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

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

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 Ed Appleton Leon Cadore Larry Cheney Jack Coombs Wheezer Dell Duster Mails Rube Marquard Jeff Pfeffer Nap Rucker Sherry Smith		Catchers Artie Dede Lew McCarty Chief Meyers Otto Miller Mack Wheat Infielders George Cutshaw Jake Daubert Bunny Fabrique Gus Getz John Kelleher Fred Merkle Mike Mowrey Ollie O'Mara Ivy Olson Red Smyth		Outfielders Jim Hickman Jimmy Johnston Hack Miller Hy Myers Al Nixon Casey Stengel Zack Wheat		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	Meyers, ChiefChief Meyers	80	239	21	59	.247	0	21	2
1B	Daubert, JakeJake Daubert	127	478	75	151	.316	3	33	21
2B	Cutshaw, GeorgeGeorge Cutshaw
3B	Mowrey, MikeMike Mowrey	144	495	57	121	.244	0	60	16
SS	Olson, IvyIvy Olson
OF	Wheat, ZackZack Wheat	149	568	76	177	.312	9	73	19
OF	Stengel, CaseyCasey Stengel
OF	Johnston, JimmyJimmy 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
Myers, HyHy Myers
Miller, OttoOtto Miller
O'Mara, OllieOllie O'Mara
McCarty, LewLew McCarty
Getz, GusGus Getz
Merkle, FredFred Merkle
Hickman, JimJim Hickman	9	5	3	1	.200	0	0	1
Smyth, RedRed Smyth
Kelleher, JohnJohn Kelleher
Miller, HackHack Miller
Fabrique, BunnyBunny Fabrique
Nixon, AlAl Nixon
Wheat, MackMack Wheat
Dede, ArtieArtie 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
Pfeffer, JeffJeff Pfeffer
Cheney, LarryLarry Cheney
Coombs, JackJack 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
Smith, SherrySherry Smith
Marquard, RubeRube Marquard
Dell, WheezerWheezer Dell
Appleton, EdEd Appleton	14	3	2	47	1	2	3.06	18	14
Rucker, NapNap 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
Mails, DusterDuster Mails
Cadore, LeonLeon 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

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1916 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet

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