1931 By The Numbers
World Series
Cincinnati Reds sweep Washington Senators 4-0
MVP Gabby Hartnett (Cincinnati)
Batting Champions
AL Bill Terry (Cleveland Indians) .373
NL Lew Fonseca (New York Giants) .362
The Home Run Kings
AL Jimmie Foxx (Boston Red Sox), Babe Herman (Chicago White Sox), Johnny Vergas (Chicago White Sox), and Bill Terry (Cleveland Indians) 19
NL Babe Ruth (Boston Braves) 34
New Records
George Selkirk (Washington Senators) struck out 147 times
Roy McHaffey (Pittsburgh Pirates) lost 15 straight games
Accomplishments
Lefty Grove (Washington Senators) 14 game winning streak and 15 game undefeated streak
Lloyd Waner (Cincinnati Reds) and Dan Bloxsom (St Louis Browns) 6 hits in one game
Chino Smith (Brooklyn Robins) and Frankie Frisch (Philadelphia Athletics) hit for the cycle
9 pitchers with 20 or more wins
Harry Heilmann (Boston Red Sox) 3500th hit
Bill Terry (Cleveland Indians) and Frankie Frisch (Philadelphia Athletics) 2500th hit
Waite Hoyt (Boston Braves), Dazzy Vance (Washington Senators), and Lefty Grove (Washington Senators) 200th win
The Slam File
30 hit again this year.
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April 14th 1931 Shanty Hogan (Boston Red Sox)
April 14th 1931 Jimmie Foxx (Boston Red Sox)
April 14th 1931 Ted Lyons (Boston Red Sox) P
April 15th 1931 Dixie Walker (Chicago White Sox)
April 28th 1931 Lin Storti (St Louis Browns)
May 14th 1931 Al Simmons (Detroit Tigers)
May 21st 1931 Chick Hafey (Boston Red Sox)
May 24th 1931 Ival Goodman (Detroit Tigers)
May 30th 1931 Red Ruffing (Chicago Cubs)
June 11th 1931 Samuel Byrd (New York Yankees)
June 12th 1931 William Smith (Pittsburgh Pirates)
June 26th 1931 Kiki Cuyler (New York Yankees)
June 27th 1931 Lou Gehrig (Pittsburgh Pirates)
July 1st 1931 Johnny Marcum (Chicago Cubs)
July 4th 1931 Dan Bloxsom (St Louis Browns) Walk off
July 5th 1931 Hal Trosky (Chicago White Sox)
July 16th 1931 Harry Heilmann (Boston Red Sox)
July 28th 1931 Babe Ruth (Boston Braves)
July 28th 1931 Goose Goslin (St Louis Cardinals)
August 3rd 1931 Tex Carleton (New York Yankees) P
August 9th 1931 Tony Lazzeri (Philadelphia Phillies)
August 11th 1931 Joe Stripp (Boston Red Sox)
August 15th 1931 Ethan Allen (Detroit Tigers)
August 27th 1931 Fred Bennett (St Louis Browns)
August 30th 1931 Freddie Fitzsimmons (St Louis Cardinals) P
September 1st 1931 George Selkirk (Washington Senators)
September 5th 1931 Wally Berger (New York Giants)
September 6th 1931 Johnny Gill (St Louis Browns)
September 14th 1931 Riggs Stephenson (Detroit Tigers)
September 17th 1931 Babe Hadder (St Louis Cardinals)