1931 New York Giants (MLB) season

1931 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersCharles Stoneham
ManagersJohn McGraw
← 1930 Seasons 1932 →

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 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals. This was John McGraw's final full season as manager.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1931 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1931 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 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
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

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
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
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
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

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Bridgeport Bears Eastern League Hans Lobert

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References

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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