# 1914 Brooklyn Robins season

With Wilbert Robinson taking over as the new manager, many in the press began using the nickname Brooklyn Robins for the 1914 season along with other names. The Robins finished in 5th place, just missing finishing with a .500 record.

## Offseason

* December 20, 1913: Dick Egan was purchased by the Robins from the Cincinnati Reds.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Braves | 94 | 59 | .614 | — | 51‍–‍25 | 43‍–‍34 |
| New York Giants | 84 | 70 | .545 | 10½ | 43‍–‍36 | 41‍–‍34 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 72 | .529 | 13 | 42‍–‍34 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Chicago Cubs | 78 | 76 | .506 | 16½ | 46‍–‍30 | 32‍–‍46 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 75 | 79 | .487 | 19½ | 45‍–‍34 | 30‍–‍45 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 74 | 80 | .481 | 20½ | 48‍–‍30 | 26‍–‍50 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 69 | 85 | .448 | 25½ | 39‍–‍36 | 30‍–‍49 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 60 | 94 | .390 | 34½ | 34‍–‍42 | 26‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1914 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 16–6 | 14–8–2 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 17–5–1 | 15–6–1 |
| Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 5–17 |
| Chicago | 6–16 | 12–10 | — | 17–5 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 10–12–2 |
| Cincinnati | 8–14–2 | 11–11 | 5–17 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 10–12 |
| New York | 11–11–1 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 13–9–1 | 9–13 |
| Philadelphia | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 8–14 |
| Pittsburgh | 5–17–1 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 14–8–1 | 9–13–1 | 10–12 | — | 15–7–1 |
| St. Louis | 6–15–1 | 17–5 | 12–10–2 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 7–15–1 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 27, 1914: Joe Riggert was purchased from the Robins by the St. Louis Cardinals.
* July 6, 1914: Casey Hageman was purchased from the Robins by the Chicago Cubs.
* August 7, 1914: Bill Steele was purchased by the Robins from the St. Louis Cardinals.
* August 10, 1914: Red Smith was purchased from the Robins by the Boston Braves.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Lew McCarty | 90 | 284 | 72 | .254 | 1 | 30 |
| 1B | Jake Daubert | 126 | 474 | 156 | .329 | 6 | 45 |
| 2B | George Cutshaw | 153 | 583 | 150 | .257 | 2 | 78 |
| 3B | Red Smith | 90 | 330 | 81 | .245 | 4 | 48 |
| SS | Dick Egan | 106 | 337 | 76 | .226 | 1 | 21 |
| OF | Casey Stengel | 126 | 412 | 130 | .316 | 4 | 60 |
| OF | Zack Wheat | 145 | 533 | 170 | .319 | 9 | 89 |
| OF | Jack Dalton | 128 | 442 | 141 | .319 | 1 | 45 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Ollie O'Mara | 67 | 247 | 65 | .263 | 1 | 7 |
| Hy Myers | 70 | 227 | 65 | .286 | 0 | 17 |
| Gus Getz | 55 | 210 | 52 | .248 | 0 | 20 |
| John Hummel | 73 | 208 | 55 | .264 | 0 | 20 |
| Otto Miller | 54 | 169 | 39 | .231 | 0 | 9 |
| William Fischer | 43 | 105 | 27 | .257 | 0 | 8 |
| Joe Riggert | 27 | 83 | 16 | .193 | 2 | 6 |
| Kid Elberfeld | 30 | 62 | 14 | .226 | 0 | 1 |
| Tex Erwin | 9 | 11 | 5 | .455 | 0 | 1 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Jeff Pfeffer | 43 | 315.0 | 23 | 12 | 1.97 | 135 |
| Ed Reulbach | 44 | 256.0 | 11 | 18 | 2.64 | 119 |
| Pat Ragan | 38 | 208.1 | 10 | 15 | 2.98 | 106 |
| Nap Rucker | 16 | 103.2 | 7 | 6 | 3.39 | 35 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Raleigh Aitchison | 26 | 172.1 | 12 | 7 | 2.66 | 87 |
| Frank Allen | 36 | 171.1 | 8 | 14 | 3.10 | 68 |
| Charlie Schmutz | 18 | 57.1 | 1 | 3 | 3.30 | 21 |
| Elmer Brown | 11 | 36.2 | 1 | 2 | 3.93 | 22 |
| Johnny Enzmann | 7 | 19.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.74 | 5 |
| Bill Steele | 8 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.51 | 3 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Bull Wagner | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.57 | 4 |