The Red Sox' World Series winning roster | ||||||||||
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| Dates: | October 7–October 12 | |||||||||
| Umpires: | Tommy Connolly (AL), Hank O'Day (NL), Bill Dinneen (AL), Ernie Quigley (NL) | |||||||||
| Future Hall of Famers: | Red Sox: Harry Hooper, Herb Pennock (dnp), Babe Ruth. Robins: Wilbert Robinson (mgr.), Rube Marquard, Casey Stengel‡, Zack Wheat. ‡ elected as a manager. | |||||||||
World Series
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In the 1916 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Brooklyn Robins (a.k.a. Dodgers) four games to one.
Casey Stengel shined on offense for the Robins in the 1916 Series but the Red Sox pitching core ultimately proved too much for the denizens of Flatbush. The Sox's Babe Ruth pitched thirteen 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 42,620 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 series had the longest game in World Series History until Game 3 of the 2005 World Series.
Summary[]
AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Robins (1)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn Robins – 5, Boston Red Sox – 6 | October 7 | Braves Field | 36,117[1] |
| 2 | Brooklyn Robins – 1, Boston Red Sox – 2 (14 innings) | October 9 | Braves Field | 47,373[2] |
| 3 | Boston Red Sox – 3, Brooklyn Robins – 4 | October 10 | Ebbets Field | 21,087[3] |
| 4 | Boston Red Sox – 6, Brooklyn Robins – 2 | October 11 | Ebbets Field | 21,662[4] |
| 5 | Brooklyn Robins – 1, Boston Red Sox – 4 | October 12 | Braves Field | 43,620[5] |
Matchups[]
Game 1[]
Saturday, October 7, 1916 at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 6 | 8 | 1 |
WP: Ernie Shore (1–0) LP: Rube Marquard (0–1) SV: Carl Mays (1)
Game 2[]
Monday, October 9, 1916 at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
WP: Babe Ruth (1–0) LP: Sherry Smith (0–1)
HRs: BRO – Hy Myers (1)
Game 3[]
Tuesday, October 10, 1916 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 10 | 0 |
WP: Jack Coombs (1–0) LP: Carl Mays (0–1) SV: Jeff Pfeffer (1)
HRs: BOS – Larry Gardner (1)
Game 4[]
Wednesday, October 11, 1916 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| Brooklyn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
WP: Dutch Leonard (1–0) LP: Rube Marquard (0–2)
HRs: BOS – Larry Gardner (2)
Game 5[]
Thursday, October 12, 1916 at Braves Field in Boston, Massachusetts
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Boston | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 7 | 2 |
WP: Ernie Shore (2–0) LP: Jeff Pfeffer (0–1)
Composite box[]
1916 World Series (4–1): Boston Red Sox (A.L.) over Brooklyn Robins (N.L.)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 39 | 6 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 34 | 13 |
| Total attendance: 169,859 Average attendance: 33,972 | |||||||||||||||||
| Winning player’s share: $3,910 Losing player’s share: $2,835[6] | |||||||||||||||||
Notes[]
- ↑ 1916 World Series Game 1 - Brooklyn Robins vs. Boston Red Sox. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
- ↑ 1916 World Series Game 2 - Brooklyn Robins vs. Boston Red Sox. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
- ↑ 1916 World Series Game 3 - Boston Red Sox vs. Brooklyn Robins. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
- ↑ 1916 World Series Game 4 - Boston Red Sox vs. Brooklyn Robins. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
- ↑ 1916 World Series Game 5 - Brooklyn Robins vs. Boston Red Sox. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
References[]
- Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 61–65)
- Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.), p. 2124. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
- Forman, Sean L.. 1915 World Series. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information.. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.