AMERICAN LEAGUE						NATIONAL LEAGUE
	W	L	GB	Pct			W	L	GB	Pct
New York Yankees	122	32	-	.792		New York Giants	99	53	-	.651
Washington Nationals	97	57	25.0	.630		Chicago Cubs	93	61	7.0	.604
Philadelphia A's	91	61	30.0	.599		St. Louis Cardinals	85	69	15.0	.552
Cleveland Indians	74	80	48.0	.481		Brooklyn Robins	78	74	21.0	.513
St. Louis Browns	72	82	50.0	.468		Philadelphia Phillies	68	86	32.0	.442
Detroit Tigers	59	95	63.0	.383		Pittsburgh Pirates	68	86	32.0	.442
Boston Red Sox	50	102	71.0	.329		Boston Braves	65	89	35.0	.422
Chicago White Sox	49	105	73.0	.318		Cincinnati Reds	58	96	42.0	.377

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.

 April 21 – Yanks beat A’s, 24-21-1/0-5-3.  Every NY starter, including pitcher Herb Pennock, had at least 1 hit.  Ben Chapman 4-6, 5 RBI, 2B. 

April 23 – 1^st place Browns beat Tigers, 19-20-0/3-5-2.  Every St. Louis starter, including pitcher Wes Ferrell, had at least 1 hit, except for OF Fred Schulte (.346). 

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 1^st place Browns until the 7^th 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 1^st in the opener against Phils.  Every Cincy player, including pitcher Red Lucas, had at least 1 hit in the 1^st inning, with the exception of Edd Roush who went 0-2.  Wally Roettger and Harvey Hendrick were 2-2 in the 1^st.   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. 

May 25 – Yanks sweep A’s, taking nightcap, 15-14-1/11-9-2 despite Mickey Cochrane’s (.379, 6, 23) 6 RBI, 2 HR, 2B and 10 TB.

 May 29 – Cubs score 9 in top of 1^st and go on to beat Bucs, 20-24-1/5-11-1.   Every Cub starter, including pitcher Pat Malone, had at least 1 hit. 

 May 30 - Phils sweep Braves, winning nightcap, 16-20-1/13-17-3.  Every Phil starter, except catcher Spud Davis (1 hit) and pitcher Clise Dudley (no hits), had at least 2 hits.  Five starters had 3 hits.

 June 2 – Yanks beat Browns, 14-19-1/2-5-2.  Every NY starter, including pitcher Lefty Gomez (6-2, 2.87), had at least 1 hit.  Lou Gehrig (.4-6, 13, 55) 5-5, 4 RBI, HR. 

 June 3 – Nays score 11 runs on 10 hits in bottom of 2^nd against Tigers.  The go on to win, 13-2.

 June 6 – Bob Smith (10-1, 3.03) of the 1^st place Cubs suffers his first loss of the season against the 2^nd place Giants, losing 5-4 in 10 innings on a homer by Mel Ott.  Smith goes the distance. 

 June 7 – Lefty Gomez (7-2, 2.60) beats the Indians, 11=18-1/2-3-2 as every Yankee starter, has at least 1 hit, except for Gomez.  Gehrig 4-5 (.402, 14, 68). 

 June 9 – George Earnshaw (7-4, 2.98) of the A’s no-hits the Tigers, winning 11-15-0/0-0-1.  A’s score 10 runs in bottom of 3^rd against Tigers.  Earnshaw relinquishes 2 walks.   Phills beat Bucs, 16-20-1/0-3-3.  Every Philadelphia starter, including pitcher Clise Dudley, had at least 1 hit.  Chuck Klein (.352, 16, 38) 4-6, HR, 2B, 4 RBI.   

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 16^th for a final score of 3-13-1/2-15-2.  

June 12 – Phils beat 1^st place Cubs, 18-16-1/7-13-4.  Phils score 8 in top of 9^th.  

June 13 – Yanks come back from 5-4 deficit in 7^th 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 4^th against the 1^st 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.  2^nd place A’s beat Chisox and now have won 8 straight.  Bums beat 1^st 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 14^th (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 1^st place tie with them.  Chuck Klein singles in the bottom of the 1^st 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 10^th to Harvey Hendrick.  Reds break scoreless tie by scoring a run but the Giants plate 2 in the bottom of the 10^th 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 7^th 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 – 1^st place Giants sweep Brooklyn.  Robins have now lost 9 straight.  

July 9 – Lefty Gomez (15-2, 2.10) beats the 2nd placer A’s 3-7-1/1-5-1 as NY moves 5 games up.  1st place Giants score 12 runs in top of 4th against Phills on 10 hits.  NY wins 19-22-0/2-8-2.  Bill Hunnefield 4-6, 5 RBI, HR, and Bill Terry (.339) 5-6, HR.  Every NY starter, including pitcher Carl Hubbell (10-3, 2.69), had at least 1 hit.  Cards sweep Reds, winning nightcap, 20-22-0/1-10-0.  Every Card starter, including pitcher Paul Derringer (5-3, 4.59), had at least 1 hit.  George Watkins (.284, 6, 36) 4-5, 4 runs, 5 RBI, 3 HR, 14 TB.

July 11 – Washington’s Lloyd Brown (12-8, 2.54) 2-hits the Bosox in the opener.  Washington wins 1-2-0/0-2-1.  Danny MacFayden and Bob Kline combine to 2-hit the winners. 

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 4^th 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 6^th 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 1^st 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 18^th.  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 5^th 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 14^th 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 1^st, 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 11^th 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 8^th “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 14^th straight as they beat 2^nd place A’s, 4-6-1/1-4-0.   Lefty Gomez (20-3, 1.79) wins his 20^th.  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 9^th on 2-run homer by Lou Gehrig (.375, 28, 142) to beat 2^nd 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 – 2^nd 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 9^th for the winning run). 

August 15 – Washington scores 11 runs on 9 hits and 2 walks in top of 1^st 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 1^st against the 1^st 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 20^th 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 7^th against Cubs.  They go on to win 14-19-4/6-11-2. 

August 23 – Yanks score 11 runs in top of 6^th 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 20^th 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 20^th and pitches a complete game 6-hitter.  

August 29 - Lefty Gomez (23-3, 1.76) beats Lefty Grove (23-9, 1.98) 6-8-1/0-3-2.   Ruth (33) and Gehrig (31) homer.

September 4 – Lefty Grove (24-9, 1.87) pitches a 22 inning complete game shutout in the opener against Boston, winning 2-10-2/0-4-4.  Ed Durham (5-7, 2.55) matches him for the first 19 innings before he is pinch-hit for in the top of the 19^th.  

September 5 – Yankees’ magic number drops to 9 as Lefty Gomez (25-3, 1.70) pitches a 3-hit shutout against the 2^nd place Nationals, winning 10-11-1/0-3-1.   Tigers beat Chisox, 20-21-2/4-10-2.  Every Detroit starter, including the pitcher Tommy Bridges, had at least 1 hit.  Mark Koenig (.259) 4-7, 2B, 6 RBI; John Stone (.351) 4-7, 2B, 4 RBI. 

September 7 – Yanks sweep doubleheader from A’s and drop magic number to 4. 

September 10 – Carl Hubbell (20-8, 2.66) wins his 20^th as he shuts out the Bucs 10-16-0/0-5-3 to drop the Giants’ magic number to 7.    Reds beat Dodgers 1-6-0/0-7-2 in 18 innings.  Red Lucas (16-10-, 3.30) goes the distance for Cincy.  Joe Stripp singles home the game’s only run in the bottom of the 18^th off reliever Sloppy Thurston (6-9, 4.83). 

September 12 – Yanks sweep Chisox and clinch AL flag.  Red Ruffing (24-7, 4.51) pitches a CG in the opener to clinch a tie.  Yanks win 6-5 in 10 in the nightcap to clinch. 

September 13 – Yanks sweep Detroit as Earl Whitehill (9-20, 5.12) loses his 20^th in the nightcap and Lefty Gomez (26-3, 1.80) wins his 26^th in the opener.  Other 20 game losers this season include the White Sox’s Pat Caraway (24) and Tom Thomas (22), the Red Sox’s Jack Russell (21) and the Reds’ Si Johnson (20).  

September 14 – Yanks beat Tigers, 18-21-0/0-4-1.  Every NY starter, including pitcher George Pipgras (8-2, 2.88), had at least 1 hit.   Gehrig (.387, 34, 191) 4-5, 2B, GS, 8 RBI.  Earl Combs (.347, 2, 64) 2B, 3B, 4-5, 4 runs.  

September 15 – Yanks beat Tigers 13-17-0/1-5-4 and again every NY batter, including pitcher Gordon Rhodes (7-0, 4.66), had at least 1 hit.    Tribe beats A’s 16-18-0/1-6-2 as every Cleveland batter, including pitcher Mel Harder (4-12, 6.67), had at least 1 hit.  

September 17 – Giants beat Cards as Brooklyn defeats Cubs 4-2 in 12 innings.  Giants have clinched a tie in NL.  

September 19 – Giants drop 2^nd straight to Cards but Brooklyn beats 2^nd place Cubs 10-0 on 5-hitter by Dazzy Vance (11-16, 2.99) to give NY the NL pennant.  A’s sweep Chisox, winning opener 11-1 and A's Win 25-21-4/4-9-2. Every A’s player, including starting pitcher Waite Hoyt (10-14, 5.52) and reliever Kent Peterson, had at least 1 hit.  Ed McNair (.275) 5-7, 4 RBI, 3 runs; Doc Cramer (.326) 4-4, 3 runs, 2 RBI, 3B. 

September 23 – Yanks beat Nats, 1-6-0/0-5-0 to win their 118^th game (118-32).  Lefty Gomez (28-3, 1.78) pitches the complete game shutout and wins his 28^th of the season. 

September 26 – In the next to last day of the season, the Yanks sweep the 2^nd place Nationals winning the opener 2-6-1/0-3-1 on Lefty Gomez’s (2903, 1.72) 29^th win.  In the nightcap, Red Ruffing (27-7, 4.36) wins his 27^th as NY prevails 2-7-0/1-6-0.  Yanks have now won 121 games (121-32, .791) and lead Washington by 25 games.  

September 27 – Yanks win final game of 1931, beating Lefty Grove (25-12, 2.14) 3-2 as Grove fails to match his actual 1931 31 game win season.   NY finishes 121-32 (.791), 25 games ahead of A’s.

October 2 – Yanks tie World Series at 1 as they win 4-3 in 12 innings.  Red Ruffing goes the distance. 

October 4 – Yanks come from 6-2 deficit with a run in top of 8^th and 6 in top of 9^th to win 9-6.  Gehrig’s 9^th inning grand slam puts NY ahead.  Gehrig has 2 HR and 6 RBI in the game. 

October 5 – Gomez beats the Giants 2-7-0/1-6-1, the opposite result of the opener. 

October 6 – Yanks win the Series, taking the finale 14-18-21/3-9-2.  Ruth hits 3 homers and goes 4-5 with 5 runs scored, 7 RBI and 13 TB.  Gehrig goes 4-6, with a 2B and a HR. Lyn Lary goes 4-5.  Red Ruffing (2-0, 1.29) wins his 2^nd game of the Series.  Lyn Lary hits .500 for the Series.  Gehrig and Ruth each have 3 HR and 7 RBI.   NY takes the Series 3 games to 1.