Due to the lack of historical record keeping in negro league baseball, some of the scores, standings, and statistics of independent teams are missing or incomplete.

East

TEAMWLPctGB
1916 New York Lincoln Giants LogoLincoln Giants 148.636-
1916 Jersey City Cubans LogoJC Cubans  148.6360.0
1916 Brooklyn Royal Giants LogoBrooklyn 1610.6150.0
1916 New  York Lincoln Stars LogoLincoln Stars 821.2769.5
1916 Cuban Stars (East) LogoCuban East 210.1677.0
1916 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants LogoAC Bacharach 02.0004.0

West

1916 Chicago American Giants LogoChi. American 4026.601-
1916 Indianapolis ABCs LogoIndianapolis 2318.5574.5
1916 Cuban Stars (West) LogoCuban West 3534.5076.5
1916 Kansas City All Nations LogoKC All Nations 56.4627.5
1916 St. Louis Giants LogoSt. Louis 1824.43210.0
Bowser's 14.2008.5
1916 Chicago Unions LogoChi. Unions 02.0008.0
1916 Chicago Giants LogoChi. Giants 03.0008.5

— Unknown —

1916 Baltimore Black Sox LogoBlack Sox .000-
1916 Minneapolis Gophers LogoSt. Paul .000-
1916 Hilldale Giants LogoHilldale .000-
1916 Homestead Grays LogoHomestead .000-