1931 St. Louis Browns season
The 1931 St. Louis Browns season involved the team finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 63 wins and 91 losses.
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Record | 63–91 (.409) |
League place | 5th |
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Owner(s) | Phil Ball |
Manager(s) | Bill Killefer |
Local radio | KMOX (France Laux) |
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Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 107 | 45 | 0.704 | — | 60–15 | 47–30 |
New York Yankees | 94 | 59 | 0.614 | 13½ | 51–25 | 43–34 |
Washington Senators | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 16 | 55–22 | 37–40 |
Cleveland Indians | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 30 | 45–31 | 33–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 63 | 91 | 0.409 | 45 | 39–38 | 24–53 |
Boston Red Sox | 62 | 90 | 0.408 | 45 | 39–40 | 23–50 |
Detroit Tigers | 61 | 93 | 0.396 | 47 | 36–41 | 25–52 |
Chicago White Sox | 56 | 97 | 0.366 | 51½ | 31–45 | 25–52 |
Record vs. opponents
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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
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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 |
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C | Rick Ferrell | 117 | 386 | 118 | .306 | 3 | 57 |
1B | Jack Burns | 144 | 580 | 148 | .255 | 4 | 70 |
2B | Ski Melillo | 151 | 617 | 189 | .306 | 2 | 75 |
SS | Jim Levey | 139 | 498 | 104 | .209 | 5 | 38 |
3B | Red Kress | 150 | 605 | 188 | .311 | 16 | 114 |
OF | Larry Bettencourt | 74 | 206 | 53 | .257 | 3 | 26 |
OF | Fred Schulte | 134 | 553 | 168 | .304 | 9 | 65 |
OF | Goose Goslin | 151 | 591 | 194 | .328 | 24 | 105 |
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 |
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Lin Storti | 86 | 273 | 60 | .220 | 3 | 26 |
Tom Jenkins | 81 | 230 | 61 | .265 | 3 | 25 |
Benny Bengough | 40 | 140 | 35 | .250 | 0 | 12 |
Earl McNeely | 49 | 102 | 23 | .225 | 0 | 15 |
Ed Grimes | 43 | 57 | 15 | .263 | 0 | 5 |
Russ Young | 16 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 1 | 2 |
Frank Waddey | 14 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 2 |
Buck Stanton | 13 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Crouch | 8 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Frank O'Rourke | 8 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
Nap Kloza | 3 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 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 |
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Sam Gray | 43 | 258 | 11 | 24 | 5.09 | 88 |
Lefty Stewart | 36 | 258 | 14 | 17 | 4.40 | 89 |
George Blaeholder | 35 | 226.1 | 11 | 15 | 4.53 | 79 |
Rip Collins | 17 | 107 | 5 | 5 | 3.79 | 34 |
Bob Cooney | 5 | 39.1 | 0 | 3 | 4.12 | 13 |
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 |
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Dick Coffman | 32 | 169.1 | 9 | 13 | 3.88 | 39 |
Wally Hebert | 23 | 103 | 6 | 7 | 5.07 | 26 |
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 |
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Chad Kimsey | 42 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4.39 | 27 |
Rollie Stiles | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7.22 | 32 |
Garland Braxton | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 7 |
Fred Stiely | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 |
Jess 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
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