1931 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record63–91 (.409)
League place5th
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersBill Killefer
RadioKMOX
(France Laux)
← 1930 Seasons 1932 →

The 1931 St. Louis Browns season involved the team finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 63 wins and 91 losses.

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 record

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 St. Louis Browns
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 Rick Ferrell 117 386 118 .306 3 57
1B Jack Burns 144 580 148 .255 4 70
2B Ski Melillo 151 617 189 .306 2 75
SS Jim Levey 139 498 104 .209 5 38
3B Red Kress 150 605 188 .311 16 114
OF Larry Bettencourt 74 206 53 .257 3 26
OF Fred Schulte 134 553 168 .304 9 65
OF Goose Goslin 151 591 194 .328 24 105

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
Lin Storti 86 273 60 .220 3 26
Tom Jenkins 81 230 61 .265 3 25
Benny Bengough 40 140 35 .250 0 12
Earl McNeely 49 102 23 .225 0 15
Ed Grimes 43 57 15 .263 0 5
Russ Young 16 34 4 .118 1 2
Frank Waddey 14 22 6 .273 0 2
Buck Stanton 13 15 3 .200 0 0
Jack Crouch 8 12 0 .000 0 1
Frank O'Rourke 8 9 2 .222 0 0
Nap Kloza 3 7 1 .143 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
Sam Gray 43 258.0 11 24 5.09 88
Lefty Stewart 36 258.0 14 17 4.40 89
George Blaeholder 35 226.1 11 15 4.53 79
Rip Collins 17 107.0 5 5 3.79 34
Bob Cooney 5 39.1 0 3 4.12 13

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
Dick Coffman 32 169.1 9 13 3.88 39
Wally Hebert 23 103.0 6 7 5.07 26

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
Chad Kimsey 42 4 6 7 4.39 27
Rollie Stiles 34 3 1 0 7.22 32
Garland Braxton 11 0 0 0 10.50 7
Fred Stiely 4 0 0 0 6.75 2
Jess Doyle 1 0 0 0 27.00 0

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