1931 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersJewel Ens
Seasons

The 1931 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 50th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 45th in the National League. The Pirates finished fifth in the league standings with a record of 75–79.

Offseason

Regular season

Notable transactions

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10153 0.656 — 54–24 47–29
New York Giants 8765 0.572 13 50–27 37–38
Chicago Cubs 8470 0.545 17 50–27 34–43
Brooklyn Robins 7973 0.520 21 46–29 33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 7579 0.487 26 44–33 31–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6688 0.429 35 40–36 26–52
Boston Braves 6490 0.416 37 36–41 28–49
Cincinnati Reds 5896 0.377 43 38–39 20–57

Record vs. opponents

1931 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —11–11–18–14–18–146–1611–1111–119–13
Brooklyn 11–11–1—14–810–1210–1013–911–1110–12
Chicago 14–8–18–14—14–812–1014–814–8–18–14
Cincinnati 14–812–108–14—7–159–136–162–20
New York 16–610–1010–1215–7—14–8–112–1010–12
Philadelphia 11–119–138–1413–98–14–1—13–94–18
Pittsburgh 11–1111–118–14–116–610–129–13—10–12
St. Louis 13–912–1014–820–212–1018–412–10—

Game log

1931 Game Log: 75–79 (Home: 44–33; Away: 31–46)
April: 6–8 (Home: 1–2; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 14@ Cubs2–6RootFrench (0–1)—45,0000–1
2April 15@ Cubs5–6SmithWilloughby (0–1)——0–2
3April 16@ Cubs4–3Spencer (1–0)Blake——1–2
4April 17@ Cubs4–5BushWood (0–1)Smith30,0001–3
5April 18@ Reds9–6French (1–1)Wysong——2–3
6April 19@ Reds5–1Kremer (1–0)Johnson——3–3
7April 20@ Reds5–7LucasMeine (0–1)——3–4
8April 24Cubs6–10SweetlandFrench (1–2)——3–5
9April 25Cubs3–8MaloneKremer (1–1)May—3–6
10April 26@ Cardinals1–0Meine (1–1)Hallahan——4–6
11April 27@ Cardinals5–3French (2–2)Rhem——5–6
12April 28@ Cardinals2–8GrimesWood (0–2)——5–7
13April 29@ Cardinals1–7HainesKremer (1–2)——5–8
14April 30Reds8–3Meine (2–1)Rixey——6–8
May: 11–14 (Home: 2–6; Away: 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
15May 1Reds5–4 (11)Spencer (2–0)Carroll——7–8
16May 2Reds11–5Osborn (1–0)Ogden——8–8
17May 3@ Reds6–3Kremer (2–2)Lucas——9–8
18May 3@ Reds5–10KolpWood (0–3)——9–9
19May 6Cardinals5–6 (13)GrimesMeine (2–2)Lindsey—9–10
20May 7Cardinals5–11HainesFrench (2–3)——9–11
21May 9Cardinals2–4JohnsonKremer (2–3)——9–12
22May 10@ Robins3–1French (3–3)Phelps—28,00010–12
23May 11@ Robins4–2Meine (3–2)Vance—5,00011–12
24May 15@ Giants3–2 (10)French (4–3)Mitchell—8,00012–12
25May 16@ Braves2–9ZacharyKremer (2–4)—15,00012–13
26May 17@ Braves5–3Meine (4–2)Seibold——13–13
27May 18@ Braves1–3BrandtBrame (0–1)——13–14
28May 19@ Phillies2–3ElliottFrench (4–4)Elliott—13–15
29May 20@ Phillies7–11ShieldsWilloughby (0–2)——13–16
30May 23@ Cubs4–3Meine (5–2)MaloneSpencer (1)—14–16
31May 24@ Cubs10–7Brame (1–1)RootSpencer (2)—15–16
32May 25@ Cubs6–9SweetlandKremer (2–5)——15–17
33May 26@ Cardinals9–11DerringerSpencer (2–1)——15–18
34May 27@ Cardinals4–0Meine (6–2)Johnson——16–18
35May 28@ Cardinals11–8 (7)Osborn (2–0)Rhem——17–18
36May 29Cubs3–4 (10)RootKremer (2–6)——17–19
37May 30Cubs2–9SweetlandSpencer (2–2)—10,00017–20
38May 30Cubs5–6MayBrame (1–2)Root18,00017–21
39May 31@ Cubs0–5SmithMeine (6–3)—30,00017–22
June: 8–18 (Home: 4–7; Away: 4–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
40June 2Braves4–3Osborn (3–0)Brandt——18–22
41June 3Braves3–4 (10)SeiboldBrame (1–3)——18–23
42June 4Braves2–1 (13)Spencer (3–2)Haid——19–23
43June 5Braves0–4ZacharyMeine (6–4)——19–24
44June 6Phillies3–2Kremer (3–6)Elliott——20–24
45June 9Phillies3–7DudleyBrame (1–4)Elliott—20–25
46June 10Giants5–1French (5–4)Walker——21–25
47June 11Giants6–8 (11)BerlySpencer (3–3)—5,00021–26
48June 12Giants2–8FitzsimmonsKremer (3–7)——21–27
49June 13Giants4–6MitchellBrame (1–5)——21–28
50June 14@ Robins3–6ShauteFrench (5–5)Quinn15,00021–29
51June 17Robins0–2ClarkMeine (6–5)——21–30
52June 18@ Giants1–3HubbellFrench (5–6)——21–31
53June 19@ Giants4–1Kremer (4–7)Mitchell——22–31
54June 20@ Giants1–3WalkerSpencer (3–4)—30,00022–32
55June 20@ Giants0–10FitzsimmonsBrame (1–6)—30,00022–33
56June 21@ Giants5–4 (11)French (6–6)Heving——23–33
57June 22@ Robins2–3 (10)ClarkWood (0–4)——23–34
58June 24@ Robins4–6ShauteFrench (6–7)——23–35
59June 24@ Robins3–5HeimachKremer (4–8)—20,00023–36
60June 25@ Phillies1–5DudleyBrame (1–7)——23–37
61June 26@ Phillies2–13WattMeine (6–6)——23–38
62June 27@ Phillies10–6Wood (1–4)ElliottSwetonic (1)15,00024–38
63June 27@ Phillies4–5BengeFrench (6–8)Collins15,00024–39
64June 29@ Braves4–2Kremer (5–8)Zachary——25–39
65June 30@ Braves1–5FrankhouseBrame (1–8)——25–40
July: 19–10 (Home: 16–8; Away: 3–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
66July 1@ Braves4–1Spencer (4–4)Seibold——26–40
67July 2@ Braves1–0Meine (7–6)Cunningham——27–40
68July 4Cardinals9–8 (11)Osborn (4–0)Lindsey——28–40
69July 4Cardinals3–4 (12)HallahanKremer (5–9)——28–41
70July 5@ Reds6–4Brame (2–8)Johnson——29–41
71July 8Cubs5–2Meine (8–6)Warneke——30–41
72July 9Cubs4–2Kremer (6–9)Teachout——31–41
73July 11Cubs2–9SweetlandSpencer (4–5)——31–42
74July 11Cubs5–5 (10)——31–42
75July 12@ Reds7–14LucasMeine (8–7)——31–43
76July 12@ Reds5–6 (11)BentonSwetonic (0–1)——31–44
77July 13Phillies0–1ElliottKremer (6–10)——31–45
78July 14Phillies9–4Meine (9–7)Dudley——32–45
79July 14Phillies4–3 (10)Spencer (5–5)Collins——33–45
80July 15Phillies4–2French (7–8)Benge——34–45
81July 16Phillies12–8Brame (3–8)Bolen——35–45
82July 17Phillies1–4ElliottKremer (6–11)——35–46
83July 18Braves9–3Meine (10–7)Seibold——36–46
84July 18Braves0–1CantwellSpencer (5–6)——36–47
85July 22Robins10–6French (8–8)Shaute——37–47
86July 22Robins2–3HeimachKremer (6–12)—8,00037–48
87July 23Robins17–6Brame (4–8)Vance—3,00038–48
88July 24Robins8–7Osborn (5–0)ClarkFrench (1)—39–48
89July 25Robins5–2Wood (2–4)Luque—12,00040–48
90July 25Robins3–2 (14)French (9–8)Heimach—17,00041–48
91July 27Giants8–6Kremer (7–12)MitchellSpencer (3)—42–48
92July 28Giants2–6HubbellBrame (4–9)——42–49
93July 29Giants4–5WalkerMeine (10–8)——42–50
94July 30Giants9–0French (10–8)Morrell——43–50
95July 31Reds5–0Kremer (8–12)Benton——44–50
August: 15–20 (Home: 6–4; Away: 9–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
96August 1Reds1–0Spencer (6–6)Rixey——45–50
97August 2@ Reds3–0Brame (5–9)Lucas——46–50
98August 4Cardinals1–7HainesMeine (10–9)——46–51
99August 5Cardinals5–4 (12)French (11–8)Lindsey——47–51
100August 5Cardinals2–16HallahanWood (2–5)——47–52
101August 6Reds2–3BentonSpencer (6–7)——47–53
102August 7Reds9–3Kremer (9–12)Lucas——48–53
103August 8Reds4–3Meine (11–9)Johnson——49–53
104August 9@ Reds2–6BentonFrench (11–9)——49–54
105August 9@ Reds8–4Brame (6–9)Frey——50–54
106August 10Cubs4–3Spencer (7–7)Sweetland——51–54
107August 12@ Giants6–4Kremer (10–12)Hubbell——52–54
108August 12@ Giants0–9WalkerMeine (11–10)——52–55
109August 13@ Giants7–5Brame (7–9)Fitzsimmons——53–55
110August 13@ Giants1–6MitchellFrench (11–10)—10,00053–56
111August 14@ Giants1–2MooneySpencer (7–8)——53–57
112August 15@ Phillies4–5DudleyWood (2–6)Collins—53–58
113August 15@ Phillies1–3BolenMeine (11–11)Watt—53–59
114August 17@ Phillies4–2French (12–10)Blake——54–59
115August 17@ Phillies0–3CollinsBrame (7–10)——54–60
116August 18@ Phillies14–5Spencer (8–8)Bolen——55–60
117August 20@ Braves1–2 (10)BrandtSwetonic (0–2)——55–61
118August 20@ Braves5–4Meine (12–11)Sherdel——56–61
119August 21@ Braves1–2CantwellBrame (7–11)——56–62
120August 22@ Braves1–2ZacharySpencer (8–9)——56–63
121August 23@ Robins4–5ShauteMeine (12–12)——56–64
122August 23@ Robins4–5QuinnOsborn (5–1)—15,00056–65
123August 25@ Robins5–3Meine (13–12)Clark——57–65
124August 25@ Robins0–5HeimachKremer (10–13)—25,00057–66
125August 27Cubs3–2Spencer (9–9)Sweetland——58–66
126August 27Cubs4–11WelchBrame (7–12)——58–67
127August 28@ Cardinals4–6LindseyFrench (12–11)Hallahan25,00058–68
128August 29@ Cardinals8–2Meine (14–12)Johnson—7,50059–68
129August 30@ Cardinals0–5DerringerKremer (10–14)——59–69
130August 30@ Cardinals1–4HallahanSpencer (9–10)——59–70
September: 16–9 (Home: 15–6; Away: 1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 3Cardinals6–4Osborn (6–1)Grimes——60–70
132September 4Cardinals3–1Meine (15–12)Hallahan——61–70
133September 5Cardinals8–5Kremer (11–14)Lindsey——62–70
134September 6@ Cubs5–4Spencer (10–10)Root——63–70
135September 7Reds6–1French (13–11)Carroll——64–70
136September 7Reds4–2Brame (8–12)Rixey——65–70
137September 8Reds3–0Harris (1–0)Ogden——66–70
138September 9Robins5–1Meine (16–12)Heimach——67–70
139September 10Giants1–6HubbellKremer (11–15)——67–71
140September 11Giants3–2French (14–11)Parmelee——68–71
141September 12Giants5–1Harris (2–0)Mooney——69–71
142September 13@ Robins5–6HeimachSpencer (10–11)—10,00069–72
143September 15Robins5–2Meine (17–12)Clark——70–72
144September 15Robins2–1French (15–11)Vance—4,00071–72
145September 16Robins5–11ClarkBrame (8–13)——71–73
146September 17Braves0–1ZacharyHarris (2–1)——71–74
147September 17Braves4–2 (8)Spencer (11–11)Brown——72–74
148September 18Braves2–6BrandtFrench (15–12)——72–75
149September 18Braves4–1Meine (18–12)Sherdel——73–75
150September 19Braves7–0Brame (9–13)Frankhouse——74–75
151September 21Phillies4–6ElliottHarris (2–2)Benge—74–76
152September 22Phillies3–2 (13)Meine (19–12)Collins——75–76
153September 24Phillies1–5ElliottFrench (15–13)——75–77
154September 27@ Cubs1–3RootMeine (19–13)Smith—75–78
155September 27@ Cubs4–8MaloneSpencer (11–12)——75–79
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1931 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CEddie Phillips10635382.232744
1BGeorge Grantham127465142.3051046
2BTony Piet4416750.299024
SSTommy Thevenow12040486.213038
3BPie Traynor155615183.2982103
OFLloyd Waner154681214.314457
OFPaul Waner150559180.322670
OFAdam Comorosky9935085.243148

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
Gus Suhr8727057.211432
Woody Jensen7326765.243317
Howdy Groskloss5316145.280020
Earl Grace4715042.280120
Ben Sankey5713230.227014
Bill Regan2810421.202110
Fred Bennett328925.28117
Jim Mosolf394411.25018
Rollie Hemsley10356.17101
Hal Finney10268.30802
Pete McClanahan742.50000
Bill Steinecke440.00000

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
Heinie Meine36284.019132.9858
Larry French39275.215133.2673
Ray Kremer30230.011153.3358
Erv Brame26179.29134.2133
Bill Harris431.0220.8710

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
Glenn Spencer38186.211123.4251
Spades Wood1564.0266.0533
Claude Willoughby925.2026.314

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
Bob Osborn276105.019
Steve Swetonic140213.908
George Grant110007.416
Andy Bednar300011.252

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A Wichita Aviators Western League Art Griggs & Howie Gregory

Notes

References

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