The 1931 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 50th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 40th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 101 wins and 53 losses during the season and finished first in the National League. In the World Series, they beat the Philadelphia Athletics in 7 games.
Regular season Second baseman Frankie Frisch won the MVP Award this year, batting .311, with 4 home runs and 82 RBIs.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1931 St. Louis Cardinals 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 115 383 105 .274 0 51 1B 108 382 133 .348 9 75 2B 131 518 161 .311 4 82 SS 131 447 129 .289 1 62 3B 143 608 178 .293 1 40 OF 131 503 145 .288 13 51 OF 122 450 157 .349 16 95 OF 123 413 124 .300 7 75
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 89 279 84 .301 4 59 67 187 49 .262 1 23 70 158 46 .291 0 19 45 151 43 .285 0 17 45 137 34 .248 2 19 36 133 44 .331 1 21 63 131 35 .267 0 19 35 67 19 .284 1 5 15 19 2 .105 0 3 10 12 2 .167 0 0 3 4 0 .000 0 1 1 2 1 .500 0 2 1 1 0 .000 0 0 4 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 37 248.2 19 9 3.29 159 29 212.1 17 9 3.65 67
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 35 211.2 18 8 3.36 134 33 207.1 11 10 3.56 72 32 186.0 11 9 3.00 82 19 122.1 12 3 3.02 27
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 35 6 4 7 2.77 32 30 6 0 3 4.21 40 15 1 1 1 6.06 13
1931 World Series
NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Philadelphia Athletics (3) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Athletics – 6, Cardinals – 2 October 1Sportsman's Park 38,5292 Athletics – 0, Cardinals – 2 October 2Sportsman's Park 35,9473 Cardinals – 5, Athletics – 2 October 5Shibe Park 32,2954 Cardinals – 0, Athletics – 3 October 6Shibe Park 32,2955 Cardinals – 5, Athletics – 1 October 7Shibe Park 32,2956 Athletics – 8, Cardinals – 1 October 9Sportsman's Park 39,4017 Athletics – 2, Cardinals – 4 October 10Sportsman's Park 20,805
Awards and honors Pepper Martin, Associated Press Athlete of the Year
League leaders Chick Hafey, NL Batting Champion, .349 Bill Hallahan, NL Leader (tied), 19 Wins Bill Hallahan NL Leader, 159 strikeouts Frankie Frisch, NL Leader, 28 stolen bases
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Houston, Springfield, KeokukJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1931 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1931 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac