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: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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.
• June 13, 1915: Phil Douglas was purchased by the Robins from the Cincinnati Reds.
• August 1915: Joe Schultz and cash were traded by the Robins to the Chicago Cubs for Larry Cheney.
• September 8, 1915: Phil Douglas was purchased from the Robins by the Chicago Cubs.

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	Otto Miller	84	254	57	.224	0	25
1B	Jake Daubert	150	544	164	.301	2	47
2B	George Cutshaw
3B	Gus Getz
SS	Ollie O'Mara
OF	Hy Myers
OF	Zack Wheat
OF	Casey 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
Lew McCarty
Joe Schultz
John Hummel
Bill Zimmerman
Al Nixon
Ivy Olson
Red Smyth
Mack Wheat
Dick Egan	3	3	0	.000	0	0
John 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
Jeff Pfeffer
Jack Coombs
Sherry Smith
Nap Rucker
Larry 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
Wheezer Dell
Ed Appleton	34	138.1	4	10	3.32	50
Phil Douglas	20	116.2	5	5	2.62	63
Raleigh Aitchison	7	32.2	0	4	4.96	14
Leon Cadore
Rube 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
Pat Ragan
Duster Mails
Charlie Schmutz
Elmer Brown

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

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