The 1916 Brooklyn Robins won their first

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pennant in 16 years and advanced to the first

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in franchise history, where they lost to

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and the

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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 George Lewis McCarty (November 17, 1888 – June 9, 1930) was a professional baseball player who was a catcher from 1913 to 1921 in the National League. He appeared in the 1917 World Series as a member of the New York Giants. During his career, i ...

was traded by the Robins to the New York Giants for

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.Lew McCarty page at Baseball Reference
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Roster

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''

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''

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''

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''

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''

1916 World Series

Game 1

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

Game 2

October 9, 1916, at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts

Game 3

October 10, 1916, at

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Game 4

October 11, 1916, at

Game 5

October 12, 1916, at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Larry Cheney Laurance Russell Cheney (May 2, 1886 – January 6, 1969) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1911–15), Brooklyn Robins (1915–19), Boston Braves (1919) and Philadelphia Phillies (1919). Cheney batte ...

* #2 in NL in strikeouts (166)

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* #2 in NL in batting average (.316) * #4 in NL in on-base percentage (.371)

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* #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

Baseball-Reference season pageBaseball Almanac season page

External links

1916 Brooklyn Robins uniformAcme Dodgers page

Retrosheet
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