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Awards for August and baseball standings at the start of September 1916
Awards
1B George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns wins the AL Batter of the Month Award with 2 home runs, 20 RBIs, and 11 runs scored.
CF Tris Speaker of the Brooklyn Robins wins the NL Batter of the Month Award with 1 home run, 13 RBIs, and 25 runs scored.
SP Dutch Leonard of the Detroit Tigers wins the AL Pitcher of the Month Award with a 5-2 record, 1.22 ERA, and 40 strikeouts.
SP Cy Falkenberg of the St. Louis Cardinals wins the NL Pitcher of the Month Award with a 6-2 record, 2.00 ERA, and 18 strikeouts.
LF Jim Hickman of the Philadelphia Athletics wins the AL Rookie of the Month Award with 5 home runs, 20 RBIs, and a .269 batting average.
C Hank DeBerry of the Brooklyn Robins wins the NL Rookie of the Month Award with 0 home runs, 6 RBIs, and a .342 batting average.
First-place teams
AL: St. Louis Browns (77-50--2 and a half games ahead of the New York Yankees)
NL: Brooklyn Robins (75-48--4 and a half games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals)
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