238 .238 .275 .513 3.4 0.0 0.0
LF *Gus Williams 28 32 63 8 16 2 0 0 3 0 4 9 11 .254 .372 .286 .658 7.7 0.9 0.3
CF  Tommy McMillan 28 14 46 6 21 0 0 1 6 3 0 4 6 .457 .500 .522 1.022 10.4 3.2 0.4
LF *Duffy Lewis 28 13 37 1 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 5 .135 .179 .135 .315 -0.3 0.0 0.1
C  Ed Burns 27 9 36 2 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 .139 .139 .278 .417 1.4 0.0 0.3
P  Spec Harkness 28 10 29 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .138 .194 .138 .331 0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Charlie Shields 36 13 27 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .148 .148 .185 .333 -0.2 0.0 0.0
3B  Pep Clark 33 8 26 3 5 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 .192 .192 .308 .500 1.3 0.0 0.2
P  Ed Reulbach 33 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Patton 32 24 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Lefty Webb 31 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.3 1559 5140 627 1322 187 67 33 576 292 118 502 574 .257 .324 .339 .663 577.4 118.2 37.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 4 5 3 5 3 4 2 6 1 5 5 4 4 4 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Jean Dubuc 27 17 16 .515 38 38 0 325.7 288 149 10 174 195 4.12 9.4
 Lew Richie 32 18 14 .563 37 37 0 316.7 316 88 2 41 78 2.50 24.0
 George Baumgardner 24 18 9 .667 31 31 0 269.7 234 63 3 58 100 2.10 25.1
*Lefty Tyler 26 13 11 .542 25 25 0 208.7 206 64 0 64 57 2.76 16.7
*Charlie Shields 36 2 7 .222 13 11 0 83.7 115 56 3 26 25 6.02 0.0
 Spec Harkness 28 4 6 .400 10 10 0 81.0 62 31 5 38 30 3.44 3.8
 Ed Reulbach 33 3 4 .429 17 2 1 32.3 26 17 1 15 7 4.73 0.8
 Harry Patton 32 2 6 .250 24 0 0 29.0 30 14 2 23 8 4.34 0.6
*Lefty Webb 31 1 0 1.000 11 0 0 10.0 13 4 0 7 3 3.60 0.5
 Elijah Jones 34 1 2 .333 12 0 5 9.0 16 7 0 1 2 7.00 0.0
 Orlie Weaver 30 0 0 .000 2 0 1 1.0 1 2 1 2 0 18.00 0.0
Team Totals 30.3 79 75 .513 220 154 7 1366.6 1307 495 27 449 505 3.26 80.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 7 4 7 6 4 4 4 8 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 34.0
J.Lapp 755.7 87 87 308 78 9 0 .977 29.1
E.Ainsmith 530.0 58 63 192 49 11 0 .956 35.4
E.Burns 81.0 9 9 34 4 2 0 .950 8.3
Team Total 1366.7 154 159 534 131 22 0 .968 30.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.78
D.Hoblitzel 1066.7 120 123 1473 122 15 93 .991 13.46
M.Kavanagh 300.0 34 35 447 33 2 38 .996 14.40
Team Total 1366.7 154 158 1920 155 17 131 .992 13.66
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 6.52
M.Kavanagh 938.7 107 107 252 434 26 63 .963 6.58
R.Oldring 243.0 27 28 61 129 4 26 .979 7.04
C.Malay 185.0 20 22 62 96 4 15 .975 7.69
Team Total 1366.7 154 157 375 659 34 104 .968 6.81
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.78
R.Chapman 911.3 104 104 57 229 20 8 .935 2.82
R.Smith 403.3 44 47 24 118 12 9 .922 3.17
P.Clark 52.0 6 7 6 14 0 0 1.000 3.46
Team Total 1366.7 154 158 87 361 32 17 .933 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 5.44
R.Oldring 932.7 106 107 161 413 26 61 .957 5.54
R.Chapman 331.0 37 37 52 170 8 32 .965 6.04
C.Malay 76.0 8 11 11 41 0 5 1.000 6.16
T.McMillan 27.0 3 4 10 12 2 4 .917 7.33
Team Total 1366.7 154 159 234 636 36 102 .960 5.73
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 1.76
J.Bates 954.3 108 111 178 3 14 0 .928 1.71
M.Flack 217.0 24 25 37 3 1 0 .976 1.66
G.Williams 121.0 14 15 24 1 3 1 .893 1.86
D.Lewis 74.3 8 9 10 0 1 0 .909 1.21
Team Total 1366.7 154 160 249 7 19 1 .931 1.69
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.34
H.Felsch 965.0 109 112 224 10 4 1 .983 2.18
A.Burch 232.0 26 26 41 2 3 0 .935 1.67
C.Rossman 82.3 9 10 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
T.McMillan 77.0 9 9 20 0 3 0 .870 2.34
C.Malay 9.3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
J.Bates 1.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1366.7 154 160 306 12 10 1 .970 2.09
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 1.90
A.Burch 697.3 79 85 160 5 5 1 .971 2.13
C.Rossman 298.0 34 34 52 1 3 0 .946 1.60
M.Flack 220.3 24 28 43 0 3 0 .935 1.76
C.Malay 151.0 17 17 34 4 0 0 1.000 2.26
Team Total 1366.7 154 164 289 10 11 1 .965 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 2.68
J.Dubuc 325.7 38 38 19 69 4 3 .957 2.43
L.Richie 316.7 37 37 24 75 1 2 .990 2.81
G.Baumgardner 269.7 31 31 23 81 3 2 .972 3.47
L.Tyler 208.7 25 25 15 55 2 6 .972 3.02
C.Shields 83.7 11 13 5 19 3 1 .889 2.58
S.Harkness 81.0 10 10 2 22 2 4 .923 2.67
E.Reulbach 32.3 2 17 0 12 1 0 .923 3.34
H.Patton 29.0 0 24 3 10 1 0 .929 4.03
L.Webb 10.0 0 11 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.60
E.Jones 9.0 0 12 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
O.Weaver 1.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1366.6 154 220 94 348 17 18 .963 2.91
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hoblitzel .300
On-Base Pct Hoblitzel .372
Slugging Pct Hoblitzel .439
OPS Hoblitzel .811
XR Hoblitzel 72.9
Games Chapman, Kavanagh 142
At-Bats Chapman 522
Runs Bates 81
Hits Kavanagh 141
Total Bases Hoblitzel 200
Singles Kavanagh 114
Doubles Oldring 25
Triples Hoblitzel 12
Homeruns Rossman 7
RBIs Hoblitzel 85
Stolen Bases Bates 72
Caught Stealing Burch 20
Walks Bates 59
Strikeouts Chapman 82
ERA Baumgardner 2.10
Wins Baumgardner, Richie 18
Losses Dubuc 16
Winning Pct Baumgardner .667
Saves Jones 5
Games Pitched Dubuc 38
Games Started Dubuc 38
Complete Games Richie 30
Shutouts Baumgardner, Richie, Tyler 3
Innings Pitched Dubuc 325.7
Hits Allowed Richie 316
Homeruns Allowed Dubuc 10
Strikeouts Dubuc 195
Walks Allowed Dubuc 174
Walks per 9IP Richie 1.2
Hits per 9IP Baumgardner 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Dubuc 5.4
WHiP Baumgardner 1.08
OAVG Baumgardner .233
OOBP Baumgardner .276
OSLG Baumgardner .292
OOPS Baumgardner .567
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Johnny Bates $ 9,110,235
Dick Hoblitzel $ 8,300,000
Ed Reulbach $ 8,010,000
Charlie Shields $ 6,840,000
Al Burch $ 6,270,000
Lew Richie $ 4,790,000
Lefty Tyler $ 4,400,000
Chick Robitaille $ 3,400,000
Rube Oldring $ 3,020,000
Elijah Jones $ 2,970,000
Jack Lapp $ 2,610,000
Eddie Ainsmith $ 2,470,000
Ray Chapman $ 1,278,571
Duffy Lewis $ 1,002,002
Lefty Webb $ 940,000
Tom Barry $ 537,143
John McDonald $ 510,000
Red Smith $ 480,000
Steve Yerkes $ 350,000
Max Flack $ 300,000
Gus Williams $ 300,000
George Baumgardner $ 300,000
Ed Burns $ 300,000
Orlie Weaver $ 300,000
Jean Dubuc $ 300,000
Charlie Malay $ 300,000
Happy Felsch $ 300,000
Tommy McMillan $ 300,000
Spec Harkness $ 300,000
Claude Rossman $ 300,000
Marty Kavanagh $ 300,000
Harry Patton $ 300,000
Harry Niles $ 300,000
Eddie Eayrs $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/9 Signed     Pep Clark
3/13 Signed     Duffy Lewis
7/16 Released Pep Clark