1930 Brooklyn Robins
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersStephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
PresidentFrank York
ManagersWilbert Robinson
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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

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

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 92 62 0.597 — 53–24 39–38
Chicago Cubs 90 64 0.584 2 51–26 39–38
New York Giants 87 67 0.565 5 46–31 41–36
Brooklyn Robins 86 68 0.558 6 49–28 37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 74 0.519 12 42–35 38–39
Boston Braves 70 84 0.455 22 39–38 31–46
Cincinnati Reds 59 95 0.383 33 37–40 22–55
Philadelphia Phillies 52 102 0.338 40 35–42 17–60

Record vs. opponents

1930 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 9–13 5–17 13–9 11–11 14–8 10–12 8–14
Brooklyn 13–9 — 8–14 13–9 13–9 15–7 13–9 11–11
Chicago 17–5 14–8 — 11–11 10–12 16–6–2 11–11 11–11
Cincinnati 9–13 9–13 11–11 — 7–15 12–10 8–14 3–19
New York 11–11 9–13 12–10 15–7 — 16–6 14–8 10–12
Philadelphia 8–14 7–15 6–16–2 10–12 6–16 — 9–13 6–16
Pittsburgh 12–10 9–13 11–11 14–8 8–14 13–9 — 13–9
St. Louis 14–8 11–11 11–11 19–3 12–10 16–6 9–13 —


Roster

1930 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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
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 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 21 25 4 8 .320 0 0 1

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
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 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

Dazzy Vance

Notes

  1. ^ Doug McWeeny page at Baseball Reference

References

External links


1930 MLB season by team
Los Angeles Dodgers
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