1915 Brooklyn Robins season

1915 Brooklyn Robins
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Ebbets Field (since 1915)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)	Wilbert Robinson
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The 1915 Brooklyn Robins improved enough to finish in third place, just 10 games behind the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	90	62	0.592	—	49–27	41–35
Boston Braves	83	69	0.546	7	49–27	34–42
Brooklyn Robins	80	72	0.526	10	51–26	29–46
Chicago Cubs	73	80	0.477	17½	42–34	31–46
Pittsburgh Pirates	73	81	0.474	18	40–37	33–44
St. Louis Cardinals	72	81	0.471	18½	42–36	30–45
Cincinnati Reds	71	83	0.461	20	39–37	32–46
New York Giants	69	83	0.454	21	37–38	32–45

Record vs. opponents

1915 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	14–8–1	10–12–1	15–7	13–9–1	7–14	15–7	9–12–2
Brooklyn	8–14–1	—	14–8	11–11–1	12–8	13–9	11–11	11–11
Chicago	12–10–1	8–14	—	13–9–2	8–14	7–14	13–9	12–10
Cincinnati	7–15	11–11–1	9–13–2	—	9–13–1	9–13	12–10–1	14–8–1
New York	9–13–1	8–12	14–8	13–9–1	—	7–15–1	8–14	10–12
Philadelphia	14–7	9–13	14–7	13–9	15–7–1	—	10–12	15–7
Pittsburgh	7–15	11–11	9–13	10–12–1	14–8	12–10	—	10–12–1
St. Louis	12–9–2	11–11	10–12	8–14–1	12–10	7–15	12–10–1	—

Notable transactions

• April 23, 1915: Dick Egan was purchased from the Robins by the Boston Braves.^[1]
• June 13, 1915: Phil Douglas was purchased by the Robins from the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]
• August 1915: Joe Schultz and cash were traded by the Robins to the Chicago Cubs for Larry Cheney.^[3]
• September 8, 1915: Phil Douglas was purchased from the Robins by the Chicago Cubs.^[2]

Roster

1915 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Raleigh Aitchison Ed Appleton Elmer Brown Leon Cadore Larry Cheney Jack Coombs Wheezer Dell Phil Douglas Duster Mails Rube Marquard Jeff Pfeffer Pat Ragan Nap Rucker Charlie Schmutz Sherry Smith		Catchers Lew McCarty Otto Miller Mack Wheat Infielders George Cutshaw Jake Daubert Dick Egan Gus Getz John Karst Ollie O'Mara Ivy Olson Joe Schultz		Outfielders John Hummel Hy Myers Al Nixon Red Smyth Casey Stengel Zack Wheat Bill Zimmerman		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	Miller, OttoOtto Miller	84	254	57	.224	0	25
1B	Daubert, JakeJake Daubert	150	544	164	.301	2	47
2B	Cutshaw, GeorgeGeorge Cutshaw
3B	Getz, GusGus Getz
SS	O'Mara, OllieOllie O'Mara
OF	Myers, HyHy Myers
OF	Wheat, ZackZack Wheat
OF	Stengel, CaseyCasey Stengel

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
McCarty, LewLew McCarty
Schultz, JoeJoe Schultz
Hummel, JohnJohn Hummel
Zimmerman, BillBill Zimmerman
Nixon, AlAl Nixon
Olson, IvyIvy Olson
Smyth, RedRed Smyth
Wheat, MackMack Wheat
Egan, DickDick Egan	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Karst, JohnJohn Karst

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
Coombs, JackJack Coombs
Smith, SherrySherry Smith
Rucker, NapNap Rucker
Cheney, LarryLarry Cheney

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
Dell, WheezerWheezer Dell
Appleton, EdEd Appleton	34	138.1	4	10	3.32	50
Douglas, PhilPhil Douglas	20	116.2	5	5	2.62	63
Aitchison, RaleighRaleigh Aitchison	7	32.2	0	4	4.96	14
Cadore, LeonLeon Cadore
Marquard, RubeRube Marquard

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
Ragan, PatPat Ragan
Mails, DusterDuster Mails
Schmutz, CharlieCharlie Schmutz
Brown, ElmerElmer Brown

Notes

1. Dick Egan page at Baseball Reference
2. Phil Douglas page at Baseball Reference
3. Joe Schultz page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1915 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet