1918_Brooklyn_Robins_season Knowpia

1918 Brooklyn Robins
1918 Brooklyn Robins
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
President	Charles Ebbets
Managers	Wilbert Robinson
	← 1917 1919 →

The 1918 Brooklyn Robins finished the season in fifth place.

Offseason edit

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	84	45	0.651	—	49–25	35–20
New York Giants	71	53	0.573	10½	35–21	36–32
Cincinnati Reds	68	60	0.531	15½	46–24	22–36
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	60	0.520	17	42–28	23–32
Brooklyn Robins	57	69	0.452	25½	33–21	24–48
Philadelphia Phillies	55	68	0.447	26	27–29	28–39
Boston Braves	53	71	0.427	28½	23–29	30–42
St. Louis Cardinals	51	78	0.395	33	32–40	19–38

1918 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	—	8–6	5–14	10–8	1–15	7–12	10–9	12–7
Brooklyn	6–8	—	10–9	6–12	8–12	9–8	10–9	8–11
Chicago	14–5	9–10	—	10–7–1	14–6	12–6	10–8–1	15–3
Cincinnati	8–10	12–6	7–10–1	—	12–7	12–7	4–12	13–8
New York	15–1	12–8	6–14	7–12	—	10–3	8–11	13–4
Philadelphia	12–7	8–9	6–12	7–12	3–10	—	11–7	8–11–2
Pittsburgh	9–10	9–10	8–10–1	12–4	11–8	7–11	—	9–7
St. Louis	7–12	11–8	3–15	8–13	4–13	11–8–2	7–9	—

July 15, 1918: George Smith was purchased by the Robins from the New York Giants.^[2]
August 21, 1918: Jimmy Archer was purchased from the Robins by the Cincinnati Reds.^[3]
October 1918: George Smith was purchased from the Robins by the New York Giants.^[2]

1918 Brooklyn Robins

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Otto Miller	75	228	44	.193	0	8
1B	Jake Daubert	108	396	122	.308	2	47
2B	Mickey Doolan	92	308	55	.179	0	18
3B	Ollie O'Mara	121	450	96	.213	1	24
SS	Ivy Olson	126	506	121	.239	1	17
OF	Hy Myers	107	407	104	.256	4	40
OF	Zack Wheat	105	409	137	.335	0	51
OF	Jimmy Johnston	123	484	136	.281	0	27

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jim Hickman	53	167	39	.234	1	16
Mack Wheat	57	157	34	.217	1	3
Ray Schmandt	34	114	35	.307	0	18
Ernie Krueger	30	87	25	.287	0	7
Clarence Mitchell	10	24	6	.250	0	2
Jimmy Archer	9	22	6	.273	0	0
Frank O'Rourke	4	12	2	.167	0	2
Al Nixon	6	11	5	.455	0	0
Chuck Ward	2	6	2	.333	0	3
Al Baschang	2	5	1	.200	0	0
Red Sheridan	2	4	1	.250	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Burleigh Grimes	40	270.0	19	9	2.13	113
Rube Marquard	34	239.0	9	18	2.64	89
Jack Coombs	27	189.0	8	14	3.81	44
Dick Robertson	13	87.0	3	6	2.59	18
Leon Cadore	2	17.0	1	0	0.53	5
Jeff Pfeffer	1	9.0	1	0	0.00	1
Clarence Mitchell	1	0.1	0	1	108.00	0
Harry Heitmann	1	0.0	0	1	inf	0