# 1923 Brooklyn Robins season

A poor season found the 1923 Brooklyn Robins in sixth place once more.

## Offseason

* January 2, 1923: Turner Barber was purchased by the Robins from the Chicago Cubs.
* February 11, 1923: Clarence Mitchell was traded by the Robins to the Philadelphia Phillies for George Smith.
* February 15, 1923: Hy Myers and Ray Schmandt were traded by the Robins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jack Fournier.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 95 | 58 | .621 | — | 47‍–‍30 | 48‍–‍28 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 63 | .591 | 4½ | 46‍–‍32 | 45‍–‍31 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 87 | 67 | .565 | 8½ | 47‍–‍30 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Chicago Cubs | 83 | 71 | .539 | 12½ | 46‍–‍31 | 37‍–‍40 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 79 | 74 | .516 | 16 | 42‍–‍35 | 37‍–‍39 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 76 | 78 | .494 | 19½ | 37‍–‍40 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Boston Braves | 54 | 100 | .351 | 41½ | 22‍–‍55 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 104 | .325 | 45½ | 20‍–‍55 | 30‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1923 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13–1 |
| Brooklyn | 14–8 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 10–12 |
| Chicago | 16–6 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 12–10 |
| Cincinnati | 15–7 | 14–8 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 19–3 | 8–14 | 10–12 |
| New York | 16–6 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — | 19–3 | 13–9 | 14–7 |
| Philadelphia | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 9–13 | 3–19 | 3–19 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 |
| Pittsburgh | 17–5 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 |
| St. Louis | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 7–14 | 15–7 | 10–12 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 17, 1923: Dutch Schliebner was traded by the Robins to the St. Louis Browns for Dutch Henry and cash.

## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position and other batters

Pitchers batting stats included.
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Zack Taylor | 96 | 337 | 97 | .288 | 0 | 46 |
| 1B | Jack Fournier | 133 | 515 | 181 | .351 | 22 | 102 |
| 2B | Jimmy Johnston | 151 | 625 | 203 | .325 | 4 | 60 |
| 3B | Andy High | 123 | 426 | 115 | .270 | 3 | 37 |
| SS | Moe Berg | 49 | 129 | 24 | .186 | 0 | 6 |
| OF | Bernie Neis | 126 | 445 | 122 | .274 | 5 | 37 |
| OF | Tommy Griffith | 131 | 481 | 141 | .293 | 8 | 66 |
| OF | Gene Bailey | 127 | 411 | 109 | .265 | 1 | 42 |
| OF | Zack Wheat | 98 | 349 | 131 | .375 | 8 | 65 |
| 2B | Ivy Olson | 82 | 292 | 76 | .260 | 1 | 35 |
| OF | Bert Griffith | 79 | 248 | 73 | .294 | 2 | 37 |
| C | Hank DeBerry | 78 | 235 | 67 | .285 | 1 | 48 |
| 3B | Bill McCarren | 69 | 216 | 53 | .245 | 3 | 27 |
| 1B | Dutch Schliebner | 19 | 76 | 19 | .250 | 0 | 4 |
| SS | Ray French | 43 | 73 | 16 | .219 | 0 | 7 |
| C | Charlie Hargreaves | 20 | 57 | 16 | .281 | 0 | 4 |
| OF | Turner Barber | 13 | 46 | 10 | .217 | 0 | 8 |
| 2B | Stuffy Stewart | 4 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 1 | 1 |
| 3B | Billy Mullen | 4 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 0 |
| C | Eddie Ainsmith | 2 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Bernie Hungling | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| P | Burleigh Grimes | 40 | 126 | 30 | .238 | 0 | 15 |
| P | Dutch Ruether | 49 | 117 | 32 | .274 | 0 | 10 |
| P | Dazzy Vance | 37 | 83 | 7 | .084 | 1 | 1 |
| P | Leo Dickerman | 35 | 52 | 13 | .250 | 2 | 9 |
| P | Dutch Henry | 17 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 1 |
| P | George Smith | 25 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 2 |
| P | Art Decatur | 36 | 21 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| P | Leon Cadore | 9 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
| P | Paul Schreiber | 9 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| P | Al Mamaux | 5 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| P | Harry Harper | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| P | Harry Shriver | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Burleigh Grimes | 39 | 327.0 | 21 | 18 | 3.58 | 119 |
| Dazzy Vance | 37 | 280.1 | 18 | 15 | 3.50 | 197 |
| Dutch Ruether | 34 | 275.0 | 15 | 14 | 4.22 | 87 |
| Harry Shriver | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
| Harry Harper | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 14.73 | 4 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Leo Dickerman | 35 | 159.2 | 8 | 12 | 3.72 | 58 |
| Dutch Henry | 17 | 94.1 | 4 | 6 | 3.91 | 28 |
| George Smith | 25 | 91.0 | 3 | 6 | 3.66 | 15 |
| Leon Cadore | 8 | 36.0 | 4 | 1 | 3.25 | 5 |
| Al Mamaux | 5 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 8.31 | 5 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Art Decatur | 36 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.58 | 25 |
| Paul Schreiber | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.20 | 4 |