1931 Boston Braves season explained

Boston Braves
Season:	1931
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Braves Field
City:	Boston, Massachusetts
Record:	64–90 (.416)
League Place:	7th
Owners:	Emil Fuchs
Managers:	Bill McKechnie
Radio:	WNAC (Fred Hoey)

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.^[1]

Regular season

Roster

1931 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		114	350	84	.240	0	27
1B		147	538	147	.273	1	77
2B		148	492	112	.228	0	26
SS		145	562	146	.260	0	33
3B		82	303	72	.238	0	17
OF		128	491	143	.291	4	44
OF		95	327	101	.309	2	43
OF		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
	97	286	82	.287	2	29
	83	192	50	.260	3	34
	48	180	40	.222	1	10
	51	107	22	.206	0	10
	79	104	23	.221	0	11
	49	85	16	.188	0	6
	16	58	11	.190	1	11
	16	50	11	.220	0	4
	17	44	10	.227	1	3
	9	38	8	.211	0	0
	11	21	6	.286	0	1
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	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
	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
	27	137.2	6	10	4.25	34
	33	136.2	3	12	4.48	32
	26	127.1	8	8	4.03	50
	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
	27	0	2	1	4.50	20
	18	0	1	0	6.37	9

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 1931 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithbo02.shtml Bob Smith page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997