1916 Philadelphia (A) Athletics
Record: 78-76
Finish: 5th in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 701
Runs Allowed: 637
Exp W-L: 84-70
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 1,661,450
Manager: Mark Goercke

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-67, 5th in the American League
AA: 67-64, 4th in the American League
A: 84-47, 1st in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
CF  George Burns 26 144 570 114 178 28 11 4 60 44 21 90 25 .312 .406 .421 .827 97.9 25.3 3.3
C  Hank Severeid 25 132 515 75 143 26 4 0 65 10 4 39 14 .278 .338 .344 .682 59.0 12.0 4.5
RF *Tommy Griffith 26 129 494 70 152 17 7 4 84 2 0 52 14 .308 .374 .395 .769 67.6 15.7 2.5
3B *Frank Baker 30 134 487 69 128 21 5 15 96 4 4 39 16 .263 .320 .419 .739 62.2 12.5 4.4
2B  Buck Herzog 30 98 319 29 81 9 3 2 34 13 8 24 27 .254 .309 .320 .629 31.8 4.6 2.9
1B *Tim Jordan 37 77 281 41 72 5 6 4 34 1 4 43 36 .256 .352 .359 .711 38.5 7.9 0.4
1B *Sam Crawford 36 86 281 45 66 10 4 0 25 36 7 36 11 .235 .319 .299 .618 33.2 6.0 1.3
SS  Rabbit Maranville 24 80 261 39 76 8 8 1 33 19 9 21 16 .291 .340 .395 .735 36.7 7.7 3.0
1B  George Kelly 20 79 248 29 81 10 1 3 34 0 1 29 40 .327 .396 .411 .807 36.8 9.1 0.3
LF  Joe Birmingham 31 69 254 41 83 6 5 2 41 1 3 17 15 .327 .366 .413 .780 33.9 7.8 1.3
2B  Dick Egan 32 68 228 26 60 6 1 1 31 14 9 18 23 .263 .321 .311 .633 23.3 3.1 2.2
SS  George Perring 31 67 216 24 59 11 4 1 27 2 1 17 18 .273 .326 .375 .701 24.4 5.1 2.5
LF *Ray Powell 27 48 170 30 47 4 5 2 14 2 5 20 25 .276 .349 .394 .743 23.0 4.9 0.7
SS  Bill Dam 31 52 183 12 48 5 0 1 22 0 0 3 28 .262 .274 .306 .580 13.5 1.4 2.0
C  Grover Land 31 48 148 11 36 3 1 1 14 0 0 9 23 .243 .287 .297 .584 11.5 1.2 0.9
P  Cy Falkenberg 35 39 122 8 10 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 63 .082 .117 .098 .216 -2.6 0.0 0.0
P  Sailor Stroud 31 38 118 5 7 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 51 .059 .067 .085 .152 -5.7 0.0 0.0
LF *Jack Lelivelt 30 37 104 14 29 4 3 0 7 0 2 11 17 .279 .345 .375 .720 12.1 2.2 0.5
P  Sam Jones 23 39 91 4 10 3 0 0 8 0 0 1 33 .110 .118 .143 .261 -1.0 0.0 0.0
1B  Art Griggs 32 17 54 5 6 3 0 0 4 0 0 7 6 .111 .213 .167 .380 1.3 0.0 0.5
P  Frank Lange 32 10 34 5 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 .176 .222 .206 .428 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Kinsella 34 10 30 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 -3.1 0.0 0.0
2B *Jack Mills 26 6 22 1 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 7 .182 .308 .364 .671 2.8 0.5 0.2
P  Bert Gallia 24 10 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .118 .158 .118 .276 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Fred Anderson 30 16 19 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .158 .158 .211 .368 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Charley Hall 30 18 17 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .059 .059 .118 .176 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Doak 25 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
1B  Walt Devoy 30 3 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Witherup 29 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Tift 32 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Lou Fiene 31 9 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
CF *Rebel Oakes 32 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
CF  C.B. Burns 37 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Roy Hitt 29 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 1611 5329 701 1392 186 69 42 653 153 78 488 567 .261 .324 .346 .670 597.4 127.1 33.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 3 4 3 1 2 7 2 2 3 4 5 3 3 3  
* - 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
 Cy Falkenberg 35 23 10 .697 39 39 0 337.7 307 94 4 53 133 2.51 27.2
 Sailor Stroud 31 16 16 .500 38 38 0 329.3 305 111 8 78 119 3.03 19.4
 Sam Jones 23 12 16 .429 39 30 4 261.3 262 105 4 61 96 3.62 12.0
 Frank Lange 32 6 4 .600 10 4 0 86.7 67 35 2 60 60 3.63 5.2
 Ed Kinsella 34 4 5 .444 10 10 0 74.3 94 43 0 14 25 5.21 0.0
 Charley Hall 30 3 9 .250 18 10 1 65.3 71 21 1 23 32 2.89 2.6
 Fred Anderson 30 4 6 .400 16 6 0 54.0 53 23 4 27 25 3.83 2.2
 Bert Gallia 24 4 2 .667 10 6 0 53.3 60 29 1 8 17 4.89 1.3
*Ray Tift 32 2 1 .667 22 0 3 38.0 46 14 1 5 10 3.32 2.5
 Bill Doak 25 2 4 .333 9 3 0 36.3 38 17 3 13 16 4.21 0.7
 Roy Witherup 29 1 2 .333 7 3 0 24.0 34 17 0 15 10 6.38 0.0
 Lou Fiene 31 1 1 .500 9 1 0 20.7 20 12 0 11 10 5.23 0.2
*Roy Hitt 29 0 0 .000 4 1 0 9.3 10 7 0 7 4 6.75 0.0
Team Totals 29.6 78 76 .506 231 151 8 1390.3 1367 528 28 375 557 3.42 73.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 5 5 3 7 5 7 3 6 7  
* - 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
H.Severeid 1178.7 131 132 498 117 21 1 .967 30.8
G.Land 211.7 23 26 74 23 2 0 .980 50.0
Team Total 1390.3 154 158 572 140 23 1 .969 32.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.78
T.Jordan 645.7 72 73 900 75 15 71 .985 13.59
G.Kelly 524.7 58 62 733 55 11 60 .986 13.52
G.Land 124.0 14 15 159 17 3 13 .983 12.77
S.Crawford 49.0 5 7 64 3 3 6 .957 12.31
W.Devoy 27.0 3 3 32 4 0 6 1.000 12.00
G.Perring 20.0 2 3 28 1 0 3 1.000 13.05
Team Total 1390.3 154 163 1916 155 32 159 .985 13.41
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 6.52
B.Herzog 620.7 69 71 164 277 12 52 .974 6.39
D.Egan 575.7 65 65 161 298 20 45 .958 7.18
A.Griggs 96.0 11 12 32 54 4 16 .956 8.06
J.Mills 50.0 6 6 19 24 0 6 1.000 7.74
R.Maranville 47.0 3 6 12 27 2 6 .951 7.47
R.Powell 1.2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 7.50
Team Total 1390.5 154 161 388 681 38 125 .966 6.92
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.78
F.Baker 1101.3 122 127 58 283 23 17 .937 2.79
G.Perring 285.0 32 34 12 68 3 2 .964 2.53
J.Birmingham 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Maranville 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1390.3 154 164 70 352 26 19 .942 2.73
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 5.44
R.Maranville 571.7 62 66 102 255 13 49 .965 5.62
B.Dam 437.7 51 51 53 202 13 39 .951 5.24
G.Perring 202.7 22 26 36 111 6 23 .961 6.53
B.Herzog 169.3 18 22 30 78 4 15 .964 5.74
D.Egan 9.0 1 1 3 3 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1390.3 154 166 224 649 36 127 .960 5.65
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 1.76
J.Birmingham 527.7 59 59 111 2 0 1 1.000 1.93
S.Crawford 413.3 44 50 70 5 0 0 1.000 1.63
R.Powell 309.7 31 33 55 1 0 1 1.000 1.63
J.Lelivelt 107.0 12 12 18 1 1 1 .950 1.60
G.Burns 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1358.7 146 155 254 9 1 3 .996 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.34
G.Burns 1292.3 143 143 302 7 12 0 .963 2.15
J.Lelivelt 62.0 7 7 18 1 0 1 1.000 2.76
R.Powell 33.0 3 3 5 0 1 0 .833 1.36
C.Burns 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1396.3 154 154 327 8 13 1 .963 2.16
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 1.90
T.Griffith 1133.0 127 128 243 3 12 0 .953 1.95
S.Crawford 162.3 18 20 36 5 3 2 .932 2.27
A.Griggs 47.0 5 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.96
J.Lelivelt 42.0 4 6 10 0 1 0 .909 2.14
R.Powell 33.0 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Dam 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1418.3 156 166 300 9 16 2 .951 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 2.68
C.Falkenberg 337.7 39 39 23 65 2 3 .978 2.35
S.Stroud 329.3 38 38 31 101 2 7 .985 3.61
S.Jones 261.3 30 39 17 62 5 3 .940 2.72
F.Lange 86.7 4 10 3 17 1 1 .952 2.08
E.Kinsella 74.3 10 10 7 16 2 1 .920 2.78
C.Hall 65.3 10 18 6 14 2 1 .909 2.76
F.Anderson 54.0 6 16 4 10 0 0 1.000 2.33
B.Gallia 53.3 6 10 4 8 1 0 .923 2.03
R.Tift 38.0 0 22 2 12 0 1 1.000 3.32
B.Doak 36.3 3 9 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.98
R.Witherup 24.0 3 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.88
L.Fiene 20.7 1 9 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.61
R.Hitt 9.3 1 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.82
Team Total 1390.3 151 231 102 324 15 17 .966 2.76
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Burns .312
On-Base Pct Burns .406
Slugging Pct Burns .421
OPS Burns .827
XR Burns 97.9
Games Burns 144
At-Bats Burns 570
Runs Burns 114
Hits Burns 178
Total Bases Burns 240
Singles Burns 135
Doubles Burns 28
Triples Burns 11
Homeruns Baker 15
RBIs Baker 96
Stolen Bases Burns 44
Caught Stealing Burns 21
Walks Burns 90
Strikeouts Falkenberg 63
ERA Falkenberg 2.51
Wins Falkenberg 23
Losses Jones, Stroud 16
Winning Pct Falkenberg .697
Saves Jones 4
Games Pitched Falkenberg, Jones 39
Games Started Falkenberg 39
Complete Games Stroud 28
Shutouts Falkenberg 4
Innings Pitched Falkenberg 337.7
Hits Allowed Falkenberg 307
Homeruns Allowed Stroud 8
Strikeouts Falkenberg 133
Walks Allowed Stroud 78
Walks per 9IP Falkenberg 1.4
Hits per 9IP Falkenberg 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Falkenberg 3.5
WHiP Falkenberg 1.07
OAVG Falkenberg .243
OOBP Falkenberg .273
OSLG Falkenberg .317
OOPS Falkenberg .590
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Sam Crawford $ 14,300,000
Tim Jordan $ 10,800,000
Frank Baker $ 7,160,000
Cy Falkenberg $ 5,990,000
Art Griggs $ 5,600,000
George Burns $ 3,364,286
Rebel Oakes $ 3,100,000
Lou Fiene $ 2,970,000
Hank Severeid $ 2,435,714
Bill Doak $ 1,971,429
George Perring $ 1,780,000
Sailor Stroud $ 1,778,571
Joe Birmingham $ 1,450,000
Buck Herzog $ 1,100,000
Frank Lange $ 767,143
Ray Tift $ 642,857
Bill Dam $ 350,000
Roy Witherup $ 350,000
Fred Anderson $ 350,000
Rube Marquard $ 350,000
Jack Lelivelt $ 350,000
Walt Devoy $ 300,000
Dick Egan $ 300,000
Bert Gallia $ 300,000
Tommy Griffith $ 300,000
Sam Jones $ 300,000
George Kelly $ 300,000
Grover Land $ 300,000
Rabbit Maranville $ 300,000
Jack Mills $ 300,000
Ray Powell $ 300,000
Roy Hitt $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/16 Signed     Buck Herzog
2/21 Signed     Joe Birmingham
2/27 Signed     Tim Jordan
4/12 Traded Frank Gibson
Round Draft Pick.
Philadelphia (N) Cy Falkenberg
Rebel Oakes
5/1 Released Ginger Beaumont    
5/1 Released Bill Mckechnie    
5/1 Released Ted Reed    
6/16 Traded Ed Kinsella New York (N) Ray Powell
7/1 Released C.B. Burns    
7/31 Traded Charley Hall
Round Draft Pick.
New York (N) Frank Lange
Round Draft Pick.