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

Notable transactions

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

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
C		80	239	21	59	.247	0	21	2
1B		127	478	75	151	.316	3	33	21
2B		154	581	58	151	.260	2	63	27
3B		144	495	57	121	.244	0	60	16
SS		108	351	29	89	.254	1	38	14
OF		149	568	76	177	.312	9	73	19
OF		127	462	66	129	.279	8	53	11
OF		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
	113	412	54	108	.262	3	36	17
	73	216	16	55	.255	1	17	6
	72	193	18	39	.202	0	15	10
	55	150	17	47	.313	0	13	4
	40	96	9	21	.219	0	8	9
	23	69	6	16	.232	0	2	2
	9	5	3	1	.200	0	0	1
	2	5	0	0	.000	0	0	0
	2	3	0	0	.000	0	0	0
	3	3	0	1	.333	0	1	0
	2	2	0	0	.000	0	0	0
	1	2	0	2	1.000	0	0	0
	2	2	0	0	.000	0	0	0
	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
	41	36	30	328.2	25	11	1.92	63	128
	41	32	15	253.0	18	12	1.92	105	166
	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
	36	25	15	219.0	14	10	2.34	45	67
	36	21	15	205.0	13	6	1.58	38	107
	32	16	9	155.0	8	9	2.26	43	76
	14	3	2	47.0	1	2	3.06	18	14
	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
	11	17.1	0	1	0	3.63	9	13
	1	6.0	0	0	0	4.50	0	2

1916 World Series

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Larry Cheney

#2 in NL in strikeouts

Jake Daubert

#2 in NL in batting average
#4 in NL in on-base percentage

Rube Marquard

#2 in NL in ERA

Jeff Pfeffer

#2 in NL in wins
#2 in NL in complete games

Zach Wheat

Led NL in slugging percentage
#2 in NL in doubles