1931 World Series

Infobox World Series Expanded


year = 1931
champion = St. Louis Cardinals (4)
champion_manager = Gabby Street
champion_games = 101-53, .656, GA: 13
runnerup = Philadelphia Athletics (3)
runnerup_manager = Connie Mack
runnerup_games = 107-45, .704, GA: 13½
date = October 1–October 10
MVP =
television =
announcers =
radio_network = NBC and CBS
radio_announcers = NBC: Graham McNamee.
CBS: Ted Husing.
umpires = Bill Klem (NL), Dick Nallin (AL), Dolly Stark (NL), Bill McGowan (AL)
HOFers = Cardinals: Jim Bottomley, Frankie Frisch, Burleigh Grimes, Waite Hoyt, Chick Hafey, Jesse Haines (dnp).
Athletics: Connie Mack (mgr.), Mickey Cochrane, Jimmy Foxx, Lefty Grove, Al Simmons.
ALCS =
NLCS =

In the 1931 World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Athletics in seven games, a rematch and reversal of fortunes of the 1930 World Series.

The same two teams faced off during the 1930 World Series and the Athletics were victorious. The only day-to-day player in the Cardinals' lineup who was different in 1931 was the "Wild Horse of the Osage", Pepper Martin — a 27-year-old rookie who spent seven (7) years in the Minor Leagues. He led his team during this series in runs scored, hits, doubles, runs batted in and stolen bases, and also made a running catch to stifle a 9th-inning rally by the A's in the final game.

The spitball pitch was banned by Major League Baseball in 1920, but those who were grandfathered in were permitted to continue using it in their arsenal. One of those still pitching who "wet his pill" was Burleigh Grimes, who had two starts, two wins, and seven innings of no-hit pitching in Game 3.

The Athletics had captured their third straight American League pennant — winning 107 games — tallying their 3 year total to 313 wins. However, this would prove to be the final World Series for Athletics' manager Connie Mack. As with the loss in 1914, Mack would break up this great team by selling off the best players, this time out of perceived economic necessity rather than pique. It would be 41 years and two cities later before the A's would return to World Series action, the club having moved to Kansas City and then to Oakland in the meantime.

ummary

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Philadelphia Athletics (3)

Matchups

Game 1

Thursday, October 1, 1931 at Sportsman’s Park III in St. Louis, MissouriLinescore
Road=Philadelphia|RoadAbr=PHA
R1=0|R2=0|R3=4|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=2|R8=0|R9=0|RR=6|RH=11|RE=0
Home=St. Louis|HomeAbr=STL
H1=2|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=12|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Lefty Grove (1-0)|LP=Paul Derringer (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Al Simmons (1)|HomeHR=|

Game 2

Friday, October 2, 1931 at Sportsman’s Park III in St. Louis, MissouriLinescore
Road=Philadelphia|RoadAbr=PHA
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=3|RE=0
Home=St. Louis|HomeAbr=STL
H1=0|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=0|H9=X|HR=2|HH=6|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Bill Hallahan (1-0)|LP=George Earnshaw (0-1)|SV=|

Game 3

Monday, October 5, 1931 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaLinescore
Road=St. Louis|RoadAbr=STL
R1=0|R2=2|R3=0|R4=2|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=1|RR=5|RH=12|RE=0
Home=Philadelphia|HomeAbr=PHA
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=2|HR=2|HH=2|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Burleigh Grimes (1-0)|LP=Lefty Grove (1-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Al Simmons (2)|

Game 4

Tuesday, October 6, 1931 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaLinescore
Road=St. Louis|RoadAbr=STL
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=2|RE=1
Home=Philadelphia|HomeAbr=PHA
H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=2|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=3|HH=10|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=George Earnshaw (1-1)|LP=Syl Johnson (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Jimmie Foxx (1)|

Game 5

Wednesday, October 7, 1931 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaLinescore
Road=St. Louis|RoadAbr=STL
R1=1|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=2|R7=0|R8=1|R9=1|RR=5|RH=12|RE=0
Home=Philadelphia|HomeAbr=PHA
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=0|H9=0|HR=1|HH=9|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Bill Hallahan (2-0)|LP=Waite Hoyt (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Pepper Martin (1)|HomeHR=|

Game 6

Friday, October 9, 1931 at Sportsman’s Park III in St. Louis, MissouriLinescore
Road=Philadelphia|RoadAbr=PHA
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=4|R6=0|R7=4|R8=0|R9=0|RR=8|RH=8|RE=1
Home=St. Louis|HomeAbr=STL
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=1|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=1|HH=5|HE=2
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Lefty Grove (2-1)|LP=Paul Derringer (0-2)|SV=|

Game 7

Saturday, October 10, 1931 at Sportsman’s Park III in St. Louis, MissouriLinescore
Road=Philadelphia|RoadAbr=PHA
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=2|RR=2|RH=7|RE=1
Home=St. Louis|HomeAbr=STL
H1=2|H2=0|H3=2|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=4|HH=5|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Burleigh Grimes (2-0)|LP=George Earnshaw (1-2)|SV=Bill Hallahan (1)
RoadHR=|HomeHR=George Watkins (1)|

Composite Box

1931 World Series (4-3): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over Philadelphia Athletics (A.L.)Linescore
Road=St. Louis Cardinals
R1=5|R2=3|R3=2|R4=2|R5=0|R6=3|R7=1|R8=1|R9=2|RR=19|RH=54|RE=4
Home=Philadelphia Athletics
H1=1|H2=0|H3=4|H4=0|H5=4|H6=2|H7=7|H8=0|H9=4|HR=22|HH=50|HE=2Total Attendance: 231,567 Average Attendance: 33,081Winning Player’s Share: – $4,468 Losing Player’s Share – $3,023cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsshares.shtml|title=World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares|accessdate=2008-05-07|publisher=Baseball Almanac] |

Notes

References

*Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. "The World Series." 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 137-141)
*Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). "The Baseball Encyclopedia" (5th ed.), p. 2139. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
*cite web |author=Forman, Sean L. |title=1931 World Series |date= |work=Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. |url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1931_WS.shtml |accessdate=2007-12-09

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1931_WS.shtml 1931 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1931 1931 World Series at "WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)"]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1931ws.shtml 1931 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/YPS_1931.htm 1931 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org]