1931 Chicago Cubs Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 3rd in the NL
Attendance: 1,086,422, Avg. 17,697
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Rogers Hornsby (84-70)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1931 Chicago Cubs RosterTeam Record: 84-70
Finished 3rd in the NL
Attendance: 1,086,422, Avg. 17,697
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Rogers Hornsby (84-70)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1931 Chicago Cubs Results
The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1931 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the NL.
The Cubs paced the circuit with 828 runs, ignited by 84 home runs. Chicago allowed 710 runs. Rogers Hornsby powered the team with 16 home runs and accounted for 90 RBI. Charlie Grimm led hitters with significant playing time with a .331 average. Charlie Root topped the squad with 17 wins, while Pat Malone, Bob Smith and Guy Bush each added 15 or more wins also Bob Smith earned a 3.22 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Rogers Hornsby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Root | 17 | 14 | .548 | 3.48 | 39 | 31 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 251.0 | 240 | 109 | 97 | 7 | 71 | 0 | 131 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1043 |
| Guy Bush | 16 | 8 | .667 | 4.49 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 180.3 | 190 | 104 | 90 | 9 | 66 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 790 |
| Pat Malone | 16 | 9 | .640 | 3.90 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 228.3 | 229 | 115 | 99 | 9 | 88 | 0 | 112 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 989 |
| Bob Smith | 15 | 12 | .556 | 3.22 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 240.3 | 239 | 101 | 86 | 10 | 62 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1004 |
| Les Sweetland | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.04 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 130.3 | 156 | 89 | 73 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 601 |
| Jakie May | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.87 | 31 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79.0 | 81 | 35 | 34 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 350 |
| Johnny Welch | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.74 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 39 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 148 |
| Lon Warneke | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.22 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64.3 | 67 | 33 | 23 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 299 |
| Ed Baecht | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.76 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 64 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 301 |
| Bud Teachout | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.72 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.3 | 79 | 40 | 39 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 297 |
| Sheriff Blake | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.22 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 64 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 238 |
| Totals | 84 | 70 | .545 | 3.97 | 300 | 156 | 75 | 80 | 8 | 8 | 1385.7 | 1448 | 710 | 612 | 54 | 524 | 0 | 541 | 36 | 2 | 23 | 6060 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiki Cuyler | 154 | 710 | 613 | 110 | 202 | 37 | 12 | 9 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 72 | 54 | .330 | .404 | .473 | .877 | 290 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Woody English | 156 | 727 | 634 | 117 | 202 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 68 | 80 | .319 | .391 | .413 | .804 | 262 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Grimm | 146 | 596 | 531 | 65 | 176 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 29 | .331 | .393 | .458 | .851 | 243 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Rogers Hornsby | 100 | 418 | 357 | 64 | 118 | 37 | 1 | 16 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 23 | .331 | .421 | .574 | .996 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabby Hartnett | 116 | 438 | 380 | 53 | 107 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 48 | .282 | .370 | .434 | .804 | 165 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Hack Wilson | 112 | 458 | 395 | 66 | 103 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 69 | .261 | .362 | .435 | .798 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riggs Stephenson | 80 | 302 | 263 | 34 | 84 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 14 | .319 | .405 | .414 | .820 | 109 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Taylor | 88 | 303 | 270 | 48 | 81 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 46 | .300 | .372 | .448 | .820 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Bell | 75 | 272 | 252 | 30 | 71 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 22 | .282 | .332 | .405 | .737 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rollie Hemsley | 66 | 224 | 204 | 28 | 63 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 30 | .309 | .362 | .475 | .837 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarence Blair | 86 | 258 | 240 | 31 | 62 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 26 | .258 | .302 | .408 | .710 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Jurges | 88 | 335 | 293 | 34 | 59 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 41 | .201 | .264 | .287 | .551 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Barton | 66 | 270 | 239 | 45 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 40 | .238 | .323 | .452 | .775 | 108 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Herman | 25 | 115 | 98 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | .327 | .405 | .398 | .803 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Moore | 39 | 115 | 104 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .240 | .288 | .346 | .634 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Adair | 18 | 79 | 76 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .276 | .286 | .342 | .628 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Root | 39 | 95 | 90 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | .222 | .255 | .311 | .566 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 36 | 97 | 87 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .218 | .261 | .241 | .502 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Malone | 36 | 91 | 79 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .215 | .244 | .278 | .522 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Sweetland | 29 | 61 | 56 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .268 | .317 | .411 | .727 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheriff Blake | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Bush | 39 | 67 | 57 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .123 | .194 | .140 | .334 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Welch | 8 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .417 | .417 | .583 | 1.000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Baecht | 22 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .278 | .278 | .278 | .556 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lon Warneke | 20 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .263 | .263 | .368 | .632 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Teachout | 37 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .238 | .238 | .238 | .476 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakie May | 31 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .227 | .261 | .318 | .579 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Kreevich | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Taylor | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Grace | 7 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .111 | .385 | .111 | .496 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1748 | 6178 | 5451 | 828 | 1578 | 340 | 66 | 84 | 765 | 49 | 0 | 577 | 641 | .289 | .360 | .422 | .782 | 2302 | 0 | 25 | 125 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Grimm | 1B | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 1357 | 79 | 10 | 107 | .993 | 9.972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Blair | 1B | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 142 | 5 | 2 | 10 | .987 | 6.391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Jurges | 2B | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 83 | 5 | 21 | .968 | 4.515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rogers Hornsby | 2B | 69 | 0 | 0.0 | 107 | 205 | 16 | 24 | .951 | 4.522 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Herman | 2B | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 79 | 10 | 17 | .939 | 6.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Blair | 2B | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 103 | 115 | 10 | 18 | .956 | 4.955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Jurges | 3B | 54 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 115 | 6 | 11 | .963 | 2.907 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rogers Hornsby | 3B | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 50 | 6 | 6 | .922 | 2.731 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woody English | 3B | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 41 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 3.278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Blair | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Bell | 3B | 70 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 118 | 11 | 18 | .944 | 2.629 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zack Taylor | C | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rollie Hemsley | C | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 236 | 40 | 7 | 5 | .975 | 5.208 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gabby Hartnett | C | 105 | 0 | 0.0 | 444 | 68 | 10 | 16 | .981 | 4.876 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Grace | C | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hack Wilson | OF | 103 | 0 | 0.0 | 210 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .978 | 2.126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Teachout | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Taylor | OF | 67 | 0 | 0.0 | 170 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .989 | 2.582 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Riggs Stephenson | OF | 66 | 0 | 0.0 | 134 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 2.045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Moore | OF | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 2.455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Kreevich | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kiki Cuyler | OF | 153 | 0 | 0.0 | 347 | 11 | 11 | 4 | .970 | 2.340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vince Barton | OF | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 133 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .964 | 2.213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Welch | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lon Warneke | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Teachout | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Sweetland | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 1 | .897 | 1.346 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Smith | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Root | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.051 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jakie May | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .581 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Malone | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 46 | 2 | 2 | .963 | 1.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Bush | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 55 | 4 | 7 | .942 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sheriff Blake | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Baecht | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Jurges | SS | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woody English | SS | 138 | 0 | 0.0 | 322 | 441 | 28 | 75 | .965 | 5.529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Adair | SS | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 55 | 5 | 9 | .948 | 5.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1610 | 0 | 0.0 | 4156 | 1837 | 169 | 366 | .973 | 3.722 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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