1931 New York Yankees season explained

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

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).

Offseason

• December 10, 1930: Cy Perkins was purchased by the Yankees from the Philadelphia Athletics.^[1]
• January 13, 1931: Harry Rice was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Washington Senators.^[2]

Regular season

First baseman Lou Gehrig set an American League record by driving in 185 runs,^[3] breaking his own record of 173 set in 1927. The total, which was six short of Hack Wilson's all-time record of 191 set the previous year, still stands as of the end of the 2022 season.

Roster

1931 New York Yankees
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		130	477	156	.327	6	78
1B		155	619	211	.341	46	185
2B		135	484	129	.267	8	83
SS		155	610	171	.280	10	107
3B		130	484	146	.302	6	64
OF		145	534	199	.373	46	162
OF		138	563	179	.318	5	58
OF		149	600	189	.315	17	122

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
	115	248	67	.270	3	32
	65	245	59	.241	3	26
	46	100	27	.270	0	14
	16	47	12	.255	0	7
	27	39	13	.333	1	6
	44	28	4	.143	0	3
	2	10	3	.300	0	1
	1	0	0	----	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
	40	243.0	21	9	2.67	150
	37	237.0	16	14	4.41	132
	40	196.1	13	8	4.72	106
	25	189.1	11	6	4.28	65
	18	87.0	6	3	3.41	36

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
	36	137.2	7	6	3.79	59
	27	116.2	9	5	4.32	34
	17	74.1	5	5	5.69	39
	17	57.2	2	1	5.31	28
	7	34.1	2	0	4.19	10

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
	17	2	2	0	6.20	24
	6	0	0	1	12.41	3

Awards and honors

League records

• Lou Gehrig, American League single season record, runs batted in (RBI) for a season (185).

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cumberland^[4]

References

• 1931 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1931 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perkicy01.shtml Cy Perkins page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/riceha01.shtml Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference
3. Book: Numbelievable! . 71 . Michael X. . Ferraro . John . Veneziano . Triumph Books . Chicago . 2007 . 978-1-57243-990-0.
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007