1916 Tri-Copper League

Overview

The 1916 season was probably the second year for the Tri-Copper League of Arizona. Three teams competed, based out of the towns of Ray and Hayden, east-southeast of Phoenix.

1916 Final Standings

First Series

Team	G	W	L	PCT
Mines	16	11	5	.687
Smelter	16	8	8	.500
Mill	16	5	11	.313

Second Series

Team	G	W	L	PCT
Mines	14	9	5	.643
Smelter	14	7	7	.500
Mill	14	5	9	.357

Final Standings

Team	G	W	L	PCT
Mines	30	20	10	.667
Smelter	30	15	15	.500
Mill	30	10	20	.333

Statistics

1916 Individual Batting

Notes on batting info: The info presented for this league in the 1917 Spalding Guide is a bit incomplete. Not all teams had all the info.

Last Name	First Name	Team	Position	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	Printed BA	Calculated BA	SLG	TB	SH
Brady		Mines			2		1					.500	.500
Garrity		Mill	SS	3	14	4	6					.428	.429
Arbogast	Charley	Mill	1B-C	19	68	15	23					.338	.338
Bayless	Dick	Mill	OF	14	48	8	16					.333	.333
McDonnell		Mill	1B-3B	30	110	6	35					.318	.318
Boeckel		Smelter	SS		41	9	14	4	0	1	3	.314	.341	.293	12	1
Garrity	“Rabbit”	Mines			56		17					.304	.304
Metz		Mines			10		3					.300	.300
Davis	Billy	Mill	OF	13	40	6	12					.300	.300
Scanlon		Mines			70		16					.296	.229
Delhi		Mines			72		20					.288	.278
Carisch		Mill	C	28	98	14	28					.286	.286
DeMaggio	Nick	Mines			128		31					.284	.242
Conley		Mines			14		4					.263	.286
Hearn		Mill	2B	22	78	4	20					.258	.256
Duddy	George	Smelter	3B		105	15	27	8	1	3	2	.257	.257	.295	31	1
Whaling	Bob	Smelter	Utility		32	3	8	1	0	1	1	.250	.250		6	2
Rose		Mill	OF	14	52	5	13					.250	.250
Hosp		Mines			116		29					.247	.250
Stadelli		Smelter	LF		126	13	31	6	1	2	5	.246	.246	.183	23	1
Rammage	A.	Mines			61		17					.245	.279
Pierce	Tommy	Smelter	CF		107	11	26	5	0	2	2	.243	.243	.168	18	3
Beaumiller		Mines			96		23					.239	.240
Sorey		Mines			46		11					.239	.239
Tonneman		Mines			51		13					.237	.255
Bender		Smelter	RF		97	8	23	6	2	2	2	.237	.237	.268	26	4
Tobin		Mines			47		11					.234	.234
Fentress		Mill	P	6	13	0	3					.231	.231
Meusel		Mill	OF	4	13	1	3					.231	.231
Reiger		Mill	P	10	22	3	5					.227	.227
Mitchell		Mines			98		23					.226	.235
Wachob		Mines			8		2					.225	.250
Flick	Carl	Smelter	SS		77	4	17	3	0	1	1	.221	.221	.130	10	2
Callan	F.B.	Smelter	C		96	10	21	5	0	0	0	.219	.219		10	2
Schwind		Mill	3B	8	33	2	7					.212	.212	.000
Schilz		Mill	OF	10	33	4	7					.212	.212
Galena	Johnny	Mill	OF	29	107	10	22					.206	.206
Hester	Herb	Mines			31		6					.194	.194
MacMurdo	M.B. “Spot”	Smelter	1B		102	9	18	4	0	2	3	.176	.176	.157	16	4
Guest		Mill	SS	30	101	8	17					.169	.168
Hughes		Smelter	P		49	4	8	1	1	0	1	.163	.163	.102	5	1
Dent		Mill	P	10	31	1	5					.162	.161
Carnes		Smelter	2B		57	5	9	1	0	0	2	.158	.158	.035	2	2
Munsell		Smelter	P		46	4	7	3	0	1	0	.152	.152	.217	10	3
Callan	G.	Smelter	Utility		27	4	4	1	0	0	0	.148	.148	.074	2	3
Bromley		Mines			42		6					.143	.143
Stoloff		Mill	SS	7	28	1	4					.143	.143
Downey		Mines			43		5					.116	.116
Wachob		Mill	C	6	17	0	2					.108	.118
Johnson		Mill	P	7	19	2	2					.105	.105
Lush		Mill	P	12	29	1	3					.104	.103
Miller		Smelter	Utility		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0

1916 Individual Fielding

Last Name	First Name	Position	Team	G	Ch	PO	A	E	Printed Fld %	Calculated Fld %	RF/G
Wachob		C	Mill	6	26	19	7	0	1.000	1.000	4.333
Meusel		OF	Mill	4	7	7	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.750
Johnson		P	Mill	7	8	0	8	0	1.000	1.000	1.143
Wachob		C	Mines						1.000	1.000
Metz		Utility	Mines						1.000	1.000
Hester	Herb	1B	Mines						.989	.989
Tonnerman		C	Mines						.986	.986
Callan	F.B.	C	Smelter		203	150	50	3	.985	.985
Carisch		C	Mill	28	205	168	33	4	.981	.980	7.179
DeMaggio	Nick	RF	Mines						.978	.978
Munsell		P	Smelter		41	5	35	1	.976	.976
Hughes		P	Smelter		40	3	36	1	.975	.975
Pierce	Tommy	CF	Smelter		74	70	2	2	.973	.973
Galena	Johnny	OF-Utility	Mill	29	61	46	13	2	.967	.967	2.034
Dent		P	Mill	10	26	4	21	1	.961	.962	2.500
Scanlon		3B	Mines						.961	.961
MacMurdo	M.B. “Spot”	1B	Smelter		296	262	22	12	.959	.959
Rammage	A.	C	Mines						.959	.959
Stadelli		LF	Smelter		66	59	4	3	.940	.955
Beaumiller			Mines						.953	.953
McDonnell		1B-3B	Mill	30	197	150	37	10	.949	.949	6.233
Arbogast	Charley	1B-C	Mill	19	152	132	12	8	.948	.947	7.579
Conley			Mines						.945	.945
Hosp		2B	Mines						.943	.943
Reiger		P	Mill	10	17	2	14	1	.941	.941	1.600
Garrity	“Rabbit”	SS	Mines						.941	.941
Guest		SS	Mill	30	186	76	99	11	.941	.941	5.833
Carnes		2B	Smelter		99	39	54	6	.939	.939
Delhi	“Flame”	P	Mines						.939	.939
Flick	Carl	SS	Smelter		109	48	54	7	.936	.936
Davis	Billy	OF	Mill	13	30	18	10	2	.934	.933	2.154
Hearne		2B	Mill	22	118	54	56	8	.933	.932	5.000
Whaling	Bob	Utility	Smelter		44	22	19	3	.932	.932
Bayless	Dick	OF (RF)	Mill	14	29	24	3	2	.931	.931	1.929
Bender		RF	Smelter		57	48	5	4	.930	.930
Fentress		P	Mill	6	14	4	9	1	.929	.929	2.167
Lush		P	Mill	12	13	4	8	1	.932	.923	1.000
Sorey			Mines						.921	.921
Mitchell		Utility	Mines						.910	.910
Bromley		P	Mines						.909	.909
Duddy	George	3B	Smelter		95	34	52	9	.905	.905
Stoloff		SS	Mill	7	51	12	34	5	.901	.902	6.571
Downey		LF	Mines						.900	.900
Tobin			Mines						.894	.894
Schilz		OF	Mill	10	18	15	1	2	.889	.889	1.600
Miller		Utility	Smelter		16	12	2	2	.875	.875
Boeckel		SS	Smelter		64	27	28	9	.859	.859
Rose		OF	Mill	14	28	23	0	5	.822	.821	1.643
Schwind		3B	Mill	8	22	2	16	4	.818	.818	2.250
Garrity		SS	Mill	3	9	2	5	2	.778	.778	2.333
Callan	G.	Utility	Smelter		37	16	12	9	.757	.757
Brady		CF	Mines						.500	.500

Sources / References

• 1917 Spalding's Official Base Ball Record - pages 230-231 at archive.org
• Various editions of The Arizona Republican at the Library of Congress

Methods

Source materials, mostly the Spalding Guide, was transcribed. The guide was the best available info at the time, but it wasn't always accurate. Typos and name variations were not unusual. Names listed here are in line with those at bbref.com or newspaper entries. Discernible typos were corrected. See the Key page for abbreviations and glossary used on this page.

Credit

This page was assembled and presented by Mark D. Aubrey.

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