1931_New_York_Yankees_season

1931 New York Yankees
1931 New York Yankees
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City, New York
Owners	Jacob Ruppert
General managers	Ed Barrow
Managers	Joe McCarthy

1931 New York Yankees season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1931 New York Yankees season was the team's 29th season. The team finished with a record of 94–59, finishing 13.5 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. This team is notable for holding the modern day Major League record for team runs scored in a season with 1,067 (6.88 runs per game average).

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v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	107	45	0.704	—	60–15	47–30
New York Yankees	94	59	0.614	13½	51–25	43–34
Washington Senators	92	62	0.597	16	55–22	37–40
Cleveland Indians	78	76	0.506	30	45–31	33–45
St. Louis Browns	63	91	0.409	45	39–38	24–53
Boston Red Sox	62	90	0.408	45	39–40	23–50
Detroit Tigers	61	93	0.396	47	36–41	25–52
Chicago White Sox	56	97	0.366	51½	31–45	25–52

1931 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	12–10–1	13–9	12–10	6–16	4–16	8–14	7–15
Chicago	10–12–1	—	7–15–1	11–11	6–15	3–19	12–10	7–15
Cleveland	9–13	15–7–1	—	13–9	13–9	4–18	16–6	8–14
Detroit	10–12	11–11	9–13	—	8–14	4–18	11–11	8–14
New York	16–6	15–6	9–13	14–8	—	11–11	16–6	13–9–1
Philadelphia	16–4	19–3	18–4	18–4	11–11	—	14–8	11–11–1
St. Louis	14–8	10–12	6–16	11–11	6–16	8–14	—	8–14
Washington	15–7	15–7	14–8	14–8	9–13–1	11–11–1	14–8	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bill Dickey	130	477	156	.327	6	78
1B	Lou Gehrig	155	619	211	.341	46	185
2B	Tony Lazzeri	135	484	129	.267	8	83
SS	Lyn Lary	155	610	171	.280	10	107
3B	Joe Sewell	130	484	146	.302	6	64
OF	Babe Ruth	145	534	199	.373	46	162
OF	Earl Combs	138	563	179	.318	5	58
OF	Ben Chapman	149	600	189	.315	17	122

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Samuel Byrd	115	248	67	.270	3	32
Jimmie Reese	65	245	59	.241	3	26
Arndt Jorgens	46	100	27	.270	0	14
Cy Perkins	16	47	12	.255	0	7
Dusty Cooke	27	39	13	.333	1	6
Myril Hoag	44	28	4	.143	0	3
Dixie Walker	2	10	3	.300	0	1
Red Rolfe	1	0	0	----	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lefty Gomez	40	243.0	21	9	2.67	150
Red Ruffing	37	237.0	16	14	4.41	132
Hank Johnson	40	196.1	13	8	4.72	106
Herb Pennock	25	189.1	11	6	4.28	65
Gordon Rhodes	18	87.0	6	3	3.41	36

1931_New_York_Yankees_season

1931 New York Yankees season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

League records

Farm system

Notes

References

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
George Pipgras	36	137.2	7	6	3.79	59
Ed Wells	27	116.2	9	5	4.32	34
Roy Sherid	17	74.1	5	5	5.69	39
Jim Weaver	17	57.2	2	1	5.31	28
Ivy Andrews	7	34.1	2	0	4.19	10

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Newark Bears	International League	Al Mamaux
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Bill McCorry
B	Scranton Miners	New York–Pennsylvania League	Buck Elliott and Ernie Vick
D	Cumberland Colts	Middle Atlantic League	Leo Mackey

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Lefty Weinert	17	2	2	0	6.20	24
Lou McEvoy	6	0	0	1	12.41	3