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The 1920 Brooklyn Robins, also known as the Dodgers, won 16 of their final 18 games to pull away from a tight pennant race and earn a trip to their second World Series against the Cleveland Indians. They lost the series in seven games.The team featured four Hall of Famers : manager Wilbert Robinson , pitchers Burleigh Grimes and Rube Marquard ...
Brooklyn Robins (1914 ... The Ghosts of Flatbush, is a documentary covering the Dodgers history from early days to the beginning of the Los Angeles era. In the film ...
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 [ edit ]
The 1920 World Series was the championship series for Major League Baseball's 1920 season.The series was a best-of-nine format played between the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians and the National League (NL) champion Brooklyn Robins, with the Indians defeating the Robins five games to two.
Both Leon Cadore of Brooklyn and Joe Oeschger of Boston pitched complete games, and with 26 innings pitched, jointly hold the record for the longest pitching appearance in MLB history. Their record is considered unbreakable , as modern pitchers rarely pitch even nine innings, and newer baseball rules have made long extra-innings games a rarity.
The 1931 Brooklyn Robins finished in fourth place, ... Jack Quinn became the oldest person in baseball history to pitch on Opening Day.
The 1916 Brooklyn Robins won their first National League pennant in 16 years and advanced to the first World Series in franchise history, ...
April 14, 1919: Ed Konetchy was purchased by the Robins from the Boston Braves. [2] April 18, 1919: Lee Magee was purchased by the Robins from the Cincinnati Reds. [3] June 2, 1919: Lee Magee was traded by the Robins to the Chicago Cubs for Pete Kilduff. [3]