Journals

1931 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1887)
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 Major League Baseball (MLB). The Pirates finished fifth in the National League 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.

Regular season

Notable transactions

• June 13, 1931: Rollie Hemsley was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Earl Grace.

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	101	53	--	.656
New York Giants	87	65	13	.572
Chicago Cubs	84	70	17	.545
Brooklyn Robins	79	73	21	.520
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	79	26	.487
Philadelphia Phillies	66	88	35	.429
Boston Braves	64	90	37	.416
Cincinnati Reds	58	96	43	.377

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

References

• 1931 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1931 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac