1931 Brooklyn Robins
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersStephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
PresidentFrank York
ManagersWilbert Robinson
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The 1931 Brooklyn Robins finished in fourth place, after which longtime manager Wilbert Robinson announced his retirement with 1,399 career victories.

Offseason

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Regular season

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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

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 101 53 .656 — 54‍–‍24 47‍–‍29
New York Giants 87 65 .572 13 50‍–‍27 37‍–‍38
Chicago Cubs 84 70 .545 17 50‍–‍27 34‍–‍43
Brooklyn Robins 79 73 .520 21 46‍–‍29 33‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates 75 79 .487 26 44‍–‍33 31‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies 66 88 .429 35 40‍–‍36 26‍–‍52
Boston Braves 64 90 .416 37 36‍–‍41 28‍–‍49
Cincinnati Reds 58 96 .377 43 38‍–‍39 20‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

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1931 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 11–11–1 8–14–1 8–14 6–16 11–11 11–11 9–13
Brooklyn 11–11–1 — 14–8 10–12 10–10 13–9 11–11 10–12
Chicago 14–8–1 8–14 — 14–8 12–10 14–8 14–8–1 8–14
Cincinnati 14–8 12–10 8–14 — 7–15 9–13 6–16 2–20
New York 16–6 10–10 10–12 15–7 — 14–8–1 12–10 10–12
Philadelphia 11–11 9–13 8–14 13–9 8–14–1 — 13–9 4–18
Pittsburgh 11–11 11–11 8–14–1 16–6 10–12 9–13 — 10–12
St. Louis 13–9 12–10 14–8 20–2 12–10 18–4 12–10 —


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1931 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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 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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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 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

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League top five finishers

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Babe Herman

Dazzy Vance

Notes

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  1. ^ Clise Dudley page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  3. ^ Harvey Hendrick page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Ray Moss page at Baseball Reference

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