# 1931 Detroit Tigers season

During the 1931 Detroit Tigers season, the team was one of eight in the American League of baseball in the United States. The team finished seventh in the American League with a record of 61–93, 47 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 | Ray Hayworth | 88 | 273 | 70 | .256 | 0 | 26 |
| 1B | Dale Alexander | 135 | 517 | 168 | .325 | 3 | 87 |
| 2B | Charlie Gehringer | 101 | 383 | 119 | .311 | 4 | 53 |
| SS | Billy Rogell | 48 | 185 | 56 | .303 | 2 | 24 |
| 3B | Marty McManus | 107 | 362 | 98 | .271 | 3 | 53 |
| OF | Hub Walker | 90 | 252 | 72 | .286 | 0 | 14 |
| OF | John Stone | 147 | 584 | 191 | .327 | 10 | 78 |
| OF | Roy Johnson | 151 | 621 | 173 | .279 | 8 | 54 |

#### 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 |
| Marv Owen | 105 | 377 | 84 | .223 | 3 | 39 |
| Mark Koenig | 106 | 364 | 92 | .253 | 1 | 39 |
| Gee Walker | 59 | 189 | 56 | .296 | 1 | 28 |
| Frank Doljack | 63 | 187 | 52 | .278 | 4 | 20 |
| Nolen Richardson | 38 | 148 | 40 | .270 | 0 | 14 |
| Johnny Grabowski | 40 | 136 | 32 | .235 | 1 | 13 |
| Wally Schang | 30 | 76 | 14 | .184 | 0 | 3 |
| Bill Akers | 29 | 66 | 13 | .197 | 0 | 3 |
| Louis Brower | 21 | 62 | 10 | .161 | 0 | 7 |
| George Quellich | 13 | 54 | 12 | .222 | 1 | 11 |
| Muddy Ruel | 14 | 50 | 6 | .120 | 0 | 3 |
| Joe Dugan | 8 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Desautels | 3 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
| Ivey Shiver | 2 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Bucky Harris | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 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 |
| Earl Whitehill | 34 | 271.1 | 13 | 16 | 4.08 | 81 |
| Vic Sorrell | 35 | 245.0 | 13 | 14 | 4.15 | 99 |
| Waite Hoyt | 16 | 92.0 | 3 | 8 | 5.87 | 10 |
| Orlin Collier | 2 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.84 | 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 |
| George Uhle | 29 | 193.0 | 11 | 12 | 3.50 | 63 |
| Tommy Bridges | 35 | 173.0 | 8 | 16 | 4.99 | 105 |
| Art Herring | 35 | 165.0 | 7 | 13 | 4.31 | 64 |
| Elon Hogsett | 22 | 112.1 | 3 | 9 | 5.93 | 47 |
| Whit Wyatt | 4 | 20.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.85 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Sullivan | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.93 | 28 |
| Mark Koenig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 3 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Toronto Maple Leafs | International League | Steve O'Neill |
| A | Beaumont Exporters | Texas League | Del Baker |
| B | Evansville Hubs | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Bob Coleman |
| C | Wheeling Stogies | Middle Atlantic League | Dan Tapson and Raymond Haley |