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
American League (since 1901)
Location
League Park (since 1901) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Alva Bradley
General manager(s)	Billy Evans
Manager(s)	Roger Peckinpaugh
Local radio	WTAM
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Regular 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 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 23 Pete Appleton 22 Belve Bean 16 Clint Brown 25 Sarge Connally 21 Howard Craghead 35 Pete Donohue 14 Wes Ferrell 18 Mel Harder 34 Oral Hildebrand 12 Willis Hudlin 24 Roxie Lawson 15 Jake Miller 17 Milt Shoffner 25 Fay Thomas		Catchers 19 Moe Berg  9 Glenn Myatt  8 Luke Sewell 11 Joe Sprinz Infielders  1 Johnny Burnett 37 Bruce Connatser 32 George Detore  5 Lew Fonseca  7 Jonah Goldman  7 Odell Hale  4 Johnny Hodapp 35 Bill Hunnefield  5 Willie Kamm 35 Ed Montague 33 Ed Morgan		Outfielders  3 Earl Averill  5 Bibb Falk 28 Charlie Jamieson  2 Dick Porter 31 Bob Seeds  6 Joe Vosmik		Manager 10 Roger Peckinpaugh Coaches Grover Hartley Howie Shanks Earl Wolgamot

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	Luke Sewell	108	375	103	.275	1	53
1B	Ed Morgan	131	462	162	.351	11	86
2B	Johnny Hodapp	122	468	138	.295	2	56
SS	Ed Montague	64	193	55	.285	1	26
3B	Willie Klamm	114	410	121	.295	0	66
OF	Earl Averill	155	627	209	.333	32	143
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 Burnett	111	427	128	.300	1	52
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 Detore	30	56	15	.268	0	7
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 Ferrell	40	276.1	22	12	3.75	123
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 Miller	10	41.1	2	1	4.35	17
Milt Shoffner	12	41.0	2	3	7.24	12
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 Appleton	29	4	4	2	4.63	25
Roxie Lawson	17	0	2	0	7.60	20
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

External links

• 1931 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference