1931 Major League Baseball season

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

The 1931 Major League Baseball season.

MLB statistical leaders

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

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Philadelphia Athletics	107	45	.704	--
New York Yankees	94	59	.614	13.5
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	51.5

National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	101	53	.656	--
New York Giants	87	65	.572	13
Chicago Cubs	84	70	.545	17
Brooklyn Robins	79	73	.520	21
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	79	.487	26
Philadelphia Phillies	66	88	.429	35
Boston Braves	64	90	.416	37
Cincinnati Reds	58	96	.377	43

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

↑ "THT Live". hardballtimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
↑ Mackin, Bob (2004). The Unofficial Guide to Baseball's Most Unusual Records. Canada: Greystone Books. p. 240. ISBN 9781553650386.

External links

1931 season at Baseball-reference.com

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

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

See also

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