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.
1916 Brooklyn Robins | |
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National League Champions | |
League | National League |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever |
President | Charles Ebbets |
Managers | Wilbert Robinson |
Offseason edit
- 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 edit
Season standings edit
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 edit
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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 edit
- August 25, 1916: Lew McCarty was traded by the Robins to the New York Giants for Fred Merkle.[3]
Roster edit
1916 Brooklyn Robins | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats edit
= Indicates team leader |
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 edit
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 edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; 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 | 253.0 | 18 | 12 | 1.92 | 105 | 166 |
Jack Coombs | 27 | 19 | 10 | 159.0 | 13 | 8 | 2.66 | 44 | 47 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; 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 | 219.0 | 14 | 10 | 2.34 | 45 | 67 |
Rube Marquard | 36 | 21 | 15 | 205.0 | 13 | 6 | 1.58 | 38 | 107 |
Wheezer Dell | 32 | 16 | 9 | 155.0 | 8 | 9 | 2.26 | 43 | 76 |
Ed Appleton | 14 | 3 | 2 | 47.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.06 | 18 | 14 |
Nap Rucker | 9 | 4 | 1 | 37.1 | 2 | 1 | 1.69 | 7 | 14 |
Note: Rube Marquard was team leader in saves with 5.
Relief pitchers edit
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 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 2 |
1916 World Series edit
Game 1 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
League top five finishers edit
- #2 in NL in strikeouts (166)
- #2 in NL in batting average (.316)
- #4 in NL in on-base percentage (.371)
- #2 in NL in ERA (1.58)
- #2 in NL in wins (25)
- #2 in NL in complete games (30)
- Led NL in slugging percentage (.461)
- #2 in NL in doubles (32)
Notes edit
References edit
External links edit
- 1916 Brooklyn Robins uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet