1916 – The Browns beat the Red Sox and Babe Ruth, 2 – 1. Ruth makes two hits and scores the lone run but pops out to end the game.

On the last day of the North Carolina State League season, the Asheville Tourists and Winston-Salem Twins decide to advance the start of their afternoon game by a half hour to allow Winston-Salem to catch an early train home. They also play the game at breakneck speed, with players running to and from their positions on the field, pitchers lobbing the ball to the batters, who swing at every pitch and then run until tagged out. Winston-Salem wins the game, 2 – 1, in 31 minutes. The teams forget to advise the umpire of the change of time, and three innings have already been played by the time he shows up at the ballpark. The game only receives local coverage and will be completely forgotten until a researcher unearths an account a half-century later.

1916 – Babe Ruth fires his 7th shutout of the year, stopping Detroit on three hits as Boston wins, 3 – 0.

1916 – In a Monday doubleheader in Philadelphia, 17,000 fans cheer as the Phils sweep the Giants, winning, 9 – 0 and 7 – 4. Grover Cleveland Alexander applies the whitewash in the opener and Eppa Rixey wins the nitecap.

1916 – On a muddy Robison Field in St. Louis, the Cards drill 23 hits in the opener to defeat the Pirates in 11 innings, 9 – 8. The hit total is a major league high for the season. Game two begins at six p.m. and when the Bucs score eight runs in the first two innings, Pittsburgh hurries to get the game in, while on the other side of the field, the Cards begin to dally. The Cards’ Dots Miller singles and then steals second and third base on one pitch as pitcher Al Mamaux and C Bill Fischer ignore him. The Cards “steal” 11 bases, while the Bucs add three in just five innings before the umps and darkness mercifully end it. Pittsburgh wins, 9 – 5. The steal rule will eventually be amended to not credit a runner when the defense ignores him.

1916 – At Fenway Park‚ Babe Ruth squares off against Washington lefty Harry Harper and both pitchers leave after 7 innings‚ with Boston trailing, 1 – 0. Ruth‚ with two strikeouts at the plate‚ is lifted for pinch hitter Hal Janvrin. Washington reliever Walter Johnson makes two errors in the 8th and gives up two runs in the 9th as Boston wins‚ 2 – 1.

Philadelphia’s Grover Alexander allows three hits in edging the Reds, 1 – 0.