1918 Brooklyn Robins season

1918  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
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The 1918 Brooklyn Robins finished the season in fifth place.

Offseason

• January 9, 1918: Casey Stengel and George Cutshaw were traded by the Robins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Chuck Ward, Burleigh Grimes and Al Mamaux. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	84	45	0.651	—	49–25	35–20
New York Giants	71	53	0.573	10½	35–21	36–32
Cincinnati Reds	68	60	0.531	15½	46–24	22–36
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	60	0.520	17	42–28	23–32
Brooklyn Robins	57	69	0.452	25½	33–21	24–48
Philadelphia Phillies	55	68	0.447	26	27–29	28–39
Boston Braves	53	71	0.427	28½	23–29	30–42
St. Louis Cardinals	51	78	0.395	33	32–40	19–38

Record vs. opponents

1918 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	8–6	5–14	10–8	1–15	7–12	10–9	12–7
Brooklyn	6–8	—	10–9	6–12	8–12	9–8	10–9	8–11
Chicago	14–5	9–10	—	10–7–1	14–6	12–6	10–8–1	15–3
Cincinnati	8–10	12–6	7–10–1	—	12–7	12–7	4–12	13–8
New York	15–1	12–8	6–14	7–12	—	10–3	8–11	13–4
Philadelphia	12–7	8–9	6–12	7–12	3–10	—	11–7	8–11–2
Pittsburgh	9–10	9–10	8–10–1	12–4	11–8	7–11	—	9–7
St. Louis	7–12	11–8	3–15	8–13	4–13	11–8–2	7–9	—

Notable transactions

• July 15, 1918: George Smith was purchased by the Robins from the New York Giants. ^[2]
• August 21, 1918: Jimmy Archer was purchased from the Robins by the Cincinnati Reds. ^[3]
• October 1918: George Smith was purchased from the Robins by the New York Giants. ^[2]

Roster

1918 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Leon Cadore Larry Cheney Jack Coombs Rich Durning Burleigh Grimes Dan Griner Jake Hehl Harry Heitmann Marty Herrmann Al Mamaux Rube Marquard Jeff Pfeffer Norman Plitt Dick Robertson John Russell George Smith		Catchers Jimmy Archer Ernie Krueger Otto Miller Mack Wheat Infielders Jake Daubert Mickey Doolan Ollie O'Mara Frank O'Rourke Ivy Olson Ray Schmandt Red Sheridan Chuck Ward		Outfielders Al Baschang Jim Hickman Jimmy Johnston Clarence Mitchell Hy Myers Al Nixon 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	Otto Miller	75	228	44	.193	0	8
1B	Jake Daubert	108	396	122	.308	2	47
2B	Mickey Doolan	92	308	55	.179	0	18
3B	Ollie O'Mara	121	450	96	.213	1	24
SS	Ivy Olson	126	506	121	.239	1	17
OF	Hy Myers	107	407	104	.256	4	40
OF	Zack Wheat	105	409	137	.335	0	51
OF	Jimmy Johnston	123	484	136	.281	0	27

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
Jim Hickman	53	167	39	.234	1	16
Mack Wheat	57	157	34	.217	1	3
Ray Schmandt	34	114	35	.307	0	18
Ernie Krueger	30	87	25	.287	0	7
Clarence Mitchell	10	24	6	.250	0	2
Jimmy Archer	9	22	6	.273	0	0
Frank O'Rourke	4	12	2	.167	0	2
Al Nixon	6	11	5	.455	0	0
Chuck Ward	2	6	2	.333	0	3
Al Baschang	2	5	1	.200	0	0
Red Sheridan	2	4	1	.250	0	0

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
Burleigh Grimes	40	270.0	19	9	2.13	113
Rube Marquard	34	239.0	9	18	2.64	89
Jack Coombs	27	189.0	8	14	3.81	44
Dick Robertson	13	87.0	3	6	2.59	18
Leon Cadore	2	17.0	1	0	0.53	5
Jeff Pfeffer	1	9.0	1	0	0.00	1
Clarence Mitchell	1	0.1	0	1	108.00	0
Harry Heitmann	1	0.0	0	1	inf	0

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
Larry Cheney	32	200.2	11	13	3.00	83
Dan Griner	11	54.1	1	5	2.15	22
George Smith	8	50.0	4	1	2.34	18
Al Mamaux	2	8.0	0	1	6.75	2

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
Rich Durning	1	0	0	0	13.50	0
Norman Plitt	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
Jake Hehl	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Marty Herrmann	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
John Russell	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

References

1. Casey Stengel page at Baseball Reference
2. George Smith page at Baseball Reference
3. Jimmy Archer page at Baseball Reference

External links

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet
• 1918 Brooklyn Robins uniform