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1931 Cleveland Indians
1931 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	League Park
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Alva Bradley
General managers	Billy Evans
Managers	Roger Peckinpaugh
Radio	WTAM; (Tom Manning)

The 1931 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 78–76, 30 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	107	45	.704	—	60‍–‍15	47‍–‍30
New York Yankees	94	59	.614	13½	51‍–‍25	43‍–‍34
Washington Senators	92	62	.597	16	55‍–‍22	37‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians	78	76	.506	30	45‍–‍31	33‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	45	39‍–‍38	24‍–‍53
Boston Red Sox	62	90	.408	45	39‍–‍40	23‍–‍50
Detroit Tigers	61	93	.396	47	36‍–‍41	25‍–‍52
Chicago White Sox	56	97	.366	51½	31‍–‍45	25‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1931 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Roger Peckinpaugh

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
C	Luke Sewell	108	375	103	.275	1	53
1B	Ed Morgan	131	462	162	.351	11	86
2B	Johnny Hodapp	122	468	138	.295	2	56
SS	Ed Montague	64	193	55	.285	1	26
3B	Willie Kamm	114	410	121	.295	0	66
OF	Earl Averill	155	627	209	.333	32	143
OF	Dick Porter	114	414	129	.312	1	38
OF	Joe Vosmik	149	591	189	.320	7	117

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
Johnny Burnett	111	427	128	.300	1	52
Glenn Myatt	65	195	48	.246	1	29
Bibb Falk	79	161	49	.304	2	28
Bob Seeds	48	134	41	.306	1	10
Lew Fonseca	26	108	40	.370	1	14
Odell Hale	25	92	26	.283	1	5
Bill Hunnefield	21	71	17	.239	0	4
Jonah Goldman	30	62	8	.129	0	3
George Detore	30	56	15	.268	0	7
Bruce Connatser	12	49	14	.286	0	4
Charlie Jamieson	28	43	13	.302	0	4
Moe Berg	10	13	1	.077	0	0
Joe Sprinz	1	3	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
Wes Ferrell	40	276.1	22	12	3.75	123
Willis Hudlin	44	254.1	15	14	4.60	83
Clint Brown	39	233.1	11	15	4.71	50
Mel Harder	40	194.0	13	14	4.36	63

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
Jake Miller	10	41.1	2	1	4.35	17
Milt Shoffner	12	41.0	2	3	7.24	12
Oral Hildebrand	5	26.2	2	1	4.39	6
Belve Bean	4	7.0	0	1	6.43	3
Howard Craghead	4	5.2	0	0	6.35	2
Pete Donohue	2	5.1	0	0	8.44	4

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
Pete Appleton	29	4	4	2	4.63	25
Sarge Connally	17	5	5	1	4.20	37
Roxie Lawson	17	0	2	0	7.60	20
Fay Thomas	16	2	4	0	5.18	25

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Larry Gilbert

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References

^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

1931 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference

[1] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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