1931 Brooklyn Robins season

1931 Brooklyn Robins
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Ebbets Field (since 1913)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
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

• 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.

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. 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	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	101	53	--	.656
New York Giants	87	65	13	.572
Chicago Cubs	84	70	17	.545
Brooklyn Robins	79	73	21	.520
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	79	26	.487
Philadelphia Phillies	66	88	35	.429
Boston Braves	64	90	37	.416
Cincinnati Reds	58	96	43	.377

Record vs. opponents

1931 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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.
• May 23, 1931: Ray Moss was purchased from the Robins by the Boston Braves.

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 Lopez	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
LF	Lefty O'Doul	134	512	85	172	.336	7	75	5
CF	Johnny Frederick
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
Ernie Lombardi
Fresco Thompson	74	181	26	48	.265	1	21	5
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 Clark	34	28	16	233.1	14	10	3.20	52	96
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 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
Pea Ridge Day	22	57.1	2	2	1	4.55	13	30
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)

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1931 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet