1931 Philadelphia Phillies season

1931  Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Ballpark	Baker Bowl
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	Charlie Ruch
Managers	Burt Shotton
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The following lists the events of the 1931 Philadelphia Phillies season.

Offseason

• November 6, 1930: Tommy Thevenow and Claude Willoughby were traded by the Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dick Bartell. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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

1931 National League record v t e Sources:
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

1931 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Bob Adams Ray Benge Sheriff Blake Stew Bolen Phil Collins Clise Dudley Hal Elliott Jumbo Elliott Ed Fallenstein John Milligan Chet Nichols Dutch Schesler Ben Shields Lil Stoner Frank Watt Hal Wiltse		Catchers Gene Connell Spud Davis Harry McCurdy Tony Rensa Infielders Dick Bartell Bernie Friberg Don Hurst Les Mallon Bobby Stevens Pinky Whitney Hugh Willingham		Outfielders Buzz Arlett Fred Brickell Chuck Klein Fred Koster Hal Lee Doug Taitt		Manager Burt Shotton Coaches Fred Hunter Jack Onslow

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	Spud Davis	120	393	128	.326	4	51
1B	Don Hurst	137	489	149	.305	11	91
2B	Les Mallon	122	375	116	.309	1	45
SS	Dick Bartell	135	554	160	.289	0	34
3B	Pinky Whitney	130	501	144	.287	9	74
OF	Buzz Arlett	121	418	131	.313	18	72
OF	Fred Brickell	130	514	130	.253	1	31
OF	Chuck Klein	148	594	200	.337	31	121

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
Bernie Friberg	103	353	92	.261	1	26
Fred Koster	76	151	34	.225	0	8
Doug Taitt	38	151	34	.225	1	15
Harry McCurdy	66	150	43	.287	1	25
Hal Lee	44	131	29	.221	2	12
Bobby Stevens	12	35	12	.343	0	4
Hugh Willingham	23	35	9	.257	1	3
Tony Rensa	19	29	3	.103	0	2
Gene Connell	6	12	3	.250	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
Jumbo Elliott	52	249.0	19	14	4.27	99
Ray Benge	38	247.0	14	18	3.17	117
Phil Collins	42	240.1	12	16	3.86	73
Clise Dudley	30	179.0	8	14	3.52	50
Bob Adams	1	6.0	0	1	9.00	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
Frank Watt	38	122.2	5	5	4.84	25
Stew Bolen	28	98.2	3	12	6.39	55
Sheriff Blake	14	71.0	4	5	5.58	31
Hal Elliott	16	33.0	0	2	9.55	8
Lil Stoner	7	13.2	0	0	6.59	2

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
Ed Fallenstein	24	0	0	0	7.13	15
Dutch Schesler	17	0	0	0	7.28	14
Ben Shields	4	1	0	0	15.19	0
John Milligan	3	0	0	0	3.38	6
Chet Nichols Sr.	3	0	1	0	9.53	1
Hal Wiltse	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

References

1. Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1931 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference