1931 Major League Baseball season

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1931 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 14 – October 10, 1931
Number of games154
Number of teams16
Regular season
Season MVP AL: Lefty Grove (PHA)
NL: Frankie Frisch (SLC)
AL champions Philadelphia Athletics
  AL runners-up New York Yankees
NL champions St. Louis Cardinals
  NL runners-up New York Giants
World Series
Champions St. Louis Cardinals
  Runners-up Philadelphia Athletics
MLB seasons

The 1931 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 14 to October 10, 1931. The St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Athletics were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. In a rematch of the prior year's postseason, the Cardinals then defeated the Athletics in the World Series, four games to three.

Contents

This was the first season that the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) selected a Most Valuable Player in each league.

MLB statistical leaders

  American League National League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVG Al Simmons PHA.390 Chick Hafey SLC.349
HR Lou Gehrig NYY
Babe Ruth NYY		46 Chuck Klein PHP31
RBI Lou Gehrig NYY184 Chuck Klein PHP121
Wins Lefty Grove PHA31 Jumbo Elliott PHP
Bill Hallahan SLC
Heinie Meine PIT		19
ERA Lefty Grove PHA2.06 Bill Walker NYG2.26
SO Lefty Grove PHA175 Bill Hallahan SLC159
SV Wilcy Moore BSR10 Jack Quinn BKN15
SB Ben Chapman NYY61 Frankie Frisch SLC28

Standings

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Philadelphia Athletics 3
NL St. Louis Cardinals 4

Managers

American League

TeamManagerComments
Boston Red Sox Shano Collins
Chicago White Sox Donie Bush
Cleveland Indians Roger Peckinpaugh
Detroit Tigers Bucky Harris
New York Yankees Joe McCarthy Finished 2nd
Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack Won 3rd straight AL pennant
St. Louis Browns Bill Killefer
Washington Senators Walter Johnson Finished 3rd

National League

TeamManagerComments
Boston Braves Bill McKechnie
Brooklyn Robins Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Rogers Hornsby
Cincinnati Reds Dan Howley
New York Giants John McGraw Finished 2nd
Philadelphia Phillies Burt Shotton
Pittsburgh Pirates Jewel Ens Finished 3rd
St. Louis Cardinals Gabby Street Won World Series

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Chicago Cubs [1] 84-6.7%1,086,422-25.8%14,109
New York Yankees [2] 949.3%912,437-22.0%11,850
New York Giants [3] 870.0%812,163-6.5%10,412
Brooklyn Robins [4] 79-8.1%753,133-31.4%9,910
Philadelphia Athletics [5] 1074.9%627,464-13.1%8,366
St. Louis Cardinals [6] 1019.8%608,53519.7%7,802
Boston Braves [7] 64-8.6%515,00510.8%6,603
Washington Senators [8] 92-2.1%492,657-19.8%6,236
Cleveland Indians [9] 78-3.7%483,027-8.6%6,356
Detroit Tigers [10] 61-18.7%434,056-33.2%5,637
Chicago White Sox [11] 56-9.7%403,550-0.6%5,241
Boston Red Sox [12] 6219.2%350,975-21.0%4,387
Philadelphia Phillies [13] 6626.9%284,849-4.7%3,748
Cincinnati Reds [14] 58-1.7%263,316-31.9%3,420
Pittsburgh Pirates [15] 75-6.3%260,392-27.2%3,338
St. Louis Browns [16] 63-1.6%179,12617.8%2,326

Events

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