1916 World Series
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| Boston Red Sox 91 - 63 in the AL | 4 - 1 Series Summary | Brooklyn Robins 90 - 62 in the AL |
In the 1916 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Brooklyn Robins (a.k.a. Dodgers) four games to one.
Casey Stengel shined on offense for the Robins in the 1916 Series but the Red Sox pitching core ultimately proved too much for the denizens of Flatbush. The Sox's Babe Ruth pitched 13 shutout innings in Game 2, starting a consecutive scoreless innings streak that would reach 29 in 1918. As with the 1915 Series, the Red Sox played their home games at the larger Braves Field, and it paid off as they drew a then-record 42,620 people for the final game.
Brooklyn fielded some strong teams under their manager and namesake Wilbert Robinson in the late 1910s. The Robins, also interchangeably called the Dodgers, became the last of the "original eight" National League teams to participate in a modern World Series, and would win the pennant again in 1920, but the American League teams were generally stronger during that interval. It would be 39 years before the Dodgers would win their first World Series title in 1955. The series had the longest game in World Series History until game 3 of the 2005 World Series.
Records: Boston Red Sox (W: 91, L: 50, Pct: .591, GA: 2) - Brooklyn Robins (W: 94, L: 60, Pct: .610, GA: 2 ½)
Managers: Bill Carrigan (Boston), Wilbert Robinson (Brooklyn)
Umpires: Tommy Connolly (AL), Hank O'Day (NL), Bill Dinneen (AL), Ernie Quigley (NL)
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[edit] Summary
AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Robins (1)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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| 1 | Robins - 5, Red Sox - 6 | October 7 | Braves Field | 36,117 |
| 2 | Robins - 1, Red Sox - 2 (14 innings) | October 9 | Braves Field | 41,373 |
| 3 | Red Sox - 3, Robins - 4 | October 10 | Ebbets Field | 21,087 |
| 4 | Red Sox - 6, Robins - 2 | October 11 | Ebbets Field | 21,662 |
| 5 | Robins - 1, Red Sox - 4 | October 12 | Braves Field | 42,620 |
[edit] Matchups
[edit] 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) | ||||||||||||
[edit] 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) | |||||||||||||||||
[edit] 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) | ||||||||||||
[edit] 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) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 5
October 12, 1916 at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||
[edit] Composite Box
1916 World Series (4-1): Boston Red Sox (A.L.) over Brooklyn Robins (N.L.)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | R | H | E | |
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| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 39 | 6 | |
| Brooklyn Robins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 34 | 13 | |
| Total Attendance: 162,859 Average Attendance: 32,572 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Winning Player’s Share: – $3,910 Losing Player’s Share – $2,835 | ||||||||||||||||||
[edit] Further Reading
- Bill Nowlin, ed.: When Boston Still Had the Babe: The 1916 World Champion Red Sox, Rounder Books, Burlington, MA, 2008.
- Paul G. Zinn and John G. Zinn: The Major League Pennant Races of 1916: The Most Maddening Baseball Melee in HIstory, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2009.
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