1931 New York Yankees season
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The 1931
Offseason
- December 10, 1930: Cy Perkins was purchased by the Yankees from the Philadelphia Athletics.[1]
- January 13, 1931: Washington Senators.[2]
Regular season
First baseman Lou Gehrig set an American League record by driving in 185 runs,[3] breaking his own record of 173 set in 1927. The total, which was six short of Hack Wilson's all-time record of 191 set the previous year, still stands as of the end of the 2022 season.
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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
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Outfielders
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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 |
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C | Bill Dickey | 130 | 477 | 156 | .327 | 6 | 78 |
1B | Lou Gehrig | 155 | 619 | 211 | .341 | 46 | 185 |
2B | Tony Lazzeri | 135 | 484 | 129 | .267 | 8 | 83 |
SS | Lyn Lary | 155 | 610 | 171 | .280 | 10 | 107 |
3B | Joe Sewell | 130 | 484 | 146 | .302 | 6 | 64 |
OF | Babe Ruth | 145 | 534 | 199 | .373 | 46 | 162 |
OF | Earl Combs |
138 | 563 | 179 | .318 | 5 | 58 |
OF | Ben Chapman | 149 | 600 | 189 | .315 | 17 | 122 |
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 |
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Samuel Byrd |
115 | 248 | 67 | .270 | 3 | 32 |
Jimmie Reese | 65 | 245 | 59 | .241 | 3 | 26 |
Arndt Jorgens |
46 | 100 | 27 | .270 | 0 | 14 |
Cy Perkins | 16 | 47 | 12 | .255 | 0 | 7 |
Dusty Cooke | 27 | 39 | 13 | .333 | 1 | 6 |
Myril Hoag | 44 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 3 |
Dixie Walker | 2 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 1 |
Red Rolfe | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
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Lefty Gomez | 40 | 243.0 | 21 | 9 | 2.67 | 150 |
Red Ruffing | 37 | 237.0 | 16 | 14 | 4.41 | 132 |
Hank Johnson | 40 | 196.1 | 13 | 8 | 4.72 | 106 |
Herb Pennock | 25 | 189.1 | 11 | 6 | 4.28 | 65 |
Gordon Rhodes | 18 | 87.0 | 6 | 3 | 3.41 | 36 |
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 |
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George Pipgras | 36 | 137.2 | 7 | 6 | 3.79 | 59 |
Ed Wells | 27 | 116.2 | 9 | 5 | 4.32 | 34 |
Roy Sherid | 17 | 74.1 | 5 | 5 | 5.69 | 39 |
Jim Weaver | 17 | 57.2 | 2 | 1 | 5.31 | 28 |
Ivy Andrews | 7 | 34.1 | 2 | 0 | 4.19 | 10 |
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 |
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Lefty Weinert | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.20 | 24 |
Lou McEvoy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.41 | 3 |
Awards and honors
League records
- runs batted in(RBI) for a season (185).
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Newark Bears | International League | Al Mamaux |
A | Albany Senators
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Eastern League
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Bill McCorry |
B | Scranton Miners | New York–Pennsylvania League
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Buck Elliott and Ernie Vick |
D | Cumberland Colts | Middle Atlantic League | Leo Mackey |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cumberland[4]
Notes
- ^ Cy Perkins page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference
- ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007