1931 Major League Baseball season

1931 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration April 14 – October 10, 1931
Regular season
Season champions AL: Philadelphia Athletics
NL: St. Louis Cardinals
Season MVP AL: Lefty Grove (PHA)
NL: Frankie Frisch (STL)
World Series
Champions St. Louis Cardinals
  Runners-up Philadelphia Athletics

The 1931 Major League Baseball season.

MLB statistical leaders

 American LeagueNational League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVGAl Simmons PHA.390Chick Hafey STL.349
HRLou Gehrig NYY
Babe Ruth NYY		46Chuck Klein PHI31
RBILou Gehrig NYY184Chuck Klein PHI121
WinsLefty Grove PHA31Jumbo Elliott PHI
Bill Hallahan STL
Heinie Meine PIT		19
ERALefty Grove PHA2.06Bill Walker NYG2.26
SOLefty Grove PHA175Bill Hallahan STL159
SVWilcy Moore BOS10Jack Quinn BRO15
SBBen Chapman NYY61Frankie Frisch STL28

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League
ClubWinsLossesWin %  GB
Philadelphia Athletics 107 45 .704 --
New York Yankees 94 59 .614 13.5
Washington Senators 92 62 .597 16
Cleveland Indians 78 76 .506 30
St. Louis Browns 63 91 .409 45
Boston Red Sox 62 90 .408 45
Detroit Tigers 61 93 .396 47
Chicago White Sox 56 97 .366 51.5

National League final standings

National League
ClubWinsLossesWin %  GB
St. Louis Cardinals 101 53 .656 --
New York Giants 87 65 .572 13
Chicago Cubs 84 70 .545 17
Brooklyn Robins 79 73 .520 21
Pittsburgh Pirates 75 79 .487 26
Philadelphia Phillies 66 88 .429 35
Boston Braves 64 90 .416 37
Cincinnati Reds 58 96 .377 43

Managers

American League

Team Manager Comments
Boston Red Sox Shano Collins
Chicago White Sox Donie Bush
Cleveland Indians Roger Peckinpaugh
Detroit Tigers Bucky Harris
New York Yankees Joe McCarthy
Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns Bill Killefer
Washington Senators Walter Johnson

National League

Team Manager Comments
Boston Braves Bill McKechnie
Brooklyn Robins Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Joe McCarthy and Rogers Hornsby
Cincinnati Reds Dan Howley
New York Giants John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Burt Shotton
Pittsburgh Pirates Jewel Ens
St. Louis Cardinals Gabby Street

Events

  • July 12 – the Chicago Cubs–St Louis doubleheader has 33 doubles. Due to the large crowd spilling onto the field, any ball hit into them is a ground-rule double.[1]
  • August 29 – Facing Cincinnati Reds pitcher Si Johnson in his first at bat in the major leagues, Chicago Cubs player Billy Herman hits Johnson's pitch, which ricochets off the back of home plate and hits Herman in the head, knocking him out.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "THT Live". hardballtimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  2. ↑ Mackin, Bob (2004). The Unofficial Guide to Baseball's Most Unusual Records. Canada: Greystone Books. p. 240. ISBN 9781553650386.


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