[jksander]

1916 OPENING DAY STARTING ROSTER

Offense (stats from 1915)
C - Wally Schang, 26 -- .248/.384/.343, 9 2B, 11 3B, 1 HR, 44 RBI, 18 SB (3 CS) 3.6 WAR
1B - Stuffy McInnis, 25 -- .314/.336/.362, 14 2B, 4 3B, 49 RBI, 8 SB (8 CS), 2.2 WAR
2B - Nap Lajoie, 41 -- .280/.300/.355, 24 2B, 5 3B, 1 HR, 61 RBI, 10 SB (6 CS), 1.8 WAR
3B - Mike Mowrey, 32 -- did not play in MLB, Federal League (no stats available)
SS - Alex McCarthy, 26 -- .240/.313/.306, 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 3 SB (3 CS), 0.4 WAR -- played 44 games between Cubs and Pittsburgh
LF - Rube Oldring, 31 -- .248/.292/.363, 23 2B, 3 3B, 6 HR, 42 RBI, 11 SB (6 CS), 1.8 WAR
CF - Amos Strunk, 27 -- .297/.370/.427, 28 2B, 16 3B, 1 HR, 45 RBI, 17 SB (19 CS) 4.0 WAR
RF - Jimmy Walsh, 28 -- .206/.305/.278, 15 2B, 6 3B, 1 HR, 20 RBI, 22 SB (12 CS), 0.9 WAR

Starters
1 - Bullet Joe Bush, 23 -- 5-15, 4.14 ERA, 145.2 IP, 89 K, 1.55 WHIP, 0.6 WAR
2 - Pedro Dibut, 23 -- Rookie, Did Not Play
3 - Byron Houck, 24 -- 0-0, 3.27 ERA, 11.0 IP, 4 K, 1.82 WHIP, 0.0 WAR
4 - Elmer Myers, 22 -- 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 9.0 IP, 12 K, 0.78 WHIP, 0.4 WAR

Bullpen
MR - Jack Nabors, 28 -- 0-5, 5.50 ERA, 54.0 IP, 18 K, 1.72 WHIP, -0.4 WAR
LR - Jing Johnson, 21 -- Rookie, Did Not Play
LR - Bill Morrisette, 21 -- 2-0, 1.35 ERA, 20.0 IP, 11 K, 1.00 WHIP, 0.4 WAR

We’re essentially a blank slate ... I feel we have made significant defensive improvements, but whether we can put up runs in any meaningful number remains to be seen. And our pitching is completely raw, with everyone but Jack Nabors aged 24 and under ... Only Bullet Joe Bush put up more than 55 innings’ work last year, and considering we only won 43 games all season, it makes sense. Will Dibut, Houck and Myers be able to get us through heavy workloads without fading? Clearly if they can’t, we’re going to have a rough time as our bullpen is, to say the least, weak. Incredibly, we’ve been picked by the Sporting News to finish with 66 wins this year, three wins more than Cleveland’s Indians ... for what that’s worth.