1916_Brooklyn_Robins_season Knowpia

1916 Brooklyn Robins
1916 Brooklyn Robins
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
	← 1915 1917 →

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 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

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 edit

1916 National League record 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 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

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Wilbert Robinson

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
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
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
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
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