1931 Pittsburgh Pirates

75-79 • .487 Win% • 5th in NL

📊 Season Record

75 Wins
79 Losses
.487 Win %
5th Rank
636 R 691 RA
Diff -55

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636 Runs Scored
691 Runs Allowed
-55 Run Diff
315K Attendance

📈 vs. 1931 NL Average

Batting Avg .265 4% below the 1931 league average (.276)
OBP .329 1% below the 1931 league average (.334)
SLG .360 7% below the 1931 league average (.386)
Team ERA 3.66 5% better than the 1931 league average (3.87)
Runs Scored 636 8% below the 1931 league average (692 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 315,600
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Avg per Game 4,046

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1931

Batting Avg

1 Paul Waner 0.322 2 Lloyd Waner 0.314 3 George Grantham 0.305 4 Tony Piet 0.299 5 Pie Traynor 0.298

Home Runs

1 George Grantham 10 2 Eddie Phillips 7 3 Paul Waner 6 4 Gus Suhr 4 5 Lloyd Waner 4

RBI

1 Pie Traynor 103 2 Paul Waner 70 3 Lloyd Waner 57 4 Adam Comorosky 48 5 George Grantham 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lloyd Waner 154 681 90 214 25 13 4 57 39 16 7 0.314
Pie Traynor 155 615 81 183 37 15 2 103 54 28 6 0.298
Paul Waner 150 559 88 180 35 10 6 70 73 21 6 0.322
George Grantham 127 465 91 142 26 6 10 46 71 50 5 0.305
Tommy Thevenow 120 404 35 86 12 1 0 38 28 22 0 0.213
Eddie Phillips 106 353 30 82 18 3 7 44 41 49 1 0.232
Adam Comorosky 99 350 37 85 12 1 1 48 34 28 11 0.243
Gus Suhr 87 270 26 57 13 4 4 32 38 25 4 0.211
Woody Jensen 73 267 43 65 5 4 3 17 10 18 4 0.243
Tony Piet 44 167 22 50 12 4 0 24 13 24 10 0.299
Howard Groskloss 53 161 13 45 7 2 0 20 11 16 1 0.280
Earl Grace 47 150 8 42 6 1 1 20 13 5 0 0.280
Ben Sankey 57 132 14 30 2 5 0 14 14 10 0 0.227
Bill Regan 28 104 8 21 8 0 1 10 5 19 2 0.202
Heinie Meine 36 96 3 14 3 0 0 1 5 23 0 0.146
Erv Brame 48 95 6 26 4 1 0 15 4 16 0 0.274
Larry French 39 95 8 17 1 0 0 2 5 15 1 0.179
Fred Bennett 32 89 6 25 5 0 1 7 7 4 0 0.281
Ray Kremer 30 75 8 17 5 0 0 10 8 20 0 0.227
Glenn Spencer 38 52 2 5 0 0 0 2 5 21 0 0.096
Jim Mosolf 39 44 7 11 1 0 1 8 8 5 0 0.250
Rollie Hemsley 10 35 3 6 3 0 0 1 3 3 0 0.171
Hal Finney 10 26 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0.308
Spades Wood 15 22 1 5 1 0 0 4 1 3 0 0.227
Bob Osborn 27 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.167
Bill Harris 4 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.091
Steve Swetonic 14 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.143
Claude Willoughby 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.286
Pete McClanahan 7 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.500
Bill Steinecke 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
George Grant 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Andy Bednar 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1931

ERA

1 Bill Harris 0.87 2 Heinie Meine 2.98 3 Larry French 3.26 4 Ray Kremer 3.33 5 Glenn Spencer 3.42

Wins

1 Heinie Meine 19 2 Larry French 15 3 Ray Kremer 11 4 Glenn Spencer 11 5 Erv Brame 9

Strikeouts

1 Larry French 73 2 Ray Kremer 58 3 Heinie Meine 58 4 Glenn Spencer 51 5 Erv Brame 33
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Heinie Meine 19 13 2.98 36 35 0 284.0 278 94 87 58
Larry French 15 13 3.26 39 33 1 275.2 301 100 70 73
Ray Kremer 11 15 3.33 30 30 0 230.0 246 85 65 58
Glenn Spencer 11 12 3.42 38 18 3 186.2 180 71 65 51
Erv Brame 9 13 4.21 26 21 0 179.2 211 84 45 33
Bob Osborn 6 1 5.01 27 2 0 64.2 85 36 20 9
Spades Wood 2 6 6.05 15 10 0 64.0 69 43 46 33
Bill Harris 2 2 0.87 4 4 0 31.0 21 3 9 10
Steve Swetonic 0 2 3.90 14 0 1 27.2 28 12 16 8
Claude Willoughby 0 2 6.31 9 2 0 25.2 32 18 12 4
George Grant 0 0 7.41 11 0 0 17.0 28 14 7 6
Andy Bednar 0 0 11.25 3 0 0 4.0 10 5 0 2

👥 Roster (32)

Andy Bednar Fred Bennett Erv Brame Adam Comorosky Hal Finney Larry French Earl Grace George Grant George Grantham Howard Groskloss Bill Harris Rollie Hemsley +20 more

32 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1931 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 1931 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 1931 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 75-79 (.487 win pct).
Who led the 1931 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
George Grantham led the 1931 Pittsburgh Pirates with 10 home runs.
What was the 1931 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 1931 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 3.66.
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