1931 New York Giants (MLB) season
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.
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Owners | Charles Stoneham |
Managers | John McGraw |
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Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 101 | 53 | 0.656 | — | 54–24 | 47–29 |
New York Giants | 87 | 65 | 0.572 | 13 | 50–27 | 37–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 17 | 50–27 | 34–43 |
Brooklyn Robins | 79 | 73 | 0.520 | 21 | 46–29 | 33–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 26 | 44–33 | 31–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 66 | 88 | 0.429 | 35 | 40–36 | 26–52 |
Boston Braves | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 37 | 36–41 | 28–49 |
Cincinnati Reds | 58 | 96 | 0.377 | 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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Player stats
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 | 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
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 |
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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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
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
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 |
References
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007