1916 Washington Senators
Record: 47-107
Finish: 8th in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 487
Runs Allowed: 783
Exp W-L: 46-108
 
Ballpark: National Park
Attendance: 1,710,941
Manager: Ben Johnson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-64, 4th in the American League
AA: 56-75, 8th in the American League
A: 59-72, 5th in the American League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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
RF *Tris Speaker 28 149 550 84 159 35 10 10 63 13 10 70 11 .289 .367 .444 .811 85.9 24.8 1.7
LF  Birdie Cree 33 151 553 70 169 25 14 2 66 23 16 59 39 .306 .378 .412 .790 81.0 22.9 1.5
2B  Jimmy Walsh 30 138 515 39 125 23 5 2 65 3 5 27 58 .243 .282 .318 .601 38.9 5.1 2.7
1B *Ben Houser 32 122 446 54 106 20 9 5 50 1 0 32 43 .238 .292 .357 .648 43.1 8.3 1.7
SS  Hal Chase 33 103 350 30 84 11 5 2 34 16 2 17 52 .240 .278 .317 .595 32.1 5.6 1.6
C *Nig Clarke 33 87 290 23 54 10 1 1 21 1 3 30 40 .186 .265 .238 .503 14.8 0.0 2.8
RF *Clyde Milan 29 100 259 29 63 6 5 1 19 11 12 25 30 .243 .320 .317 .636 26.0 4.5 0.7
C  Jack Zalusky 37 68 224 13 27 2 2 0 14 2 1 23 60 .121 .203 .147 .351 3.4 0.0 1.7
3B  Tex Wisterzil 28 72 232 26 52 5 1 1 12 8 2 15 25 .224 .275 .267 .542 15.6 1.0 1.5
1B  Del Gainer 29 66 220 20 49 6 3 1 21 0 3 19 35 .223 .288 .291 .578 15.1 1.4 0.8
3B  Queenie O'Rourke 32 67 213 14 41 2 2 2 11 1 0 12 26 .192 .238 .249 .487 11.8 0.0 1.6
RF *Jimmy Sebring 34 67 204 16 43 5 3 0 24 0 2 12 40 .211 .253 .265 .518 11.5 0.0 0.3
CF  Bill Davidson 32 54 176 16 27 6 0 0 8 1 1 14 24 .153 .216 .188 .403 4.0 0.0 0.3
3B  Joe Tinker 35 58 148 12 15 2 0 0 6 11 4 12 45 .101 .168 .115 .283 -0.2 0.0 0.8
CF *Cad Coles 30 42 132 8 25 2 0 1 8 0 2 4 17 .189 .213 .227 .441 3.4 0.0 0.2
C  Walter Schmidt 29 36 117 7 33 1 1 0 8 2 1 10 9 .282 .333 .308 .641 12.7 2.7 1.2
P  Jim St.Vrain 33 37 99 3 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 43 .081 .108 .101 .209 -3.1 0.0 0.0
P *Ralph Caldwell 32 45 84 3 19 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 38 .226 .244 .262 .506 5.1 0.3 0.0
C  Bunny Madden 33 25 82 2 23 0 2 0 6 0 0 3 17 .280 .306 .329 .635 7.8 1.8 0.7
P  Hi West 31 29 64 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22 .094 .108 .094 .201 -2.4 0.0 0.0
P *Jack Doscher 35 26 52 4 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 16 .212 .255 .250 .505 3.2 0.3 0.0
P *Lou Manske 31 26 50 4 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 .180 .180 .220 .400 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  George McQuillan 31 20 41 7 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 15 .195 .233 .220 .452 2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ambrose Puttmann 35 15 24 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .167 .160 .208 .368 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Mercer 27 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.7 1638 5130 487 1160 169 63 29 457 94 64 394 733 .226 .283 .301 .584 413.2 78.7 22.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 8 8 8 7 5 8 8 1 7 7 8 8 8 8 8  
* - 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
*Jim St.Vrain 33 8 25 .242 38 38 0 312.7 354 144 10 133 144 4.15 5.5
*Ralph Caldwell 32 14 14 .500 47 26 0 260.3 240 76 0 74 153 2.63 20.6
 Hi West 31 9 14 .391 31 24 0 217.3 243 97 4 50 104 4.02 6.8
*Jack Doscher 35 2 20 .091 26 22 0 164.7 238 135 14 101 59 7.38 0.0
*Lou Manske 31 6 8 .429 26 17 2 145.3 163 57 2 73 80 3.53 6.9
 George McQuillan 31 4 10 .286 20 14 2 122.7 146 72 6 49 53 5.28 0.4
*Ambrose Puttmann 35 0 12 .000 18 13 0 98.0 120 66 4 59 42 6.06 0.0
 Jack Mercer 27 4 4 .500 35 0 2 41.7 31 28 0 35 44 6.05 0.2
Team Totals 31.9 47 107 .305 241 154 6 1362.6 1535 675 40 574 679 4.46 40.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 2 8  
* - 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
N.Clarke 646.3 72 76 331 74 9 0 .978 40.8
W.Schmidt 282.0 32 34 153 33 7 1 .964 29.6
J.Zalusky 227.0 26 27 119 30 3 0 .980 36.7
B.Madden 207.3 24 25 96 26 10 0 .924 31.9
Team Total 1362.7 154 162 699 163 29 1 .967 36.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.78
B.Houser 702.7 78 83 839 74 5 84 .995 11.69
D.Gainer 362.3 42 43 432 39 6 39 .987 11.70
J.Zalusky 280.3 33 35 312 38 5 35 .986 11.24
H.Chase 9.3 0 6 10 0 0 1 1.000 9.65
J.Sebring 8.0 1 1 11 0 1 0 .917 12.38
Team Total 1362.7 154 168 1604 151 17 159 .990 11.59
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 6.52
J.Walsh 480.7 54 54 143 220 15 42 .960 6.80
B.Cree 479.0 55 55 166 145 10 43 .969 5.84
Q.O'Rourke 297.0 34 37 80 137 7 27 .969 6.58
J.Zalusky 62.0 7 7 17 16 0 6 1.000 4.79
H.Chase 27.0 2 5 10 12 2 5 .917 7.33
J.Sebring 17.0 2 2 5 3 0 0 1.000 4.24
Team Total 1362.7 154 160 421 533 34 123 .966 6.30
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.78
T.Wisterzil 558.0 65 67 28 137 7 13 .959 2.66
J.Walsh 322.7 43 44 22 98 4 9 .968 3.35
J.Tinker 284.7 32 41 19 71 7 8 .928 2.85
Q.O'Rourke 197.3 22 22 19 59 0 4 1.000 3.56
Team Total 1362.7 162 174 88 365 18 34 .962 2.99
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 5.44
H.Chase 722.7 82 83 109 278 7 48 .982 4.82
T.Speaker 561.7 65 65 113 181 12 55 .961 4.71
J.Tinker 53.0 5 6 6 18 1 2 .960 4.08
Q.O'Rourke 20.0 2 2 5 7 0 0 1.000 5.40
J.Walsh 5.3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.07
Team Total 1362.7 154 158 234 486 20 106 .973 4.76
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 1.76
B.Cree 589.0 65 67 119 1 2 0 .984 1.83
B.Houser 309.3 37 37 70 1 0 1 1.000 2.07
B.Davidson 192.0 22 23 36 0 3 0 .923 1.69
D.Gainer 176.3 20 21 30 2 3 0 .914 1.63
J.Walsh 65.0 7 7 13 1 0 1 1.000 1.94
Q.O'Rourke 31.0 3 4 4 0 2 0 .667 1.16
Team Total 1362.7 154 159 272 5 10 2 .965 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.34
C.Milan 521.3 56 69 152 2 10 0 .939 2.66
B.Davidson 239.0 27 30 56 3 6 2 .908 2.22
B.Cree 235.7 27 28 55 1 4 0 .933 2.14
J.Walsh 223.3 27 27 56 2 3 1 .951 2.34
C.Coles 143.3 17 19 26 1 2 0 .931 1.70
Team Total 1362.7 154 173 345 9 25 3 .934 2.34
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 1.90
T.Speaker 732.7 82 83 155 6 0 3 1.000 1.98
J.Sebring 429.0 49 49 88 1 7 1 .927 1.87
C.Coles 142.0 17 17 30 2 4 0 .889 2.03
C.Milan 42.0 4 6 14 1 0 1 1.000 3.21
N.Clarke 17.0 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.53
Team Total 1362.7 154 157 288 10 12 5 .961 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 2.68
J.St.Vrain 312.7 38 38 27 71 7 4 .933 2.82
R.Caldwell 260.3 26 47 14 63 2 7 .975 2.66
H.West 217.3 24 31 22 47 4 3 .945 2.86
J.Doscher 164.7 22 26 17 48 1 3 .985 3.55
L.Manske 145.3 17 26 11 29 3 3 .930 2.48
G.McQuillan 122.7 14 20 10 25 1 1 .972 2.57
A.Puttmann 98.0 13 18 6 26 1 2 .970 2.94
J.Mercer 41.7 0 35 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.73
Team Total 1362.6 154 241 110 314 19 23 .957 2.80
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cree .306
On-Base Pct Cree .378
Slugging Pct Speaker .444
OPS Speaker .811
XR Speaker 85.9
Games Cree 151
At-Bats Cree 553
Runs Speaker 84
Hits Cree 169
Total Bases Speaker 244
Singles Cree 128
Doubles Speaker 35
Triples Cree 14
Homeruns Speaker 10
RBIs Cree 66
Stolen Bases Cree 23
Caught Stealing Cree 16
Walks Speaker 70
Strikeouts Zalusky 60
ERA Caldwell 2.63
Wins Caldwell 14
Losses St.Vrain 25
Winning Pct Caldwell .500
Saves Manske, McQuillan, Mercer 2
Games Pitched Caldwell 47
Games Started St.Vrain 38
Complete Games St.Vrain 25
Shutouts Caldwell 4
Innings Pitched St.Vrain 312.7
Hits Allowed St.Vrain 354
Homeruns Allowed Doscher 14
Strikeouts Caldwell 153
Walks Allowed St.Vrain 133
Walks per 9IP West 2.1
Hits per 9IP Caldwell 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Caldwell 5.3
WHiP Caldwell 1.21
OAVG Caldwell .247
OOBP Caldwell .303
OSLG Caldwell .319
OOPS Caldwell .623
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Tris Speaker $ 24,000,000
Hi West $ 12,000,000
Ralph Caldwell $ 8,740,000
Hal Chase $ 7,020,000
Birdie Cree $ 5,890,000
Clyde Milan $ 4,580,000
Jim St.Vrain $ 4,000,000
Nig Clarke $ 3,000,000
Jack Mercer $ 2,685,714
Jimmy Walsh $ 1,500,000
Ambrose Puttmann $ 1,050,000
Joe Tinker $ 990,000
Jack Doscher $ 779,000
Queenie O'Rourke $ 600,000
Jack Zalusky $ 540,000
Tex Wisterzil $ 300,000
Cad Coles $ 300,000
Bill Davidson $ 300,000
George McQuillan $ 300,000
Ben Houser $ 300,000
Bunny Madden $ 300,000
Lou Manske $ 300,000
Jimmy Sebring $ 300,000
Walter Schmidt $ 300,000
Del Gainer $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/24 Signed     Jimmy Sebring
2/25 Signed     George Mcquillan