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1931 Cleveland Indians season

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1931 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersAlva Bradley
General managersBilly Evans
ManagersRoger Peckinpaugh
RadioWTAM
(Tom Manning)
← 1930 Seasons 1932 →

The 1931 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 78–76, 30 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 107 45 .704 60‍–‍15 47‍–‍30
New York Yankees 94 59 .614 13½ 51‍–‍25 43‍–‍34
Washington Senators 92 62 .597 16 55‍–‍22 37‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians 78 76 .506 30 45‍–‍31 33‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 63 91 .409 45 39‍–‍38 24‍–‍53
Boston Red Sox 62 90 .408 45 39‍–‍40 23‍–‍50
Detroit Tigers 61 93 .396 47 36‍–‍41 25‍–‍52
Chicago White Sox 56 97 .366 51½ 31‍–‍45 25‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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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1931 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Luke Sewell 108 375 103 .275 1 53
1B Ed Morgan 131 462 162 .351 11 86
2B Johnny Hodapp 122 468 138 .295 2 56
SS Ed Montague 64 193 55 .285 1 26
3B Willie Kamm 114 410 121 .295 0 66
OF Earl Averill 155 627 209 .333 32 143
OF Dick Porter 114 414 129 .312 1 38
OF Joe Vosmik 149 591 189 .320 7 117

Other batters

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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
Johnny Burnett 111 427 128 .300 1 52
Glenn Myatt 65 195 48 .246 1 29
Bibb Falk 79 161 49 .304 2 28
Bob Seeds 48 134 41 .306 1 10
Lew Fonseca 26 108 40 .370 1 14
Odell Hale 25 92 26 .283 1 5
Bill Hunnefield 21 71 17 .239 0 4
Jonah Goldman 30 62 8 .129 0 3
George Detore 30 56 15 .268 0 7
Bruce Connatser 12 49 14 .286 0 4
Charlie Jamieson 28 43 13 .302 0 4
Moe Berg 10 13 1 .077 0 0
Joe Sprinz 1 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Wes Ferrell 40 276.1 22 12 3.75 123
Willis Hudlin 44 254.1 15 14 4.60 83
Clint Brown 39 233.1 11 15 4.71 50
Mel Harder 40 194.0 13 14 4.36 63

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jake Miller 10 41.1 2 1 4.35 17
Milt Shoffner 12 41.0 2 3 7.24 12
Oral Hildebrand 5 26.2 2 1 4.39 6
Belve Bean 4 7.0 0 1 6.43 3
Howard Craghead 4 5.2 0 0 6.35 2
Pete Donohue 2 5.1 0 0 8.44 4

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Pete Appleton 29 4 4 2 4.63 25
Sarge Connally 17 5 5 1 4.20 37
Roxie Lawson 17 0 2 0 7.60 20
Fay Thomas 16 2 4 0 5.18 25

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
A New Orleans Pelicans Southern Association Larry Gilbert

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References

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  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
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