1930 Brooklyn Robins season

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1930  Brooklyn Robins
League National League
Ballpark Ebbets Field
City Brooklyn, New York
Owners Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
President Frank York
Managers Wilbert Robinson
  1929
1931  

The 1930 Brooklyn Robins were in first place from mid-May through mid-August but faded down the stretch and finished the season in fourth place.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

This team featured one of the best offensive players in the game in Babe Herman and one of the best pitchers in Hall of Famer Dazzy Vance. Herman was arguably the second-best National League hitter in 1930, after Hack Wilson. He finished in the top three in batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage.

Vance was even more impressive. He led the NL in ERA by more than a full run, at 2.61. Considering that 1930 was a great year for hitters, statistically, this number is far better than it actually seems. Vance was also second in strikeouts and anchored a pitching staff that allowed the fewest runs in the league.

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9262.59753243938
Chicago Cubs 9064.584251263938
New York Giants 8767.565546314136
Brooklyn Robins 8668.558649283740
Pittsburgh Pirates 8074.5191242353839
Boston Braves 7084.4552239383146
Cincinnati Reds 5995.3833337402255
Philadelphia Phillies 52102.3384035421760

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 9–135–1713–911–1114–810–128–14
Brooklyn 13–98–1413–913–915–713–911–11
Chicago 17–514–811–1110–1216–6–211–1111–11
Cincinnati 9–139–1311–117–1512–108–143–19
New York 11–119–1312–1015–716–614–810–12
Philadelphia 8–147–156–16–210–126–169–136–16
Pittsburgh 12–109–1311–1114–88–1413–913–9
St. Louis 14–811–1111–1119–312–1016–69–13

Roster

1930 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C Al López 12842160130.3096573
1B Del Bissonette 146572102192.336161134
2B Neal Finn 872734276.2783303
3B Wally Gilbert 15062392183.2943677
SS Glenn Wright 13553283171.321221262
OF Babe Herman 153614143241.3933513018
OF Johnny Frederick 142616120206.33417761
OF Rube Bressler 10933553100.2993524

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

PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
Jake Flowers 892533781.3202505
Eddie Moore 761962455.2811201
Harvey Hendrick 681672943.2575282
Ike Boone 401011330.2973130
Hank DeBerry 35951128.2950140
Val Picinich 2346410.217031
Hal Lee 223756.162140
Gordon Slade 253788.216120
Jack Warner 212548.320001

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

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

PlayerGGSCGIPWLERABBSO
Dazzy Vance 353120258.217152.6155173
Dolf Luque 312416199.01484.305862
Ray Phelps 362411179.21474.115264

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

PlayerGGSCGIPWLERABBSO
Watty Clark 44249200.013134.183881
Jumbo Elliott 35216198.11073.957059
Ray Moss 36115118.1965.105530
Sloppy Thurston 24115106.0643.401726
Clise Dudley 217266.2246.352718
Jim Faulkner 2100.10081.0010

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERABBSO
Johnny Morrison 1634.21215.451611
Fred Heimach 97.10224.9131
Bobo Newsom 230000.0021
Cy Moore 10000----00

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Babe Herman

Dazzy Vance

Notes

  1. Doug McWeeny page at Baseball Reference

References