1917 Brooklyn Robins season

March 2026 November 2013 Brooklyn Robins 1917 National League Ebbets Field Brooklyn, New York 70 81 y 7th Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever Charles Ebbets Wilbert Robinson With World War I looming over the season, the 1917 Brooklyn Robins fell into seventh place. Regular season Season standings Brooklyn Robins Record vs. opponents BRO Notable transactions August 16, 1917: Fred Merkle was purchased from the Robins by the Chicago Cubs.Fred Merkle page at Baseball References Roster 1917 Brooklyn Robins Roster Pitchers Leon Cadore Larry Cheney Jack Coombs Wheezer Dell Rich Durning Rube Marquard Johnny Miljus Jeff Pfeffer John Russell Sherry Smith Paul Wachtel Catchers Ernie Krueger Chief Meyers Otto Miller Jack Snyder Mack Wheat Infielders George Cutshaw Jake Daubert Bunny Fabrique Bill Leard Fred Merkle Mike Mowrey Frank O'Rourke Ivy Olson Red Smyth Outfielders Jim Hickman Jimmy Johnston Lew Malone Hy Myers 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 Otto Miller Otto Miller (catcher) 92 274 63 .230 1 17 1B Jake Daubert 125 468 122 .261 2 30 2B George Cutshaw 135 487 126 .259 4 49 3B Mike Mowrey 83 271 58 .214 0 25 SS Ivy Olson 139 580 156 .269 2 38 OF Casey Stengel 150 549 141 .257 6 73 OF Zack Wheat 109 362 113 .312 1 41 OF Jim Hickman Jim Hickman (1910s outfielder) 114 370 81 .219 6 36 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 Hy Myers 120 471 126 .268 1 41 Jimmy Johnston 103 330 89 .270 0 25 Frank O'Rourke Frank O'Rourke (baseball) 64 198 47 .237 0 15 Chief Meyers 47 132 28 .212 0 3 Bunny Fabrique 25 88 18 .205 1 3 Ernie Krueger 31 81 22 .272 1 6 Mack Wheat 29 60 8 .133 0 0 Red Smyth 29 24 3 .125 0 1 Jack Snyder Jack Snyder (baseball) 7 11 3 .273 0 1 Fred Merkle 2 8 1 .125 0 0 Bill Leard 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Lew Malone 1 0 0 ---- 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 Jeff Pfeffer 30 266.0 11 15 2.23 115 Leon Cadore 37 264.0 13 13 2.45 115 Rube Marquard 37 232.2 19 12 2.55 117 Larry Cheney 35 210.1 8 12 2.35 102 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 Sherry Smith 38 211.1 12 12 3.32 58 Jack Coombs 31 141.0 7 11 3.96 34 Wheezer Dell 17 58.0 0 4 3.72 28 John Russell John Russell (pitcher) 5 16.0 0 1 4.50 1 Johnny Miljus 4 15.0 0 1 0.60 9 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 Paul Wachtel 2 0 0 0 10.50 3 Rich Durning 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Notes 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page External links 1917 Brooklyn Robins uniform Brooklyn Dodgers reference site Acme Dodgers page https://web.archive.org/web/20070913213938/http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ September 13, 2007 Retrosheet Brooklyn Robins season Category:Brooklyn Dodgers seasons Brook Category:1910s in Brooklyn Category:Flatbush, Brooklyn