1916 Brooklyn Robins
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersCharles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
PresidentCharles Ebbets
ManagersWilbert Robinson

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

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Robins 9460 0.610 — 50–27 44–33
Philadelphia Phillies 9162 0.595 2½ 50–29 41–33
Boston Braves 8963 0.586 4 41–31 48–32
New York Giants 8666 0.566 7 47–30 39–36
Chicago Cubs 6786 0.438 26½ 37–41 30–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 6589 0.422 29 37–40 28–49
St. Louis Cardinals 6093 0.392 33½ 36–40 24–53
Cincinnati Reds 6093 0.392 33½ 32–44 28–49

Record vs. opponents

1916 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —13–914–7–213–9–111–10–111–11–114–8–113–9
Brooklyn 9–13—15–7–115–7–115–711–1114–815–7
Chicago 7–14–27–15–1—9–1310–128–1412–1014–8
Cincinnati 9–13–17–15–113–9—5–165–1713–98–14
New York 10–11–17–1512–1016–5—9–1317–5–215–7
Philadelphia 11–11–111–1114–817–513–9—13–912–9
Pittsburgh 8–14–18–1410–129–135–17–29–13—16–6
St. Louis 9–137–158–1414–87–159–126–16—

Notable transactions

Roster

1916 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CChief Meyers802392159.2470212
1BJake Daubert12747875151.31633321
2BGeorge Cutshaw15458158151.26026327
3BMike Mowrey14449557121.24406016
SSIvy Olson1083512989.25413814
OFZack Wheat14956876177.31297319
OFCasey Stengel12746266129.27985311
OFJimmy Johnston11842558107.25212622

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 Myers11341254108.26233617
Otto Miller732161655.2551176
Ollie O'Mara721931839.20201510
Lew McCarty551501747.3130134
Gus Getz4096921.219089
Fred Merkle2369616.232022
Jim Hickman9531.200001
Red Smyth2500.000000
John Kelleher2300.000000
Hack Miller3301.333010
Bunny Fabrique2200.000000
Al Nixon12021.000000
Mack Wheat2200.000000
Artie Dede1100.000000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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 Pfeffer413630328.225111.9263128
Larry Cheney413215253.018121.92105166
Jack Coombs271910159.01382.664447

Other pitchers

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 Smith362515219.014102.344567
Rube Marquard362115205.01361.5838107
Wheezer Dell32169155.0892.264376
Ed Appleton143247.0123.061814
Nap Rucker94137.1211.69714

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 Mails1117.10103.63913
Leon Cadore16.00004.5002

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 000 100 004 5104
Boston 001 010 31x 681
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 100 000 000 000 00 162
Boston 001 000 000 000 01 271
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 000 002 100 371
Brooklyn 001 120 00x 4100
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 030 110 100 6101
Brooklyn 200 000 000 254
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 010 000 000 133
Boston 012 010 00x 472
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

  1. ↑ Jim Hickman page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Mike Mowrey page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Lew McCarty page at Baseball Reference

References

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