1931_Brooklyn_Robins_season
1931 Brooklyn Robins season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1931 Brooklyn Robins finished in fourth place, after which longtime manager Wilbert Robinson announced his retirement with 1,399 career victories.
1931 Brooklyn Robins | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company |
President | Frank York |
Managers | Wilbert Robinson |
- October 14, 1930: Clise Dudley, Jumbo Elliott, Hal Lee and cash were traded by the Robins to the Philadelphia Phillies for Lefty O'Doul and Fresco Thompson.[1]
Jack Quinn became the oldest person in baseball history to pitch on Opening Day. He was 47 when he started for Brooklyn on Opening Day in 1931.[2] It would be Quinn's only start of the season, as he pitched the rest of the year in relief.
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 101 | 53 | 0.656 | — | 54–24 | 47–29 |
New York Giants | 87 | 65 | 0.572 | 13 | 50–27 | 37–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 17 | 50–27 | 34–43 |
Brooklyn Robins | 79 | 73 | 0.520 | 21 | 46–29 | 33–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 26 | 44–33 | 31–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 66 | 88 | 0.429 | 35 | 40–36 | 26–52 |
Boston Braves | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 37 | 36–41 | 28–49 |
Cincinnati Reds | 58 | 96 | 0.377 | 43 | 38–39 | 20–57 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11–1 | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9–13 | |||||
Brooklyn | 11–11–1 | — | 14–8 | 10–12 | 10–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 14–8–1 | 8–14 | — | 14–8 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 14–8–1 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 14–8 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 7–15 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 2–20 | |||||
New York | 16–6 | 10–10 | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 14–8–1 | 12–10 | 10–12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 8–14–1 | — | 13–9 | 4–18 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 11–11 | 11–11 | 8–14–1 | 16–6 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — | 10–12 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 20–2 | 12–10 | 18–4 | 12–10 | — |
Notable transactions
- May 7, 1931: Harvey Hendrick was traded by the Robins to the Cincinnati Reds for Mickey Heath.[3]
- May 23, 1931: Ray Moss was purchased from the Robins by the Boston Braves.[4]
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches |
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | Al López | 112 | 360 | 38 | 97 | .269 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
1B | Del Bissonette | 152 | 587 | 90 | 170 | .290 | 12 | 87 | 4 |
2B | Neal Finn | 118 | 413 | 46 | 113 | .274 | 0 | 45 | 2 |
3B | Wally Gilbert | 145 | 552 | 60 | 147 | .266 | 0 | 46 | 3 |
SS | Gordon Slade | 85 | 272 | 27 | 65 | .239 | 1 | 29 | 2 |
LF | Lefty O'Doul | 134 | 512 | 85 | 172 | .336 | 7 | 75 | 5 |
CF | Johnny Frederick | 146 | 611 | 81 | 165 | .270 | 17 | 71 | 2 |
RF | Babe Herman | 151 | 610 | 93 | 191 | .313 | 18 | 97 | 17 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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Glenn Wright | 77 | 268 | 36 | 76 | .284 | 9 | 32 | 1 |
Ernie Lombardi | 73 | 182 | 20 | 54 | .297 | 4 | 23 | 1 |
Fresco Thompson | 74 | 181 | 26 | 48 | .265 | 1 | 21 | 5 |
Rube Bressler | 67 | 153 | 22 | 43 | .281 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
Val Picinich | 24 | 45 | 5 | 12 | .267 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Jake Flowers | 22 | 31 | 3 | 7 | .226 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Denny Sothern | 19 | 31 | 10 | 5 | .161 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Reis | 6 | 17 | 3 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Max Rosenfeld | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ike Boone | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Warner | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alta Cohen | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harvey Hendrick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | CG | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
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Watty Clark | 34 | 28 | 16 | 233.1 | 14 | 10 | 3.20 | 52 | 96 |
Dazzy Vance | 30 | 29 | 12 | 218.2 | 11 | 13 | 3.38 | 53 | 150 |
Ray Phelps | 28 | 26 | 3 | 149.1 | 7 | 9 | 5.00 | 44 | 50 |
Sloppy Thurston | 24 | 17 | 11 | 143.0 | 9 | 9 | 3.97 | 39 | 23 |
Joe Shaute | 25 | 19 | 6 | 128.2 | 11 | 8 | 4.83 | 32 | 50 |
Dolf Luque | 19 | 15 | 5 | 102.2 | 7 | 6 | 4.56 | 27 | 25 |
Van Mungo | 5 | 4 | 2 | 31.0 | 3 | 1 | 2.32 | 13 | 12 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | CG | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
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Fred Heimach | 31 | 10 | 7 | 135.1 | 9 | 7 | 3.46 | 23 | 43 |
Phil Gallivan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.28 | 7 | 1 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | BB | SO |
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Jack Quinn | 39 | 64.1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 2.66 | 24 | 25 |
Cy Moore | 23 | 61.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.79 | 13 | 35 |
Pea Ridge Day | 22 | 57.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4.55 | 13 | 30 |
Earl Mattingly | 8 | 14.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.51 | 10 | 6 |
Ray Moss | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 |
League top five finishers
- #2 in NL in stolen bases (17)
- #3 in NL in strikeouts (150)
- 1931 Brooklyn Robins uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet