1914 Brooklyn Robins season

1914  Brooklyn Robins
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
President	Charles Ebbets
Managers	Wilbert Robinson
←  1913 1915  →

With Wilbert Robinson taking over as the new manager, many in the press began using the nickname Brooklyn Robins for the 1914 season along with other names. 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

v t e 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 record v t e 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	Lew McCarty	90	284	72	.254	1	30
1B	Jake Daubert	126	474	156	.329	6	45
2B	George Cutshaw	153	583	150	.257	2	78
3B	Red Smith	90	330	81	.245	4	48
SS	Dick Egan	106	337	76	.226	1	21
OF	Casey Stengel	126	412	130	.316	4	60
OF	Zack Wheat	145	533	170	.319	9	89
OF	Jack Dalton	128	442	141	.319	1	45

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
Ollie O'Mara	67	247	65	.263	1	7
Hy Myers	70	227	65	.286	0	17
Gus Getz	55	210	52	.248	0	20
John Hummel	73	208	55	.264	0	20
Otto Miller	54	169	39	.231	0	9
William Fischer	43	105	27	.257	0	8
Joe Riggert	27	83	16	.193	2	6
Kid Elberfeld	30	62	14	.226	0	1
Tex Erwin	9	11	5	.455	0	1

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	43	315.0	23	12	1.97	135
Ed Reulbach	44	256.0	11	18	2.64	119
Pat Ragan	38	208.1	10	15	2.98	106
Nap Rucker	16	103.2	7	6	3.39	35

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
Raleigh Aitchison	26	172.1	12	7	2.66	87
Frank Allen	36	171.1	8	14	3.10	68
Charlie Schmutz	18	57.1	1	3	3.30	21
Elmer Brown	11	36.2	1	2	3.93	22
Johnny Enzmann	7	19.0	1	0	4.74	5
Bill Steele	8	16.1	1	1	5.51	3

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
Bull Wagner	6	0	1	0	6.57	4

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 Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet