1931 AMERICAN LEAGUE
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Team W L WPct GB
Detroit 93 61 .604 --
New York (A) 84 70 .545 9
Washington 83 71 .539 10
St. Louis (A) 82 72 .532 11
Philadelphia (A) 75 79 .487 18
Chicago (A) 69 85 .448 24
Cleveland 66 88 .429 27
Boston (A) 64 90 .416 29
   
Post-Season Results
WORLD SERIES (4-1) Detroit Tigers over Boston (N) Braves
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
DET 5.5 846 154 5431 1630 321 70 61 364 439 .300 .344 .419 .763
WSH 5.4 836 154 5454 1586 313 61 66 448 442 .291 .345 .407 .751
NYA 5.4 834 154 5447 1551 315 48 77 532 528 .285 .348 .403 .751
PHA 5.0 763 154 5350 1442 304 63 68 541 558 .270 .337 .388 .725
SLA 4.7 730 154 5430 1446 363 40 43 429 592 .266 .320 .372 .692
BOS 4.7 720 154 5368 1472 324 86 32 347 546 .274 .318 .385 .703
CLE 4.5 697 154 5214 1359 275 81 60 396 505 .261 .313 .379 .692
CHA 4.5 688 154 5323 1448 274 55 64 393 555 .272 .322 .380 .702
Totals 5.0 6114 1232 43017 11934 2489 504 471 3450 4165 .277 .331 .392 .723
Average   764 154 5377 1492 311 63 59 431 521  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
SLA 4.4 681 154 3.77 1381.7 1436 9.3 359 2.3 456 3.0 5
DET 4.5 688 154 3.92 1372.7 1360 8.8 497 3.2 617 4.0 21
WSH 4.8 743 154 4.22 1376.0 1448 9.4 341 2.2 632 4.1 23
PHA 4.9 758 154 4.33 1374.3 1560 10.1 361 2.3 476 3.1 19
NYA 5.2 797 154 4.22 1374.7 1521 9.9 374 2.4 547 3.6 17
BOS 5.2 805 154 4.57 1370.3 1542 10.0 423 2.7 505 3.3 15
CHA 5.3 810 154 4.78 1368.0 1504 9.8 557 3.6 471 3.1 22
CLE 5.4 832 154 4.80 1358.3 1563 10.1 538 3.5 461 3.0 14
Totals 5.0 6114 1232 4.32 10976.0 11934 9.7 3450 2.8 4165 3.4 136
Average   764 154   1372 1492   431   521   17
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
BOS 69 85 -5 0 0 0 0 5 5 1.11 0.86 2,149,553   Xavier Arsenault
CHA 66 88 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 0.97 0.99 1,871,899   Howie Hamish
CLE 65 89 1 0 0 1 0 3 23 1.05 0.91 1,646,816   Monty Moorehead
DET 91 63 2 0 0 2 2 1 5 0.94 1.09 1,554,183   Alfred Reed
NYA 80 74 4 0 0 1 1 3 25 0.89 1.10 2,486,501   Al Bennett
PHA 77 77 -2 0 0 7 1 1 5 1.04 1.26 2,080,898   Winford Cochley
SLA 82 72 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 0.97 1.32 2,166,412   Jolly Rodgers
WSH 85 69 -2 0 0 0 1 2 16 1.05 0.64 2,460,483   Tom Stahl
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
DET 279 142.72 87.00 49.24 8.42 3.35 6.01 4.38 9.84 17.25
NYA 252 149.79 75.87 26.31 3.11 3.09 1.79 7.36 5.76 5.22
WSH 249 122.58 86.49 39.91 9.13 5.24 4.75 5.27 6.76 8.76
SLA 246 102.18 98.34 45.43 8.72 2.47 6.25 5.29 8.76 13.97
PHA 225 102.99 84.14 37.84 5.50 3.25 5.46 6.40 5.14 12.11
CHA 207 97.17 70.99 38.80 7.67 0.93 6.09 5.78 2.96 15.38
CLE 198 91.48 65.89 40.60 8.24 2.14 8.57 4.51 9.98 7.18
BOS 192 81.29 71.72 38.95 6.77 1.74 3.91 5.17 7.27 14.10
League Award Winners
BATTER OF THE YEAR: Daniel Houlihan DET .392, 10 HR, 90 RBI
PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Ed Schultz DET 27-12, 2.32, 345.0 IP, 303 K
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Hugh Bryant BOS .299, 0 HR, 78 RBI
World Series MVP Award: Joe Zane DET 1-0, 3 SV, 1.69, 5.3 IP, 2 K
 
GOLD GLOVE AWARD Winners
 
P Hezekiah Sunday NYA .976, 26 PO, 54 A, 2 E
C Dub Breslin WSH .978, 538 PO, 72 A, 14 E
40.9% (54-132) Runners Thrown Out
1B Thomas Griffin NYA .989, 1622 PO, 153 A, 19 E
2B Joe Whitehead CLE .976, 306 PO, 549 A, 21 E
3B Whitney Risner PHA .961, 104 PO, 262 A, 15 E
SS Willie Wozniak SLA .976, 197 PO, 491 A, 17 E
LF Rick Harrison WSH .965, 322 PO, 8 A, 12 E
CF Arnold Colfax WSH .971, 430 PO, 1 A, 13 E
RF Johnnie Deucalion WSH .969, 355 PO, 15 A, 12 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
HoulihanDET.392
BrubakerBOS.350
BreslinWSH.342
StaggSLA.336
BarbutoDET.335
On-Base Pct
ZygourasNYA.446
HoulihanDET.422
BairdWSH.419
SchlitzerDET.405
GriffinNYA.400
Slugging Pct
BrubakerBOS.588
HoulihanDET.527
WallopPHA.523
ChanningCLE.494
StaggSLA.488
OPS
BrubakerBOS.978
HoulihanDET.950
SchlitzerDET.892
WallopPHA.887
StaggSLA.869
OPS+
BrubakerBOS167
HoulihanDET161
SchlitzerDET146
WallopPHA143
StaggSLA139
Secondary Average
WallopPHA0.438
BairdWSH0.329
SchlitzerDET0.326
BrubakerBOS0.296
GoddardCLE0.296
XR
BrubakerBOS107.9
ColfaxWSH104.6
HoulihanDET101.7
HillcrestPHA95.5
WallopPHA93.7
Games
ColfaxWSH150
Railsback 150
CostiganSLA149
HarrisonWSH149
LivermanCHA149
At-Bats
ColfaxWSH620
LawlessNYA605
HillcrestPHA584
SummersCHA583
TomasiCLE572
Runs
ColfaxWSH127
LawlessNYA98
SchlitzerDET98
WallopPHA97
HoulihanDET96
Hits
ColfaxWSH200
HoulihanDET200
BrubakerBOS198
StaggSLA189
HillcrestPHA187
Walks
BairdWSH118
ZygourasNYA94
WallopPHA89
WozniakSLA74
SchlitzerDET68
Hit By Pitch
StickersSLA15
TomasiCLE14
ColfaxWSH13
GoddardCLE12
DieselCHA9
Times on Base
BairdWSH268
ColfaxWSH263
ZygourasNYA241
BrubakerBOS240
HillcrestPHA237
Total Bases
BrubakerBOS332
ColfaxWSH281
StaggSLA275
HillcrestPHA273
WallopPHA270
Singles
BarbutoDET168
HoulihanDET159
ColfaxWSH145
BreslinWSH143
SummersCHA130
Doubles
BrubakerBOS68
StaggSLA61
StickersSLA59
HillcrestPHA44
LivermanCHA42
Triples
ChanningCLE20
WallopPHA17
BrubakerBOS15
BryantBOS15
SchlitzerDET14
Homeruns
WallopPHA23
Railsback 22
BrubakerBOS12
ChanningCLE11
GoddardCLE11
Extra Base Hits
BrubakerBOS95
WallopPHA77
StickersSLA74
StaggSLA71
Railsback 68
RBIs
Railsback 113
BrubakerBOS106
WintryDET102
HillcrestPHA96
WallopPHA95
Stolen Bases
FontanaPHA49
HoulihanDET45
BryantBOS44
TomasiCLE44
ZupanCLE44
Caught Stealing
BarbutoDET29
ChanningCLE27
SchlitzerDET25
BryantBOS23
FontanaPHA22
Stolen Base Percentage
WhitmoreBOS81
ZimmermanDET78
GodfreyDET77
HoulihanDET73
GogolakSLA71
Strikeouts
StickersSLA83
WallopPHA80
WozniakSLA77
AlbaneseNYA67
ChanningCLE64
Base on Ball per Strikeout
MoffattNYA4.8
Boru 4.1
HubbardNYA2.5
BairdWSH2.1
PriceWSH2.1
At Bats per Strikeout
MoffattNYA72.8
Boru 38.4
PriceWSH36.6
ZupanCLE29.1
SerlingBOS26.4
Offensive Win Shares
HoulihanDET26.2
BrubakerBOS22.1
ColfaxWSH21.7
StaggSLA20.4
ZygourasNYA20.2
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
SchultzDET2.32
BestNYA2.82
RondthalerSLA3.19
HerringPHA3.31
ManteeSLA3.41
ERA+
SchultzDET 186
BestNYA 153
RondthalerSLA 135
HerringPHA 131
ManteeSLA 127
Wins
SchultzDET 27
RondthalerSLA 21
GartonDET 20
HerringPHA 20
WigginsDET 20
Losses
PanzerCLE 24
OnionsCHA 23
McDillNYA 22
RenfroPHA 21
HerringPHA 19
Winning Pct
SchultzDET.692
GartonDET.690
BestNYA.652
JohnsonDET.615
RondthalerSLA.600
Saves
ZaneDET 19
PolitzPHA 18
PintelWSH 15
CunninghamCLE 14
AhearnCHA 13
Games Pitched
PapadapoulasWSH 57
ShunCLE 54
ThompsonCHA 52
AhearnCHA 50
MorrellPHA 49
Games Started
HerringPHA 41
HuxleyWSH 41
OnionsCHA 41
RondthalerSLA 41
Maxwell  40
Complete Games
HerringPHA 34
LejeuneBOS 33
RondthalerSLA 32
SchultzDET 32
Maxwell  31
Shutouts
BestNYA 7
SchultzDET 6
JenningsWSH 3
McDillNYA 3
BegleyBOS 2
Innings Pitched
HerringPHA361.7
RondthalerSLA352.3
SchultzDET345.0
HuxleyWSH339.3
LejeuneBOS334.0
Hits Allowed
RenfroPHA 407
LejeuneBOS 390
DruckerCLE 367
McDillNYA 366
HuxleyWSH 361
Homeruns Allowed
WattleyCLE 25
JohnsonDET 23
PanzerCLE 21
LejeuneBOS 20
WigginsDET 20
Strikeouts
SchultzDET 303
JenningsWSH 196
Maxwell  176
HerringPHA 157
BrownBOS 153
Walks Allowed
WattleyCLE 165
WigginsDET 146
McDillNYA 122
OnionsCHA 121
SchultzDET 116
Walks per 9IP
BiggerstaffWSH1.1
LejeuneBOS1.2
SundayNYA1.3
BestNYA1.3
PeachWSH1.4
Hits per 9IP
SchultzDET7.1
JenningsWSH8.4
BrownBOS8.6
HerringPHA8.6
Maxwell 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP
SchultzDET7.9
JenningsWSH6.4
BrownBOS5.4
Maxwell 4.8
CoolidgeCHA4.7
Strikeout to Walk Ratio
BiggerstaffWSH 3.8
LejeuneBOS 2.6
SchultzDET 2.6
BarnabyNYA 2.5
HuxleyWSH 2.5
WHiP
SchultzDET1.12
HerringPHA1.17
RondthalerSLA1.19
BestNYA1.20
BiggerstaffWSH1.21
OAVG
SchultzDET.220
HerringPHA.248
JenningsWSH.249
Maxwell .252
BrownBOS.252
OOBP
SchultzDET.286
HerringPHA.288
RondthalerSLA.293
BiggerstaffWSH.294
BestNYA.295
OSLG
SchultzDET.311
BrownBOS.335
BestNYA.347
ManteeSLA.348
HorseleyNYA.355
OOPS
SchultzDET.597
BestNYA.642
HerringPHA.652
BrownBOS.652
ManteeSLA.661
DICE
SchultzDET 2.57
BestNYA 2.84
BiggerstaffWSH 2.89
HuxleyWSH 2.89
SundayNYA 2.91
BABIP
JohnsonDET 0.266
HerringPHA 0.274
RondthalerSLA 0.281
WigginsDET 0.281
GartonDET 0.282
Win Shares
SchultzDET 34.8
RondthalerSLA 30.1
HerringPHA 28.1
LejeuneBOS 22.3
MacklinCHA 22
 
League All-Stars
 
No All-Stars selected
 
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Ed Schultz DET $ 12,550,000  
2.    Brewster Jennings WSH $ 11,800,000  
  Bill Lumbergh DET $ 11,800,000  
4.    Bob Wallop PHA $ 11,040,000  
5.    Bowler Channing CLE $ 8,920,000  
6.    Lyle Liverman CHA $ 8,680,000  
7.    Daniel Houlihan DET $ 8,020,000  
8.    J.P. Herring PHA $ 7,870,000  
9.    Frank Albanese NYA $ 7,570,000  
10.    Brian Boru WSH $ 7,520,000  
11.    John Baird WSH $ 7,130,000  
12.    Gerry Railsback WSH $ 6,560,000  
13.    Arden Costigan SLA $ 6,540,000  
14.    Dick Biggerstaff WSH $ 6,230,000  
15.    Carl Swagger CLE $ 6,030,000  
16.    Rick Harrison WSH $ 6,010,000  
17.    Josiah Wintry DET $ 5,800,000  
18.    Marvelous Maxwell NYA $ 5,660,000  
19.    Anton Gogolak SLA $ 5,510,000  
  Tommy Zygouras NYA $ 5,510,000  
21.    Sonny Hillcrest PHA $ 5,490,000  
22.    Arnold Colfax WSH $ 5,420,000  
23.    Randall Flagg PHA $ 5,410,000  
24.    Benedict Goddard CLE $ 5,390,000  
25.    Dolph Schlitzer DET $ 5,230,000