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1931 Houston Astros
Record: 97-63
Finish: 1st in NL NL West Division
Runs Scored: 869
Runs Allowed: 683
Exp W-L: 97-63
 
Ballpark: Colt Stadium
Attendance: 2,127,766
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 8th in the NL
AA: 77-60, 4th in the NL
A: 64-73, 11th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 2-4 to Oakland Athletics
Won NL League Series 4-1 over New York (M) Mets
Won Divisional Series 4-0 over Cincinnati Reds
 
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
LF  Wattie Holm 29 154 602 120 187 29 5 9 71 1 6 57 28 .311 .368 .420 .789 84.0 15.2 5.4
RF  Pepper Martin 27 155 587 82 181 26 10 8 107 7 1 63 31 .308 .372 .428 .800 87.5 17.2 4.8
2B  Tony Lazzeri 27 149 536 125 174 29 9 26 104 6 4 80 40 .325 .408 .558 .966 109.4 24.7 5.4
CF  Dave Harris 30 155 529 83 178 26 10 8 116 1 1 81 66 .336 .424 .469 .893 98.6 23.2 3.4
1B  Al Van Camp 27 149 506 65 142 19 6 4 62 0 1 31 41 .281 .320 .366 .686 55.0 7.9 3.7
C *Smead Jolley 29 133 451 79 157 39 5 9 88 0 0 29 16 .348 .387 .517 .904 76.4 18.3 3.6
RF *Dick Porter 29 120 416 69 134 22 3 6 58 0 1 37 16 .322 .375 .433 .808 65.7 14.2 2.6
SS *Ray Morehart 31 108 308 39 77 14 2 3 37 1 0 29 32 .250 .313 .338 .650 32.4 4.0 6.1
SS  Hod Ford 33 106 277 34 73 10 1 2 35 0 0 15 23 .264 .298 .329 .627 24.3 1.8 6.2
CF  Johnny Mostil 35 79 205 41 63 8 1 4 19 8 5 20 29 .307 .384 .415 .798 31.2 5.9 1.1
C  Bubber Jonnard 33 51 154 18 46 7 2 0 24 0 0 18 14 .299 .376 .370 .746 21.5 4.4 1.8
P  George Pipgras 31 44 132 15 23 5 0 0 15 0 0 5 24 .174 .204 .212 .417 4.9 0.0 0.0
P *Hank Thormahlen 34 43 129 8 24 2 0 0 9 0 0 1 30 .186 .198 .202 .400 4.2 0.0 0.0
C *Denny Williams 31 64 134 15 28 1 2 2 19 0 0 11 0 .209 .267 .291 .558 9.2 0.0 1.2
P  Ray Benge 29 40 102 8 16 3 0 1 11 0 0 0 8 .157 .157 .216 .373 1.2 0.0 0.0
1B *Joe Munson 31 45 92 12 25 3 0 1 13 0 0 11 1 .272 .349 .337 .686 12.1 1.8 0.6
C  Denny Sothern 27 52 93 13 21 2 1 2 9 0 0 10 13 .226 .301 .333 .634 8.4 0.4 0.5
RF  Ralph Shinners 35 32 65 9 14 0 0 1 10 0 1 2 3 .215 .232 .262 .493 4.5 0.0 0.3
2B  Bucky Harris 34 24 50 11 12 5 0 0 3 4 0 5 4 .240 .367 .340 .707 7.0 1.2 0.8
3B  Eddie Mulligan 36 30 56 8 10 5 0 1 11 0 0 2 8 .179 .203 .321 .525 2.8 0.0 0.6
P *Lefty Willis 25 55 31 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .065 .094 .065 .158 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Weinert 29 36 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .030 .000 .030 -2.4 0.0 0.0
1B *Curt Walker 34 27 30 5 9 0 0 2 6 0 0 4 2 .300 .382 .500 .882 5.5 1.1 0.1
P *Red Peery 24 34 30 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .067 .067 .100 .167 -1.5 0.0 0.0
CF  Tom Oliver 28 12 29 7 14 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 .483 .516 .552 1.068 6.8 2.1 0.2
P #George Stueland 32 47 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0 0.0
CF #Jim Levey 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.2
P *Ed Wells 31 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.2 1970 5585 869 1613 259 57 89 836 28 20 515 449 .289 .348 .403 .752 747.6 143.4 48.6
  Rank among 12 NL teams 11 2 6 9 3 3 2 8 7 4 9 4 3 5 5 5  
* - 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
*Hank Thormahlen 34 22 14 .611 43 43 0 351.3 388 138 26 40 78 3.54 23.8
 George Pipgras 31 27 13 .675 44 44 0 350.0 345 134 19 108 145 3.45 28.6
 Ray Benge 29 21 10 .677 40 36 0 286.7 288 101 15 41 111 3.17 23.9
*Lefty Willis 25 9 10 .474 55 12 14 138.7 149 66 10 40 38 4.28 9.2
*Lefty Weinert 29 9 5 .643 36 15 2 112.7 108 55 8 67 48 4.39 5.6
*Red Peery 24 5 5 .500 34 10 1 106.7 143 61 6 13 17 5.15 2.9
 George Stueland 32 4 4 .500 47 0 3 61.7 63 25 3 28 13 3.65 4.8
*Ed Wells 31 0 2 .000 23 0 1 21.0 27 12 0 5 4 5.14 0.3
Team Totals 29.4 97 63 .606 322 160 21 1428.6 1511 592 87 342 454 3.73 99.0
Rank among 12 NL teams 1 1 8 1 8 5 5 1 2 7 2  
* - 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.Jolley 849.3 95 97 287 25 6 1 .981 50.0
B.Jonnard 395.0 45 46 143 11 1 1 .994 35.7
D.Williams 95.0 11 12 31 5 1 0 .973 33.3
D.Sothern 89.3 9 13 24 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1428.7 160 168 485 41 8 2 .985 34.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.87
J.Mostil 418.0 48 60 563 30 4 60 .993 12.77
D.Harris 388.0 45 46 502 43 7 44 .987 12.64
A.Van Camp 341.7 41 44 461 39 5 35 .990 13.17
J.Munson 113.7 13 18 136 21 1 15 .994 12.43
D.Sothern 91.3 10 18 121 9 2 11 .985 12.81
S.Jolley 45.0 0 21 59 4 1 7 .984 12.60
C.Walker 31.0 3 6 43 3 0 4 1.000 13.35
Team Total 1428.7 160 213 1885 149 20 176 .990 12.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 6.51
T.Lazzeri 1230.3 136 148 290 574 31 123 .965 6.32
B.Harris 125.3 16 19 32 70 2 13 .981 7.32
R.Morehart 39.0 4 5 9 13 0 1 1.000 5.08
H.Ford 34.0 4 6 7 22 2 2 .935 7.68
Team Total 1428.7 160 178 338 679 35 139 .967 6.41
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 3.16
P.Martin 1318.7 147 149 96 343 18 32 .961 3.00
E.Mulligan 110.0 13 14 7 26 1 1 .971 2.70
Team Total 1428.7 160 163 103 369 19 33 .961 2.97
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 5.63
R.Morehart 721.7 86 103 113 353 24 59 .951 5.81
H.Ford 672.3 73 101 116 331 20 72 .957 5.98
E.Mulligan 25.3 0 16 7 11 0 3 1.000 6.40
J.Levey 9.3 1 3 0 8 0 1 1.000 7.72
Team Total 1428.7 160 223 236 703 44 135 .955 5.92
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.12
A.Van Camp 880.3 103 103 205 7 0 1 1.000 2.17
D.Harris 361.7 41 45 85 2 8 0 .916 2.17
D.Williams 62.0 6 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
W.Holm 61.3 6 8 18 2 0 1 1.000 2.93
J.Munson 24.0 1 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.88
T.Oliver 20.0 2 4 5 0 1 0 .833 2.25
S.Jolley 14.3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.26
D.Porter 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1428.7 160 184 346 11 9 2 .975 2.25
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.65
W.Holm 1223.3 136 141 356 17 13 4 .966 2.74
D.Williams 86.0 10 10 35 0 0 0 1.000 3.66
D.Harris 44.3 5 5 14 1 0 0 1.000 3.05
R.Shinners 36.0 4 6 9 0 1 0 .900 2.25
T.Oliver 36.0 5 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.75
P.Martin 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Mostil 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.7 160 169 425 18 14 4 .969 2.79
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.19
D.Porter 821.7 96 101 207 3 6 0 .972 2.30
D.Harris 452.0 52 58 107 1 5 1 .956 2.15
R.Shinners 72.0 8 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
J.Munson 45.0 3 9 13 0 1 0 .929 2.60
W.Holm 16.0 1 5 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.94
S.Jolley 11.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
P.Martin 10.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Walker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.7 160 194 352 5 12 1 .967 2.25
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.53
H.Thormahlen 351.3 43 43 24 73 4 5 .960 2.48
G.Pipgras 350.0 44 44 24 53 5 4 .939 1.98
R.Benge 286.7 36 40 23 48 1 5 .986 2.23
L.Willis 138.7 12 55 7 30 0 0 1.000 2.40
L.Weinert 112.7 15 36 7 21 1 0 .966 2.24
R.Peery 106.7 10 34 7 26 1 3 .971 2.78
G.Stueland 61.7 0 47 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.34
E.Wells 21.0 0 23 2 2 1 0 .800 1.71
Team Total 1428.6 160 322 99 264 13 17 .965 2.29
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Harris .336
On-Base Pct Harris .424
Slugging Pct Lazzeri .558
OPS Lazzeri .966
XR Lazzeri 109.4
Games Harris, Martin 155
At-Bats Holm 602
Runs Lazzeri 125
Hits Holm 187
Total Bases Lazzeri 299
Singles Holm 144
Doubles Jolley 39
Triples Harris, Martin 10
Homeruns Lazzeri 26
RBIs Harris 116
Stolen Bases Mostil 8
Caught Stealing Holm 6
Walks Harris 81
Strikeouts Harris 66
ERA Benge 3.17
Wins Pipgras 27
Losses Thormahlen 14
Winning Pct Benge .677
Saves Willis 14
Games Pitched Willis 55
Games Started Pipgras 44
Complete Games Thormahlen 25
Shutouts Pipgras, Thormahlen 3
Innings Pitched Thormahlen 351.3
Hits Allowed Thormahlen 388
Homeruns Allowed Thormahlen 26
Strikeouts Pipgras 145
Walks Allowed Pipgras 108
Walks per 9IP Thormahlen 1.0
Hits per 9IP Pipgras 8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Pipgras 3.7
WHiP Benge 1.15
OAVG Pipgras .257
OOBP Benge .285
OSLG Pipgras .363
OOPS Benge .653
Team All-Stars
Smead Jolley
Pepper Martin
George Pipgras
Hank Thormahlen
Player Salaries
George Pipgras $ 6,190,000
Wattie Holm $ 5,800,000
Ray Benge $ 5,300,000
Tony Lazzeri $ 4,800,000
Dave Harris $ 4,182,363
Pepper Martin $ 3,178,571
Hank Thormahlen $ 2,518,675
Lefty Willis $ 2,500,000
Ralph Shinners $ 2,029,873
Ray Morehart $ 1,600,000
Red Peery $ 1,200,000
Denny Williams $ 952,000
Joe Munson $ 653,562
Denny Sothern $ 647,356
Johnny Mostil $ 612,613
Curt Walker $ 598,347
Bubber Jonnard $ 571,600
Lefty Weinert $ 550,000
George Stueland $ 351,090
Ed Wells $ 350,000
Pinky Pittinger $ 300,001
Eddie Mulligan $ 300,000
Al Van Camp $ 300,000
Dick Porter $ 300,000
Tom Oliver $ 300,000
Smead Jolley $ 300,000
Bucky Harris $ 300,000
Hod Ford $ 300,000
Jim Levey $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Signed     Dave Harris
2/1 Signed     Denny Sothern
2/5 Signed     George Stueland
2/6 Signed     Joe Munson
2/7 Signed     Pinky Pittinger
3/1 Signed     Mike Menosky
3/1 Signed     Eddie Mulligan
3/1 Signed     Slim Harriss
3/1 Signed     Walt Kinney
3/1 Signed     Milt Gaston
 
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