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1916 World Series (4-1): Boston Red Sox (91-63) over Brooklyn Robins (94-60)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1916 at Braves Fld (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Robins              0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  4     5 10  4
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  1    0  1  0    3  1  x     6  8  1

    PITCHERS: BRO - Marquard, Pfeffer (8)
              BOS - Shore, Mays (9)

               WP - Ernie Shore
	       LP - Rube Marquard
             SAVE - Carl Mays

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 36,117

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1916 at Braves Fld (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12   13 14     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Robins              1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0     1  6  2
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1     2  7  1

    PITCHERS: BRO - Smith
              BOS - Ruth

               WP - Babe Ruth
	       LP - Sherry Smith
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - Myers
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 47,373

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1916 at Ebbets Fld (Brooklyn Robins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  2    1  0  0     3  7  1
    Brooklyn Robins              0  0  1    1  2  0    0  0  x     4 10  0

    PITCHERS: BOS - Mays, Foster (6)
              BRO - Coombs, Pfeffer (7)

               WP - Jack Coombs
	       LP - Carl Mays
             SAVE - Jeff Pfeffer

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Gardner
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 21,087

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1916 at Ebbets Fld (Brooklyn Robins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  3  0    1  1  0    1  0  0     6 10  1
    Brooklyn Robins              2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  5  4

    PITCHERS: BOS - Leonard
              BRO - Marquard, Cheney (5), Rucker (8)

               WP - Dutch Leonard
	       LP - Rube Marquard
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Gardner
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 21,662

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1916 at Braves Fld (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Robins              0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  3  3
    Boston Red Sox               0  1  2    0  1  0    0  0  x     4  7  2

    PITCHERS: BRO - Pfeffer, Dell (8)
              BOS - Shore

               WP - Ernie Shore
	       LP - Jeff Pfeffer
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 43,620

Series Batting Stats

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Boston Red Sox

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Hick Cady           2   4  1  1  0  0  0   0  3  0  .250  .571  .250  0 | 162  31  0  .191  .529   0
 Bill Carrigan       1   3  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  .667  .667  .667  0 |  63  17  0  .270  .711   2
 Rube Foster         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  62  11  0  .177  .441   0
 Del Gainer          1   1  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 | 142  36  3  .254  .662   5
*Larry Gardner       5  17  2  3  0  0  2   6  0  2  .176  .167  .529  0 | 493 152  2  .308  .759  12
*Olaf Henriksen      1   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0       1.000        0 |  99  20  0  .202  .594   2
*Dick Hoblitzel      5  17  3  4  1  1  0   2  6  0  .235  .435  .412  0 | 417 108  0  .259  .643  10
*Harry Hooper        5  21  6  7  1  1  0   1  3  1  .333  .417  .476  1 | 575 156  1  .271  .711  27
 Hal Janvrin         5  23  2  5  3  0  0   1  0  6  .217  .217  .348  0 | 310  69  0  .223  .583   6
*Dutch Leonard       1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  3  .000  .250  .000  0 |  85  17  0  .200  .488   0
 Duffy Lewis         5  17  3  6  2  1  0   1  2  1  .353  .421  .588  0 | 563 151  1  .268  .656  16
*Carl Mays           2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  77  18  0  .234  .665   0
 Mike McNally        1   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 135  23  0  .170  .398   9
*Babe Ruth           1   5  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 136  37  3  .272  .741   0
 Everett Scott       5  16  1  2  0  1  0   1  1  1  .125  .167  .250  0 | 366  85  0  .232  .578   8
 Ernie Shore         2   7  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  77   7  0  .091  .242   0
*Chick Shorten       2   7  0  4  0  0  0   2  0  1  .571  .571  .571  0 | 112  33  0  .295  .682   1
*Pinch Thomas        2   7  0  1  0  1  0   0  0  1  .143  .143  .429  0 | 216  57  1  .264  .697   4
 Tilly Walker        3  11  1  3  0  1  0   1  1  2  .273  .333  .455  0 | 467 124  3  .266  .697  14
*Jimmy Walsh         1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+407  94  1  .231  .632  30
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 164 21 39  7  6  2  18 18 25  .238  .310  .390  1 |         14  .248  .630 129

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Brooklyn Robins

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Larry Cheney        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  79   9  0  .114  .306   2
#Jack Coombs         1   3  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0 |  61  11  0  .180  .419   0
 George Cutshaw      5  19  2  2  1  0  0   2  1  1  .105  .190  .158  0 | 581 151  2  .260  .612  27
*Jake Daubert        4  17  1  3  0  1  0   0  2  3  .176  .263  .294  0 | 478 151  3  .316  .768  21
 Wheezer Dell        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  44   4  0  .091  .240   0
 Gus Getz            1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  96  21  0  .219  .490   9
 Jimmy Johnston      3  10  1  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  .300  .364  .500  0 | 425 107  1  .252  .640  22
#Rube Marquard       2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  63   9  0  .143  .369   1
 Fred Merkle         3   4  0  1  0  0  0   1  2  0  .250  .500  .250  0 |+470 111  7  .236  .644  19
 Chief Meyers        3  10  0  2  0  1  0   0  1  0  .200  .273  .400  0 | 239  59  0  .247  .650   2
 Otto Miller         2   8  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .125  .125  .125  0 | 216  55  1  .255  .610   6
 Mike Mowrey         5  17  2  3  0  0  0   1  3  2  .176  .300  .176  0 | 495 121  0  .244  .633  16
 Hy Myers            5  22  2  4  0  0  1   3  0  3  .182  .217  .318  0 | 412 108  3  .262  .689  17
 Ollie O'Mara        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 193  39  0  .202  .498  10
 Ivy Olson           5  16  1  4  0  1  0   2  2  2  .250  .333  .375  0 | 351  89  1  .254  .620  14
 Jeff Pfeffer        4   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .250  .250  .250  0 | 122  34  0  .279  .630   2
 Nap Rucker          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  11   1  0  .091  .182   0
 Sherry Smith        1   5  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .200  .200  .400  0 |  77  21  0  .273  .655   1
*Casey Stengel       4  11  2  4  0  0  0   0  0  1  .364  .364  .364  0 | 462 129  8  .279  .753  11
*Zack Wheat          5  19  2  4  0  1  0   1  2  2  .211  .286  .316  1 | 568 177  9  .312  .827  19
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 170 13 34  2  5  1  11 14 19  .200  .269  .288  1 |         28  .261  .653 187

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Boston Red Sox

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Ernie Shore         2   1.53 2-0  0  1 17.7 12  3  4  9 | 16-10 226  2.63  1.20  62  1
*Babe Ruth           1   0.64 1-0  0  1 14.0  6  1  3  4 | 23-12 324  1.75  1.08 170  1
*Dutch Leonard       1   1.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  5  1  4  3 | 18-12 274  2.36  1.13 144  6
 Carl Mays           2   6.75 0-1  1  0  5.3  8  4  3  2 | 18-13 245  2.39  1.15  76  3
 Rube Foster         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  3  0  0  1 | 14-7  182  3.06  1.42  53  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.65 4-1  1  3 49.0 34  9 14 19 |            2.48 1.190   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Brooklyn Robins

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Sherry Smith        1   1.35 0-1  0  1 13.3  7  2  6  2 | 14-10 219  2.34  1.09  67  1
*Rube Marquard       2   5.73 0-2  0  0 11.0 12  7  6  9 | 13-6  205  1.58  1.01 107  5
 Jeff Pfeffer        3   1.69 0-1  1  0 10.7  7  2  4  5 | 25-11 329  1.92  1.03 128  1
 Jack Coombs         1   4.26 1-0  0  0  6.3  7  3  1  1 | 13-8  159  2.66  1.13  47   
 Larry Cheney        1   3.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  4  1  1  5 | 18-12 253  1.92  1.12 166   
*Nap Rucker          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  1  0  0  3 |  2-1   37  1.69  1.10  14   
 Wheezer Dell        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  0  0  0 |  8-9  155  2.26  1.20  76  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.85 1-4  1  1 47.3 39 15 18 25 |            2.12 1.100   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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