1931_Boston_Braves_season Knowpia

1931 Boston Braves
1931 Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Braves Field
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	64–90 (.416)
League place	7th
Owners	Emil Fuchs
Managers	Bill McKechnie
Radio	WNAC; (Fred Hoey)
	← 1930 1932 →

The 1931 Boston Braves season was the 61st season of the franchise. The team finished seventh place in the National League with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, 37 games behind the Saint Louis Cardinals.

Offseason edit

October 14, 1930: Bob Smith and Jimmy Welsh were traded by the Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Bill McAfee and Wes Schulmerich.^[1]

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

v t e 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 edit

1931 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Roster edit

1931 Boston Braves

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Bill McKechnie

Coaches

Hank Gowdy

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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	Al Spohrer	114	350	84	.240	0	27
1B	Earl Sheely	147	538	147	.273	1	77
2B	Freddie Maguire	148	492	112	.228	0	26
SS	Rabbit Maranville	145	562	146	.260	0	33
3B	Billy Urbanski	82	303	72	.238	0	17
OF	Red Worthington	128	491	143	.291	4	44
OF	Wes Schulmerich	95	327	101	.309	2	43
OF	Wally Berger	156	617	199	.323	19	84

Other batters edit

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
Lance Richbourg	97	286	82	.287	2	29
Randy Moore	83	192	50	.260	3	34
Bill Dreesen	48	180	40	.222	1	10
Bill Cronin	51	107	22	.206	0	10
Johnny Neun	79	104	23	.221	0	11
Al Bool	49	85	16	.188	0	6
Charlie Wilson	16	58	11	.190	1	11
Earl Clark	16	50	11	.220	0	4
Buster Chatham	17	44	10	.227	1	3
Bucky Walters	9	38	8	.211	0	0
Bill Hunnefield	11	21	6	.286	0	1
Pat Veltman	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Johnny Scalzi	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ed Brandt	33	250.0	18	11	2.92	112
Tom Zachary	33	229.0	11	15	3.10	64
Socks Seibold	33	206.1	10	18	4.67	50

Other pitchers edit

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ben Cantwell	33	156.1	7	9	3.63	32
Bill Sherdel	27	137.2	6	10	4.25	34
Bruce Cunningham	33	136.2	3	12	4.48	32
Fred Frankhouse	26	127.1	8	8	4.03	50
Ray Moss	12	45.0	1	3	4.60	14
Bob Brown	3	6.1	0	1	8.53	2

Relief pitchers edit

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Hal Haid	27	0	2	1	4.50	20
Bill McAfee	18	0	1	0	6.37	9

Farm system edit

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Hazleton Mountaineers	New York–Pennsylvania League	Hugh Fitzgerald and Jake Pitler

^[2]

References edit

^ Bob Smith page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997