1931 Brooklyn Robins season explained

Brooklyn Robins
Season:	1931
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Ebbets Field
City:	Brooklyn, New York
Owners:	Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
President:	Frank York
Managers:	Wilbert Robinson
Next Season:	1932 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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.

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		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	112	360	38	97	.269	0	40	1
1B	152	587	90	170	.290	12	87	4
2B	118	413	46	113	.274	0	45	2
3B	145	552	60	147	.266	0	46	3
SS	85	272	27	65	.239	1	29	2
LF	134	512	85	172	.336	7	75	5
CF	146	611	81	165	.270	17	71	2
RF	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

G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
77	268	36	76	.284	9	32	1
73	182	20	54	.297	4	23	1
74	181	26	48	.265	1	21	5
67	153	22	43	.281	0	26	0
24	45	5	12	.267	1	4	1
22	31	3	7	.226	0	1	1
19	31	10	5	.161	0	0	0
6	17	3	5	.294	0	2	0
3	9	0	2	.222	0	0	0
6	5	0	1	.200	0	0	0
9	4	2	2	.500	0	0	0
1	3	1	2	.667	0	0	0
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

G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
34	28	16	233.1	14	10	3.20	52	96
30	29	12	218.2	11	13	3.38	53	150
28	26	3	149.1	7	9	5.00	44	50
24	17	11	143.0	9	9	3.97	39	23
25	19	6	128.2	11	8	4.83	32	50
19	15	5	102.2	7	6	4.56	27	25
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

G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
31	10	7	135.1	9	7	3.46	23	43
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

G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
39	64.1	5	4	15	2.66	24	25
23	61.2	1	2	0	3.79	13	35
22	57.1	2	2	1	4.55	13	30
8	14.1	0	1	0	2.51	10	6
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)

References

External links

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dudlecl01.shtml Clise Dudley page at Baseball Reference
https://web.archive.org/web/20020402164029/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/news/2002/03/26/openingday_btn/ SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hendrha01.shtml Harvey Hendrick page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mossra01.shtml Ray Moss page at Baseball Reference