# 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.

## Offseason

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

## 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

vteNational 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 |

### Record vs. opponents

1930 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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
* #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)