1931 St. Louis Browns season

1931 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	63–91 (.409)
League place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Phil Ball
Manager(s)	Bill Killefer
Local radio	KMOX (France Laux)
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The 1931 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 63 wins and 91 losses.

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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers 12 George Blaeholder 25 Garland Braxton 16 Dick Coffman 18 Rip Collins 20 Bob Cooney 20 Jess Doyle 15 Sam Gray 27 Wally Hebert 17 Chad Kimsey 14 Lefty Stewart 20 Fred Stiely 19 Rollie Stiles		Catchers 10 Benny Bengough 10 Jack Crouch  8 Rick Ferrell  9 Russ Young Infielders  2 Jack Burns 24 Ed Grimes  4 Red Kress  1 Jim Levey  5 Ski Melillo 21 Frank O'Rourke  7 Lin Storti		Outfielders 23 Larry Bettencourt  3 Goose Goslin 26 Tom Jenkins -- Nap Kloza 22 Earl McNeely  6 Fred Schulte 21 Buck Stanton 25 Frank Waddey		Manager 33 Bill Killefer Coaches 28 Jimmy Austin 22 Earl McNeely

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
1B	Burns, JackJack Burns	144	580	148	.255	4	70

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
Jenkins, TomTom Jenkins	81	230	61	.265	3	25
Crouch, JackJack Crouch	8	12	0	.000	0	1
O'Rourke, FrankFrank O'Rourke	8	9	2	.222	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
Gray, SamSam Gray	43	258	11	24	5.09	88
Blaeholder, GeorgeGeorge Blaeholder	35	226.1	11	15	4.53	79
Collins, RipRip Collins	17	107	5	5	3.79	34

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
Coffman, DickDick Coffman	32	169.1	9	13	3.88	39

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
Kimsey, ChadChad Kimsey	42	4	6	7	4.39	27
Braxton, GarlandGarland Braxton	11	0	0	0	10.50	7
Doyle, JessJess Doyle	1	0	0	0	27.00	0

References

• 1931 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1931 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com