1916 Chicago Cubs Roster

The 1916 Chicago Cubs 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 Chicago Cubs Opening Day starters list, a 1916 Chicago Cubs salary list, a 1916 Chicago Cubs uniform number breakdown and a 1916 Chicago Cubs primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1916 Chicago Cubs



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n/a Mordecai Brown 5-10 175 Right Both 1876-10-19
n/a Paul Carter 6-03 175 Right Left 1894-05-01
n/a Claude Hendrix 6-00 195 Right Right 1889-04-13
n/a Jimmy Lavender 5-11 165 Right Right 1884-05-26
n/a George McConnell 6-03 190 Right Right 1877-09-16
n/a Gene Packard 5-10 155 Left Left 1887-07-13
n/a Scott Perry 6-00 175 Right Right 1891-04-17
n/a George Pierce 5-10½ 175 Left Left 1888-01-10
n/a Mike Prendergast 5-09½ 165 Right Right 1888-12-15
n/a Tom Seaton 6-00 175 Right Both 1887-08-30
n/a Hippo Vaughn 6-04 215 Left Both 1888-04-09
n/a Nick Allen 6-00 180 Right Right 1888-09-14
n/a Jimmy Archer 5-10 168 Right Right 1883-05-13
n/a Clem Clemens 5-11 176 Right Right 1886-11-21
n/a Rowdy Elliott 5-09 160 Right Right 1890-07-08
n/a William Fischer 6-00 174 Right Left 1891-03-02
n/a Johnny O'Connor 5-09 Unknown Right Right 1891-12-01
n/a Bob O'Farrell 5-09½ 180 Right Right 1896-10-19
n/a Art Wilson 5-08 170 Right Right 1885-12-11
n/a Charlie Deal 6-00 160 Right Right 1891-10-30
n/a Mickey Doolan 5-10½ 170 Right Right 1880-05-07
n/a Larry Doyle 5-10 165 Right Left 1886-07-31
n/a Herb Hunter 6-00½ 165 Right Left 1895-12-25
n/a Otto Knabe 5-08 175 Right Right 1884-06-12
n/a Alex McCarthy 5-09 150 Right Right 1889-05-12
n/a Fritz Mollwitz 6-02 170 Right Right 1890-06-16
n/a Eddie Mulligan 5-09 152 Right Right 1894-08-27
n/a Charlie Pechous 6-00 170 Right Right 1896-10-05
n/a Vic Saier 5-11 185 Right Left 1891-05-04
n/a Marty Shay 5-07½ 148 Right Right 1896-04-25
n/a Joe Tinker 5-09 175 Right Right 1880-07-27
n/a Chuck Wortman 5-07 150 Right Right 1892-01-05
n/a Steve Yerkes 5-09 165 Right Right 1888-05-15
n/a Rollie Zeider 5-10 162 Right Right 1883-11-16
n/a Heinie Zimmerman 5-11½ 176 Right Right 1887-02-09
n/a Max Flack 5-07 148 Left Left 1890-02-05
n/a Solly Hofman 6-00 160 Right Right 1882-10-29
n/a Merwin Jacobson 5-11½ 165 Left Left 1894-03-07
n/a Joe Kelly 5-10 175 Right Right 1886-09-23
n/a Les Mann 5-09 172 Right Right 1892-11-18
n/a Wildfire Schulte 5-11 170 Right Left 1882-09-17
n/a Earl Smith 5-11 170 Right Both 1891-01-20
n/a Cy Williams 6-02 180 Left Left 1887-12-21
n/a Dutch Zwilling 5-06½ 160 Left Left 1888-11-02
n/a Ed Sicking 5-09½ 165 Right Right 1897-03-30
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The 1916 Chicago Cubs played 153 games during the regular season, won 67 games, lost 86 games, and finished in fifth position. They played their home games at Weeghman Park (Park Factors: 111/111) where 453,685 fans witnessed their 1916 Cubs finish the season with a .438 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 Chicago Cubs Opening Day starters list, a 1916 Chicago Cubs salary list, a 1916 Chicago Cubs uniform number breakdown and a 1916 Chicago Cubs primary starters list:

1916 Chicago Cubs
Opening Day Starters


Jimmy Archer
Max Flack
Les Mann
George McConnell
Eddie Mulligan
Vic Saier
Cy Williams
Steve Yerkes
Heinie Zimmerman

1916 Chicago Cubs
Most Games by Position

C Jimmy Archer (61)
1B Vic Saier (147)
2B Otto Knabe (42)
3B Heinie Zimmerman (85)
SS Chuck Wortman (69)
LF Les Mann (74)
CF Cy Williams (115)
RF Max Flack (136)
  
SP Claude Hendrix
SP Jimmy Lavender
SP George McConnell
SP Hippo Vaughn
  
CL Gene Packard


1916 Chicago Cubs
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1916 Chicago Cubs
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1916 Chicago Cubs 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)?
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