1931 Brooklyn Robins season

March 2026 November 2013 Brooklyn Robins 1931 National League Ebbets Field Brooklyn, New York 79 73 y 4th Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company Frank York Wilbert Robinson 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.Clise Dudley page at Baseball Reference 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.SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM It would be Quinn's only start of the season, as he pitched the rest of the year in relief. Season standings Brooklyn Robins Record vs. opponents BRO Notable transactions May 7, 1931: Harvey Hendrick was traded by the Robins to the Cincinnati Reds for Mickey Heath.Harvey Hendrick page at Baseball Reference May 23, 1931: Ray Moss was purchased from the Robins by the Boston Braves.Ray Moss page at Baseball Reference Roster 1931 Brooklyn Robins Roster Pitchers Watty Clark Pea Ridge Day Phil Gallivan Fred Heimach Dolf Luque Earl Mattingly Cy Moore Ray Moss Van Mungo Ray Phelps Jack Quinn Joe Shaute Sloppy Thurston Dazzy Vance Catchers Ernie Lombardi Al López Val Picinich Infielders Del Bissonette Neal Finn Jake Flowers Wally Gilbert Bobby Reis Gordon Slade Fresco Thompson Jack Warner Glenn Wright Outfielders Rube Bressler Alta Cohen Johnny Frederick Babe Herman Lefty O'Doul Max Rosenfeld Denny Sothern Other batters Ike Boone Harvey Hendrick Manager Wilbert Robinson Coaches Jimmy Johnston Otto Miller Ivy Olson 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 Jack Warner (third baseman) 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 Jack Quinn (baseball) 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 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page External links 1931 Brooklyn Robins uniform Brooklyn Dodgers reference site https://web.archive.org/web/20091025002014/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html October 25, 2009 Acme Dodgers page https://web.archive.org/web/20070913213938/http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ September 13, 2007 Retrosheet Category:Brooklyn Dodgers seasons Brooklyn Robins season Brooklyn Category:1930s in Brooklyn Category:Flatbush, Brooklyn