1931 Brooklyn Robins season

1931 Brooklyn Robins
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Owner(s) Stephen McKeever
Manager(s) Wilbert Robinson
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The 1931 Brooklyn Robins finished in 4th place, after which longtime manager Wilbert Robinson announced his retirement with 1,375 career victories.

Offseason

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

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10153 0.656 — 54–24 47–29
New York Giants 8765 0.572 13 50–27 37–38
Chicago Cubs 8470 0.545 17 50–27 34–43
Brooklyn Robins 7973 0.520 21 46–29 33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 7579 0.487 26 44–33 31–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6688 0.429 35 40–36 26–52
Boston Braves 6490 0.416 37 36–41 28–49
Cincinnati Reds 5896 0.377 43 38–39 20–57

Record vs. opponents

1931 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —11–11–18–14–18–146–1611–1111–119–13
Brooklyn 11–11–1—14–810–1210–1013–911–1110–12
Chicago 14–8–18–14—14–812–1014–814–8–18–14
Cincinnati 14–812–108–14—7–159–136–162–20
New York 16–610–1010–1215–7—14–8–112–1010–12
Philadelphia 11–119–138–1413–98–14–1—13–94–18
Pittsburgh 11–1111–118–14–116–610–129–13—10–12
St. Louis 13–912–1014–820–212–1018–412–10—

Notable transactions

Roster

1931 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

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
CAl Lopez1123603897.2690401
1BDel Bissonette15258790170.29012874
2BNeal Finn11841346113.2740452
3BWally Gilbert14555260147.2660463
SSGordon Slade
LFLefty O'Doul13451285172.3367755
CFJohnny Frederick
RFBabe Herman15161093191.313189717

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
Ernie Lombardi
Fresco Thompson741812648.2651215
Rube Bressler
Val Picinich
Jake Flowers
Denny Sothern
Bobby Reis
Max Rosenfeld
Ike Boone
Jack Warner
Alta Cohen
Harvey Hendrick

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Watty Clark342816233.114103.205296
Dazzy Vance
Ray Phelps
Joe Shaute
Sloppy Thurston
Dolf Luque
Van Mungo

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Fred Heimach
Ray Moss
Phil Gallivan61015.1015.2871

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 Quinn3964.154152.662425
Cy Moore
Pea Ridge Day2257.12214.551330
Earl Mattingly
Ray Moss

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

References

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