1931 Cleveland Indians season

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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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.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Philadelphia Athletics	107	45	.704	--
New York Yankees	94	59	.614	13½
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	51½

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	Sewell, LukeLuke Sewell	108	375	103	.275	1	53
SS	Montague, EdEd Montague	64	193	55	.285	1	26
OF	Averill, EarlEarl Averill	155	627	209	.333	32	143

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
Burnett, JohnnyJohnny Burnett	111	427	128	.300	1	52
Detore, GeorgeGeorge Detore	30	56	15	.268	0	7

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
Brown, ClintClint Brown	39	233.1	11	15	4.71	50

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
Connally, SargeSarge Connally	17	85.2	5	5	4.20	37
Miller, JakeJake Miller	10	41.1	2	1	4.35	17
Shoffner, MiltMilt Shoffner	12	41	2	3	7.24	12

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
Appleton, PetePete Appleton	29	4	4	0	4.63	25
Bean, BelveBelve Bean	4	0	1	0	6.43	3

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