Major League Baseball team season
1923 Brooklyn Robins | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever |
President | Charles Ebbets |
Managers | Wilbert Robinson |
← 19221924 → |
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
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 record Sources: | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Art Decatur | 36 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.58 | 25 |
Paul Schreiber | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.20 | 4 |
References
- Turner Barber page at Baseball Reference
- Clarence Mitchell page at Baseball Reference
- Hy Myers page at Baseball Reference
- Dutch Schliebner page at Baseball Reference
External links
- Baseball-Reference season page
- Baseball Almanac season page
- 1923 Brooklyn Robins uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet
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