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1916 Brooklyn Robins season

FieldValue
nameBrooklyn Robins
season1916
miscNational League champions
leagueNational League
ballparkEbbets Field
cityBrooklyn, New York
record
league_place1st
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

  • February 10, 1916: Jim Hickman was purchased by the Robins from the Baltimore Terrapins.
  • February 10, 1916: Mike Mowrey was purchased by the Robins from the Pittsburgh Rebels.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

  • August 25, 1916: Lew McCarty was traded by the Robins to the New York Giants for Fred Merkle.

Roster

1916 Brooklyn Robins
**Roster**
**Pitchers**

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C802392159.2470212
1B12747875151.31633321
2B15458158151.26026327
3B14449557121.24406016
SS1083512989.25413814
OF14956876177.31297319
OF12746266129.27985311
OF11842558107.25212622

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

PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
11341254108.26233617
732161655.2551176
721931839.20201510
551501747.3130134
4096921.219089
2369616.232022
9531.200001
2500.000000
2300.000000
3301.333010
2200.000000
12021.000000
2200.000000
1100.000000

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

PlayerGGSCGIPWLERABBSO
413630328.225111.9263128
413215253.018121.92105166
271910159.01382.664447

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

PlayerGGSCGIPWLERABBSO
362515219.014102.344567
362115205.01361.5838107
32169155.0892.264376
143247.0123.061814
94137.1211.69714

Note: Rube Marquard was team leader in saves with 5.

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERABBSO
1117.10103.63913
16.00004.5002

1916 World Series

Main article: 1916 World Series

Game 1

October 7, 1916, at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts

Team123456789RHE
Brooklyn000100004**5****10****4**
**Boston**00101031x**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

Team1234567891011121314RHE
Brooklyn10000000000000**1****6****2**
**Boston**00100000000001**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

Team123456789RHE
Boston000002100**3****7****1**
**Brooklyn**00112000x**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

Team123456789RHE
**Boston**030110100**6****10****1**
Brooklyn200000000**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

Team123456789RHE
Brooklyn010000000**1****3****3**
**Boston**01201000x**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

References

  1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hickmji01.shtml Jim Hickman page at Baseball Reference]
  2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mowremi01.shtml Mike Mowrey page at Baseball Reference]
  3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mccarle01.shtml Lew McCarty page at Baseball Reference]
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