1931 Boston Braves season

March 2026 November 2013 Boston Braves 1931 National League Braves Field Boston, Massachusetts 64–90 (.416) 7th Emil Fuchs Bill McKechnie WNAC(Fred Hoey) 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.Bob Smith page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents BSN Roster 1931 Boston Braves Roster Pitchers Ed Brandt Bob Brown Ben Cantwell Bruce Cunningham Fred Frankhouse Hal Haid Bill McAfee Ray Moss Socks Seibold Bill Sherdel Tom Zachary Catchers Al Bool Bill Cronin Al Spohrer Infielders Buster Chatham Bill Dreesen Bill Hunnefield Freddie Maguire Rabbit Maranville Johnny Neun Earl Sheely Billy Urbanski Bucky Walters Charlie Wilson Outfielders Wally Berger Earl Clark Randy Moore Lance Richbourg Wes Schulmerich Red Worthington Other batters Johnny Scalzi Pat Veltman Manager Bill McKechnie Coaches Hank Gowdy 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 Wes Schulmerich 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 Charlie Wilson Charlie Wilson (baseball) 16 58 11 .190 1 11 Earl Clark Earl Clark (baseball) 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 Ed Brandt 33 250.0 18 11 2.92 112 Tom Zachary 33 229.0 11 15 3.10 64 Socks Seibold 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 Ben Cantwell 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 Bob Brown Bob Brown (pitcher) 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 Bill McAfee 18 0 1 0 6.37 9 Farm system Minor League Baseball B Hazleton Mountaineers New York–Pennsylvania League Hugh Fitzgerald and Jake PitlerJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References 2 External links 1931 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference Category:Boston Braves seasons Boston Braves Boston Braves Category:1930s in Boston