1916 Philadelphia Athletics Roster

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

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1916 Philadelphia Athletics



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Complete Roster  
 

n/a Rube Bressler 6-00 187 Left Right 1894-10-23
n/a Joe Bush 5-09 173 Right Right 1892-11-27
n/a Cap Crowell 6-01 178 Right Right 1892-09-05
n/a Michael Driscoll 5-11 160 Right Right 1892-10-19
n/a George Hesselbacher 6-02 175 Right Right 1895-01-18
n/a Jing Johnson 5-09 172 Right Right 1894-10-09
n/a Axel Lindstrom 5-10 180 Right Right 1895-08-26
n/a Bill Morrisette 6-00 176 Right Right 1894-11-21
n/a Elmer Myers 6-02 185 Right Right 1894-03-02
n/a Jack Nabors 6-03 185 Right Right 1887-11-19
n/a Rube Parnham 6-03 185 Right Right 1894-02-01
n/a Carl Ray 5-11 170 Left Left 1889-01-31
n/a Jack Richardson 6-03 197 Right Both 1892-10-03
n/a Socks Seibold 5-08½ 162 Right Right 1896-05-31
n/a Tom Sheehan 6-02½ 190 Right Right 1894-03-31
n/a Harry Weaver 5-11 160 Right Right 1892-02-26
n/a Walt Whittaker 5-09½ 165 Right Left 1894-06-11
n/a Marsh Williams 6-00 180 Right Right 1893-02-21
n/a Weldon Wyckoff 6-01 175 Right Right 1891-02-19
n/a Doc Carroll 6-00 170 Right Right 1891-12-28
n/a Ray Haley 5-11 180 Right Right 1891-01-23
n/a Billy Meyer 5-09½ 170 Right Right 1893-01-14
n/a Mike Murphy 5-09 170 Right Right 1888-08-19
n/a Val Picinich 5-09 165 Right Right 1896-09-08
n/a Sam Crane 5-11½ 154 Right Right 1894-09-13
n/a Roy Grover 5-08 150 Right Right 1892-01-17
n/a Thomas Healy 6-00 172 Right Right 1895-10-30
n/a Nap Lajoie 6-01 195 Right Right 1874-09-05
n/a Otis Lawry 5-08 133 Right Left 1893-11-01
n/a Lew Malone 5-11 175 Right Right 1897-03-13
n/a Lee McElwee 5-10½ 160 Right Right 1894-05-23
n/a Stuffy McInnis 5-09½ 162 Right Right 1890-09-19
n/a Charlie Pick 5-10 160 Right Left 1888-04-12
n/a Harland Rowe 6-01 170 Right Left 1896-04-20
n/a Whitey Witt 5-07 150 Right Left 1895-09-28
n/a Jim Brown 6-00 178 Right Right 1893-03-31
n/a Moxie Divis 5-06 Unknown Unknown Unknown 1894-01-16
n/a Charlie Grimm 5-11½ 173 Left Left 1898-08-28
n/a Bill Johnson 5-11 170 Right Left 1892-10-18
n/a Lee King 5-10 160 Right Right 1894-03-28
n/a Red Lanning 5-09 165 Left Left 1895-05-13
n/a Ralph Mitterling 5-10 165 Right Right 1890-04-19
n/a Rube Oldring 5-10 186 Right Right 1884-05-30
n/a Wally Schang 5-10 180 Right Both 1889-08-22
n/a Bill Stellbauer 5-10 175 Right Right 1894-03-20
n/a Amos Strunk 5-11½ 175 Left Left 1889-01-22
n/a Shag Thompson 5-08½ 165 Right Left 1893-04-29
n/a Buck Thrasher 5-11 182 Right Left 1889-08-06
n/a Jimmy Walsh 5-10½ 170 Right Left 1885-09-22
n/a Harry Davis 5-10 180 Right Right 1873-07-19
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The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics played 153 games during the regular season, won 36 games, lost 117 games, and finished in eighth position. They played their home games at Shibe Park (Park Factors: 95/101) where 184,471 fans witnessed their 1916 Athletics finish the season with a .235 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 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1916 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1916 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1916 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list:

1916 Philadelphia Athletics
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1916 Philadelphia Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Billy Meyer (48)
1B Stuffy McInnis (140)
2B Nap Lajoie (105)
3B Charlie Pick (108)
SS Whitey Witt (142)
LF Wally Schang (58)
CF Amos Strunk (119)
RF Jimmy Walsh (107)
  
SP Joe Bush
SP Jack Nabors
SP Tom Sheehan
  
CL Elmer Myers


1916 Philadelphia Athletics
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1916 Philadelphia Athletics
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1916 Philadelphia Athletics 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)?