1914 Brooklyn Robins season

1914 Brooklyn Robins
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Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
Managers	Wilbert Robinson

With Wilbert Robinson taking over as the new manager, the team name was changed to the Brooklyn Robins for the 1914 season. 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

National 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 record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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.

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
Hy Myers
Gus Getz
John Hummel
Otto Miller
William Fischer
Joe Riggert	27	83	16	.193	2	6
Kid Elberfeld
Tex Erwin

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
Ed Reulbach
Pat Ragan
Nap Rucker

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
Elmer Brown
Bill Steele
Johnny Enzmann

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

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1914 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet