1931 Brooklyn Robins season

1931 Brooklyn Robins
1931 Brooklyn Robins
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
President	Frank York
Managers	Wilbert Robinson
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Last updated September 08, 2024

The 1931 Brooklyn Robins finished in fourth place, after which longtime manager Wilbert Robinson announced his retirement with 1,399 career victories.

Offseason

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]

Regular season

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

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	101	53	.656	—	54‍–‍24	47‍–‍29
New York Giants	87	65	.572	13	50‍–‍27	37‍–‍38
Chicago Cubs	84	70	.545	17	50‍–‍27	34‍–‍43
Brooklyn Robins	79	73	.520	21	46‍–‍29	33‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	79	.487	26	44‍–‍33	31‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies	66	88	.429	35	40‍–‍36	26‍–‍52
Boston Braves	64	90	.416	37	36‍–‍41	28‍–‍49
Cincinnati Reds	58	96	.377	43	38‍–‍39	20‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

1931 National League record v t e Sources:
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

1931 Brooklyn Robins

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Wilbert Robinson

Coaches

Player stats

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
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
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
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
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
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

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Babe Herman

#2 in NL in stolen bases (17)

Dazzy Vance

#3 in NL in strikeouts (150)

Notes

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References

External links

1931 Brooklyn Robins uniform
Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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[1] Clise Dudley page at Baseball Reference

[2] SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM

[3] Harvey Hendrick page at Baseball Reference

[4] Ray Moss page at Baseball Reference

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