1916 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1916 Boston Red Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1916 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1916 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1916 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1916 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1916 Boston Red Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1916 Boston Red Sox



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n/a Rube Foster 5-07½ 170 Right Right 1888-01-05
n/a Vean Gregg 6-01 185 Left Right 1885-04-13
n/a Sam Jones 6-00 170 Right Right 1892-07-26
n/a Dutch Leonard 5-10½ 185 Left Left 1892-04-16
n/a Carl Mays 5-11½ 195 Right Left 1891-11-12
n/a Marty McHale 5-11½ 174 Right Right 1886-10-30
n/a Herb Pennock 6-00 160 Left Both 1894-02-10
n/a Babe Ruth 6-02 215 Left Left 1895-02-06
n/a Ernie Shore 6-04 220 Right Right 1891-03-24
n/a Weldon Wyckoff 6-01 175 Right Right 1891-02-19
n/a Sam Agnew 5-11 185 Right Right 1887-04-12
n/a Hick Cady 6-02 179 Right Right 1886-01-26
n/a Bill Carrigan 5-09 175 Right Right 1883-10-22
n/a Pinch Thomas 5-09½ 173 Right Left 1888-01-24
n/a Jack Barry 5-09 158 Right Right 1887-04-26
n/a Del Gainer 6-00 180 Right Right 1886-11-10
n/a Larry Gardner 5-08 165 Right Left 1886-05-13
n/a Dick Hoblitzel 6-00 172 Left Left 1888-10-26
n/a Hal Janvrin 5-11½ 168 Right Right 1892-08-27
n/a Mike McNally 5-11 150 Right Right 1893-09-13
n/a Everett Scott 5-08 148 Right Right 1892-11-19
n/a Heinie Wagner 5-09 183 Right Right 1880-09-23
n/a Jimmy Walsh 5-10½ 170 Right Left 1885-09-22
n/a Olaf Henriksen 5-07½ 158 Left Left 1888-04-26
n/a Harry Hooper 5-10 168 Right Left 1887-08-24
n/a Duffy Lewis 5-10½ 165 Left Left 1888-04-18
n/a Chick Shorten 6-00 175 Left Left 1892-04-19
n/a Tilly Walker 5-11 165 Right Right 1887-09-04
n/a Ray Haley 5-11 180 Right Right 1891-01-23
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The 1916 Boston Red Sox played 154 games during the regular season, won 91 games, lost 63 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 100/98) where 496,397 fans witnessed their 1916 Red Sox finish the season with a .591 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1916 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1916 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1916 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1916 Boston Red Sox primary starters list:

1916 Boston Red Sox
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1916 Boston Red Sox
Most Games by Position

C Pinch Thomas (90)
1B Dick Hoblitzel (126)
2B Jack Barry (94)
3B Larry Gardner (147)
SS Everett Scott (121)
LF Duffy Lewis (136)
CF Tilly Walker (125)
RF Harry Hooper (151)
  
SP Rube Foster
SP Carl Mays
SP Babe Ruth
SP Ernie Shore
  
RP Vean Gregg
CL Dutch Leonard


1916 Boston Red Sox
Salaries

Babe Ruth $3,500.00


1916 Boston Red Sox
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1916 Boston Red Sox Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?