
| AMERICAN LEAGUE | NATIONAL LEAGUE | |||||||||
| W | L | GB | Pct | W | L | GB | Pct | |||
| New York Yankees | 97 | 29 | - | .770 | New York Giants | 85 | 43 | - | .664 | |
| Philadelphia A's | 82 | 43 | 14.5 | .656 | Chicago Cubs | 78 | 53 | 8.5 | .595 | |
| Washington Nationals | 81 | 45 | 16.0 | .643 | St. Louis Cardinals | 69 | 60 | 16.5 | .535 | |
| Cleveland Indians | 57 | 68 | 39.5 | .456 | Brooklyn Robins | 65 | 64 | 20.5 | .504 | |
| St. Louis Browns | 57 | 71 | 41.0 | .445 | Philadelphia Phillies | 61 | 68 | 24.5 | .473 | |
| Detroit Tigers | 45 | 82 | 52.5 | .354 | Boston Braves | 55 | 72 | 29.5 | .433 | |
| Boston Red Sox | 43 | 81 | 53.0 | .347 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 54 | 75 | 31.5 | .419 | |
| Chicago White Sox | 42 | 85 | 55.5 | .331 | Cincinnati Reds | 48 | 80 | 37.0 | .375 | |
April 14 – Tribe beats Chisox
in their opener, 25-25-0/2-10-1. Every
Cleveland starter, including pitcher Wes Ferrell, had at least 1 hit. Earl Averill 5-6, 4 RBI, 2B. Bibb Falk 3-4, 7 RBI, HR.
May 2 – Cubs beat Cards
1-4-0/0-4-0 in 12 innings. Charley Root
(4-0, 0.66) and “Wild Bill” Hallahan (2-1, 2.15) both go the distance.
May 13 – George Pipgras
(2-0, 1.80) pitches a no-hitter against the 1st place Browns until
the 7th inning. Yanks win,
13-16-0/3-7-1 as every NY starter, including Pipgras, had at least 1 hit. Ben Chapman (.359) 4-6, 2B, 3B, 3 runs.
May 15 – Reds score 10
runs in top of 1st in the opener against Phils. Every Cincy player, including pitcher Red
Lucas, had at least 1 hit in the 1st inning, with the exception of Edd
Roush who went 0-2. Wally Roettger and
Harvey Hendrick were 2-2 in the 1st.
Reds win 12-19-1/0-6-1.
May
19 - Yanks beat Tribe, 17-15-0/1-8-6. Every Yank had at least 1
hit, including pitcher Red Rugging. Lou Gehrig (.430, 10, 50)
4-5, 2 2B,3B, 2 HR, 6 RBI. Giants beat Reds, 16-18-0/4-11-2.
Every Giant Starter, including pitcher Bill Morrell, had at least
1 hit.
May 20 – A’s beat Tigers
17-19-1/2-7-2. Every A’s’ starter,
except for pitcher Lefty Grove (7-3, 2.93), had at least 1 hit.
June 10 – Pirates’ Larry French pitches 15 innings against Giants, but reliever George Spencer gets the win when Pittsburgh scores the winning run in the bottom of the 16th for a final score of 3-13-1/2-15-2.
June 12 – Phils beat 1st
place Cubs, 18-16-1/7-13-4. Phils score
8 in top of 9th.
June 13 – Yanks come back
from 5-4 deficit in 7th to beat last place Chisox, 19-22-0/5-11-1.
Every NY starter, except 3B Joe Sewell, and including starter Herb
Pennock, had at least 1 hit. Earl Combs
5-6, 4 runs, 4 RBI, HR; Gehrig (.403), Chapman (.348) and Dickey (.400) each
had 3 hits. Chapman and Pennock also
homered.
June 15 – A’s beat Tribe,
15-21-1/2-5-2. Every A’s starter had at
least 1 hit, except for pitcher Hank McDonald.
June 18 – Bums’ pitcher
Dazzy Vance (7-3, 2.60) gets his first hit of the season in the opener after
going 0-24. He singles in the 4th
against the 1st place Cubs. He
also singles in his next AB, going 2-2 in the game. He’s now batting .077. Bums win 10-3. Bums win the nightcap 2-1 as Dolf Luque (7-0,
2.30) pitches a CG.
June 19 - Yanks beat Browns 7-1 as Gehrig goes 4-5. Gehrig now batting .416 (14,77).
June 21 – Yanks sweep
Browns and now have won 11 straight. 2nd
place A’s beat Chisox and now have won 8 straight. Bums beat 1st place Cubs and now
have won 7 in a row while Cubs have lost 5 in a row. Giants win and trail Cubs by 1 while Robins
trail by 1 ½. Phillies beat Reds, 12-19-2/3-10-3 as every
Philly player, including pitcher Frank Watt (4-3, 4.75) had at least 1 hit. Watt (.405) 4-5, 2 runs, 2B; Chuck Klein 2-5,
2 HR; Dick Bartell 3-6, 3B.
June 23 – Chisox beat
Yanks 5-2 in opener breaking NY’s 12 game win streak. A’s
beat Browns in opener, 24-28-3/1-3-2.
Mule Haas (.383) 6-7, 4 runs, HR, 4 RBI; Lefty Grove wins his 14th
(14-4, 2.00).
June 24 – Yanks beat
Chisox 12-21-1/2-6-1 as every NY player, including the pitcher Red Ruffing, had
at least 1 hit. Giants sweep Cubs and move into a 1st
place tie with them. Chuck Klein singles
in the bottom of the 1st to extend his batting streak to 34
straight.
June 25 – Chuck Klein
(.355, 22, 50) goes 0-3 in 4 plate appearances against the Pirates (Erv
Brame). This breaks his 34 game hitting
streak.
June 26 – Giants’ Bill
Walker (7-3, 2.44) no-hits the Reds through the first 9 innings before giving
up a lead-off single in the top of the 10th to Harvey Hendrick. Reds break scoreless tie by scoring a run but
the Giants plate 2 in the bottom of the 10th to win,
2-9-1/1-2-2. Jack Ogden (2-2, 2.76) goes
the distance for the Reds.
June 27 – Washington
beats Chicago 15-21-0/0-9-2. Every
Washington starter, including pitcher Firpo Marberry (7-1, 1.96), had at least
1 hit. Kuhel, Bleuge, Manush and Sam
Rice each had 3 hits.
June 28 – Nats sweep
Chisox with Lloyd Brown (11-6, 2.57) pitching a 1-hitter in the nightcap,
winning 8-8-0/0-1-6. Brown gives up 1
walk and faces 29 batters. The only hit
is a 2-out double in the bottom of the 7th by Lou Fonseca
(.297).
June 29 – Yanks beat Tribe in opener, winning 21-21-2/9-11-5. Every Yankee starter, except pitcher Red Ruffing, had at least 1 hit. Ben Chapman (.374) 5-5 with 5 runs, 3 RBI, 2 2B. Yanks win nightcap 14-3 as Ruth and Gehrig each have 2 HR. Cubs beat Phillies 17-22-3/2-7-0. Every Cub starter, including pitcher Eddie Baecht, had at least 1 hit. Every Cub had at least 2 hits, except for Baecht and Billy Jurges (1 each).
June 30 - Yanks beat Detroit, 18-21-0/5-6-3. Every Yank starter, including pitcher George Pipgrad (5-1, 3.63), had at least 1 hit. Ruth (.382, 10, 52) 3-5, HR, 3 RBI, 3 runs; Gehrig (.412, 21, 99) 4-6, 2 runs, 3 RBI; Joe Sewell 3-4.
July 4 – 1st
place Giants sweep Brooklyn. Robins have
now lost 9 straight.
July 11 –
July 12 – Reds and Bucs
split with Bob Osborn (1-1, 5.46) pitching a 1-hitter in the nightcap for
Cincy. He walks only 1, and faces only
28 batters. The only hit is to Edd
Roush (.270), a bloop single in the bottom of the 4th with 1
out. Cleveland beats Chisox in opener, Cleveland
Wins 24-35-1/4-10-1, July 12, 1931.
Cleveland scores in every inning.
Bob Seeds 6-7, 5 runs, 4 RBI; Earl Averill 5-7, 4 RBI, 5 runs; Earl Morgan
4-8, 3 RBI; Joe Vosmik 5-7, 4 runs; Willie Kamm 4-7, 4 RBI.
July 14 – Cubs win 6th
straight to beat Giants 5-3 and move 1 game up in NL over NY.
July 17 – Phils beat last
place Bucs, 19-22-1/3-9-2. Chuck Klein (.353) 5-7, 4 RBI, 2B; Hal
McCurdy 4-5, 2B. Every Philly starter,
including pitcher Frank Watt (6-6, 5.51), had at least 1 hit.
July 19 – Yanks sweep
Browns as Lefty Gomez (17-2, 1.96) pitches a 4-hit CG in the nightcap.
July 20 – Yanks complete
3 game sweep of Browns, winning finale 11-2 as Ruth (.378, 13, 69) gets 5 RBI
by going 2-2.
July 22 – Yanks’ Gordon
Rhodes (1-0, 6.06) makes his 1st start and beats the Tigers in the
opener, 16-16-1/3-6-2 as every NY starter has at least 1 hit.
July 23 -– A’s beat Tribe
12-18-0/3-5-1 as pitcher George Earnshaw (16- 6, 2.69, .286, 0, 11) goes 4-4 (2
RBI) and pitches a CG.
July 24 – Yanks beat
Tigers, 15-15-0/0-4-1 as Lefty Gomez (18-2, 1.85) wins his 18th. Every NY starter, including Gomez, had at
least 1 hit.
July 25 - Lefty Grove
(20-5, 1.78) becomes 1931’s first 20 game winner as he beats the Tribe in
opener, winning 11-15-5/1-8-1.
July 26 – Yanks score 11
runs in bottom of 5th against last place Chicago in opener. They go on to win 20-21-2/4-7-2. Every NY starter, including pitcher Hank
Johnson, had at least 1 hit. Ruth (.380,
18, 84) 3-5, 7 RBI, 2HR, 2B. NY wins
nightcap, 17-17-0/5-10-3. Ruth (.383,
19, 86) homers again in nightcap as he goes 3-5. Red Ruffing (14-6, 5.15)wins his 14th
as he also goes 3-5. (In the actual game
2, NY won 22-5.)
July 28 – Giants beat Bucs as Cubs lose to Phills. Giants take over 1st, by 6 percentage points over Cubs.
July 29 – Yanks beat last place Chisox 2-1 in 14 innings. Red Ruffing (16-6, 4.99) wins in relief.
July 31 - Giants beat Braves 24-1.
August 3 – Yanks win
their 11th in a row as Ed Wells (6-4, 3.19) 1-hits the Bosox,
winning 3-8-2/0-1-0. Walls does not walk
anyone, but NY makes 2 errors and Wells faces 30 batters. The only Boston hit is a 1-out bottom of the
8th “strange hop” single by Charlie Berry. Chisox beat Detroit, 19-15-1/2-6-2. Bill Cissell (.254, 2, 40) 4-5, 2B, HR, 9 RBI.
August 5 – Yanks sweep
Bosox. NY has now won 13 straight. They lead A’s by 8 ½.
August 6 – Yanks win
their 14th straight as they beat 2nd place A’s,
4-6-1/1-4-0. Lefty Gomez (20-3, 1.79)
wins his 20th. Giants beat
Phils, 12-19-0/10-20-1 as every NY starter, including pitcher Jack Berly, had
at least 1 hit. Browns beat Chisox 7-14-1/1-7-1 as every Brown
starter, including the pitcher Rip Collins, had at least 1 hit.
August 7 – Browns beat
Chisox, 19-25-1/5-9-2. Every St. Louis player, including pitcher
George Blaeholder except for substitute catcher Benny Bengough, had at least 1
hit. Red Kress (.281) 4-7, 4 RBI.
August 8 – Yanks come
from behind in bottom of 9th on 2-run homer by Lou Gehrig (.375, 28,
142) to beat 2nd place A’s, 7-10-1/6-12-1 and maintain their winning
streak (now 15 in a row). Red Ruffing (18-6,
4.79) goes the distance. Lefty Grove
(21-6, 1.79) takes the loss in relief.
August 9 – 2nd
place A’s snap NY’s 15 game winning streak as they beat Yanks,
10-9-2/6-5-2.
August 14 – Yanks sweep Tribe, winning opener 14-6 and winning nightcap 9-8. Ruth (.374, 29, 110) homers 4 times (3 in nightcap, including 2-run blast in top of 9th for the winning run).
August 15 – Washington scores 11 runs on 9 hits and 2 walks in top of 1st against Browns. They go on to win 15-21-0/1-6-1. Every Nat starter including pitcher Bobby Burke (9-1, 2.22) had at least 1 hit, except for catcher Roy Spencer (0-4).
August 17 – After
dropping the opener, the Cards score 10 runs on 9 hits in the top of the 1st
against the 1st place Giants.
Cards go on
to win, 26-30-0/8-16-1. Every Card
starter had at least 2 hits, including the pitcher Paul Derringer (11-5, 3.97),
except for the catcher Jimmy Wilson (1-4, .256). Jim Bottomley (.325) 5-5, 5 RBI; Sparky Adams
(.263) 5-7; Chick Hafey (.339) 5-6.
August 18 – Red Ruffing
(20-6, 4.60) wins his 20th as he beats Detroit 5-13-2/0-3-1. Ruffing has a 1-hitter through 8.
August 19 – Washington beats
Cleveland in opener, 25-26-0/7-12-4. Pitcher Sam Jones 6-7, 4.75, .354) 4-6, HR, 5
RBI; Sam Rice 3-6, HR, 5 RBI; Buddy Myer 4-8, 3 RBI. Nats
win nightcap, 17-20-2/6-9-3 as they score a total of 42 runs in the twin-bill
on 46 hits. Buddy Myer (.323) goes 9-14
with 6 RBI in the doubleheader; Heinie Manush (. 296) 7-11.
August 20 – Bums score 10
runs in bottom of 7th against Cubs.
They go on to win 14-19-4/6-11-2.
August 23 – Yanks score 11 runs in top of 6th against last
place Chisox. Yanks go on to win
27-11. Earl Combs (.334) 5-8; Ruth
(.377), 4-5, 3B, Gehrig (.387), 3-4, 5 RBI, HR; Lyn Lary (.2710 4-6; Red
Ruffing (.270, 21-6, 4.49).
August 24 – Yanks beat
Chisox again as Tommy Thomas (7-20, 5.47) drops his 20th game. Lefty Gomez (22-3, 1.84) goes the route for
NY. Every Yankee starter had at least 2
hits, except for Gomez (1 hit). Earle
Combs (.343) 4-5, 3 runs, 2B, 3B. Washington beats 6-0 as Firpo marberry (20-3,
1.76) wins his 20th and pitches a complete game 6-hitter.