1931 Brooklyn Robins
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersStephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
PresidentFrank York
ManagersWilbert Robinson

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


Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 11–11–18–14–18–146–1611–1111–119–13
Brooklyn 11–11–114–810–1210–1013–911–1110–12
Chicago 14–8–18–1414–812–1014–814–8–18–14
Cincinnati 14–812–108–147–159–136–162–20
New York 16–610–1010–1215–714–8–112–1010–12
Philadelphia 11–119–138–1413–98–14–113–94–18
Pittsburgh 11–1111–118–14–116–610–129–1310–12
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 López1123603897.2690401
1BDel Bissonette15258790170.29012874
2BNeal Finn11841346113.2740452
3BWally Gilbert14555260147.2660463
SSGordon Slade852722765.2391292
LFLefty O'Doul13451285172.3367755
CFJohnny Frederick14661181165.27017712
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 Wright772683676.2849321
Ernie Lombardi731822054.2974231
Fresco Thompson741812648.2651215
Rube Bressler671532243.2810260
Val Picinich2445512.267141
Jake Flowers223137.226011
Denny Sothern1931105.161000
Bobby Reis61735.294020
Max Rosenfeld3902.222000
Ike Boone6501.200000
Jack Warner9422.500000
Alta Cohen1312.667000
Harvey Hendrick1100.000000

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 Clark342816233.114103.205296
Dazzy Vance302912218.211133.3853150
Ray Phelps28263149.1795.004450
Sloppy Thurston241711143.0993.973923
Joe Shaute25196128.21184.833250
Dolf Luque19155102.2764.562725
Van Mungo54231.0312.321312

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 Heimach31107135.1973.462343
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 Moore2361.21203.791335
Pea Ridge Day2257.12214.551330
Earl Mattingly814.10102.51106
Ray Moss11.00000.0010

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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