# 1916 Brooklyn Robins season

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

vteNational 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

1916 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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

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

### Roster
## 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
| 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

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
#### 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 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

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

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
### 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)