1931 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Navin Field | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | Frank Navin | |
Managers | Bucky Harris | |
Radio |
WWJ (AM) ( Ty Tyson) | |
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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.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
1931 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Charlie Sullivan | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.93 | 28 |
Mark Koenig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 3 |