1931 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 107-45
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 627,464, Avg. 9,586
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to St. Louis Cardinals 4-3
Manager: Connie Mack (107-45)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1931 Philadelphia Athletics Roster
1931 Philadelphia Athletics Results

The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1931 season with a record of 107 wins and 45 losses, finishing first in the AL.

The Athletics yielded 626 runs, fewest in the league. Philadelphia plated 858 runs. Jimmie Foxx walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Mickey Cochrane and Al Simmons swatted 20 or more, too. Al Simmons drove in 128 runs and topped all regular batters with a .390 average. Lefty Grove recorded 31 wins on the mound for the squad, and Rube Walberg, George Earnshaw and Roy Mahaffey each added 15 or more victories also Lefty Grove recorded a 2.06 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Connie Mack coached the team. The 1931 Philadelphia Athletics won the League Championship Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Lefty Grove	31	4	.886	2.06	41	30	10	27	4	5	288.7	249	84	66	10	62	175	1	0	2	1160
George Earnshaw	21	7	.750	3.67	43	30	11	23	3	6	281.7	255	130	115	16	75	152	3	0	5	1174
Rube Walberg	20	12	.625	3.74	44	35	8	19	1	3	291.0	298	133	121	16	109	106	0	0	3	1248
Roy Mahaffey	15	4	.789	4.21	30	20	5	8	0	2	162.3	161	87	76	9	82	59	3	0	4	664
Waite Hoyt	10	5	.667	4.22	16	14	0	9	2	0	111.0	130	60	52	9	37	30	0	0	1	479
Eddie Rommel	7	5	.583	2.97	25	10	10	8	1	0	118.0	136	50	39	5	27	18	1	0	2	498
Hank McDonald	2	4	.333	3.71	19	10	3	1	1	0	70.3	62	43	29	3	41	23	1	1	1	305
Lew Krausse	1	0	1.000	4.09	3	1	1	1	0	0	11.0	6	6	5	2	6	1	0	0	1	46
Sol Carter	0	0		19.29	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.3	1	5	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	11
Jim Peterson	0	1	.000	6.23	6	1	4	1	0	0	13.0	18	10	9	0	4	7	0	1	0	60
Bill Shores	0	3	.000	5.06	6	2	3	0	0	0	16.0	26	18	9	3	10	2	0	0	1	83
Totals	107	45	.704	3.47	235	153	56	97	12	16	1365.3	1342	626	526	73	457	574	9	2	20	5728

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Al Simmons	128	563	513	105	200	37	13	22	128	3	3	47	45	.390	.444	.641	1.085	329	3	0
Mickey Cochrane	122	521	459	87	160	31	6	17	89	2	3	56	21	.349	.423	.553	.976	254	3	3
Jimmie Foxx	139	593	515	93	150	32	10	30	120	4	3	73	84	.291	.380	.567	.947	292	1	4
Bing Miller	137	585	534	75	150	43	5	8	77	5	3	36	16	.281	.338	.425	.763	227	10	5
Max Bishop	130	614	497	115	146	30	4	5	37	3	1	112	51	.294	.426	.400	.826	199	2	3
Mule Haas	102	489	440	82	142	29	7	8	56	0	0	30	29	.323	.366	.475	.841	209	0	19
Jimmy Dykes	101	414	355	48	97	28	2	3	46	1	2	49	47	.273	.371	.389	.759	138	6	4
Dib Williams	86	315	294	41	79	12	2	6	40	2	0	19	21	.269	.313	.384	.697	113	0	2
Eric McNair	79	299	280	41	76	10	1	5	33	1	4	11	19	.271	.306	.368	.674	103	3	5
Doc Cramer	65	242	223	37	58	8	2	2	20	2	1	11	15	.260	.301	.341	.642	76	2	6
Joe Boley	67	244	224	26	51	9	3	0	20	1	1	15	13	.228	.282	.295	.577	66	2	3
Phil Todt	62	207	197	23	48	14	2	5	44	1	1	8	22	.244	.273	.411	.684	81	0	2
Jimmy Moore	49	158	143	18	32	5	1	2	21	0	1	11	13	.224	.284	.315	.599	45	1	3
George Earnshaw	43	122	114	12	30	7	1	2	13	0	0	5	23	.263	.294	.395	.689	45	0	3
Johnnie Heving	42	121	113	8	27	3	2	1	12	0	0	6	8	.239	.277	.327	.605	37	0	2
Lefty Grove	41	122	115	8	23	3	0	0	12	0	0	3	48	.200	.220	.226	.446	26	0	4
Eddie Rommel	29	60	54	6	14	1	1	0	4	0	0	6	5	.259	.333	.315	.648	17	0	0
Waite Hoyt	16	47	43	5	13	3	0	0	4	0	0	2	8	.302	.333	.372	.705	16	0	2
Rube Walberg	45	114	105	6	13	1	1	0	6	0	0	5	16	.124	.164	.152	.316	16	0	4
Roy Mahaffey	30	70	63	7	12	2	0	2	8	0	0	4	25	.190	.239	.317	.556	20	0	3
Joe Palmisano	19	50	44	5	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	6	3	.227	.320	.273	.593	12	0	0
Lou Finney	9	32	24	7	9	0	1	0	3	0	0	6	1	.375	.516	.458	.974	11	1	1
Hank McDonald	19	25	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	.095	.240	.095	.335	2	0	0
Jim Peterson	6	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	2	0	0
Bill Shores	6	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0
Lew Krausse	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	1	0
Sol Carter	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1577	6018	5377	858	1544	311	64	118	798	25	23	528	543	.287	.355	.435	.789	2337	35	78

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Phil Todt	1B	52	403	13	2	36	.995	8.000	0
Jimmie Foxx	1B	112	964	49	7	89	.993	9.045	0
Dib Williams	2B	10	15	23	0	4	1.000	3.800	0
Eddie Rommel	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Joe Palmisano	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Eric McNair	2B	16	35	43	3	15	.963	4.875	0
Joe Boley	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Max Bishop	2B	130	314	414	12	84	.984	5.600	0
Eric McNair	3B	47	43	86	12	15	.915	2.745	0
Jimmie Foxx	3B	26	24	55	8	4	.908	3.038	0
Jimmy Dykes	3B	87	105	153	7	19	.974	2.966	0
Joe Palmisano	C	16	44	4	2	2	.960	3.000	1
Johnnie Heving	C	40	139	11	1	0	.993	3.750	3
Mickey Cochrane	C	117	560	63	9	9	.986	5.325	6
Dib Williams	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Al Simmons	OF	128	287	10	4	0	.987	2.320	0
Eddie Rommel	OF	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Jimmy Moore	OF	36	70	3	2	2	.973	2.028	0
Bing Miller	OF	137	305	7	4	1	.987	2.277	0
Mule Haas	OF	102	272	6	3	4	.989	2.725	0
Jimmie Foxx	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Lou Finney	OF	8	19	1	0	1	1.000	2.500	0
Doc Cramer	OF	55	133	5	3	1	.979	2.509	0
Rube Walberg	P	44	13	52	0	1	1.000	1.477	0
Bill Shores	P	6	1	4	1	0	.833	.833	0
Eddie Rommel	P	25	5	25	2	1	.938	1.200	0
Jim Peterson	P	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Hank McDonald	P	19	5	9	1	0	.933	.737	0
Roy Mahaffey	P	30	4	19	1	0	.958	.767	0
Lew Krausse	P	3	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.333	0
Waite Hoyt	P	16	2	27	0	2	1.000	1.813	0
Lefty Grove	P	41	2	47	0	1	1.000	1.195	0
George Earnshaw	P	43	15	52	5	4	.931	1.558	0
Sol Carter	P	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Dib Williams	SS	72	152	214	27	59	.931	5.083	0
Eric McNair	SS	13	19	26	4	6	.918	3.462	0
Jimmy Dykes	SS	15	31	35	8	8	.892	4.400	0
Joe Boley	SS	62	102	149	12	31	.954	4.048	0
Totals		1524	4094	1614	140	400	.976	3.745	10

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF
Lefty Grove	WS	2	1	.667	2.42	3	3	0	2	0	26.0	28	7	7	0	2	16	0	107
George Earnshaw	WS	1	2	.333	1.88	3	3	0	2	1	24.0	12	6	5	1	4	20	1	88
Rube Walberg	WS	0	0		3.00	2	0	1	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	4	0	12
Eddie Rommel	WS	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	6
Roy Mahaffey	WS	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	5
Waite Hoyt	WS	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	7	3	3	1	0	1	0	24
Totals		3	4	.429	2.66	11	7	3	4	1	61.0	54	19	18	2	9	41	1	242

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	IBB
Al Simmons	WS	7	30	27	4	9	2	2	8	3	3	.333	.400	.630	1.030	17	1	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	WS	7	29	23	3	8	0	1	3	6	5	.348	.483	.478	.961	11	0	0	0	0
Dib Williams	WS	7	27	25	2	8	1	0	1	2	9	.320	.370	.360	.730	9	0	0	0	1
Bing Miller	WS	7	28	26	3	7	1	0	1	0	4	.269	.296	.308	.604	8	0	1	1	0
Jimmy Dykes	WS	7	28	22	2	5	0	0	2	5	1	.227	.370	.227	.598	5	1	0	1	0
Mickey Cochrane	WS	7	30	25	2	4	0	0	1	5	2	.160	.300	.160	.460	4	1	0	0	0
Max Bishop	WS	7	30	27	4	4	0	0	0	3	5	.148	.233	.148	.381	4	0	0	0	0
Mule Haas	WS	7	28	23	1	3	1	0	2	3	5	.130	.231	.174	.405	4	0	0	2	0
Doc Cramer	WS	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Moore	WS	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Boley	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
George Earnshaw	WS	3	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	WS	3	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Johnnie Heving	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Waite Hoyt	WS	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Eric McNair	WS	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Mahaffey	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Rommel	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Phil Todt	WS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
Rube Walberg	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals		76	260	227	22	50	5	3	20	28	46	.220	.309	.282	.591	64	5	1	4	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Jimmie Foxx	WS	1B	7	7	61.0	69	2	1	4	.986	1.475	1.143
Max Bishop	WS	2B	7	7	58.0	12	18	0	4	1.000	4.655	4.286
Eric McNair	WS	2B	1	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	6.000	2.000
Jimmy Dykes	WS	3B	7	7	61.0	4	12	0	1	1.000	2.361	2.286
Mickey Cochrane	WS	C	7	7	61.0	40	4	1	0	.978	6.492	6.286
Mule Haas	WS	CF	7	7	58.0	15	0	0	0	1.000	2.328	2.143
Al Simmons	WS	CF	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.000
Al Simmons	WS	LF	7	7	58.0	19	0	0	0	1.000	2.948	2.714
Jimmy Moore	WS	LF	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.000
Lefty Grove	WS	P	3	3	26.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
George Earnshaw	WS	P	3	3	24.0	1	7	0	0	1.000	3.000	2.667
Waite Hoyt	WS	P	1	1	6.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Rube Walberg	WS	P	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Eddie Rommel	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Roy Mahaffey	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000
Bing Miller	WS	RF	7	7	61.0	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.918	1.857
Dib Williams	WS	SS	7	7	61.0	7	24	0	2	1.000	4.574	4.429
Totals			70	63	549.0	183	69	2	11	.992	4.131	3.600

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