1931 Philadelphia Phillies season

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	101	53	.656	—	54‍–‍24	47‍–‍29
New York Giants	87	65	.572	13	50‍–‍27	37‍–‍38
Chicago Cubs	84	70	.545	17	50‍–‍27	34‍–‍43
Brooklyn Robins	79	73	.520	21	46‍–‍29	33‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	79	.487	26	44‍–‍33	31‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies	66	88	.429	35	40‍–‍36	26‍–‍52
Boston Braves	64	90	.416	37	36‍–‍41	28‍–‍49
Cincinnati Reds	58	96	.377	43	38‍–‍39	20‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

1931 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	11–11–1	8–14–1	8–14	6–16	11–11	11–11	9–13
Brooklyn	11–11–1	—	14–8	10–12	10–10	13–9	11–11	10–12
Chicago	14–8–1	8–14	—	14–8	12–10	14–8	14–8–1	8–14
Cincinnati	14–8	12–10	8–14	—	7–15	9–13	6–16	2–20
New York	16–6	10–10	10–12	15–7	—	14–8–1	12–10	10–12
Philadelphia	11–11	9–13	8–14	13–9	8–14–1	—	13–9	4–18
Pittsburgh	11–11	11–11	8–14–1	16–6	10–12	9–13	—	10–12
St. Louis	13–9	12–10	14–8	20–2	12–10	18–4	12–10	—

Roster

1931 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Bob Adams Ray Benge Sheriff Blake Stew Bolen Phil Collins Clise Dudley Hal Elliott Jumbo Elliott Ed Fallenstein John Milligan Chet Nichols Dutch Schesler Ben Shields Lil Stoner Frank Watt Hal Wiltse		Catchers Gene Connell Spud Davis Harry McCurdy Tony Rensa Infielders Dick Bartell Bernie Friberg Don Hurst Les Mallon Bobby Stevens Pinky Whitney Hugh Willingham		Outfielders Buzz Arlett Fred Brickell Chuck Klein Fred Koster Hal Lee Doug Taitt		Manager Burt Shotton Coaches Fred Hunter Jack Onslow

1931 Philadelphia Phillies

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Burt Shotton

Coaches

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	Spud Davis	120	393	128	.326	4	51
1B	Don Hurst	137	489	149	.305	11	91
2B	Les Mallon	122	375	116	.309	1	45
SS	Dick Bartell	135	554	160	.289	0	34
3B	Pinky Whitney	130	501	144	.287	9	74
OF	Buzz Arlett	121	418	131	.313	18	72
OF	Fred Brickell	130	514	130	.253	1	31
OF	Chuck Klein	148	594	200	.337	31	121

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
Bernie Friberg	103	353	92	.261	1	26
Fred Koster	76	151	34	.225	0	8
Doug Taitt	38	151	34	.225	1	15
Harry McCurdy	66	150	43	.287	1	25
Hal Lee	44	131	29	.221	2	12
Bobby Stevens	12	35	12	.343	0	4
Hugh Willingham	23	35	9	.257	1	3
Tony Rensa	19	29	3	.103	0	2
Gene Connell	6	12	3	.250	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
Jumbo Elliott	52	249.0	19	14	4.27	99
Ray Benge	38	247.0	14	18	3.17	117
Phil Collins	42	240.1	12	16	3.86	73
Clise Dudley	30	179.0	8	14	3.52	50
Bob Adams	1	6.0	0	1	9.00	3

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
Frank Watt	38	122.2	5	5	4.84	25
Stew Bolen	28	98.2	3	12	6.39	55
Sheriff Blake	14	71.0	4	5	5.58	31
Hal Elliott	16	33.0	0	2	9.55	8
Lil Stoner	7	13.2	0	0	6.59	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	ERA	SO
Ed Fallenstein	24	0	0	7.13	15
Dutch Schesler	17	0	0	7.28	14
Ben Shields	4	1	0	15.19	0
John Milligan	3	0	0	3.38	6
Chet Nichols Sr.	3	0	1	9.53	1
Hal Wiltse	1	0	0	9.00	0

References

Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference

External links

1931 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference

1931 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Negro National League

1931 World Series

Philadelphia Phillies

Established in 1883
Formerly the Philadelphia Quakers and the Philadelphia Blue Jays
Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Cape May Athletic Park; The Ballpark (Gainesville); Latta Park Baseball Field; Broad Street Park; Bolton Street Park; Southern Pines Country Club; Rickwood Field; Fogel Field; Sunset Ball Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wearn Field; Fleming Field; Cooke Field; Ninth Street Park; Denison Field; Biloxi Stadium; Landa Park; Flamingo Field; Wilmington Park; Clearwater Athletic Field; Jack Russell Stadium; Carpenter Complex/BayCare Ballpark

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Limited partnership (John S. Middleton, Jim & Pete Buck, Stanley Middleman, Estate of David Montgomery, & Pat Gillick)
President: David Dombrowski
General Manager: Preston Mattingly
Manager: Rob Thomson

World Series
championships (2)

1980
2008

NL pennants (8)

Division
championships (12)

Wild Card titles (2)

2022
2023

Minor league
affiliates

Triple-A: Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Double-A: Reading Fightin Phils
High-A: Jersey Shore BlueClaws
Single-A: Clearwater Threshers
Rookie: FCL Phillies; DSL Phillies Red; DSL Phillies White
Rosters: Minor league rosters

Broadcasting

Television	NBC Sports Philadelphia WCAU
Radio	94 WIP (English flagship station) El Pasaporte (Spanish flagship station) Phillies radio network affiliates
Broadcasters	Tom McCarthy John Kruk Ben Davis Mike Schmidt Rubén Amaro Jr. Scott Franzke Larry Andersen Kevin Stocker

Seasons (143)
1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 · 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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