1931 New York Yankees season

1931 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Yankee Stadium (since 1923); New York City, New York (since 1903);
Other information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)	Ed Barrow
Manager(s)	Joe McCarthy
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The 1931 New York Yankees season was the team's 29th season in New York and its 31st season overall. The team finished with a record of 94–59, finishing 13.5 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. This team is notable for holding the modern day Major League record for team runs scored in a season with 1,067 (6.88 per game average).

Offseason

December 10, 1930: Cy Perkins was purchased by the Yankees from the Philadelphia Athletics.[1]
January 13, 1931: Harry Rice was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Washington Senators.[2]

Regular season

First baseman Lou Gehrig set an American League record by driving in 184 runs,[3] breaking his own record of 175 set in 1927. The total, which was seven short of Hack Wilson's all-time record of 191 set the previous year, still stands as of the end of the 2017 season.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	107	45	0.704	—	60–15	47–30
New York Yankees	94	59	0.614	13½	51–25	43–34
Washington Senators	92	62	0.597	16	55–22	37–40
Cleveland Indians	78	76	0.506	30	45–31	33–45
St. Louis Browns	63	91	0.409	45	39–38	24–53
Boston Red Sox	62	90	0.408	45	39–40	23–50
Detroit Tigers	61	93	0.396	47	36–41	25–52
Chicago White Sox	56	97	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	—	12–10–1	13–9	12–10	6–16	4–16	8–14	7–15
Chicago	10–12–1	—	7–15–1	11–11	6–15	3–19	12–10	7–15
Cleveland	9–13	15–7–1	—	13–9	13–9	4–18	16–6	8–14
Detroit	10–12	11–11	9–13	—	8–14	4–18	11–11	8–14
New York	16–6	15–6	9–13	14–8	—	11–11	16–6	13–9–1
Philadelphia	16–4	19–3	18–4	18–4	11–11	—	14–8	11–11–1
St. Louis	14–8	10–12	6–16	11–11	6–16	8–14	—	8–14
Washington	15–7	15–7	14–8	14–8	9–13–1	11–11–1	14–8	—

Roster

1931 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

22,34 Ivy Andrews

20 Lefty Gomez

14 Hank Johnson

34 Lou McEvoy

16 Herb Pennock

12 George Pipgras

19,21 Gordon Rhodes

18 Red Ruffing

15 Roy Sherid

24 Jim Weaver

19 Lefty Weinert

17 Ed Wells

Catchers

8 Bill Dickey

10 Art Jorgens

9 Cy Perkins

Infielders

4 Lou Gehrig

2 Lyn Lary

5 Tony Lazzeri

26 Jimmie Reese

2 Red Rolfe

27 Joe Sewell

Outfielders

26 Sammy Byrd

7 Ben Chapman

1 Earle Combs

6 Dusty Cooke

28 Myril Hoag

3 Babe Ruth

35 Dixie Walker

Manager

-- Joe McCarthy

Coaches

31 Jimmy Burke

30 Art Fletcher

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
C	Bill Dickey	130	477	156	.327	6	78
1B	Lou Gehrig	155	619	211	.341	46	184
2B	Tony Lazzeri	135	484	129	.267	8	83
SS	Lyn Lary	155	610	171	.280	10	107
3B	Joe Sewell	130	484	146	.302	6	64
OF	Babe Ruth	145	534	199	.373	46	162
OF	Earl Combs	138	563	179	.318	5	58
OF	Ben Chapman	149	600	189	.315	17	122

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
Samuel Byrd	115	248	67	.270	3	32
Jimmie Reese	65	245	59	.241	3	26
Arndt Jorgens	46	100	27	.270	0	14
Cy Perkins	16	47	12	.255	0	7
Dusty Cooke	27	39	13	.333	1	6
Myril Hoag	44	28	4	.143	0	3
Dixie Walker	2	10	3	.300	0	1
Red Rolfe	1	0	0	---	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
Lefty Gomez	40	243	21	9	2.67	150
Red Ruffing	37	237	16	14	4.41	132
Hank Johnson	40	196.1	13	8	4.72	106
Herb Pennock	25	189.1	11	6	4.28	65
Gordon Rhodes	18	87	6	3	3.41	36

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
George Pipgras	36	137.2	7	6	3.79	59
Ed Wells	27	116.2	9	5	4.32	34
Roy Sherid	17	74.1	5	5	5.69	39
Jim Weaver	17	57.2	2	1	5.31	28
Ivy Andrews	7	34.1	2	0	4.19	10

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
Lefty Weinert	17	2	2	0	6.20	24
Lou McEvoy	6	0	0	1	12.41	3

Awards and honors

League records

Lou Gehrig, American League single season record, runs batted in for a season (184)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Newark Bears	International League	Al Mamaux
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Bill McCorry
B	Scranton Miners	New York–Pennsylvania League	Buck Elliott and Ernie Vick
D	Cumberland Colts	Middle Atlantic League	Leo Mackey

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cumberland[4]

Notes

Cy Perkins page at Baseball Reference
Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference
Numbelivable!, p. 71, Michael X. Ferraro and John Veneziano, Triumph Books, Chicago, Illinois, 2007, ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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[1] Cy Perkins page at Baseball Reference

[2] Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference

[3] Numbelivable!, p. 71, Michael X. Ferraro and John Veneziano, Triumph Books, Chicago, Illinois, 2007, ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0

[4] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

1931 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1931 World Series