1931 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1931 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907);
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Jewel Ens
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The 1931 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 50th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 45th in the National League. The Pirates finished fifth in the league standings with a record of 75–79.

Offseason

November 6, 1930: Dick Bartell was traded by the Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tommy Thevenow and Claude Willoughby.[2]

Regular season

Notable transactions

June 13, 1931: Rollie Hemsley was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Earl Grace.[3]

Season 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

Record vs. opponents

1931 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	11–11–1	8–14–1	8–14	6–16	11–11	11–11	9–13
Brooklyn	11–11–1	—	14–8	10–12	10–10	13–9	11–11	10–12
Chicago	14–8–1	8–14	—	14–8	12–10	14–8	14–8–1	8–14
Cincinnati	14–8	12–10	8–14	—	7–15	9–13	6–16	2–20
New York	16–6	10–10	10–12	15–7	—	14–8–1	12–10	10–12
Philadelphia	11–11	9–13	8–14	13–9	8–14–1	—	13–9	4–18
Pittsburgh	11–11	11–11	8–14–1	16–6	10–12	9–13	—	10–12
St. Louis	13–9	12–10	14–8	20–2	12–10	18–4	12–10	—

Game log

1931 Game Log: 75–79 (Home: 44–33; Away: 31–46)

April: 6–8 (Home: 1–2; Away: 5–6)

May: 11–14 (Home: 2–6; Away: 9–8)

June: 8–18 (Home: 4–7; Away: 4–11)

July: 19–10 (Home: 16–8; Away: 3–2)

August: 15–20 (Home: 6–4; Away: 9–16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
96	August 1	Reds	1–0	Spencer (6–6)	Rixey	—	—	45–50
97	August 2	@ Reds	3–0	Brame (5–9)	Lucas	—	—	46–50
98	August 4	Cardinals	1–7	Haines	Meine (10–9)	—	—	46–51
99	August 5	Cardinals	5–4 (12)	French (11–8)	Lindsey	—	—	47–51
100	August 5	Cardinals	2–16	Hallahan	Wood (2–5)	—	—	47–52
101	August 6	Reds	2–3	Benton	Spencer (6–7)	—	—	47–53
102	August 7	Reds	9–3	Kremer (9–12)	Lucas	—	—	48–53
103	August 8	Reds	4–3	Meine (11–9)	Johnson	—	—	49–53
104	August 9	@ Reds	2–6	Benton	French (11–9)	—	—	49–54
105	August 9	@ Reds	8–4	Brame (6–9)	Frey	—	—	50–54
106	August 10	Cubs	4–3	Spencer (7–7)	Sweetland	—	—	51–54
107	August 12	@ Giants	6–4	Kremer (10–12)	Hubbell	—	—	52–54
108	August 12	@ Giants	0–9	Walker	Meine (11–10)	—	—	52–55
109	August 13	@ Giants	7–5	Brame (7–9)	Fitzsimmons	—	—	53–55
110	August 13	@ Giants	1–6	Mitchell	French (11–10)	—	10,000	53–56
111	August 14	@ Giants	1–2	Mooney	Spencer (7–8)	—	—	53–57
112	August 15	@ Phillies	4–5	Dudley	Wood (2–6)	Collins	—	53–58
113	August 15	@ Phillies	1–3	Bolen	Meine (11–11)	Watt	—	53–59
114	August 17	@ Phillies	4–2	French (12–10)	Blake	—	—	54–59
115	August 17	@ Phillies	0–3	Collins	Brame (7–10)	—	—	54–60
116	August 18	@ Phillies	14–5	Spencer (8–8)	Bolen	—	—	55–60
117	August 20	@ Braves	1–2 (10)	Brandt	Swetonic (0–2)	—	—	55–61
118	August 20	@ Braves	5–4	Meine (12–11)	Sherdel	—	—	56–61
119	August 21	@ Braves	1–2	Cantwell	Brame (7–11)	—	—	56–62
120	August 22	@ Braves	1–2	Zachary	Spencer (8–9)	—	—	56–63
121	August 23	@ Robins	4–5	Shaute	Meine (12–12)	—	—	56–64
122	August 23	@ Robins	4–5	Quinn	Osborn (5–1)	—	15,000	56–65
123	August 25	@ Robins	5–3	Meine (13–12)	Clark	—	—	57–65
124	August 25	@ Robins	0–5	Heimach	Kremer (10–13)	—	25,000	57–66
125	August 27	Cubs	3–2	Spencer (9–9)	Sweetland	—	—	58–66
126	August 27	Cubs	4–11	Welch	Brame (7–12)	—	—	58–67
127	August 28	@ Cardinals	4–6	Lindsey	French (12–11)	Hallahan	25,000	58–68
128	August 29	@ Cardinals	8–2	Meine (14–12)	Johnson	—	7,500	59–68
129	August 30	@ Cardinals	0–5	Derringer	Kremer (10–14)	—	—	59–69
130	August 30	@ Cardinals	1–4	Hallahan	Spencer (9–10)	—	—	59–70

September: 16–9 (Home: 15–6; Away: 1–3)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1931 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Andy Bednar

Erv Brame

Larry French

George Grant

Bill Harris

Ray Kremer

Heinie Meine

Bob Osborn

Glenn Spencer

Steve Swetonic

Claude Willoughby

Spades Wood

Catchers

Hal Finney

Earl Grace

Rollie Hemsley

Eddie Phillips

Bill Steinecke

Infielders

George Grantham

Howdy Groskloss

Tony Piet

Bill Regan

Ben Sankey

Gus Suhr

Tommy Thevenow

Pie Traynor

Outfielders

Fred Bennett

Adam Comorosky

Woody Jensen

Jim Mosolf

Lloyd Waner

Paul Waner

Other batters

Pete McClanahan

Manager

Jewel Ens

Coaches

Doc Crandall

Grover Hartley

Oscar Stanage

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
C	Eddie Phillips	106	353	82	.232	7	44
1B	George Grantham	127	465	142	.305	10	46
2B	Tony Piet	44	167	50	.299	0	24
SS	Tommy Thevenow	120	404	86	.213	0	38
3B	Pie Traynor	155	615	183	.298	2	103
OF	Lloyd Waner	154	681	214	.314	4	57
OF	Paul Waner	150	559	180	.322	6	70
OF	Adam Comorosky	99	350	85	.243	1	48

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
Gus Suhr	87	270	57	.211	4	32
Woody Jensen	73	267	65	.243	3	17
Howdy Groskloss	53	161	45	.280	0	20
Earl Grace	47	150	42	.280	1	20
Ben Sankey	57	132	30	.227	0	14
Bill Regan	28	104	21	.202	1	10
Fred Bennett	32	89	25	.281	1	7
Jim Mosolf	39	44	11	.250	1	8
Rollie Hemsley	10	35	6	.171	0	1
Hal Finney	10	26	8	.308	0	2
Pete McClanahan	7	4	2	.500	0	0
Bill Steinecke	4	4	0	.000	0	0

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
Heinie Meine	36	284	19	13	2.98	58
Larry French	39	275.2	15	13	3.26	73
Ray Kremer	30	230	11	15	3.33	58
Erv Brame	26	179.2	9	13	4.21	33
Bill Harris	4	31	2	2	0.87	10

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
Glenn Spencer	38	186.2	11	12	3.42	51
Spades Wood	15	64	2	6	6.05	33
Claude Willoughby	9	25.2	0	2	6.31	4

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
Bob Osborn	27	6	1	0	5.01	9
Steve Swetonic	14	0	2	1	3.90	8
George Grant	11	0	0	0	7.41	6
Andy Bednar	3	0	0	0	11.25	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Wichita Aviators	Western League	Art Griggs & Howie Gregory

Notes

From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference
Earl Grace page at Baseball Reference

References

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[1] From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference

[3] Earl Grace page at Baseball Reference

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