1916 Brooklyn Robins season
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1916 National League Champions | |
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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[]
- February 10, 1916: Jim Hickman was purchased by the Robins from the Baltimore Terrapins.[1]
- February 10, 1916: Mike Mowrey was purchased by the Robins from the Pittsburgh Rebels.[2]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Robins | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | — | 50–27 | 44–33 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 91 | 62 | 0.595 | 2½ | 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[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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[]
- August 25, 1916: Lew McCarty was traded by the Robins to the New York Giants for Fred Merkle.[3]
Roster[]
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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 |
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C | Chief Meyers | 80 | 239 | 21 | 59 | .247 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
1B | Jake Daubert | 127 | 478 | 75 | 151 | .316 | 3 | 33 | 21 |
2B | George Cutshaw | 154 | 581 | 58 | 151 | .260 | 2 | 63 | 27 |
3B | Mike Mowrey | 144 | 495 | 57 | 121 | .244 | 0 | 60 | 16 |
SS | Ivy Olson | 108 | 351 | 29 | 89 | .254 | 1 | 38 | 14 |
OF | Zack Wheat | 149 | 568 | 76 | 177 | .312 | 9 | 73 | 19 |
OF | Casey Stengel | 127 | 462 | 66 | 129 | .279 | 8 | 53 | 11 |
OF | Jimmy Johnston | 118 | 425 | 58 | 107 | .252 | 1 | 26 | 22 |
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 |
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Hy Myers | 113 | 412 | 54 | 108 | .262 | 3 | 36 | 17 |
Otto Miller | 73 | 216 | 16 | 55 | .255 | 1 | 17 | 6 |
Ollie O'Mara | 72 | 193 | 18 | 39 | .202 | 0 | 15 | 10 |
Lew McCarty | 55 | 150 | 17 | 47 | .313 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
Gus Getz | 40 | 96 | 9 | 21 | .219 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
Fred Merkle | 23 | 69 | 6 | 16 | .232 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Jim Hickman | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Red Smyth | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Kelleher | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hack Miller | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bunny Fabrique | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Nixon | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mack Wheat | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Artie Dede | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Jeff Pfeffer | 41 | 36 | 30 | 328.2 | 25 | 11 | 1.92 | 63 | 128 |
Larry Cheney | 41 | 32 | 15 | 253 | 18 | 12 | 1.92 | 105 | 166 |
Jack Coombs | 27 | 19 | 10 | 159 | 13 | 8 | 2.66 | 44 | 47 |
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 |
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Sherry Smith | 36 | 25 | 15 | 219 | 14 | 10 | 2.34 | 45 | 67 |
Rube Marquard | 36 | 21 | 15 | 205 | 13 | 6 | 1.58 | 38 | 107 |
Wheezer Dell | 32 | 16 | 9 | 155 | 8 | 9 | 2.26 | 43 | 76 |
Ed Appleton | 14 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 3.06 | 18 | 14 |
Nap Rucker | 9 | 4 | 1 | 37.1 | 2 | 1 | 1.69 | 7 | 14 |
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 |
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Duster Mails | 11 | 17.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.63 | 9 | 13 |
Leon Cadore | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
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Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
Boston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | x | 6 | 8 | 1 |
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 |
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Brooklyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Boston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
W: Babe Ruth (1–0) L: Sherry Smith (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||
HR: BRO – Hy 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 |
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Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 10 | 0 |
W: Jack Coombs (1–0) L: Carl Mays (0–1) S: Jeff Pfeffer (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: BOS – Larry 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 |
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Boston | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
Brooklyn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
W: Dutch Leonard (1–0) L: Rube Marquard (0–2) | ||||||||||||
HR: BOS – Larry 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 | |||||
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Brooklyn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
Boston | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 7 | 2 | |||||
W: Ernie Shore (2–0) L: Jeff Pfeffer (0–1) |
Awards and honors[]
League top five finishers[]
- #2 in NL in strikeouts (166)
Jake Daubert
- #2 in NL in batting average (.316)
- #4 in NL in on-base percentage (.371)
Rube Marquard
- #2 in NL in ERA (1.58)
- #2 in NL in wins (25)
- #2 in NL in complete games (30)
Zach Wheat
- Led NL in slugging percentage (.461)
- #2 in NL in doubles (32)
Notes[]
References[]
External links[]
- 1916 Brooklyn Robins uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet
- Brooklyn Dodgers
- Los Angeles Dodgers seasons
- 1916 Major League Baseball season
- National League champion seasons
- 1916 in sports in New York City
- 20th century in Brooklyn
- Flatbush, Brooklyn