1916 Brooklyn Robins season

1916 Brooklyn Robins
	1916 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1890);
Location
	Ebbets Field (since 1913);
	Brooklyn, New York (since 1883);
Other information
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

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1916 National League Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1916 Brooklyn Robins

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Wilbert Robinson

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	Chief Meyers	80	239	21	59	.247	0	21	2
1B	Jake Daubert	127	478	75	151	.316	3	33	21
2B	George Cutshaw
3B	Mike Mowrey	144	495	57	121	.244	0	60	16
SS	Ivy Olson
OF	Zack Wheat	149	568	76	177	.312	9	73	19
OF	Casey Stengel
OF	Jimmy 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
Hy Myers
Otto Miller
Ollie O'Mara
Lew McCarty
Gus Getz
Fred Merkle
Jim Hickman	9	5	3	1	.200	0	0	1
Red Smyth
John Kelleher
Hack Miller
Bunny Fabrique
Al Nixon
Mack Wheat
Artie 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
Jeff Pfeffer
Larry Cheney
Jack 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
Sherry Smith
Rube Marquard
Wheezer Dell
Ed Appleton	14	3	2	47	1	2	3.06	18	14
Nap 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
Duster Mails
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
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
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
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
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
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

Larry Cheney

#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)

Jeff Pfeffer

#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

[1] Jim Hickman page at Baseball Reference

[2] Mike Mowrey page at Baseball Reference

[3] Lew McCarty page at Baseball Reference

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v t e 1916 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1916 World Series