1914 Brooklyn Robins season

1914 Brooklyn Robins
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Ebbets Field (since 1913)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)	Wilbert Robinson
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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.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Braves	94	59	0.614	—	51–25	43–34
New York Giants	84	70	0.545	10½	43–36	41–34
St. Louis Cardinals	81	72	0.529	13	42–34	39–38
Chicago Cubs	78	76	0.506	16½	46–30	32–46
Brooklyn Robins	75	79	0.487	19½	45–34	30–45
Philadelphia Phillies	74	80	0.481	20½	48–30	26–50
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	85	0.448	25½	39–36	30–49
Cincinnati Reds	60	94	0.390	34½	34–42	26–52

Record vs. opponents

1914 National League Records Sources:
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.^[2]
• July 6, 1914: Casey Hageman was purchased from the Robins by the Chicago Cubs.^[3]
• August 7, 1914: Bill Steele was purchased by the Robins from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[4]
• August 10, 1914: Red Smith was purchased from the Robins by the Boston Braves.^[5]

Roster

1914 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Raleigh Aitchison Frank Allen Elmer Brown Johnny Enzmann Jeff Pfeffer Pat Ragan Ed Reulbach Nap Rucker Charlie Schmutz Bill Steele Bull Wagner		Catchers Tex Erwin William Fischer Lew McCarty Otto Miller Infielders George Cutshaw Jake Daubert Dick Egan Kid Elberfeld Gus Getz John Hummel Ollie O'Mara Red Smith		Outfielders Jack Dalton Hy Myers Joe Riggert Casey Stengel Zack Wheat		Manager Wilbert Robinson

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	McCarty, LewLew McCarty	90	284	72	.254	1	30
1B	Daubert, JakeJake Daubert	126	474	156	.329	6	45
2B	Cutshaw, GeorgeGeorge Cutshaw
3B	Smith, RedRed Smith
SS	Egan, DickDick Egan	106	337	76	.226	1	21
OF	Stengel, CaseyCasey Stengel
OF	Wheat, ZackZack Wheat
OF	Dalton, JackJack Dalton

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
O'Mara, OllieOllie O'Mara
Myers, HyHy Myers
Getz, GusGus Getz
Hummel, JohnJohn Hummel
Miller, OttoOtto Miller
Fischer, WilliamWilliam Fischer
Riggert, JoeJoe Riggert	27	83	16	.193	2	6
Elberfeld, KidKid Elberfeld
Erwin, TexTex 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
Pfeffer, JeffJeff Pfeffer
Reulbach, EdEd Reulbach
Ragan, PatPat Ragan
Rucker, NapNap 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
Aitchison, RaleighRaleigh Aitchison	26	172.1	12	7	2.66	87
Allen, FrankFrank Allen	36	171.1	8	14	3.10	68
Schmutz, CharlieCharlie Schmutz
Brown, ElmerElmer Brown
Steele, BillBill Steele
Enzmann, JohnnyJohnny 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
Wagner, BullBull Wagner

Notes

1. Dick Egan page at Baseball Reference
2. Joe Riggert page at Baseball Reference
3. Casey Hageman page at Baseball Reference
4. Bill Steele page at Baseball Reference
5. Red Smith page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

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