1931 Cleveland Indians season

The 1931 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record 78–76, 30 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

1931 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Alva Bradley
General manager(s)Billy Evans
Manager(s)Roger Peckinpaugh
Local radioWTAM
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 10745 0.704 — 60–15 47–30
New York Yankees 9459 0.614 13½ 51–25 43–34
Washington Senators 9262 0.597 16 55–22 37–40
Cleveland Indians 7876 0.506 30 45–31 33–45
St. Louis Browns 6391 0.409 45 39–38 24–53
Boston Red Sox 6290 0.408 45 39–40 23–50
Detroit Tigers 6193 0.396 47 36–41 25–52
Chicago White Sox 5697 0.366 51½ 31–45 25–52

Record vs. opponents
1931 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —12–10–113–912–106–164–168–147–15
Chicago 10–12–1—7–15–111–116–153–1912–107–15
Cleveland 9–1315–7–1—13–913–94–1816–68–14
Detroit 10–1211–119–13—8–144–1811–118–14
New York 16–615–69–1314–8—11–1116–613–9–1
Philadelphia 16–419–318–418–411–11—14–811–11–1
St. Louis 14–810–126–1611–116–168–14—8–14
Washington 15–715–714–814–89–13–111–11–114–8—

Roster
1931 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CLuke Sewell108375103.275153
1B Ed Morgan 131 462 162 .351 11 86
2B Johnny Hodapp 122 468 138 .295 2 56
SSEd Montague6419355.285126
3B Willie Klamm 114 410 121 .295 0 66
OFEarl Averill155627209.33332143
OF Dick Porter 114 414 129 .312 1 38
OF Joe Vosmik 149 591 189 .320 7 117

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Johnny Burnett111427128.300152
Glenn Myatt 65 195 48 .246 1 29
Bibb Falk 79 161 49 .304 2 28
Bob Seeds 48 134 41 .306 1 10
Lew Fonseca 26 108 40 .370 1 14
Odell Hale 25 92 26 .283 1 5
Bill Hunnefield 21 71 17 .239 0 4
Jonah Goldman 30 62 8 .129 0 3
George Detore305615.26807
Bruce Connatser 12 49 14 .286 0 4
Charlie Jamieson 28 43 13 .302 0 4
Moe Berg 10 13 1 .077 0 0
Joe Sprinz 1 3 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
Wes Ferrell40276.122123.75123
Willis Hudlin 44 254.1 15 14 4.60 83
Clint Brown 39 233.1 11 15 4.71 50
Mel Harder 40 194.0 13 14 4.36 63

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
Jake Miller1041.1214.3517
Milt Shoffner1241.0237.2412
Oral Hildebrand 5 26.2 2 1 4.39 6
Belve Bean 4 7.0 0 1 6.43 3
Howard Craghead 4 5.2 0 0 6.35 2
Pete Donohue 2 5.1 0 0 8.44 4

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
Sarge Connally 17 5 5 1 4.20 37
Pete Appleton29442 4.6325
Roxie Lawson170207.6020
Fay Thomas 16 2 4 0 5.18 25

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
A New Orleans Pelicans Southern Association Larry Gilbert

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References
  1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
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