1931 New York Giants (MLB) season
1931 New York Giants | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Charles Stoneham | |
Managers | John McGraw | |
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The 1931 New York Giants season was the franchise's 49th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 87–65 record, 13 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. This was John McGraw's final full season as manager.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 101 | 53 | .656 | — | 54–24 | 47–29 |
New York Giants | 87 | 65 | .572 | 13 | 50–27 | 37–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 70 | .545 | 17 | 50–27 | 34–43 |
Brooklyn Robins | 79 | 73 | .520 | 21 | 46–29 | 33–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 | 44–33 | 31–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 66 | 88 | .429 | 35 | 40–36 | 26–52 |
Boston Braves | 64 | 90 | .416 | 37 | 36–41 | 28–49 |
Cincinnati Reds | 58 | 96 | .377 | 43 | 38–39 | 20–57 |
Record vs. opponents
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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
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | Shanty Hogan | 123 | 396 | 119 | .301 | 12 | 65 |
1B | Bill Terry | 153 | 611 | 213 | .349 | 9 | 112 |
2B | Hughie Critz | 66 | 238 | 69 | .290 | 4 | 17 |
SS | Travis Jackson | 145 | 555 | 172 | .310 | 5 | 71 |
3B | Johnny Vergez | 152 | 565 | 157 | .278 | 13 | 81 |
OF | Mel Ott | 138 | 497 | 145 | .292 | 29 | 115 |
OF | Freddie Lindstrom | 78 | 303 | 91 | .300 | 5 | 36 |
OF | Freddy Leach | 129 | 515 | 159 | .309 | 6 | 61 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Chick Fullis | 89 | 302 | 99 | .328 | 3 | 28 |
Ethan Allen | 94 | 298 | 98 | .329 | 5 | 43 |
Bill Hunnefield | 64 | 196 | 53 | .270 | 1 | 17 |
Doc Marshall | 68 | 194 | 39 | .201 | 0 | 10 |
Bob O'Farrell | 85 | 174 | 39 | .224 | 1 | 19 |
Sam Leslie | 53 | 53 | 16 | .302 | 3 | 5 |
Gil English | 3 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jo-Jo Moore | 4 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
Francis Healy | 6 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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Freddie Fitzsimmons | 35 | 253.2 | 18 | 11 | 3.05 | 78 |
Carl Hubbell | 36 | 248.0 | 14 | 12 | 2.65 | 155 |
Bill Walker | 37 | 239.1 | 16 | 9 | 2.26 | 121 |
Clarence Mitchell | 27 | 190.1 | 13 | 11 | 4.07 | 39 |
Jim Mooney | 10 | 71.2 | 7 | 1 | 2.01 | 38 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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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Jack Berly | 27 | 111.1 | 7 | 8 | 3.88 | 45 |
Bill Morrell | 20 | 66.0 | 5 | 3 | 4.36 | 16 |
Roy Parmelee | 13 | 58.2 | 2 | 2 | 3.68 | 30 |
Tiny Chaplin | 16 | 42.1 | 3 | 0 | 3.19 | 7 |
Hal Schumacher | 8 | 18.1 | 1 | 1 | 10.80 | 11 |
Pete Donohue | 4 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.56 | 4 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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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Joe Heving | 22 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4.89 | 26 |
Emil Planeta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 0 |
Ray Lucas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Bridgeport Bears | Eastern League | Hans Lobert |
References
[edit]- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links
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