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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Notable transactions  




2.4  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 1916 World Series  


4.1  Game 1  




4.2  Game 2  




4.3  Game 3  




4.4  Game 4  




4.5  Game 5  






5 Awards and honors  


5.1  League top five finishers  






6 Notes  




7 References  




8 External links  













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

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Regular season

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Season standings

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  • t
  • e
    • National League
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Brooklyn Robins 94 60 .610 — 50‍–‍27 44‍–‍33
    Philadelphia Phillies 91 62 .595 2½ 50‍–‍29 41‍–‍33
    Boston Braves 89 63 .586 4 41‍–‍31 48‍–‍32
    New York Giants 86 66 .566 7 47‍–‍30 39‍–‍36
    Chicago Cubs 67 86 .438 26½ 37‍–‍41 30‍–‍45
    Pittsburgh Pirates 65 89 .422 29 37‍–‍40 28‍–‍49
    St. Louis Cardinals 60 93 .392 33½ 36‍–‍40 24‍–‍53
    Cincinnati Reds 60 93 .392 33½ 32‍–‍44 28‍–‍49

    Record vs. opponents

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    1916 National League record
  • t
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    • 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

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    Roster

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    1916 Brooklyn Robins
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Player stats

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    = Indicates team leader

    Batting

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    Starters by position

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    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

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    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

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    Starting pitchers

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    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

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    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

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

    Relief pitchers

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    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 Mails 11 17.1 0 1 0 3.63 9 13
    Leon Cadore 1 6.0 0 0 0 4.50 0 2

    1916 World Series

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    Main article: 1916 World Series

    Game 1

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    October 7, 1916, at Braves FieldinBoston, 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

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    October 9, 1916, at Braves FieldinBoston, 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

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    October 10, 1916, at Ebbets FieldinBrooklyn, 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

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    October 11, 1916, at Ebbets FieldinBrooklyn, 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

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    October 12, 1916, at Braves FieldinBoston, 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

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    League top five finishers

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    Larry Cheney

    Jake Daubert

    Rube Marquard

    Jeff Pfeffer

    Zach Wheat

    Notes

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    1. ^ Jim Hickman page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Mike Mowrey page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Lew McCarty page at Baseball Reference

    • References

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