The 1931 Brooklyn Robins finished in 4th place, after which longtime manager

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announced his retirement with 1,399 career victories.

Offseason

* October 14, 1930: Clise Dudley, Jumbo Elliott,

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and cash were traded by the Robins to the

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for

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and

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Regular season

Jack Quinn became the oldest person in baseball history to pitch on

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. 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

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Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* May 7, 1931:

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was traded by the Robins to the

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for Mickey Heath. * May 23, 1931:

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was purchased from the Robins by the

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.Ray Moss page at Baseball Reference
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Roster

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''

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''

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''

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''

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''

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

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* #2 in NL in stolen bases (17) Dazzy Vance * #3 in NL in strikeouts (150)

Notes

References

Baseball-Reference season pageBaseball Almanac season page

External links

1931 Brooklyn Robins uniformAcme Dodgers page

Retrosheet
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1930s in Brooklyn Flatbush, Brooklyn