1931 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 65-95
Finish: 4th in NL NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 729
Runs Allowed: 872
Exp W-L: 67-93
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,797,624
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 2nd in the NL
AA: 77-60, 2nd in the NL
A: 69-68, 5th in the NL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  Lew Fonseca 32 156 649 97 213 54 10 8 69 6 7 18 17 .328 .350 .479 .829 93.9 17.7 4.4
LF *Russ Scarritt 28 153 609 86 200 48 13 4 89 7 3 31 23 .328 .363 .470 .832 90.7 16.9 1.4
RF  Bob Meusel 34 155 621 82 173 48 11 8 82 7 6 18 78 .279 .300 .430 .730 64.2 6.9 1.8
SS *Boob Fowler 30 156 599 86 208 22 8 6 89 7 3 34 34 .347 .379 .441 .820 88.6 16.2 5.1
C  Shanty Hogan 25 153 544 77 167 25 5 10 67 0 0 67 12 .307 .385 .426 .812 87.6 16.1 8.0
1B  George Kelly 35 148 538 66 135 8 2 10 58 7 2 30 87 .251 .289 .329 .618 51.7 3.5 2.9
3B  Johnny Vergez 24 126 440 53 118 10 4 9 47 6 1 23 32 .268 .304 .370 .674 46.5 4.7 3.1
LF *Bill Lamar 34 114 422 51 119 14 3 11 57 3 2 16 51 .282 .306 .408 .714 49.1 6.1 1.5
CF  Chick Fullis 27 98 242 27 63 17 2 1 26 2 1 22 15 .260 .326 .360 .685 28.1 3.8 0.8
LF  Clyde Barnhart 35 112 222 26 65 14 1 2 37 2 2 11 16 .293 .328 .392 .720 24.7 3.0 1.4
P *Lefty Gomez 22 45 122 5 14 2 0 0 10 0 0 3 32 .115 .135 .131 .266 -0.7 0.0 0.0
RF *Walter French 31 96 129 12 31 3 0 0 12 3 1 1 0 .240 .244 .264 .508 6.2 0.0 0.3
SS *Whitey Witt 35 68 106 22 34 3 1 1 18 4 0 16 17 .321 .407 .396 .803 19.1 3.9 0.7
P  Dolly Gray 33 41 82 5 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 18 .098 .118 .110 .227 -1.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Jackie Hayes 24 30 74 12 20 4 0 0 5 0 0 5 3 .270 .316 .324 .641 7.0 0.7 0.5
1B  Earl Sheely 38 53 68 6 22 2 1 1 10 0 0 7 13 .324 .390 .426 .816 10.7 1.8 0.4
P *Wally Hebert 23 16 47 4 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 3 .255 .260 .298 .558 4.5 0.0 0.0
P *George Milstead 28 19 44 1 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 10 .182 .178 .227 .405 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Russell 25 19 38 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .105 .125 .105 .230 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Foster Edwards 27 14 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .029 .000 .029 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Ken Ash 29 42 16 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .176 .188 .364 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Tom Zachary 35 34 11 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .091 .083 .182 .265 0.2 0.0 0.0
RF  Fred Schulte 30 10 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Cliff Markle 37 39 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Flint Rhem 30 35 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -0.4 0.0 0.0
1B *Mule Shirley 30 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Willie Underhill 26 78 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 2016 5683 725 1623 281 61 71 698 54 28 309 489 .286 .323 .394 .717 669.8 101.7 32.2
  Rank among 12 NL teams 2 10 4 8 1 7 10 2 10 12 11 5 12 8 8 9  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Lefty Gomez 22 14 22 .389 45 45 0 356.7 344 143 18 127 164 3.61 25.2
 Dolly Gray 33 12 17 .414 41 33 0 245.0 347 164 16 101 50 6.02 0.0
*George Milstead 28 6 9 .400 19 19 0 135.7 121 62 11 58 50 4.11 8.5
 Jack Russell 25 6 8 .429 19 19 0 132.7 161 69 8 44 31 4.68 6.1
*Wally Hebert 23 7 5 .583 16 16 0 130.0 144 53 7 41 21 3.67 10.3
 Foster Edwards 27 2 5 .286 14 14 0 98.3 115 50 5 40 35 4.58 3.2
 Willie Underhill 26 6 6 .500 78 0 6 93.7 114 64 6 57 36 6.15 2.1
 Ken Ash 29 4 10 .286 42 7 12 80.0 111 54 4 39 29 6.08 0.7
*Tom Zachary 35 4 5 .444 34 5 1 69.0 114 51 5 23 12 6.65 0.0
 Cliff Markle 37 1 4 .200 39 2 1 51.0 55 40 7 34 16 7.06 0.0
 Flint Rhem 30 3 4 .429 35 0 2 44.7 48 15 2 13 3 3.02 5.1
Team Totals 28.6 65 95 .406 382 160 22 1436.6 1674 765 89 577 447 4.79 61.1
Rank among 12 NL teams 12 12 4 11 5 11 7 11 12 8 12  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 34.7
S.Hogan 1260.7 139 149 415 56 2 0 .996 40.9
Team Total 1260.7 139 149 415 56 2 0 .996 40.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.87
G.Kelly 1190.7 144 145 1613 135 10 175 .994 13.21
E.Sheely 152.0 15 32 208 15 1 21 .996 13.20
W.French 79.0 1 36 113 6 3 14 .975 13.56
L.Fonseca 12.0 0 5 12 2 0 2 1.000 10.50
M.Shirley 3.0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1436.7 160 220 1951 158 14 212 .993 13.21
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 6.51
L.Fonseca 1287.7 146 147 374 623 27 148 .974 6.97
J.Hayes 149.0 14 21 40 71 4 15 .965 6.70
Team Total 1436.7 160 168 414 694 31 163 .973 6.94
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 3.16
J.Vergez 1019.3 121 123 77 307 22 33 .946 3.39
C.Barnhart 394.3 37 60 27 125 6 13 .962 3.47
W.French 17.0 2 2 1 6 1 0 .875 3.71
J.Hayes 6.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1436.7 160 188 105 440 29 46 .949 3.41
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 5.63
B.Fowler 1331.7 150 155 257 628 46 127 .951 5.98
W.Witt 105.0 10 22 22 57 7 17 .919 6.77
Team Total 1436.7 160 177 279 685 53 144 .948 6.04
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.12
R.Scarritt 889.0 99 105 174 7 12 1 .938 1.83
B.Meusel 438.7 49 49 99 0 3 0 .971 2.03
C.Fullis 96.0 12 13 20 1 6 1 .778 1.97
L.Fonseca 8.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
C.Barnhart 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Lamar 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.7 160 171 295 8 21 2 .935 1.90
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.65
B.Lamar 956.0 110 111 253 5 17 1 .938 2.43
C.Fullis 415.0 45 55 113 2 1 1 .991 2.49
W.Witt 49.0 4 11 12 2 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Meusel 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Kelly 5.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
F.Schulte 2.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
E.Sheely 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.3 160 181 381 9 19 2 .954 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.19
B.Meusel 881.0 99 106 193 6 9 1 .957 2.03
R.Scarritt 381.3 42 45 74 4 3 0 .963 1.84
W.Witt 115.7 14 15 20 1 3 0 .875 1.63
W.French 55.7 5 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
C.Barnhart 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.7 160 176 297 11 15 1 .954 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.53
L.Gomez 356.7 45 45 14 84 4 6 .961 2.47
D.Gray 245.0 33 41 23 51 3 3 .961 2.72
G.Milstead 135.7 19 19 4 27 1 1 .969 2.06
J.Russell 132.7 19 19 10 31 1 3 .976 2.78
W.Hebert 130.0 16 16 15 42 0 5 1.000 3.95
F.Edwards 98.3 14 14 5 17 0 4 1.000 2.01
W.Underhill 93.7 0 78 3 19 0 2 1.000 2.11
K.Ash 80.0 7 42 8 18 0 2 1.000 2.93
T.Zachary 69.0 5 34 5 14 1 1 .950 2.48
C.Markle 51.0 2 39 8 15 0 2 1.000 4.06
F.Rhem 44.7 0 35 2 10 2 0 .857 2.42
Team Total 1436.6 160 382 97 328 12 29 .973 2.66
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Fowler .347
On-Base Pct Hogan .385
Slugging Pct Fonseca .479
OPS Scarritt .832
XR Fonseca 93.9
Games Fowler, Fonseca 156
At-Bats Fonseca 649
Runs Fonseca 97
Hits Fonseca 213
Total Bases Fonseca 311
Singles Fowler 172
Doubles Fonseca 54
Triples Scarritt 13
Homeruns Lamar 11
RBIs Scarritt, Fowler 89
Stolen Bases Fowler, Kelly, Meusel, Scarritt 7
Caught Stealing Fonseca 7
Walks Hogan 67
Strikeouts Kelly 87
ERA Gomez 3.61
Wins Gomez 14
Losses Gomez 22
Winning Pct Gray .414
Saves Ash 12
Games Pitched Underhill 78
Games Started Gomez 45
Complete Games Gomez 17
Shutouts Gomez 3
Innings Pitched Gomez 356.7
Hits Allowed Gray 347
Homeruns Allowed Gomez 18
Strikeouts Gomez 164
Walks Allowed Gomez 127
Walks per 9IP Gomez 3.2
Hits per 9IP Gomez 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Gomez 4.1
WHiP Gomez 1.32
OAVG Gomez .252
OOBP Gomez .315
OSLG Gomez .351
OOPS Gomez .666
Team All-Stars
Ken Ash
Player Salaries
Bob Meusel $ 6,555,000
Ken Ash $ 6,000,000
Lew Fonseca $ 5,690,500
Jack Russell $ 4,657,143
Shanty Hogan $ 4,071,429
Dolly Gray $ 3,100,700
Clyde Barnhart $ 3,001,000
Tom Zachary $ 2,500,001
Bill Lamar $ 2,000,000
George Kelly $ 2,000,000
Boob Fowler $ 1,728,900
Walter French $ 900,000
Whitey Witt $ 843,000
Earl Sheely $ 650,000
Foster Edwards $ 600,000
Cliff Markle $ 500,000
Willie Underhill $ 354,286
Flint Rhem $ 350,000
Fred Schulte $ 350,000
Pat Murray $ 345,000
Johnny Vergez $ 300,000
Chick Fullis $ 300,000
Jackie Hayes $ 300,000
Curly Ogden $ 300,000
Wally Hebert $ 300,000
Mule Shirley $ 300,000
Russ Scarritt $ 300,000
Lefty Gomez $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Signed     George Kelly
2/16 Signed     Foster Edwards
2/19 Signed     Cliff Markle
2/20 Signed     Tom Zachary
7/1 Released George Milstead    
8/17 Released Roxy Walters