The 1931 Boston Braves season was the 61st season of the franchise. The team finished seventh place in the National League with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, 37 games behind the Saint Louis Cardinals.

Offseason October 14, 1930: Bob Smith and Jimmy Welsh were traded by the Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Bill McAfee and Wes Schulmerich.Bob Smith page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1931 Boston Braves Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters 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 Al Spohrer 114 350 84 .240 0 27 1B Earl Sheely 147 538 147 .273 1 77 2B Freddie Maguire 148 492 112 .228 0 26 SS Rabbit Maranville 145 562 146 .260 0 33 3B Billy Urbanski 82 303 72 .238 0 17 OF Red Worthington 128 491 143 .291 4 44 OF 95 327 101 .309 2 43 OF Wally Berger 156 617 199 .323 19 84

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 Lance Richbourg 97 286 82 .287 2 29 Randy Moore 83 192 50 .260 3 34 Bill Dreesen 48 180 40 .222 1 10 Bill Cronin 51 107 22 .206 0 10 Johnny Neun 79 104 23 .221 0 11 Al Bool 49 85 16 .188 0 6 16 58 11 .190 1 11 16 50 11 .220 0 4 Buster Chatham 17 44 10 .227 1 3 Bucky Walters 9 38 8 .211 0 0 Bill Hunnefield 11 21 6 .286 0 1 Pat Veltman 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Johnny Scalzi 2 1 0 .000 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 33 250.0 18 11 2.92 112 Tom Zachary 33 229.0 11 15 3.10 64 33 206.1 10 18 4.67 50

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 33 156.1 7 9 3.63 32 Bill Sherdel 27 137.2 6 10 4.25 34 Bruce Cunningham 33 136.2 3 12 4.48 32 Fred Frankhouse 26 127.1 8 8 4.03 50 Ray Moss 12 45.0 1 3 4.60 14 3 6.1 0 1 8.53 2

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 Hal Haid 27 0 2 1 4.50 20 18 0 1 0 6.37 9

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

External links 1931 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference