The 1916

Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive Fi ...

season was a season in American

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. The team finished sixth in the

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with a record of 77–77, 14 games behind the

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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* April 12, 1916:

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, Fred Thomas, and $55,000 were traded by the Indians to the

for

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Roster

Beginning June 26, the Indians pioneered the use of uniform numbers on their home uniform jerseys, the first team to do so in MLB, the numbers were used up till the 1917 season. Uniform numbers, though, were not worn on the away uniforms.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Notes

References

1916 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference
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