1931 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1931 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Jewel Ens
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The 1931 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 50th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 45th in the National League. The Pirates finished fifth in the league standings with a record of 75–79.

Offseason

November 6, 1930: Dick Bartell was traded by the Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tommy Thevenow and Claude Willoughby.^[2]

Regular season

Notable transactions

June 13, 1931: Rollie Hemsley was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Earl Grace.^[3]

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	101	53	0.656	—	54–24	47–29
New York Giants	87	65	0.572	13	50–27	37–38
Chicago Cubs	84	70	0.545	17	50–27	34–43
Brooklyn Robins	79	73	0.520	21	46–29	33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	79	0.487	26	44–33	31–46
Philadelphia Phillies	66	88	0.429	35	40–36	26–52
Boston Braves	64	90	0.416	37	36–41	28–49
Cincinnati Reds	58	96	0.377	43	38–39	20–57

Record vs. opponents

1931 National League Records 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	—

Game log

1931 Game Log: 75–79 (Home: 44–33; Away: 31–46)

April: 6–8 (Home: 1–2; Away: 5–6)

May: 11–14 (Home: 2–6; Away: 9–8)

June: 8–18 (Home: 4–7; Away: 4–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
40	June 2	Braves	4–3	Osborn (3–0)	Brandt	—	—	18–22
41	June 3	Braves	3–4 (10)	Seibold	Brame (1–3)	—	—	18–23
42	June 4	Braves	2–1 (13)	Spencer (3–2)	Haid	—	—	19–23
43	June 5	Braves	0–4	Zachary	Meine (6–4)	—	—	19–24
44	June 6	Phillies	3–2	Kremer (3–6)	Elliott	—	—	20–24
45	June 9	Phillies	3–7	Dudley	Brame (1–4)	Elliott	—	20–25
46	June 10	Giants	5–1	French (5–4)	Walker	—	—	21–25
47	June 11	Giants	6–8 (11)	Berly	Spencer (3–3)	—	5,000	21–26
48	June 12	Giants	2–8	Fitzsimmons	Kremer (3–7)	—	—	21–27
49	June 13	Giants	4–6	Mitchell	Brame (1–5)	—	—	21–28
50	June 14	@ Robins	3–6	Shaute	French (5–5)	Quinn	15,000	21–29
51	June 17	Robins	0–2	Clark	Meine (6–5)	—	—	21–30
52	June 18	@ Giants	1–3	Hubbell	French (5–6)	—	—	21–31
53	June 19	@ Giants	4–1	Kremer (4–7)	Mitchell	—	—	22–31
54	June 20	@ Giants	1–3	Walker	Spencer (3–4)	—	30,000	22–32
55	June 20	@ Giants	0–10	Fitzsimmons	Brame (1–6)	—	30,000	22–33
56	June 21	@ Giants	5–4 (11)	French (6–6)	Heving	—	—	23–33
57	June 22	@ Robins	2–3 (10)	Clark	Wood (0–4)	—	—	23–34
58	June 24	@ Robins	4–6	Shaute	French (6–7)	—	—	23–35
59	June 24	@ Robins	3–5	Heimach	Kremer (4–8)	—	20,000	23–36
60	June 25	@ Phillies	1–5	Dudley	Brame (1–7)	—	—	23–37
61	June 26	@ Phillies	2–13	Watt	Meine (6–6)	—	—	23–38
62	June 27	@ Phillies	10–6	Wood (1–4)	Elliott	Swetonic (1)	15,000	24–38
63	June 27	@ Phillies	4–5	Benge	French (6–8)	Collins	15,000	24–39
64	June 29	@ Braves	4–2	Kremer (5–8)	Zachary	—	—	25–39
65	June 30	@ Braves	1–5	Frankhouse	Brame (1–8)	—	—	25–40

July: 19–10 (Home: 16–8; Away: 3–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
66	July 1	@ Braves	4–1	Spencer (4–4)	Seibold	—	—	26–40
67	July 2	@ Braves	1–0	Meine (7–6)	Cunningham	—	—	27–40
68	July 4	Cardinals	9–8 (11)	Osborn (4–0)	Lindsey	—	—	28–40
69	July 4	Cardinals	3–4 (12)	Hallahan	Kremer (5–9)	—	—	28–41
70	July 5	@ Reds	6–4	Brame (2–8)	Johnson	—	—	29–41
71	July 8	Cubs	5–2	Meine (8–6)	Warneke	—	—	30–41
72	July 9	Cubs	4–2	Kremer (6–9)	Teachout	—	—	31–41
73	July 11	Cubs	2–9	Sweetland	Spencer (4–5)	—	—	31–42
74	July 11	Cubs	5–5 (10)			—	—	31–42
75	July 12	@ Reds	7–14	Lucas	Meine (8–7)	—	—	31–43
76	July 12	@ Reds	5–6 (11)	Benton	Swetonic (0–1)	—	—	31–44
77	July 13	Phillies	0–1	Elliott	Kremer (6–10)	—	—	31–45
78	July 14	Phillies	9–4	Meine (9–7)	Dudley	—	—	32–45
79	July 14	Phillies	4–3 (10)	Spencer (5–5)	Collins	—	—	33–45
80	July 15	Phillies	4–2	French (7–8)	Benge	—	—	34–45
81	July 16	Phillies	12–8	Brame (3–8)	Bolen	—	—	35–45
82	July 17	Phillies	1–4	Elliott	Kremer (6–11)	—	—	35–46
83	July 18	Braves	9–3	Meine (10–7)	Seibold	—	—	36–46
84	July 18	Braves	0–1	Cantwell	Spencer (5–6)	—	—	36–47
85	July 22	Robins	10–6	French (8–8)	Shaute	—	—	37–47
86	July 22	Robins	2–3	Heimach	Kremer (6–12)	—	8,000	37–48
87	July 23	Robins	17–6	Brame (4–8)	Vance	—	3,000	38–48
88	July 24	Robins	8–7	Osborn (5–0)	Clark	French (1)	—	39–48
89	July 25	Robins	5–2	Wood (2–4)	Luque	—	12,000	40–48
90	July 25	Robins	3–2 (14)	French (9–8)	Heimach	—	17,000	41–48
91	July 27	Giants	8–6	Kremer (7–12)	Mitchell	Spencer (3)	—	42–48
92	July 28	Giants	2–6	Hubbell	Brame (4–9)	—	—	42–49
93	July 29	Giants	4–5	Walker	Meine (10–8)	—	—	42–50
94	July 30	Giants	9–0	French (10–8)	Morrell	—	—	43–50
95	July 31	Reds	5–0	Kremer (8–12)	Benton	—	—	44–50

August: 15–20 (Home: 6–4; Away: 9–16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
96	August 1	Reds	1–0	Spencer (6–6)	Rixey	—	—	45–50
97	August 2	@ Reds	3–0	Brame (5–9)	Lucas	—	—	46–50
98	August 4	Cardinals	1–7	Haines	Meine (10–9)	—	—	46–51
99	August 5	Cardinals	5–4 (12)	French (11–8)	Lindsey	—	—	47–51
100	August 5	Cardinals	2–16	Hallahan	Wood (2–5)	—	—	47–52
101	August 6	Reds	2–3	Benton	Spencer (6–7)	—	—	47–53
102	August 7	Reds	9–3	Kremer (9–12)	Lucas	—	—	48–53
103	August 8	Reds	4–3	Meine (11–9)	Johnson	—	—	49–53
104	August 9	@ Reds	2–6	Benton	French (11–9)	—	—	49–54
105	August 9	@ Reds	8–4	Brame (6–9)	Frey	—	—	50–54
106	August 10	Cubs	4–3	Spencer (7–7)	Sweetland	—	—	51–54
107	August 12	@ Giants	6–4	Kremer (10–12)	Hubbell	—	—	52–54
108	August 12	@ Giants	0–9	Walker	Meine (11–10)	—	—	52–55
109	August 13	@ Giants	7–5	Brame (7–9)	Fitzsimmons	—	—	53–55
110	August 13	@ Giants	1–6	Mitchell	French (11–10)	—	10,000	53–56
111	August 14	@ Giants	1–2	Mooney	Spencer (7–8)	—	—	53–57
112	August 15	@ Phillies	4–5	Dudley	Wood (2–6)	Collins	—	53–58
113	August 15	@ Phillies	1–3	Bolen	Meine (11–11)	Watt	—	53–59
114	August 17	@ Phillies	4–2	French (12–10)	Blake	—	—	54–59
115	August 17	@ Phillies	0–3	Collins	Brame (7–10)	—	—	54–60
116	August 18	@ Phillies	14–5	Spencer (8–8)	Bolen	—	—	55–60
117	August 20	@ Braves	1–2 (10)	Brandt	Swetonic (0–2)	—	—	55–61
118	August 20	@ Braves	5–4	Meine (12–11)	Sherdel	—	—	56–61
119	August 21	@ Braves	1–2	Cantwell	Brame (7–11)	—	—	56–62
120	August 22	@ Braves	1–2	Zachary	Spencer (8–9)	—	—	56–63
121	August 23	@ Robins	4–5	Shaute	Meine (12–12)	—	—	56–64
122	August 23	@ Robins	4–5	Quinn	Osborn (5–1)	—	15,000	56–65
123	August 25	@ Robins	5–3	Meine (13–12)	Clark	—	—	57–65
124	August 25	@ Robins	0–5	Heimach	Kremer (10–13)	—	25,000	57–66
125	August 27	Cubs	3–2	Spencer (9–9)	Sweetland	—	—	58–66
126	August 27	Cubs	4–11	Welch	Brame (7–12)	—	—	58–67
127	August 28	@ Cardinals	4–6	Lindsey	French (12–11)	Hallahan	25,000	58–68
128	August 29	@ Cardinals	8–2	Meine (14–12)	Johnson	—	7,500	59–68
129	August 30	@ Cardinals	0–5	Derringer	Kremer (10–14)	—	—	59–69
130	August 30	@ Cardinals	1–4	Hallahan	Spencer (9–10)	—	—	59–70

September: 16–9 (Home: 15–6; Away: 1–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
131	September 3	Cardinals	6–4	Osborn (6–1)	Grimes	—	—	60–70
132	September 4	Cardinals	3–1	Meine (15–12)	Hallahan	—	—	61–70
133	September 5	Cardinals	8–5	Kremer (11–14)	Lindsey	—	—	62–70
134	September 6	@ Cubs	5–4	Spencer (10–10)	Root	—	—	63–70
135	September 7	Reds	6–1	French (13–11)	Carroll	—	—	64–70
136	September 7	Reds	4–2	Brame (8–12)	Rixey	—	—	65–70
137	September 8	Reds	3–0	Harris (1–0)	Ogden	—	—	66–70
138	September 9	Robins	5–1	Meine (16–12)	Heimach	—	—	67–70
139	September 10	Giants	1–6	Hubbell	Kremer (11–15)	—	—	67–71
140	September 11	Giants	3–2	French (14–11)	Parmelee	—	—	68–71
141	September 12	Giants	5–1	Harris (2–0)	Mooney	—	—	69–71
142	September 13	@ Robins	5–6	Heimach	Spencer (10–11)	—	10,000	69–72
143	September 15	Robins	5–2	Meine (17–12)	Clark	—	—	70–72
144	September 15	Robins	2–1	French (15–11)	Vance	—	4,000	71–72
145	September 16	Robins	5–11	Clark	Brame (8–13)	—	—	71–73
146	September 17	Braves	0–1	Zachary	Harris (2–1)	—	—	71–74
147	September 17	Braves	4–2 (8)	Spencer (11–11)	Brown	—	—	72–74
148	September 18	Braves	2–6	Brandt	French (15–12)	—	—	72–75
149	September 18	Braves	4–1	Meine (18–12)	Sherdel	—	—	73–75
150	September 19	Braves	7–0	Brame (9–13)	Frankhouse	—	—	74–75
151	September 21	Phillies	4–6	Elliott	Harris (2–2)	Benge	—	74–76
152	September 22	Phillies	3–2 (13)	Meine (19–12)	Collins	—	—	75–76
153	September 24	Phillies	1–5	Elliott	French (15–13)	—	—	75–77
154	September 27	@ Cubs	1–3	Root	Meine (19–13)	Smith	—	75–78
155	September 27	@ Cubs	4–8	Malone	Spencer (11–12)	—	—	75–79

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1931 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Andy Bednar

Erv Brame

Larry French

George Grant

Bill Harris

Ray Kremer

Heinie Meine

Bob Osborn

Glenn Spencer

Steve Swetonic

Claude Willoughby

Spades Wood

Catchers

Hal Finney

Earl Grace

Rollie Hemsley

Eddie Phillips

Bill Steinecke

Infielders

George Grantham

Howdy Groskloss

Tony Piet

Bill Regan

Ben Sankey

Gus Suhr

Tommy Thevenow

Pie Traynor

Outfielders

Fred Bennett

Adam Comorosky

Woody Jensen

Jim Mosolf

Lloyd Waner

Paul Waner

Other batters

Pete McClanahan

Manager

Jewel Ens

Coaches

Doc Crandall

Grover Hartley

Oscar Stanage

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	Phillips, EddieEddie Phillips	106	353	82	.232	7	44
SS	Thevenow, TommyTommy Thevenow	120	404	86	.213	0	38

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
Grace, EarlEarl Grace	47	150	42	.280	1	20
Hemsley, RollieRollie Hemsley	10	35	6	.171	0	1
Finney, HalHal Finney	10	26	8	.308	0	2

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
French, LarryLarry French	39	275.2	15	13	3.26	73
Brame, ErvErv Brame	26	179.2	9	13	4.21	33

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
Willoughby, ClaudeClaude Willoughby	9	25.2	0	2	6.31	4

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
Bednar, AndyAndy Bednar	3	0	0	0	11.25	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Wichita Aviators	Western League	Art Griggs & Howie Gregory

Notes

↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference
↑ Earl Grace page at Baseball Reference

References

1931 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1931 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

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

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