1931 St. Louis Browns season

1931 St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	63–91 (.409)
League place	5th
Owners	Phil Ball
Managers	Bill Killefer
Radio	KMOX (France Laux)
Seasons

The 1931 St. Louis Browns season involved the team finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 63 wins and 91 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

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 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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers 12 George Blaeholder 25 Garland Braxton 16 Dick Coffman 18 Rip Collins 20 Bob Cooney 20 Jess Doyle 15 Sam Gray 27 Wally Hebert 17 Chad Kimsey 14 Lefty Stewart 20 Fred Stiely 19 Rollie Stiles		Catchers 10 Benny Bengough 10 Jack Crouch  8 Rick Ferrell  9 Russ Young Infielders  2 Jack Burns 24 Ed Grimes  4 Red Kress  1 Jim Levey  5 Ski Melillo 21 Frank O'Rourke  7 Lin Storti		Outfielders 23 Larry Bettencourt  3 Goose Goslin 26 Tom Jenkins -- Nap Kloza 22 Earl McNeely  6 Fred Schulte 21 Buck Stanton 25 Frank Waddey		Manager 33 Bill Killefer Coaches 28 Jimmy Austin 22 Earl McNeely

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	Rick Ferrell	117	386	118	.306	3	57
1B	Jack Burns	144	580	148	.255	4	70
2B	Ski Melillo	151	617	189	.306	2	75
SS	Jim Levey	139	498	104	.209	5	38
3B	Red Kress	150	605	188	.311	16	114
OF	Larry Bettencourt	74	206	53	.257	3	26
OF	Fred Schulte	134	553	168	.304	9	65
OF	Goose Goslin	151	591	194	.328	24	105

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
Lin Storti	86	273	60	.220	3	26
Tom Jenkins	81	230	61	.265	3	25
Benny Bengough	40	140	35	.250	0	12
Earl McNeely	49	102	23	.225	0	15
Ed Grimes	43	57	15	.263	0	5
Russ Young	16	34	4	.118	1	2
Frank Waddey	14	22	6	.273	0	2
Buck Stanton	13	15	3	.200	0	0
Jack Crouch	8	12	0	.000	0	1
Frank O'Rourke	8	9	2	.222	0	0
Nap Kloza	3	7	1	.143	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
Sam Gray	43	258.0	11	24	5.09	88
Lefty Stewart	36	258.0	14	17	4.40	89
George Blaeholder	35	226.1	11	15	4.53	79
Rip Collins	17	107.0	5	5	3.79	34
Bob Cooney	5	39.1	0	3	4.12	13

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
Dick Coffman	32	169.1	9	13	3.88	39
Wally Hebert	23	103.0	6	7	5.07	26

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
Chad Kimsey	42	4	6	7	4.39	27
Rollie Stiles	34	3	1	0	7.22	32
Garland Braxton	11	0	0	0	10.50	7
Fred Stiely	4	0	0	0	6.75	2
Jess Doyle	1	0	0	0	27.00	0

References

• 1931 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1931 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com