1931 Boston Braves season

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.

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	Al Spohrer	114	350	84	.240	0	27
1B	Earl Sheely	147	538	147	.273	1	77
2B	Freddie Maguire	148	492	112	.228	0	26
SS	Rabbit Maranville	145	562	146	.260	0	33
3B	Billy Urbanski	82	303	72	.238	0	17
OF	Red Worthington	128	491	143	.291	4	44
OF		95	327	101	.309	2	43
OF	Wally Berger	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
Lance Richbourg	97	286	82	.287	2	29
Randy Moore	83	192	50	.260	3	34
Bill Dreesen	48	180	40	.222	1	10
Bill Cronin	51	107	22	.206	0	10
Johnny Neun	79	104	23	.221	0	11
Al Bool	49	85	16	.188	0	6
	16	58	11	.190	1	11
	16	50	11	.220	0	4
Buster Chatham	17	44	10	.227	1	3
Bucky Walters	9	38	8	.211	0	0
Bill Hunnefield	11	21	6	.286	0	1
Pat Veltman	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Johnny Scalzi	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
Tom Zachary	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
Bill Sherdel	27	137.2	6	10	4.25	34
Bruce Cunningham	33	136.2	3	12	4.48	32
Fred Frankhouse	26	127.1	8	8	4.03	50
Ray Moss	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
Hal Haid	27	0	2	1	4.50	20
	18	0	1	0	6.37	9

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Hazleton Mountaineers	New York–Pennsylvania League	Hugh Fitzgerald and Jake Pitler

External links

• 1931 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference

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