1931 St. Louis Cardinals season

1931 St. Louis Cardinals
1931 World Series Champions
1931 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 101–53 (.656)
League place 1st
Other information
Owner(s) Sam Breadon
General manager(s) Branch Rickey
Manager(s) Gabby Street
Local radio KMOX
(France Laux)
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The 1931 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 50th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 40th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 101–53 during the season and finished first in the National League. In the World Series, they beat the Philadelphia Athletics in 7 games.

Regular season

Second baseman Frankie Frisch won the MVP Award this year, batting .311, with 4 home runs and 82 RBIs.

Season standings

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 Records

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 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
2B Frisch, FrankieFrankie Frisch 131 518 161 .311 4 82

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
Blades, RayRay Blades 35 67 19 .284 1 5
Street, GabbyGabby Street 1 1 0 .000 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
Grimes, BurleighBurleigh Grimes 29 212.1 17 9 3.65 67

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
Derringer, PaulPaul Derringer 35 211.2 18 8 3.36 134

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

1931 World Series

Main article: 1931 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Philadelphia Athletics (3)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1 Athletics – 6, Cardinals – 2 October 1Sportsman's Park 38,529
2 Athletics – 0, Cardinals – 2 October 2Sportsman's Park 35,947
3 Cardinals – 5, Athletics – 2 October 5Shibe Park 32,295
4 Cardinals – 0, Athletics – 3 October 6Shibe Park 32,295
5 Cardinals – 5, Athletics – 1 October 7Shibe Park 32,295
6 Athletics – 8, Cardinals – 1 October 9Sportsman's Park 39,401
7 Athletics – 2, Cardinals – 4 October 10Sportsman's Park 20,805

Awards and honors

League leaders

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Columbus Red Birds American Association Nemo Leibold
AA Rochester Red Wings International League Billy Southworth
A Houston Buffaloes Texas League Joe Schultz, Sr.
B Elmira Colonels New York–Pennsylvania League Jake Pitler, Fritz Coumbe and Joe Sugden
B Danville Veterans Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Frank Murphy
C Scottdale Cardinals Middle Atlantic League Clay Hopper
C Greensboro Patriots Piedmont League John Kane
C Springfield Red Wings Western Association Eddie Dyer
D Keokuk Indians Mississippi Valley League Bob Rice

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Houston, Springfield, Keokuk[2]

References

  1. ↑ Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)
  2. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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