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1930 Brooklyn Robins season

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.

1930 Brooklyn Robins
National League
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn, New York
86–68 (.558)
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.

February 5, 1930: Doug McWeeny was traded by the Robins to the Cincinnati Reds for Dolf Luque.

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.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	92	62	.597	—	53‍–‍24	39‍–‍38
Chicago Cubs	90	64	.584	2	51‍–‍26	39‍–‍38
New York Giants	87	67	.565	5	46‍–‍31	41‍–‍36
Brooklyn Robins	86	68	.558	6	49‍–‍28	37‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	.519	12	42‍–‍35	38‍–‍39
Boston Braves	70	84	.455	22	39‍–‍38	31‍–‍46
Cincinnati Reds	59	95	.383	33	37‍–‍40	22‍–‍55
Philadelphia Phillies	52	102	.338	40	35‍–‍42	17‍–‍60

.mw-parser-output .navbar-header{text-align:center;position:relative;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .navbar-header .navbar{position:absolute;right:0;top:0;margin:0 5px}1930 National League recordvteSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

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 |

Column 1	Column 2
	= Indicates team leader

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

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

Column 1	Column 2
	= Indicates league leader

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

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

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

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)
Baseball-Reference season page
Baseball Almanac season page
1930 Brooklyn Robins uniform
Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Retrosheet

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