1916 Brooklyn Robins season

1916 Brooklyn Robins
1916 National League Champions
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Location
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Owner(s) Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
Manager(s) Wilbert Robinson
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The 1916 Brooklyn Robins won their first National League pennant in 16 years and advanced to the first World Series in franchise history, where they lost to Babe Ruth and the Boston Red Sox in five games.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Robins 94 60 0.610 50–27 44–33
Philadelphia Phillies 91 62 0.595 50–29 41–33
Boston Braves 89 63 0.586 4 41–31 48–32
New York Giants 86 66 0.566 7 47–30 39–36
Chicago Cubs 67 86 0.438 26½ 37–41 30–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 65 89 0.422 29 37–40 28–49
St. Louis Cardinals 60 93 0.392 33½ 36–40 24–53
Cincinnati Reds 60 93 0.392 33½ 32–44 28–49

Record vs. opponents

1916 National League Records

Sources:

Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 13–9 14–7–2 13–9–1 11–10–1 11–11–1 14–8–1 13–9
Brooklyn 9–13 15–7–1 15–7–1 15–7 11–11 14–8 15–7
Chicago 7–14–2 7–15–1 9–13 10–12 8–14 12–10 14–8
Cincinnati 9–13–1 7–15–1 13–9 5–16 5–17 13–9 8–14
New York 10–11–1 7–15 12–10 16–5 9–13 17–5–2 15–7
Philadelphia 11–11–1 11–11 14–8 17–5 13–9 13–9 12–9
Pittsburgh 8–14–1 8–14 10–12 9–13 5–17–2 9–13 16–6
St. Louis 9–13 7–15 8–14 14–8 7–15 9–12 6–16

Notable transactions

Roster

1916 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C Meyers, ChiefChief Meyers 80 239 21 59 .247 0 21 2
1B Daubert, JakeJake Daubert 127 478 75 151 .316 3 33 21
2B Cutshaw, GeorgeGeorge Cutshaw
3B Mowrey, MikeMike Mowrey 144 495 57 121 .244 0 60 16
SS Olson, IvyIvy Olson
OF Wheat, ZackZack Wheat 149 568 76 177 .312 9 73 19
OF Stengel, CaseyCasey Stengel
OF Johnston, JimmyJimmy Johnston

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Myers, HyHy Myers
Miller, OttoOtto Miller
O'Mara, OllieOllie O'Mara
McCarty, LewLew McCarty
Getz, GusGus Getz
Merkle, FredFred Merkle
Hickman, JimJim Hickman 9 5 3 1 .200 0 0 1
Smyth, RedRed Smyth
Kelleher, JohnJohn Kelleher
Miller, HackHack Miller
Fabrique, BunnyBunny Fabrique
Nixon, AlAl Nixon
Wheat, MackMack Wheat
Dede, ArtieArtie Dede

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Pfeffer, JeffJeff Pfeffer
Cheney, LarryLarry Cheney
Coombs, JackJack Coombs

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Smith, SherrySherry Smith
Marquard, RubeRube Marquard
Dell, WheezerWheezer Dell
Appleton, EdEd Appleton 14 3 2 47 1 2 3.06 18 14
Rucker, NapNap Rucker

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA BB SO
Mails, DusterDuster Mails
Cadore, LeonLeon Cadore 1 6 0 0 0 4.50 0 2

1916 World Series

Main article: 1916 World Series

Game 1

October 7, 1916, at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 000 100 004 5104
Boston 001 010 31x 681
W: Ernie Shore (1–0)  L: Rube Marquard (0–1) S: Carl Mays (1)

Game 2

October 9, 1916, at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E
Brooklyn 100 000 000 000 00 162
Boston 001 000 000 000 01 271
W: Babe Ruth (1–0)  L: Sherry Smith (0–1)
HR: BROHy Myers (1)

Game 3

October 10, 1916, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 000 002 100 371
Brooklyn 001 120 00x 4100
W: Jack Coombs (1–0)  L: Carl Mays (0–1) S: Jeff Pfeffer (1)
HR: BOSLarry Gardner (1)

Game 4

October 11, 1916, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 030 110 100 6101
Brooklyn 200 000 000 254
W: Dutch Leonard (1–0)  L: Rube Marquard (0–2)
HR: BOSLarry Gardner (2)

Game 5

October 12, 1916, at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 010 000 000 133
Boston 012 010 00x 472
W: Ernie Shore (2–0)  L: Jeff Pfeffer (0–1)

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Larry Cheney

Jake Daubert

Rube Marquard

Jeff Pfeffer

Zach Wheat

Notes

References

External links

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