1916 World Series - Boston Red Sox over Brooklyn Robins (4-1)

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1916 World Series (4-1): Boston Red Sox (91-63) over Brooklyn Robins (94-60)

1915 WS / 1917 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 7, 1916 at Braves Field (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Robins              0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  4     5 10  4
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  1    0  1  0    3  1  x     6  8  1

    PITCHERS: BRO - Marquard, Pfeffer (8)
              BOS - Shore, Mays (9)

               WP - Ernie Shore
	       LP - Rube Marquard
             SAVE - Carl Mays

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 36,117

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 9, 1916 at Braves Field (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12   13 14     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Robins              1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0     1  6  2
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1     2  7  1

    PITCHERS: BRO - Smith
              BOS - Ruth

               WP - Babe Ruth
	       LP - Sherry Smith
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - Myers
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 47,373

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 10, 1916 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Robins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  2    1  0  0     3  7  1
    Brooklyn Robins              0  0  1    1  2  0    0  0  x     4 10  0

    PITCHERS: BOS - Mays, Foster (6)
              BRO - Coombs, Pfeffer (7)

               WP - Jack Coombs
	       LP - Carl Mays
             SAVE - Jeff Pfeffer

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Gardner
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 21,087

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 11, 1916 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Robins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  3  0    1  1  0    1  0  0     6 10  1
    Brooklyn Robins              2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  5  4

    PITCHERS: BOS - Leonard
              BRO - Marquard, Cheney (5), Rucker (8)

               WP - Dutch Leonard
	       LP - Rube Marquard
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Gardner
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 21,662

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 12, 1916 at Braves Field (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Robins              0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  3  3
    Boston Red Sox               0  1  2    0  1  0    0  0  x     4  7  2

    PITCHERS: BRO - Pfeffer, Dell (8)
              BOS - Shore

               WP - Ernie Shore
	       LP - Jeff Pfeffer
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 43,620

Series Batting Stats

Boston Red Sox Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Hick Cady	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	.250	.571	.250	.821	0	0	78	162	5	31	0	13	0	.191	.529
Bill Carrigan	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	33	63	7	17	0	11	2	.270	.712
Rube Foster	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	38	62	3	11	0	2	0	.177	.441
Del Gainer	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	56	142	14	36	3	18	5	.254	.662
Larry Gardner	5	17	2	3	0	0	2	6	0	2	.176	.167	.529	.696	0	0	148	493	47	152	2	62	12	.308	.759
Olaf Henriksen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	68	99	13	20	0	11	2	.202	.593
Dick Hoblitzell	5	17	3	4	1	1	0	2	6	0	.235	.435	.412	.847	0	0	130	417	57	108	0	39	10	.259	.643
Harry Hooper	5	21	6	7	1	1	0	1	3	1	.333	.417	.476	.893	1	2	151	575	75	156	1	37	27	.271	.711
Hal Janvrin	5	23	2	5	3	0	0	1	0	6	.217	.217	.348	.565	0	1	117	310	32	69	0	26	6	.223	.583
Dutch Leonard	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	48	85	2	17	0	10	0	.200	.488
Duffy Lewis	5	17	3	6	2	1	0	1	2	1	.353	.421	.588	1.009	0	0	152	563	56	151	1	56	16	.268	.656
Carl Mays	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	48	77	8	18	0	8	0	.234	.664
Mike McNally	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	87	135	28	23	0	9	9	.170	.398
Babe Ruth	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	67	136	18	37	3	15	0	.272	.741
Everett Scott	5	16	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	.125	.167	.250	.417	0	0	123	366	37	85	0	27	8	.232	.578
Ernie Shore	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	38	77	3	7	0	3	0	.091	.242
Chick Shorten	2	7	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	.571	.571	.571	1.143	0	2	53	112	14	33	0	11	1	.295	.683
Pinch Thomas	3	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.429	.571	0	0	99	216	21	57	1	21	4	.264	.697
Tillie Walker	3	11	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	.273	.333	.455	.788	0	1	128	467	68	124	3	46	14	.266	.697
Jimmy Walsh	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*128	407	47	94	1	29	30	.231	.632
Totals	52	164	21	39	7	6	2	18	18	25	.238	.310	.390	.700	1	6	156	5018	550	1246	14		129	.248	.635

Brooklyn Robins Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Larry Cheney	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	41	79	4	9	0	2	2	.114	.306
Jack Coombs	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	27	61	2	11	0	3	0	.180	.419
George Cutshaw	5	19	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	.105	.190	.158	.348	0	0	154	581	58	151	2	63	27	.260	.612
Jake Daubert	4	17	1	3	0	1	0	0	2	3	.176	.263	.294	.557	0	0	127	478	75	151	3	33	21	.316	.769
Wheezer Dell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	44	1	4	0	3	0	.091	.240
Gus Getz	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	40	96	9	21	0	8	9	.219	.490
Jimmy Johnston	3	10	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.300	.364	.500	.864	0	2	118	425	58	107	1	26	22	.252	.640
Rube Marquard	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	36	63	3	9	0	5	1	.143	.369
Fred Merkle	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	0	0	*135	470	51	111	7	46	19	.236	.644
Chief Meyers	3	10	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200	.273	.400	.673	0	0	80	239	21	59	0	21	2	.247	.650
Otto Miller	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	0	0	73	216	16	55	1	17	6	.255	.610
Mike Mowrey	5	17	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	2	.176	.300	.176	.476	0	0	144	495	57	121	0	60	16	.244	.633
Hi Myers	5	22	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	3	.182	.217	.318	.536	0	0	113	412	54	108	3	36	17	.262	.689
Ollie O'Mara	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	72	193	18	39	0	15	10	.202	.497
Ivy Olson	5	16	1	4	0	1	0	2	2	2	.250	.333	.375	.708	0	0	108	351	29	89	1	38	14	.254	.620
Jeff Pfeffer	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	43	122	5	34	0	12	2	.279	.629
Nap Rucker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	9	11	1	1	0	2	0	.091	.182
Sherry Smith	1	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	0	0	38	77	4	21	0	7	1	.273	.655
Casey Stengel	4	11	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.364	.364	.364	.727	0	0	127	462	66	129	8	53	11	.279	.753
Zack Wheat	5	19	2	4	0	1	0	1	2	2	.211	.286	.316	.602	1	1	149	568	76	177	9	73	19	.312	.828
Totals	57	170	13	34	2	5	1	11	14	19	.200	.269	.288	.557	1	3	156	5234	585	1366	28		187	.261	.658

Boston Red Sox Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Rube Foster	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	1	1.000	33	19	3.06	14	7	2	182.1	173	86	53	1.420
Dutch Leonard	1	1	1.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	5	1	4	3	1.000	48	35	2.36	18	12	6	274.0	244	66	144	1.131
Carl Mays	2	1	6.75	0	1	1	0	5.1	8	4	3	2	2.063	44	24	2.39	18	13	3	245.0	208	74	76	1.151
Babe Ruth	1	1	0.64	1	0	0	1	14.0	6	1	3	4	0.643	44	40	1.75	23	12	1	323.2	230	118	170	1.075
Ernie Shore	2	2	1.53	2	0	0	1	17.2	12	3	4	9	0.906	38	28	2.63	16	10	1	225.2	221	49	62	1.196
Totals	7	5	1.65	4	1	1	3	49.0	34	9	14	19	0.980	156	156	2.475	91	63		1410.2	1221	463	584	1.194

Brooklyn Robins Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Larry Cheney	1	0	3.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	1	5	1.667	41	32	1.92	18	12	0	253.0	178	105	166	1.119
Jack Coombs	1	1	4.26	1	0	0	0	6.1	7	3	1	1	1.263	27	19	2.66	13	8	0	159.0	136	44	47	1.132
Wheezer Dell	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	32	16	2.26	8	9	1	155.0	143	43	76	1.200
Rube Marquard	2	2	5.73	0	2	0	0	11.0	12	7	6	9	1.636	36	21	1.58	13	6	5	205.0	169	38	107	1.010
Jeff Pfeffer	3	1	1.69	0	1	1	0	10.2	7	2	4	5	1.031	41	36	1.92	25	11	1	328.2	274	63	128	1.025
Nap Rucker	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	3	0.500	9	4	1.69	2	1	0	37.1	34	7	14	1.098
Sherry Smith	1	1	1.35	0	1	0	1	13.1	7	2	6	2	0.975	36	25	2.34	14	10	1	219.0	193	45	67	1.087
Totals	10	5	2.85	1	4	1	1	47.1	39	15	18	25	1.204	156	156	2.119	94	60		1427.1	1201	372	634	1.102

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