# 1931 Cleveland Indians season

The 1931 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 78–76, 30 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 107 | 45 | .704 | — | 60‍–‍15 | 47‍–‍30 |
| New York Yankees | 94 | 59 | .614 | 13½ | 51‍–‍25 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Washington Senators | 92 | 62 | .597 | 16 | 55‍–‍22 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Cleveland Indians | 78 | 76 | .506 | 30 | 45‍–‍31 | 33‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 63 | 91 | .409 | 45 | 39‍–‍38 | 24‍–‍53 |
| Boston Red Sox | 62 | 90 | .408 | 45 | 39‍–‍40 | 23‍–‍50 |
| Detroit Tigers | 61 | 93 | .396 | 47 | 36‍–‍41 | 25‍–‍52 |
| Chicago White Sox | 56 | 97 | .366 | 51½ | 31‍–‍45 | 25‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1931 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 6–16 | 4–16 | 8–14 | 7–15 |
| Chicago | 10–12–1 | — | 7–15–1 | 11–11 | 6–15 | 3–19 | 12–10 | 7–15 |
| Cleveland | 9–13 | 15–7–1 | — | 13–9 | 13–9 | 4–18 | 16–6 | 8–14 |
| Detroit | 10–12 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 4–18 | 11–11 | 8–14 |
| New York | 16–6 | 15–6 | 9–13 | 14–8 | — | 11–11 | 16–6 | 13–9–1 |
| Philadelphia | 16–4 | 19–3 | 18–4 | 18–4 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 11–11–1 |
| St. Louis | 14–8 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 8–14 | — | 8–14 |
| Washington | 15–7 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 9–13–1 | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | — |

### 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 | Luke Sewell | 108 | 375 | 103 | .275 | 1 | 53 |
| 1B | Ed Morgan | 131 | 462 | 162 | .351 | 11 | 86 |
| 2B | Johnny Hodapp | 122 | 468 | 138 | .295 | 2 | 56 |
| SS | Ed Montague | 64 | 193 | 55 | .285 | 1 | 26 |
| 3B | Willie Kamm | 114 | 410 | 121 | .295 | 0 | 66 |
| OF | Earl Averill | 155 | 627 | 209 | .333 | 32 | 143 |
| OF | Dick Porter | 114 | 414 | 129 | .312 | 1 | 38 |
| OF | Joe Vosmik | 149 | 591 | 189 | .320 | 7 | 117 |

#### 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 |
| Johnny Burnett | 111 | 427 | 128 | .300 | 1 | 52 |
| Glenn Myatt | 65 | 195 | 48 | .246 | 1 | 29 |
| Bibb Falk | 79 | 161 | 49 | .304 | 2 | 28 |
| Bob Seeds | 48 | 134 | 41 | .306 | 1 | 10 |
| Lew Fonseca | 26 | 108 | 40 | .370 | 1 | 14 |
| Odell Hale | 25 | 92 | 26 | .283 | 1 | 5 |
| Bill Hunnefield | 21 | 71 | 17 | .239 | 0 | 4 |
| Jonah Goldman | 30 | 62 | 8 | .129 | 0 | 3 |
| George Detore | 30 | 56 | 15 | .268 | 0 | 7 |
| Bruce Connatser | 12 | 49 | 14 | .286 | 0 | 4 |
| Charlie Jamieson | 28 | 43 | 13 | .302 | 0 | 4 |
| Moe Berg | 10 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Sprinz | 1 | 3 | 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 |
| Wes Ferrell | 40 | 276.1 | 22 | 12 | 3.75 | 123 |
| Willis Hudlin | 44 | 254.1 | 15 | 14 | 4.60 | 83 |
| Clint Brown | 39 | 233.1 | 11 | 15 | 4.71 | 50 |
| Mel Harder | 40 | 194.0 | 13 | 14 | 4.36 | 63 |

#### 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 |
| Jake Miller | 10 | 41.1 | 2 | 1 | 4.35 | 17 |
| Milt Shoffner | 12 | 41.0 | 2 | 3 | 7.24 | 12 |
| Oral Hildebrand | 5 | 26.2 | 2 | 1 | 4.39 | 6 |
| Belve Bean | 4 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.43 | 3 |
| Howard Craghead | 4 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 2 |
| Pete Donohue | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 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 |
| Pete Appleton | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4.63 | 25 |
| Sarge Connally | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4.20 | 37 |
| Roxie Lawson | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.60 | 20 |
| Fay Thomas | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5.18 | 25 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | New Orleans Pelicans | Southern Association | Larry Gilbert |