1916 World Series

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1916 World Series
Boston Red Sox in 1916.jpg
The Red Sox' World Series winning roster
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Boston Red Sox (4) Bill Carrigan 91–63, .591, GA: 2
Brooklyn Robins (1) Wilbert Robinson 94–60, .610, GA: 2+1⁄2
DatesOctober 7–12
Venue Braves Field (Boston)
Ebbets Field (Brooklyn)
Umpires Tommy Connolly (AL), Hank O'Day (NL)
Bill Dinneen (AL), Ernie Quigley (NL)
Hall of Famers Umpire:
Tommy Connolly
Hank O'Day
Red Sox:
Harry Hooper
Herb Pennock (DNP)
Babe Ruth
Robins:
Wilbert Robinson (mgr.)
Rube Marquard
Casey Stengel‡
Zack Wheat
‡ elected as a manager
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Paul Joseph Lannin and Dorothy A. Lannin, Ban Johnson, Joseph John Lannin and Hannah Furlong, his wife, at the 1916 World Series Paul Lannin & Dorothy, Ban Johnson, J.J. Lannin & wife at the 1916 World Series.jpg
Paul Joseph Lannin and Dorothy A. Lannin, Ban Johnson, Joseph John Lannin and Hannah Furlong, his wife, at the 1916 World Series
Robins manager Wilbert Robinson with Red Sox manager Bill Carrigan Wilbert Robinson and Bill Carrigan.jpg
Robins manager Wilbert Robinson with Red Sox manager Bill Carrigan
A scorebook from the 1916 World Series, depicting Red Sox owner Joseph Lannin, Red Sox manager Bill Carrigan, Dodgers owner Charles Ebbets, and Manager Wilbert Robinson 1916WorldSeries.png
A scorebook from the 1916 World Series, depicting Red Sox owner Joseph Lannin, Red Sox manager Bill Carrigan, Dodgers owner Charles Ebbets, and Manager Wilbert Robinson

The 1916 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1916 season. The 13th edition of the World Series, it matched the American League champion Boston Red Sox against the National League champion Brooklyn Robins. The Red Sox won the Series four games to one, capturing their record-setting fourth World Series title. It was the first World Series meeting between the teams.

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Casey Stengel shone on offense for the Robins in the 1916 Series, but the Red Sox pitching corps ultimately proved too much for the denizens of Flatbush. The Sox's Babe Ruth pitched 13 shutout innings in Game 2, starting a consecutive scoreless innings streak that would reach 29 in 1918. As with the 1915 Series, the Red Sox played their home games at the larger Braves Field, and it paid off as they drew a then-record 43,620 people for the final game.

Brooklyn fielded some strong teams under their manager and namesake Wilbert Robinson in the late 1910s. The Robins, also interchangeably called the Dodgers, would win the pennant again in 1920, but the American League teams were generally stronger during that interval. It would be 39 years before the Dodgers would win their first World Series title in 1955.

The two franchises met again in the postseason for the first time in 102 years in the 2018 World Series, 60 years after the Dodgers relocated to Los Angeles. The record for most innings played in a World Series game, set by Game 2 in 1916, at 14, was broken by Game 3 in 2018, at 18. [1] Just like their first matchup in the World Series, the Red Sox would eventually go on to defeat the Dodgers in five games to win their ninth World Series championship overall and fourth World Series championship since 2004.

Summary

AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Robins (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 7Brooklyn Robins – 5, Boston Red Sox – 6 Braves Field 2:1636,117 [2]  
2October 9Brooklyn Robins – 1, Boston Red Sox – 2 (14)Braves Field2:3241,373 [3]  
3October 10Boston Red Sox – 3, Brooklyn Robins – 4 Ebbets Field 2:0121,087 [4]  
4October 11Boston Red Sox – 6, Brooklyn Robins – 2Ebbets Field2:3021,662 [5]  
5October 12Brooklyn Robins – 1, Boston Red Sox – 4Braves Field1:4342,620 [6]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 7, 1916 2:00 pm (ET) at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts
Team123456789 R H E
Brooklyn0001000045104
Boston00101031X681
WP: Ernie Shore (1–0)   LP: Rube Marquard (0–1)   Sv: Carl Mays (1)

Until the ninth, Boston starter Ernie Shore was in control. Holding a comfortable 6–1 lead, a walk, hit batter, error and bases-loaded walk to Fred Merkle finally forced the Red Sox to call on Carl Mays from the bullpen to preserve a 6–5 win.

Game 2

Monday, October 9, 1916 2:00 pm (ET) at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts
Team1234567891011121314 R H E
Brooklyn10000000000000162
Boston00100000000001271
WP: Babe Ruth (1–0)   LP: Sherry Smith (0–1)
Home runs:
BKN: Hy Myers (1)
BOS: None

The Robins scored in the top of the first on an inside-the-park home run by Hy Myers, and the Red Sox tied it in the bottom of the third, Ruth himself knocking in the run with a ground ball. The game remained 1–1 until the bottom of the 14th, when the Red Sox won it on a pinch-hit single by Del Gainer. The 14-inning game set a World Series record for longest game by innings. That mark was equaled in Game 3 of the 2005 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros, and then again in Game 1 of the 2015 World Series between the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets, before being broken in Game 3 of the 2018 World Series between the Red Sox and Dodgers.

Game 3

Tuesday, October 10, 1916 2:00 pm (ET) at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team123456789 R H E
Boston000002100371
Brooklyn00112000X4100
WP: Jack Coombs (1–0)   LP: Carl Mays (0–1)   Sv: Jeff Pfeffer (1)
Home runs:
BOS: Larry Gardner (1)
BKN: None

A seventh-inning home run by Larry Gardner chased Brooklyn starter Jack Coombs and brought Boston to within one run. Jeff Pfeffer came through with 2+2⁄3 innings of hitless relief to save the victory for Coombs.

Game 4

Wednesday, October 11, 1916 2:00 pm (ET) at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team123456789 R H E
Boston0301101006101
Brooklyn200000000254
WP: Dutch Leonard (1–0)   LP: Rube Marquard (0–2)
Home runs:
BOS: Larry Gardner (2)
BKN: None

Brooklyn's first three batters reached safely off Dutch Leonard in a two-run first inning, but that's all the Dodgers would get. Larry Gardner's second home run in two days was an inside-the-park one to left-center that scored two teammates ahead of him, giving Leonard all he would need for the win.

Game 5

Thursday, October 12, 1916 2:00 pm (ET) at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts
Team123456789 R H E
Brooklyn010000000133
Boston01201000X472
WP: Ernie Shore (2–0)   LP: Jeff Pfeffer (0–1)

The final game was over in a snappy 1 hour, 43 minutes. Ernie Shore threw a three-hitter. Boston scratched out a run on a walk, sacrifice bunt, ground-out and passed ball. The Red Sox added more in the third, thanks to an error and a Chick Shorten RBI single, and the fifth when Harry Hooper singled and scored on a Hal Janvrin double. Casey Stengel led off the Dodger ninth with a hit, but Shore allowed no more. For the second straight series, Red Sox pitching dominated, this time holding the Robins to a team .200 batting average, contributing to an easy 5-game victory.

Composite line score

1916 World Series (4–1): Boston Red Sox (A.L.) over Brooklyn Robins (N.L.)

Team1234567891011121314 R H E
Boston Red Sox 0441325100000121396
Brooklyn Robins 31122000400000133413
Total attendance: 169,859  Average attendance: 33,972
Winning player's share: $3,910  Losing player's share: $2,835 [7]

Series statistics

Boston Red Sox

Batting

Note: GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

PlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReference
Pinch Thomas 370101000.143.143.429 [8]
Dick Hoblitzell 5173411026.235.435.412 [9]
Hal Janvrin 5232530010.217.217.348 [10]
Larry Gardner 5172300260.176.176.529 [11]
Everett Scott 5161201011.125.176.250 [12]
Duffy Lewis 5173621012.353.421.588 [13]
Tilly Walker 3111301011.273.333.455 [14]
Harry Hooper 5216711013.333.417.476 [15]
Chick Shorten 270400020.571.571.571 [16]
Hick Cady 241100003.250.571.250 [17]
Bill Carrigan 130200010.667.667.667 [18]
Jimmy Walsh 130000000.000.000.000 [19]
Del Gainer 1101000101.0001.0001.000 [20]
Olaf Henriksen 101000001─1.000─ [21]
Mike McNally 101000000─── [22]
Ernie Shore 270000000.000.000.000 [23]
Babe Ruth 150000010.000.000.000 [24]
Dutch Leonard 130000001.000.250.000 [25]
Carl Mays 210000000.000.000.000 [26]
Rube Foster 110000000.000.000.000 [27]

Pitching

Note: G=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

PlayerGGSIPHBBRERSOWLSVERAReference
Ernie Shore 2217+2⁄31246392001.53 [28]
Babe Ruth 1114631141000.64 [29]
Dutch Leonard 119542131001.00 [30]
Carl Mays 215+1⁄3834420116.75 [31]
Rube Foster 103300010000.00 [32]

Brooklyn Robins

Batting

Note: GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

PlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReference
Chief Meyers 3100201001.200.273.400 [33]
Jake Daubert 4171301002.176.263.294 [34]
George Cutshaw 5192210011.105.190.158 [35]
Mike Mowrey 5172300013.176.300.176 [36]
Ivy Olson 5161401022.250.333.375 [37]
Zack Wheat 5192401012.211.286.316 [38]
Hi Myers 5222400130.182.217.318 [39]
Casey Stengel 4112400000.364.364.364 [40]
Jimmy Johnston 3101301001.300.364.500 [41]
Otto Miller 280100000.125.125.125 [42]
Fred Merkle 340100012.250.500.250 [43]
Gus Getz 110000000.000.000.000 [44]
Ollie O'Mara 110000000.000.000.000 [45]
Sherry Smith 150110000.200.200.400 [46]
Jeff Pfeffer 440100000.250.250.250 [47]
Rube Marquard 230000000.000.000.000 [48]
Jack Coombs 130100010.333.333.333 [49]
Larry Cheney 100000000─── [50]
Nap Rucker 100000000─── [51]
Wheezer Dell 100000000─── [52]

Pitching

Note: G=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

PlayerGGSIPHBBRERSOWLSVERAReference
Sherry Smith 1113+1⁄3762220101.35 [53]
Jeff Pfeffer 3110+2⁄3745250111.69 [54]
Rube Marquard 22111269790205.73 [55]
Jack Coombs 116+1⁄3713311004.26 [56]
Larry Cheney 103412150003.00 [57]
Nap Rucker 102100030000.00 [58]
Wheezer Dell 101100000000.00 [59]

Notes

  1. ↑ Simon, Andrew; Randhawa, Manny (October 27, 2018). "18 amazing facts from marathon Game 3 of WS". MLB.com . Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ "1916 World Series Game 1 – Brooklyn Robins vs. Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ "1916 World Series Game 2 – Brooklyn Robins vs. Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
  4. ↑ "1916 World Series Game 3 – Boston Red Sox vs. Brooklyn Robins". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
  5. ↑ "1916 World Series Game 4 – Boston Red Sox vs. Brooklyn Robins". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
  6. ↑ "1916 World Series Game 5 – Brooklyn Robins vs. Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
  7. ↑ "World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
  8. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Pinch Thomas". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  9. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Dick Hoblitzell". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  10. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Hal Janvrin". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  11. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Larry Gardner". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  12. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Everett Scott". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  13. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Duffy Lewis". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  14. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Tillie Walker". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  15. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Harry Hooper". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  16. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Chick Shorten". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  17. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Hick Cady". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  18. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Bill Carrigan". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  19. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Jimmy Walsh". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  20. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Del Gainer". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  21. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Olaf Henriksen". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  22. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Mike McNally". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  23. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Ernie Shore". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  24. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Babe Ruth". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  25. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Dutch Leonard". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  26. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Carl Mays". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  27. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Batting Splits for Rube Foster". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  28. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Pitching Splits for Ernie Shore". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  29. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Pitching Splits for Babe Ruth". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  30. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Pitching Splits for Dutch Leonard". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  31. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Pitching Splits for Carl Mays". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  32. ↑ "The 1916 BOS A World Series Pitching Splits for Rube Foster". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  33. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Chief Meyers". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  34. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Jake Daubert". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  35. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for George Cutshaw". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  36. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Mike Mowrey". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  37. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Ivy Olson". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  38. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Zack Wheat". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  39. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Hi Myers". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  40. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Casey Stengel". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  41. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Jimmy Johnston". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  42. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Otto Miller". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  43. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Fred Merkle". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  44. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Gus Getz". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  45. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Ollie O'Mara". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  46. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Sherry Smith". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  47. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Jeff Pfeffer". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  48. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Rube Marquard". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  49. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Batting Splits for Jack Coombs". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  50. ↑ "Larry Cheney". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  51. ↑ "Nap Rucker". January 30, 2024. Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  52. ↑ "Wheezer Dell". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  53. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Pitching Splits for Sherry Smith". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  54. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Pitching Splits for Jeff Pfeffer". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  55. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Pitching Splits for Rube Marquard". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  56. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Pitching Splits for Jack Coombs". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  57. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Pitching Splits for Larry Cheney". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  58. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Pitching Splits for Nap Rucker". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  59. ↑ "The 1916 BRO N World Series Pitching Splits for Wheezer Dell". Retrosheet . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.

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The 2013 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2013 season. The 109th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals; the Red Sox won, 4 games to 2 to win their eighth championship. The Red Sox had home field advantage for the series, based on the AL's win in the 2013 MLB All-Star Game on July 16. This was the first World Series since 1999 to feature both number one seeds from the AL and NL. The Series started on October 23, 2013, ending with Game 6 on October 30, 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 World Series</span> 114th edition of Major League Baseballs championship series

The 2018 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 2018 season. The 114th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Red Sox defeated the Dodgers in five games to win their fourth World Series title in 15 years dating back to 2004, and their ninth in franchise history. This was the second World Series matchup between the two franchises, after the Red Sox defeated the Brooklyn Robins in five games in 1916. The series was sponsored by the Internet television service YouTube TV and officially known as the 2018 World Series presented by YouTube TV.

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