# 1931 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1931 New York Giants season was the franchise's 49th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 87–65 record, 13 games behind the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals. This was John McGraw's final full season as manager.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational 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 recordvte 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
## 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 | Shanty Hogan | 123 | 396 | 119 | .301 | 12 | 65 |
| 1B | Bill Terry | 153 | 611 | 213 | .349 | 9 | 112 |
| 2B | Hughie Critz | 66 | 238 | 69 | .290 | 4 | 17 |
| SS | Travis Jackson | 145 | 555 | 172 | .310 | 5 | 71 |
| 3B | Johnny Vergez | 152 | 565 | 157 | .278 | 13 | 81 |
| OF | Mel Ott | 138 | 497 | 145 | .292 | 29 | 115 |
| OF | Freddie Lindstrom | 78 | 303 | 91 | .300 | 5 | 36 |
| OF | Freddy Leach | 129 | 515 | 159 | .309 | 6 | 61 |

#### 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 |
| Chick Fullis | 89 | 302 | 99 | .328 | 3 | 28 |
| Ethan Allen | 94 | 298 | 98 | .329 | 5 | 43 |
| Bill Hunnefield | 64 | 196 | 53 | .270 | 1 | 17 |
| Doc Marshall | 68 | 194 | 39 | .201 | 0 | 10 |
| Bob O'Farrell | 85 | 174 | 39 | .224 | 1 | 19 |
| Sam Leslie | 53 | 53 | 16 | .302 | 3 | 5 |
| Gil English | 3 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo-Jo Moore | 4 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Francis Healy | 6 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 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 |
| Freddie Fitzsimmons | 35 | 253.2 | 18 | 11 | 3.05 | 78 |
| Carl Hubbell | 36 | 248.0 | 14 | 12 | 2.65 | 155 |
| Bill Walker | 37 | 239.1 | 16 | 9 | 2.26 | 121 |
| Clarence Mitchell | 27 | 190.1 | 13 | 11 | 4.07 | 39 |
| Jim Mooney | 10 | 71.2 | 7 | 1 | 2.01 | 38 |

#### 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 |
| Jack Berly | 27 | 111.1 | 7 | 8 | 3.88 | 45 |
| Bill Morrell | 20 | 66.0 | 5 | 3 | 4.36 | 16 |
| Roy Parmelee | 13 | 58.2 | 2 | 2 | 3.68 | 30 |
| Tiny Chaplin | 16 | 42.1 | 3 | 0 | 3.19 | 7 |
| Hal Schumacher | 8 | 18.1 | 1 | 1 | 10.80 | 11 |
| Pete Donohue | 4 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.56 | 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 |
| Joe Heving | 22 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4.89 | 26 |
| Emil Planeta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 0 |
| Ray Lucas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Bridgeport Bears | Eastern League | Hans Lobert |