1923 Brooklyn Robins season

1923  Brooklyn Robins
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
President	Charles Ebbets
Managers	Wilbert Robinson
←  1922 1924  →

A poor season found the 1923 Brooklyn Robins in sixth place once more.

Offseason

• January 2, 1923: Turner Barber was purchased by the Robins from the Chicago Cubs. ^[1]
• February 11, 1923: Clarence Mitchell was traded by the Robins to the Philadelphia Phillies for George Smith. ^[2]
• February 15, 1923: Hy Myers and Ray Schmandt were traded by the Robins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jack Fournier. ^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	95	58	0.621	—	47–30	48–28
Cincinnati Reds	91	63	0.591	4½	46–32	45–31
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	0.565	8½	47–30	40–37
Chicago Cubs	83	71	0.539	12½	46–31	37–40
St. Louis Cardinals	79	74	0.516	16	42–35	37–39
Brooklyn Robins	76	78	0.494	19½	37–40	39–38
Boston Braves	54	100	0.351	41½	22–55	32–45
Philadelphia Phillies	50	104	0.325	45½	20–55	30–49

Record vs. opponents

1923 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	8–14	6–16	7–15	6–16	13–9	5–17	9–13–1
Brooklyn	14–8	—	10–12	8–14	11–11	12–10–1	11–11	10–12
Chicago	16–6	12–10	—	9–13	10–12	13–9	11–11	12–10
Cincinnati	15–7	14–8	13–9	—	12–10	19–3	8–14	10–12
New York	16–6	11–11	12–10	10–12	—	19–3	13–9	14–7
Philadelphia	9–13	10–12–1	9–13	3–19	3–19	—	9–13	7–15
Pittsburgh	17–5	11–11	11–11	14–8	9–13	13–9	—	12–10
St. Louis	13–9–1	12–10	10–12	12–10	7–14	15–7	10–12	—

Roster

1923 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Leon Cadore Art Decatur Leo Dickerman Burleigh Grimes Harry Harper Dutch Henry Al Mamaux Dutch Ruether Paul Schreiber Harry Shriver George Smith Dazzy Vance		Catchers Eddie Ainsmith Hank DeBerry Charlie Hargreaves Bernie Hungling Zack Taylor Infielders Moe Berg Jack Fournier Ray French Andy High Jimmy Johnston Bill McCarren Billy Mullen Ivy Olson Dutch Schliebner Stuffy Stewart		Outfielders Gene Bailey Turner Barber Bert Griffith Tommy Griffith Bernie Neis Zack Wheat		Manager Wilbert Robinson

Notable transactions

• May 17, 1923: Dutch Schliebner was traded by the Robins to the St. Louis Browns for Dutch Henry and cash. ^[4]

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position and other batters

Pitchers batting stats included.

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	Zack Taylor	96	337	97	.288	0	46
1B	Jack Fournier	133	515	181	.351	22	102
2B	Jimmy Johnston	151	625	203	.325	4	60
3B	Andy High	123	426	115	.270	3	37
SS	Moe Berg	49	129	24	.186	0	6
OF	Bernie Neis	126	445	122	.274	5	37
OF	Tommy Griffith	131	481	141	.293	8	66
OF	Gene Bailey	127	411	109	.265	1	42
OF	Zack Wheat	98	349	131	.375	8	65
2B	Ivy Olson	82	292	76	.260	1	35
OF	Bert Griffith	79	248	73	.294	2	37
C	Hank DeBerry	78	235	67	.285	1	48
3B	Bill McCarren	69	216	53	.245	3	27
1B	Dutch Schliebner	19	76	19	.250	0	4
SS	Ray French	43	73	16	.219	0	7
C	Charlie Hargreaves	20	57	16	.281	0	4
OF	Turner Barber	13	46	10	.217	0	8
2B	Stuffy Stewart	4	11	4	.364	1	1
3B	Billy Mullen	4	11	3	.273	0	0
C	Eddie Ainsmith	2	10	2	.200	0	2
C	Bernie Hungling	2	4	0	.000	0	0
P	Burleigh Grimes	40	126	30	.238	0	15
P	Dutch Ruether	49	117	32	.274	0	10
P	Dazzy Vance	37	83	7	.084	1	1
P	Leo Dickerman	35	52	13	.250	2	9
P	Dutch Henry	17	35	8	.229	0	1
P	George Smith	25	26	5	.192	0	2
P	Art Decatur	36	21	0	.000	0	0
P	Leon Cadore	9	13	1	.077	0	1
P	Paul Schreiber	9	2	0	.000	0	1
P	Al Mamaux	5	2	1	.500	0	0
P	Harry Harper	1	1	0	.000	0	0
P	Harry Shriver	1	1	0	.000	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
Burleigh Grimes	39	327.0	21	18	3.58	119
Dazzy Vance	37	280.1	18	15	3.50	197
Dutch Ruether	34	275.0	15	14	4.22	87
Harry Shriver	1	4.0	0	0	6.75	1
Harry Harper	1	3.2	0	1	14.73	4

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
Leo Dickerman	35	159.2	8	12	3.72	58
Dutch Henry	17	94.1	4	6	3.91	28
George Smith	25	91.0	3	6	3.66	15
Leon Cadore	8	36.0	4	1	3.25	5
Al Mamaux	5	13.0	0	2	8.31	5

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
Art Decatur	36	3	3	3	2.58	25
Paul Schreiber	9	0	0	1	4.20	4

References

1. Turner Barber page at Baseball Reference
2. Clarence Mitchell page at Baseball Reference
3. Hy Myers page at Baseball Reference
4. Dutch Schliebner page at Baseball Reference

External links

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• 1923 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet