1915 Brooklyn Robins season

March 2026 November 2013 Brooklyn Robins 1915 National League Ebbets Field Brooklyn, New York 80 72 y 3rd Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever Charles Ebbets Wilbert Robinson The 1915 Brooklyn Robins season improved enough to finish in third place, just 10 games behind the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies. It was the teams first winning season since 1903 when they were still known as the Superbas. Regular season Season standings Brooklyn Robins Record vs. opponents BRO Notable transactions April 23, 1915: Dick Egan was purchased from the Robins by the Boston Braves.Dick Egan page at Baseball Reference June 13, 1915: Phil Douglas was purchased by the Robins from the Cincinnati Reds.Phil Douglas page at Baseball Reference August 1915: Joe Schultz and cash were traded by the Robins to the Chicago Cubs for Larry Cheney.Joe Schultz page at Baseball Reference September 8, 1915: Phil Douglas was purchased from the Robins by the Chicago Cubs. Roster 1915 Brooklyn Robins Roster Pitchers Raleigh Aitchison Ed Appleton Elmer Brown Leon Cadore Larry Cheney Jack Coombs Wheezer Dell Phil Douglas Duster Mails Rube Marquard Jeff Pfeffer Pat Ragan Nap Rucker Charlie Schmutz Sherry Smith Catchers Lew McCarty Otto Miller Mack Wheat Infielders George Cutshaw Jake Daubert Dick Egan Gus Getz John Karst Ollie O'Mara Ivy Olson Joe Schultz Outfielders John Hummel Hy Myers Al Nixon Red Smyth Casey Stengel Zack Wheat Bill Zimmerman 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 84 276 66 .239 0 19 1B Jake Daubert 150 544 164 .301 2 47 2B George Cutshaw 154 566 139 .246 0 62 3B Gus Getz 130 477 123 .258 2 46 SS Ollie O'Mara 149 577 141 .244 0 31 OF Hy Myers 153 605 150 .248 2 46 OF Zack Wheat 146 528 136 .258 5 66 OF Casey Stengel 132 459 109 .237 3 50 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 Otto Miller 84 254 57 .224 0 25 Joe Schultz Joe Schultz (outfielder) 56 120 35 .292 0 4 John Hummel 53 100 23 .230 0 8 Bill Zimmerman baseball 22 57 16 .281 0 7 Al Nixon 14 26 6 .231 0 2 Ivy Olson 18 26 2 .077 0 3 Red Smyth 19 22 3 .136 0 3 Mack Wheat 14 14 1 .071 0 0 Dick Egan Dick Egan (infielder) 3 3 0 .000 0 0 John Karst 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 40 291.2 19 14 2.10 84 Jack Coombs 29 195.2 15 10 2.58 56 Sherry Smith 29 173.2 14 8 2.59 52 Nap Rucker 19 122.2 9 4 2.42 38 Larry Cheney 5 27.0 0 2 1.67 11 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 Wheezer Dell 40 215.0 11 10 2.34 94 Ed Appleton 34 138.1 4 10 3.32 50 Phil Douglas Phil Douglas (baseball) 20 116.2 5 5 2.62 63 Raleigh Aitchison 7 32.2 0 4 4.96 14 Rube Marquard 6 24.2 2 2 6.20 13 Leon Cadore 7 21.0 0 2 5.57 12 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 Pat Ragan 5 1 0 0 0.92 7 Duster Mails 2 0 1 0 3.60 3 Charlie Schmutz 1 0 0 0 6.75 1 Elmer Brown Elmer Brown (pitcher) 1 0 0 0 9.00 1 Notes 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page External links 1915 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