# 1931 Boston Braves season

The 1931 Boston Braves season was the 61st season of the franchise. The team finished seventh place in the National League with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, 37 games behind the Saint Louis Cardinals.

## Offseason

* October 14, 1930: Bob Smith and Jimmy Welsh were traded by the Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Bill McAfee and Wes Schulmerich.

## 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 | Al Spohrer | 114 | 350 | 84 | .240 | 0 | 27 |
| 1B | Earl Sheely | 147 | 538 | 147 | .273 | 1 | 77 |
| 2B | Freddie Maguire | 148 | 492 | 112 | .228 | 0 | 26 |
| SS | Rabbit Maranville | 145 | 562 | 146 | .260 | 0 | 33 |
| 3B | Billy Urbanski | 82 | 303 | 72 | .238 | 0 | 17 |
| OF | Red Worthington | 128 | 491 | 143 | .291 | 4 | 44 |
| OF | Wes Schulmerich | 95 | 327 | 101 | .309 | 2 | 43 |
| OF | Wally Berger | 156 | 617 | 199 | .323 | 19 | 84 |

#### 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 |
| Lance Richbourg | 97 | 286 | 82 | .287 | 2 | 29 |
| Randy Moore | 83 | 192 | 50 | .260 | 3 | 34 |
| Bill Dreesen | 48 | 180 | 40 | .222 | 1 | 10 |
| Bill Cronin | 51 | 107 | 22 | .206 | 0 | 10 |
| Johnny Neun | 79 | 104 | 23 | .221 | 0 | 11 |
| Al Bool | 49 | 85 | 16 | .188 | 0 | 6 |
| Charlie Wilson | 16 | 58 | 11 | .190 | 1 | 11 |
| Earl Clark | 16 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 0 | 4 |
| Buster Chatham | 17 | 44 | 10 | .227 | 1 | 3 |
| Bucky Walters | 9 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hunnefield | 11 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Veltman | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Scalzi | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Ed Brandt | 33 | 250.0 | 18 | 11 | 2.92 | 112 |
| Tom Zachary | 33 | 229.0 | 11 | 15 | 3.10 | 64 |
| Socks Seibold | 33 | 206.1 | 10 | 18 | 4.67 | 50 |

#### 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 |
| Ben Cantwell | 33 | 156.1 | 7 | 9 | 3.63 | 32 |
| Bill Sherdel | 27 | 137.2 | 6 | 10 | 4.25 | 34 |
| Bruce Cunningham | 33 | 136.2 | 3 | 12 | 4.48 | 32 |
| Fred Frankhouse | 26 | 127.1 | 8 | 8 | 4.03 | 50 |
| Ray Moss | 12 | 45.0 | 1 | 3 | 4.60 | 14 |
| Bob Brown | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 8.53 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Hal Haid | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.50 | 20 |
| Bill McAfee | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.37 | 9 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| B | Hazleton Mountaineers | New York–Pennsylvania League | Hugh Fitzgerald and Jake Pitler |