1931 Boston Braves Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 515,005, Avg. 10,681
Ballpark: Braves Field
Manager: Bill McKechnie (64-90)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1931 Boston Braves RosterTeam Record: 64-90
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 515,005, Avg. 10,681
Ballpark: Braves Field
Manager: Bill McKechnie (64-90)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1931 Boston Braves Results
The Boston Braves of the National League ended the 1931 season with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.
The Braves scored 533 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 680 runs. Wally Berger led Boston with 19 home runs and drove in 84 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time with a .323 average. Ed Brandt topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.92 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Bill McKechnie coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brandt | 18 | 11 | .621 | 2.92 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 250.0 | 228 | 94 | 81 | 11 | 77 | 0 | 112 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1035 |
| Tom Zachary | 11 | 15 | .423 | 3.10 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 229.0 | 243 | 87 | 79 | 8 | 53 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 963 |
| Socks Seibold | 10 | 18 | .357 | 4.67 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 206.3 | 226 | 122 | 107 | 12 | 65 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 895 |
| Fred Frankhouse | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.03 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 127.3 | 125 | 64 | 57 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 545 |
| Ben Cantwell | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.63 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 156.3 | 160 | 73 | 63 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 659 |
| Bill Sherdel | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.25 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 137.7 | 163 | 70 | 65 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 604 |
| Bruce Cunningham | 3 | 12 | .200 | 4.48 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 136.7 | 157 | 74 | 68 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 603 |
| Ray Moss | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.60 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 56 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 205 |
| Bill McAfee | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.37 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 39 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 |
| Bob Brown | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.53 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Hal Haid | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | 59 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 246 |
| Totals | 64 | 90 | .416 | 3.90 | 278 | 156 | 79 | 78 | 12 | 9 | 1380.3 | 1465 | 681 | 598 | 66 | 406 | 0 | 419 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 5915 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Berger | 156 | 678 | 617 | 94 | 199 | 44 | 8 | 19 | 84 | 13 | 0 | 55 | 70 | .323 | .380 | .512 | .892 | 316 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Sheely | 147 | 586 | 538 | 30 | 147 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 21 | .273 | .319 | .314 | .633 | 169 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Rabbit Maranville | 145 | 636 | 562 | 69 | 146 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 56 | 34 | .260 | .329 | .317 | .646 | 178 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Worthington | 128 | 524 | 491 | 47 | 143 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 38 | .291 | .328 | .407 | .736 | 200 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddie Maguire | 148 | 544 | 492 | 36 | 112 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 26 | .228 | .259 | .272 | .532 | 134 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Schulmerich | 95 | 359 | 327 | 36 | 101 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 30 | .309 | .363 | .422 | .785 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Spohrer | 114 | 373 | 350 | 23 | 84 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 27 | .240 | .285 | .317 | .602 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Richbourg | 97 | 311 | 286 | 32 | 82 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 14 | .287 | .331 | .388 | .719 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Urbanski | 82 | 333 | 303 | 22 | 72 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 32 | .238 | .274 | .307 | .581 | 93 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Moore | 83 | 209 | 192 | 19 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | .260 | .311 | .359 | .670 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dreesen | 48 | 204 | 180 | 38 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 23 | .222 | .310 | .339 | .649 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Neun | 79 | 117 | 104 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .221 | .302 | .288 | .590 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Cronin | 51 | 116 | 107 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .206 | .267 | .280 | .548 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Brandt | 34 | 98 | 82 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | .256 | .330 | .280 | .610 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Bool | 49 | 96 | 85 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .188 | .266 | .200 | .466 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Sherdel | 27 | 49 | 46 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .304 | .347 | .326 | .673 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Zachary | 33 | 88 | 84 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .167 | .205 | .190 | .395 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Cantwell | 40 | 59 | 57 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .228 | .228 | .246 | .474 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Clark | 16 | 59 | 50 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .220 | .316 | .260 | .576 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Wilson | 16 | 62 | 58 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .190 | .230 | .310 | .540 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buster Chatham | 17 | 50 | 44 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .227 | .320 | .318 | .638 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Socks Seibold | 33 | 77 | 70 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .129 | .141 | .129 | .269 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bucky Walters | 9 | 38 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .474 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hunnefield | 11 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Frankhouse | 26 | 46 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .150 | .244 | .150 | .394 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Cunningham | 34 | 43 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .071 | .093 | .071 | .164 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Moss | 12 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Brown | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Haid | 27 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Veltman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill McAfee | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Scalzi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1781 | 5809 | 5296 | 533 | 1367 | 221 | 59 | 34 | 490 | 46 | 0 | 368 | 430 | .258 | .309 | .341 | .650 | 1808 | 0 | 22 | 123 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Sheely | 1B | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 1374 | 70 | 12 | 108 | .992 | 1.098 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Neun | 1B | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 159 | 9 | 1 | 15 | .994 | 4.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Berger | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bucky Walters | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Moore | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rabbit Maranville | 2B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 5 | .929 | 3.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freddie Maguire | 2B | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | 372 | 478 | 21 | 94 | .976 | 5.743 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Hunnefield | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Wilson | 3B | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 2.357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bucky Walters | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Urbanski | 3B | 68 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 145 | 9 | 15 | .961 | 3.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Moore | 3B | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .944 | 2.318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Hunnefield | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 3.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dreesen | 3B | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 83 | 11 | 1 | .910 | 2.362 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buster Chatham | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Spohrer | C | 111 | 0 | 0.0 | 392 | 54 | 8 | 5 | .982 | 4.018 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Cronin | C | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 122 | 21 | 9 | 5 | .941 | 2.860 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Bool | C | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 73 | 14 | 1 | 4 | .989 | 2.351 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Worthington | OF | 124 | 0 | 0.0 | 242 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .988 | 2.016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wes Schulmerich | OF | 87 | 0 | 0.0 | 190 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .966 | 2.253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lance Richbourg | OF | 71 | 0 | 0.0 | 154 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .981 | 2.211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Moore | OF | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .952 | 2.034 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Clark | OF | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 2.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Berger | OF | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | 457 | 16 | 11 | 5 | .977 | 3.032 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Zachary | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 65 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 2.030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Sherdel | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Socks Seibold | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Moss | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill McAfee | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Haid | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .963 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Frankhouse | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 3 | .923 | 1.385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Cunningham | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 50 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 1.697 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Cantwell | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 49 | 3 | 2 | .949 | 1.697 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Brown | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Brandt | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 64 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 2.242 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Urbanski | SS | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 43 | 2 | 8 | .972 | 3.684 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rabbit Maranville | SS | 137 | 0 | 0.0 | 271 | 432 | 38 | 93 | .949 | 5.131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buster Chatham | SS | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .762 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1634 | 0 | 0.0 | 4139 | 1887 | 170 | 388 | .973 | 3.688 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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