1930 Brooklyn Robins season

March 2026 November 2013 Brooklyn Robins 1930 National League Ebbets Field Brooklyn, New York 86 68 y 4th Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company Frank York Wilbert Robinson The 1930 Brooklyn Robins were in first place from mid-May through mid-August but faded down the stretch and finished the season in fourth place. Offseason February 5, 1930: Doug McWeeny was traded by the Robins to the Cincinnati Reds for Dolf Luque.Doug McWeeny page at Baseball Reference Regular season This team featured one of the best offensive players in the game in Babe Herman and one of the best pitchers in Hall of Famer Dazzy Vance. Herman was arguably the second-best National League hitter in 1930, after Hack Wilson. He finished in the top three in batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage. Vance was even more impressive. He led the NL in ERA by more than a full run, at 2.61. Considering that 1930 was a great year for hitters, statistically, this number is far better than it actually seems. Vance was also second in strikeouts and anchored a pitching staff that allowed the fewest runs in the league. Season standings Brooklyn Robins Record vs. opponents BRO Roster 1930 Brooklyn Robins Roster Pitchers Watty Clark Clise Dudley Jumbo Elliott Jim Faulkner Fred Heimach Dolf Luque Cy Moore Johnny Morrison Ray Moss Bobo Newsom Ray Phelps Sloppy Thurston Dazzy Vance Catchers Hank DeBerry Al López Val Picinich Infielders Del Bissonette Neal Finn Jake Flowers Wally Gilbert Eddie Moore Gordon Slade Jack Warner Glenn Wright Outfielders Ike Boone Rube Bressler Johnny Frederick Harvey Hendrick Babe Herman Hal Lee Manager Wilbert Robinson Coaches Otto Miller Ivy Olson Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 128 421 60 130 .309 6 57 3 1B Del Bissonette 146 572 102 192 .336 16 113 4 2B Neal Finn 87 273 42 76 .278 3 30 3 3B Wally Gilbert 150 623 92 183 .294 3 67 7 SS Glenn Wright 135 532 83 171 .321 22 126 2 OF Babe Herman 153 614 143 241 .393 35 130 18 OF Johnny Frederick 142 616 120 206 .334 17 76 1 OF Rube Bressler 109 335 53 100 .299 3 52 4 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 Jake Flowers 89 253 37 81 .320 2 50 5 Eddie Moore Eddie Moore (baseball) 76 196 24 55 .281 1 20 1 Harvey Hendrick 68 167 29 43 .257 5 28 2 Ike Boone 40 101 13 30 .297 3 13 0 Hank DeBerry 35 95 11 28 .295 0 14 0 Val Picinich 23 46 4 10 .217 0 3 1 Hal Lee 22 37 5 6 .162 1 4 0 Gordon Slade 25 37 8 8 .216 1 2 0 Jack Warner Jack Warner (third baseman) 21 25 4 8 .320 0 0 1 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Dazzy Vance 35 31 20 258.2 17 15 2.61 55 173 Dolf Luque 31 24 16 199.0 14 8 4.30 58 62 Ray Phelps 36 24 11 179.2 14 7 4.11 52 64 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 Watty Clark 44 24 9 200.0 13 13 4.18 38 81 Jumbo Elliott Jumbo Elliott (baseball) 35 21 6 198.1 10 7 3.95 70 59 Ray Moss 36 11 5 118.1 9 6 5.10 55 30 Sloppy Thurston 24 11 5 106.0 6 4 3.40 17 26 Clise Dudley 21 7 2 66.2 2 4 6.35 27 18 Jim Faulkner 2 1 0 0.1 0 0 81.00 1 0 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 Johnny Morrison 16 34.2 1 2 1 5.45 16 11 Fred Heimach 9 7.1 0 2 2 4.91 3 1 Bobo Newsom 2 3 0 0 0 0.00 2 1 Cy Moore 1 0 0 0 0 ---- 0 0 Awards and honors League top five finishers Babe Herman #2 in NL in batting average (.393) #2 in NL in on-base percentage (.455) #3 in NL in slugging percentage (.678) #3 in NL in doubles (48) #4 in NL in RBI (130) Dazzy Vance Led NL in ERA (2.61) #3 in NL in strikeouts (173) Notes 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page External links 1930 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