1931 Major League Baseball season

The 1931 Major League Baseball season was the thirty-first season of modern Major League Baseball since the foundation of the American League.

This article is about the 1931 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1931 in baseball.

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

MLB statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Al Simmons PHA .390 Chick Hafey SLC .349 HR Lou Gehrig NYY Babe Ruth NYY 46 Chuck Klein PHP 31 RBI Lou Gehrig NYY 184 Chuck Klein PHP 121 Wins Lefty Grove PHA 31 Jumbo Elliott PHP Bill Hallahan SLC Heinie Meine PIT 19 ERA Lefty Grove PHA 2.06 Bill Walker NYG 2.26 SO Lefty Grove PHA 175 Bill Hallahan SLC 159 SV Wilcy Moore BSR 10 Jack Quinn BKN 15 SB Ben Chapman NYY 61 Frankie Frisch SLC 28

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final 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

National League final standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	101	53	0.656	—	54–24	47–29
New York Giants	87	65	0.572	13	50–27	37–38
Chicago Cubs	84	70	0.545	17	50–27	34–43
Brooklyn Robins	79	73	0.520	21	46–29	33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	79	0.487	26	44–33	31–46
Philadelphia Phillies	66	88	0.429	35	40–36	26–52
Boston Braves	64	90	0.416	37	36–41	28–49
Cincinnati Reds	58	96	0.377	43	38–39	20–57

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	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.

External links

• 1931 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference