1931 Detroit Tigers
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Owner(s)Frank Navin
Manager(s)Bucky Harris
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During the 1931 Detroit Tigers season, the team was one of eight in the American League of baseball in the United States. The team finished seventh in the American League with a record of 61–93, 47 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

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


Record vs. opponents

1931 American League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Roster

1931 Detroit Tigers
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 Ray Hayworth 88 273 70 .256 0 26
1B Dale Alexander 135 517 168 .325 3 87
2B Charlie Gehringer 101 383 119 .311 4 53
SS Billy Rogell 48 185 56 .303 2 24
3B Marty McManus 107 362 98 .271 3 53
OF Hub Walker 90 252 72 .286 0 14
OF John Stone 147 584 191 .327 10 78
OF Roy Johnson 151 621 173 .279 8 54

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
Marv Owen 105 377 84 .223 3 39
Mark Koenig 106 364 92 .253 1 39
Gee Walker 59 189 56 .296 1 28
Frank Doljack 63 187 52 .278 4 20
Nolen Richardson 38 148 40 .270 0 14
Johnny Grabowski 40 136 32 .235 1 13
Wally Schang 30 76 14 .184 0 3
Bill Akers 29 66 13 .197 0 3
Louis Brower 21 62 10 .161 0 7
George Quellich 13 54 12 .222 1 11
Muddy Ruel 14 50 6 .120 0 3
Joe Dugan 8 17 4 .235 0 0
Gene Desautels 3 11 1 .091 0 1
Ivey Shiver 2 9 1 .111 0 0
Bucky Harris 4 8 1 .125 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
Earl Whitehill 34 271.1 13 16 4.08 81
Vic Sorrell 35 245.0 13 14 4.15 99
Waite Hoyt 16 92.0 3 8 5.87 10
Orlin Collier 2 10.1 0 1 7.84 3

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
George Uhle 29 193.0 11 12 3.50 63
Tommy Bridges 35 173.0 8 16 4.99 105
Art Herring 35 165.0 7 13 4.31 64
Elon Hogsett 22 112.1 3 9 5.93 47
Whit Wyatt 4 20.1 0 2 8.85 8

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
Charlie Sullivan 31 3 2 0 4.93 28
Mark Koenig 3 0 0 0 6.43 3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Steve O'Neill
A Beaumont Exporters Texas League Del Baker
B Evansville Hubs Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob Coleman
C Wheeling Stogies Middle Atlantic League Dan Tapson and Raymond Haley

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Notes

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

1931 MLB season by team
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