1931 Brooklyn Robins 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.

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. It would be Quinn's only start of the season, as he pitched the rest of the year in relief.

Notable transactions

May 7, 1931: Harvey Hendrick was traded by the Robins to the Cincinnati Reds for Mickey Heath.
May 23, 1931: Ray Moss was purchased from the Robins by the Boston Braves.

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		112	360	38	97	.269	0	40	1
1B		152	587	90	170	.290	12	87	4
2B		118	413	46	113	.274	0	45	2
3B		145	552	60	147	.266	0	46	3
SS		85	272	27	65	.239	1	29	2
LF		134	512	85	172	.336	7	75	5
CF		146	611	81	165	.270	17	71	2
RF		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
	77	268	36	76	.284	9	32	1
	73	182	20	54	.297	4	23	1
	74	181	26	48	.265	1	21	5
	67	153	22	43	.281	0	26	0
	24	45	5	12	.267	1	4	1
	22	31	3	7	.226	0	1	1
	19	31	10	5	.161	0	0	0
	6	17	3	5	.294	0	2	0
	3	9	0	2	.222	0	0	0
	6	5	0	1	.200	0	0	0
	9	4	2	2	.500	0	0	0
	1	3	1	2	.667	0	0	0
	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
	34	28	16	233.1	14	10	3.20	52	96
	30	29	12	218.2	11	13	3.38	53	150
	28	26	3	149.1	7	9	5.00	44	50
	24	17	11	143.0	9	9	3.97	39	23
	25	19	6	128.2	11	8	4.83	32	50
	19	15	5	102.2	7	6	4.56	27	25
	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
	31	10	7	135.1	9	7	3.46	23	43
	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
	39	64.1	5	4	15	2.66	24	25
	23	61.2	1	2	0	3.79	13	35
	22	57.1	2	2	1	4.55	13	30
	8	14.1	0	1	0	2.51	10	6
	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

Dazzy Vance

#3 in NL in strikeouts