1931 Detroit Tigers season

1931  Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Ballpark	Navin Field
City	Detroit, Michigan
Owners	Frank Navin
Managers	Bucky Harris
Radio	WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson)
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During the 1931 Detroit Tigers season, the team was one of eight in the American League of baseball in the United States. The team finished seventh in the American League with a record of 61–93, 47 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1931 American League record v t e Sources:
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

1931 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 16 Tommy Bridges 28 Orlin Collier 41 Art Herring 18 Elon Hogsett 14 Waite Hoyt 12 Vic Sorrell 19 Charlie Sullivan 15 George Uhle 11 Earl Whitehill 17 Whit Wyatt		Catchers -- Gene Desautels 35 Johnny Grabowski  9 Ray Hayworth -- Muddy Ruel  8 Wally Schang Infielders  7 Bill Akers  4 Dale Alexander  7 Louis Brower 25 Joe Dugan  3 Charlie Gehringer 34 Bucky Harris 27 Mark Koenig  5 Marty McManus 29 Marv Owen -- Nolen Richardson -- Billy Rogell		Outfielders  6 Frank Doljack 22 Roy Johnson -- George Quellich 26 Ivey Shiver 24 John Stone  2 Gee Walker  1 Hub Walker		Manager 34 Bucky Harris Coaches Roger Bresnahan Jean Dubuc

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
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
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
Earl Whitehill	34	271.1	13	16	4.08	81
Vic Sorrell	35	245.0	13	14	4.15	99
Waite Hoyt	16	92.0	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
George Uhle	29	193.0	11	12	3.50	63
Tommy Bridges	35	173.0	8	16	4.99	105
Art Herring	35	165.0	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
Charlie Sullivan	31	3	2	0	4.93	28
Mark Koenig	3	0	0	0	6.43	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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	Dan Tapson and Raymond Haley

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Notes

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

External links

• Baseball portal

• 1931 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference