1931 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1931
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago
Owners:	William Wrigley Jr.
Managers:	Rogers Hornsby
Radio:	WCFL (Johnny O'Hara) WGN (Bob Elson) WBBM (Pat Flanagan) WMAQ (Hal Totten) WLS WJJD WENR

The 1931 Chicago Cubs season was the 60th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 56th in the National League and the 16th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 84–70, 17 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

• October 14, 1930: Bill McAfee and Wes Schulmerich were traded by the Cubs to the Boston Braves for Bob Smith and Jimmy Welsh.^[1]

Regular season

1931 was one of player-manager Rogers Hornsby's last productive seasons. He managed to drive in 90 runs and collect 37 doubles in only 100 games, while recording a batting average of .331. He led the league in on-base percentage (.421) for the ninth and last time in his career.

Notable transactions

• June 13, 1931: Earl Grace was traded by the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Rollie Hemsley.^[2]

Roster

1931 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		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		116	380	107	.282	8	70
1B		146	531	176	.331	4	66
2B		100	357	118	.331	16	90
SS		156	634	202	.319	2	53
3B		75	252	71	.282	4	32
OF		88	270	81	.300	5	41
OF		154	613	202	.330	9	88
OF		112	395	103	.261	13	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
	88	293	59	.201	0	23
	80	263	84	.319	1	52
	86	240	62	.258	3	29
	66	239	57	.238	13	50
	66	204	63	.309	3	31
	39	104	25	.240	2	16
	25	98	32	.327	0	16
	18	76	21	.276	0	3
	5	12	2	.167	0	0
	7	9	1	.111	0	1
	8	4	1	.250	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
	39	251.0	17	14	3.48	131
	36	240.1	15	12	3.22	63
	36	228.1	16	9	3.90	112

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
	39	180.1	16	8	4.49	54
	26	130.1	8	7	5.04	32
	22	67.0	2	4	3.76	34
	20	64.1	2	4	3.22	27
	16	50.0	0	4	5.22	29
	8	33.2	2	1	3.74	7

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
	31	5	5	2	3.87	38
	27	1	2	0	5.72	14

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 1931 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithbo02.shtml Bob Smith page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/graceea01.shtml Earl Grace page at Baseball Reference
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007