1931 Detroit Tigers season
1931 Detroit Tigers | |
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Owner(s) | Frank Navin |
Manager(s) | Bucky Harris |
Local television | none |
Local radio | WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson) |
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The 1931 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the American League with a record of 61–93, 47 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.
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[]
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 |
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C | Ray Hayworth | 88 | 273 | 70 | .256 | 0 | 26 |
1B | Dale Alexander | 135 | 517 | 168 | .325 | 3 | 87 |
2B | Charlie Gehringer | 101 | 383 | 119 | .311 | 4 | 53 |
SS | Billy Rogell | 48 | 185 | 56 | .303 | 2 | 24 |
3B | Marty McManus | 107 | 362 | 98 | .271 | 3 | 53 |
OF | Hub Walker | 90 | 252 | 72 | .286 | 0 | 14 |
OF | John Stone | 147 | 584 | 191 | .327 | 10 | 78 |
OF | Roy Johnson | 151 | 621 | 173 | .279 | 8 | 54 |
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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Marv Owen | 105 | 377 | 84 | .223 | 3 | 39 |
Mark Koenig | 106 | 364 | 92 | .253 | 1 | 39 |
Gee Walker | 59 | 189 | 56 | .296 | 1 | 28 |
Frank Doljack | 63 | 187 | 52 | .278 | 4 | 20 |
Nolen Richardson | 38 | 148 | 40 | .270 | 0 | 14 |
Johnny Grabowski | 40 | 136 | 32 | .235 | 1 | 13 |
Wally Schang | 30 | 76 | 14 | .184 | 0 | 3 |
Bill Akers | 29 | 66 | 13 | .197 | 0 | 3 |
Louis Brower | 21 | 62 | 10 | .161 | 0 | 7 |
George Quellich | 13 | 54 | 12 | .222 | 1 | 11 |
Muddy Ruel | 14 | 50 | 6 | .120 | 0 | 3 |
Joe Dugan | 8 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Desautels | 3 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
Ivey Shiver | 2 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Bucky Harris | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 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 |
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Earl Whitehill | 34 | 271.1 | 13 | 16 | 4.08 | 81 |
Vic Sorrell | 35 | 245 | 13 | 14 | 4.15 | 99 |
Waite Hoyt | 16 | 92 | 3 | 8 | 5.87 | 10 |
Orlin Collier | 2 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.84 | 3 |
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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George Uhle | 29 | 193 | 11 | 12 | 3.50 | 63 |
Tommy Bridges | 35 | 173 | 8 | 16 | 4.99 | 105 |
Art Herring | 35 | 165 | 7 | 13 | 4.31 | 64 |
Elon Hogsett | 22 | 112.1 | 3 | 9 | 5.93 | 47 |
Whit Wyatt | 4 | 20.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.85 | 8 |
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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Charlie Sullivan | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.93 | 28 |
Mark Koenig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 3 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Toronto Maple Leafs | International League | Steve O'Neill |
A | Beaumont Exporters | Texas League | Del Baker |
B | Evansville Hubs | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Bob Coleman |
C | Wheeling Stogies | Middle Atlantic League | and Ray Haley |
Notes[]
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links[]
- Detroit Tigers seasons
- 1931 Major League Baseball season
- 1931 in sports in Michigan
- 1931 in Detroit
- Detroit sport stubs
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