1931 Chicago Cubs season

The 1931 Chicago Cubs season was the 60th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 56th in the National League and the 16th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 84–70, 17 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

1931 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)William Wrigley Jr.
Manager(s)Rogers Hornsby
Local televisionnone
Local radioWCFL
(John O'Hara)
WGN
(Bob Elson)
WBBM
WMAQ
WLS
WJJD
WENR
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Offseason

Regular season

1931 was one of player-manager Rogers Hornsby's last productive seasons. He managed to drive in 90 runs and collect 37 doubles in only 100 games, while batting for an average of .331. He led the league in on-base percentage (.421) for the ninth and last time in his career.

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10153 0.656 — 54–24 47–29
New York Giants 8765 0.572 13 50–27 37–38
Chicago Cubs 8470 0.545 17 50–27 34–43
Brooklyn Robins 7973 0.520 21 46–29 33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 7579 0.487 26 44–33 31–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6688 0.429 35 40–36 26–52
Boston Braves 6490 0.416 37 36–41 28–49
Cincinnati Reds 5896 0.377 43 38–39 20–57

Record vs. opponents
1931 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —11–11–18–14–18–146–1611–1111–119–13
Brooklyn 11–11–1—14–810–1210–1013–911–1110–12
Chicago 14–8–18–14—14–812–1014–814–8–18–14
Cincinnati 14–812–108–14—7–159–136–162–20
New York 16–610–1010–1215–7—14–8–112–1010–12
Philadelphia 11–119–138–1413–98–14–1—13–94–18
Pittsburgh 11–1111–118–14–116–610–129–13—10–12
St. Louis 13–912–1014–820–212–1018–412–10—

Notable transactions

Roster
1931 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CGabby Hartnett116380107.282870
1BCharlie Grimm146531176.331466
2BRogers Hornsby100357118.3311690
SSWoody English156634202.319253
3BLes Bell7525271.282432
OFDanny Taylor8827081.300541
OFKiki Cuyler154613202.330988
OFHack Wilson112395103.2611361

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
Bill Jurges8829359.201023
Riggs Stephenson8026384.319152
Footsie Blair8624062.258329
Vince Barton6623957.2381350
Rollie Hemsley6620463.309331
Johnny Moore3910425.240216
Billy Herman259832.327016
Jimmy Adair187621.27603
Mike Kreevich5122.16700
Earl Grace791.11101
Zack Taylor841.25000

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
Charlie Root3925117143.48131
Bob Smith36240.115123.2263
Pat Malone36228.11693.90112

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
Guy Bush39180.11684.4954
Les Sweetland26130.1875.0432
Ed Baecht2267243.7634
Lon Warneke2064.1243.2227
Sheriff Blake1650045.2229
Johnny Welch833.2213.747

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
Jakie May315523.8738
Bud Teachout271205.7214

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Jack Lelivelt
D Bisbee Bees Arizona–Texas League Roy Johnson

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References
  1. Bob Smith page at Baseball Reference
  2. Earl Grace page at Baseball Reference
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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