1931 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1931 94 59 y 2nd American League Yankee Stadium New York City, New York Jacob Ruppert Ed Barrow Joe McCarthy (1st season) The 1931 New York Yankees season was the team's 29th season. The team finished with a 94–59–2 record (94 59), finishing 13.5 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. This team is notable for holding the modern day Major League record for team runs scored in a season with 1,067 (6.88 runs per game average). New York was managed by future Hall-of-Famer Joe McCarthy; 1931 was his first season with the Yankees after spending the previous five with the Chicago Cubs. The owner and general manager (Jacob Ruppert and Ed Barrow, respectively), would also eventually be indicted into the Hall-of-Fame. For the second straight season, the Yankees fielded nine players who would eventually be enshrined in the Hall of Fame (Earle Combs, Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez, Tony Lazzeri, Herb Pennock, Red Ruffing, Babe Ruth, and Joe Sewell). This is the most all time, tied with the previous year's team as well as the 1932 and 1933 Yankees teams.Most Hall-of-Famers on an MLB team in a single season https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/baseball/player-batting-season-finder.cgi live https://archive.today/20260114221119/https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/dbxg6 January 14, 2026 January 14, 2026 Stathead The same nine Hall of Famers played for the 1931, 1932, and 1933 teams, with the 1930 team differing only by not having Joe Sewell and instead featuring Waite Hoyt. Offseason December 10, 1930: Cy Perkins was purchased by the Yankees from the Philadelphia Athletics.Cy Perkins page at Baseball Reference January 13, 1931: Harry Rice was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Washington Senators.Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference Regular season First baseman Lou Gehrig set an American League record by driving in 185 runs,Numbelievable! 71 Michael X. Ferraro John Veneziano Triumph Books Chicago 2007 978-1-57243-990-0 breaking his own record of 173 set in 1927. The total, which was six short of Hack Wilson's all-time record of 191 set the previous year, still stands as of the end of the 2022 season. Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Roster 1931 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 22,34 Ivy Andrews 20 Lefty Gomez 14 Hank Johnson 34 Lou McEvoy 16 Herb Pennock 12 George Pipgras 19,21 Gordon Rhodes 18 Red Ruffing 15 Roy Sherid 24 Jim Weaver 19 Lefty Weinert 17 Ed Wells Catchers  8 Bill Dickey 10 Arndt Jorgens  9 Cy Perkins Infielders  4 Lou Gehrig  2 Lyn Lary  5 Tony Lazzeri 26 Jimmie Reese  2 Red Rolfe 27 Joe Sewell Outfielders 26 Sammy Byrd  7 Ben Chapman  1 Earle Combs  6 Dusty Cooke 28 Myril Hoag  3 Babe Ruth 35 Dixie Walker Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 31 Jimmy Burke 30 Art Fletcher 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 Bill Dickey 130 477 156 .327 6 78 1B Lou Gehrig 155 619 211 .341 46 185 2B Tony Lazzeri 135 484 129 .267 8 83 SS Lyn Lary 155 610 171 .280 10 107 3B Joe Sewell 130 484 146 .302 6 64 OF Babe Ruth 145 534 199 .373 46 162 OF Earl Combs 138 563 179 .318 5 58 OF Ben Chapman Ben Chapman (baseball) 149 600 189 .315 17 122 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 Samuel Byrd 115 248 67 .270 3 32 Jimmie Reese 65 245 59 .241 3 26 Arndt Jorgens 46 100 27 .270 0 14 Cy Perkins 16 47 12 .255 0 7 Dusty Cooke 27 39 13 .333 1 6 Myril Hoag 44 28 4 .143 0 3 Dixie Walker 2 10 3 .300 0 1 Red Rolfe 1 0 0 ---- 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 Lefty Gomez 40 243.0 21 9 2.67 150 Red Ruffing 37 237.0 16 14 4.41 132 Hank Johnson Hank Johnson (baseball) 40 196.1 13 8 4.72 106 Herb Pennock 25 189.1 11 6 4.28 65 Gordon Rhodes 18 87.0 6 3 3.41 36 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 Pipgras 36 137.2 7 6 3.79 59 Ed Wells Ed Wells (baseball) 27 116.2 9 5 4.32 34 Roy Sherid 17 74.1 5 5 5.69 39 Jim Weaver Jim Weaver (right-handed pitcher) 17 57.2 2 1 5.31 28 Ivy Andrews 7 34.1 2 0 4.19 10 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 Lefty Weinert 17 2 2 0 6.20 24 Lou McEvoy 6 0 0 1 12.41 3 Awards and honors League records Lou Gehrig, American League single season record, runs batted in (RBI) for a season (185). Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Newark Bears International League Al Mamaux A Albany Senators Eastern League Bill McCorry B Scranton Miners New York–Pennsylvania League Buck Elliott and Ernie Vick D Cumberland Colts Middle Atlantic League Leo Mackey LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: CumberlandJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1931 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1931 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1930s in the Bronx