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1916 MLB AL standings
The Boston Red Sox won the 1916 American League pennant race at 91-63, 2 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox.
🏆How the 1916 playoffs went
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AL standings, 1916
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
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| Boston Red Sox (BOS) | 91 | 63 | .591 | - | 6-4 | L2 |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | 89 | 65 | .578 | 2 | 7-3 | W1 |
| Detroit Tigers (DET) | 87 | 67 | .565 | 4 | 4-6 | L1 |
| New York Yankees (NYY) | 80 | 74 | .519 | 11 | 5-5 | W3 |
| St. Louis Browns (SLB) | 79 | 75 | .513 | 12 | 5-5 | W1 |
| Cleveland Indians (CLE) | 77 | 77 | .500 | 14 | 4-6 | L1 |
| Washington Senators (WAS) | 76 | 77 | .497 | 14.5 | 5-5 | L4 |
| Philadelphia Athletics (PHA) | 36 | 117 | .235 | 54.5 | 4-6 | W2 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 21 times.
- The Boston Red Sox trailed by as many as 7 games on May 19, 1916.
- The Boston Red Sox took first place for good on September 18, 1916.
- The St. Louis Browns won 14 games in a row from July 23, 1916 to August 4, 1916, the longest run of the race.
- The Cleveland Indians led by 4.5 games as late as June 16, 1916.
- The Boston Red Sox led by as many as 6.5 games on August 24, 1916.
- The Boston Red Sox went 30-13 from July 10, 1916 to August 23, 1916, turning a deficit of 4.5 games into a lead of 5.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 84 of the 170 days played.
- The Boston Red Sox spent 75 of the season's 177 charted days in first place.