1931 New York (M) Mets
Record: 89-71
Finish: 1st in NL NL East Division
Runs Scored: 841
Runs Allowed: 760
Exp W-L: 87-73
 
Ballpark: Polo Grounds
Attendance: 2,392,666
Manager: John Hollowach

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 7th in the NL
AA: 77-60, 3rd in the NL
A: 66-71, 10th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 1-4 to Houston Astros
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Chicago (N) Cubs
 
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
CF *Earle Combs 32 154 605 99 198 28 3 11 86 1 0 74 22 .327 .400 .438 .838 99.1 21.7 3.5
1B *Joe Hauser 32 158 590 112 188 34 5 33 129 1 0 53 41 .319 .382 .561 .943 114.8 26.6 4.0
SS *Joe Sewell 32 147 593 105 179 44 4 9 74 0 0 53 25 .302 .361 .435 .796 87.1 17.2 8.1
RF  Frank Welch 33 147 577 76 140 25 6 4 75 0 0 50 27 .243 .302 .328 .630 54.6 4.1 2.7
C  Gabby Hartnett 30 146 533 79 163 47 7 11 88 0 0 51 29 .306 .367 .482 .849 81.7 16.8 2.7
SS  Pinky Higgins 22 152 530 66 162 30 3 8 81 0 3 49 26 .306 .364 .419 .783 71.7 13.0 6.0
2B *Jay Partridge 28 125 392 58 102 15 3 4 48 0 0 16 3 .260 .286 .344 .631 39.4 3.3 4.5
CF  Nick Cullop 30 117 373 57 103 29 5 6 62 1 0 20 85 .276 .316 .429 .745 46.0 7.8 2.2
LF *Cuckoo Christensen 31 110 329 52 110 11 4 0 59 1 4 46 15 .334 .419 .392 .811 53.4 11.1 2.2
2B #Bill Hunnefield 32 90 236 35 68 14 2 0 26 0 0 22 14 .288 .345 .364 .709 28.2 4.4 2.9
1B  Joe Stripp 28 83 152 21 53 10 1 0 23 0 0 5 2 .349 .373 .428 .801 20.6 4.4 1.6
C  Tony Rensa 29 53 145 27 40 12 3 1 15 0 0 8 11 .276 .323 .421 .743 15.7 2.4 0.6
P #Ted Lyons 30 44 124 16 21 2 1 0 10 0 0 2 11 .169 .183 .202 .384 3.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Ogden 33 44 105 8 16 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 18 .152 .198 .162 .360 2.2 0.0 0.0
P *Lum Davenport 31 45 105 11 21 4 0 0 8 0 0 4 29 .200 .229 .238 .467 4.0 0.0 0.0
RF  Bert Griffith 35 43 80 7 25 4 1 1 12 0 0 7 4 .313 .375 .425 .800 11.9 2.5 0.4
P *Al Grabowski 29 27 81 6 23 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 12 .284 .284 .333 .617 7.6 0.8 0.0
SS  Gordon Slade 26 30 59 6 12 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 6 .203 .203 .271 .475 1.9 0.0 0.7
P  Walt Huntzinger 32 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Archie Campbell 27 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Josh Billings 23 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Russ Miller 31 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 1828 5619 841 1624 315 48 89 813 4 7 466 382 .289 .345 .410 .754 742.3 136.2 42.1
  Rank among 12 NL teams 7 5 3 3 6 4 5 12 2 8 1 3 5 3 4 6  
* - 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
 Ted Lyons 30 26 14 .650 44 44 0 365.0 387 131 16 38 136 3.23 31.6
 Jack Ogden 33 19 17 .528 44 44 0 332.7 420 179 22 69 74 4.84 14.1
*Lum Davenport 31 19 17 .528 45 45 0 321.3 381 160 33 34 68 4.48 17.2
*Al Grabowski 29 13 11 .542 27 27 0 216.7 218 92 13 69 69 3.82 16.5
 George Cox 26 4 5 .444 64 0 1 67.7 75 30 2 26 19 3.99 5.3
 Archie Campbell 27 4 0 1.000 38 0 1 35.3 49 20 3 23 9 5.09 1.6
 Josh Billings 23 1 3 .250 33 0 0 31.3 52 34 2 23 11 9.77 0.0
 Russ Miller 31 2 4 .333 28 0 14 26.0 37 15 1 17 4 5.19 1.4
 Walt Huntzinger 32 1 0 1.000 14 0 0 20.3 27 11 3 8 3 4.87 0.9
Team Totals 29.1 89 71 .556 337 160 16 1416.3 1646 672 95 307 393 4.27 88.6
Rank among 12 NL teams 3 3 10 3 11 10 8 7 1 10 7  
* - 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
G.Hartnett 1119.3 122 145 329 32 1 2 .997 22.9
T.Rensa 297.0 38 40 93 8 4 3 .962 18.2
Team Total 1416.3 160 185 422 40 5 5 .989 21.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.87
J.Hauser 1293.3 145 157 1749 143 15 170 .992 13.17
J.Stripp 123.0 15 18 159 8 1 16 .994 12.22
Team Total 1416.3 160 175 1908 151 16 186 .992 13.08
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 6.51
J.Partridge 934.0 106 120 234 451 28 105 .961 6.60
B.Hunnefield 426.0 49 59 97 212 7 42 .978 6.53
G.Slade 56.3 5 14 18 25 0 6 1.000 6.87
Team Total 1416.3 160 193 349 688 35 153 .967 6.59
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 3.16
P.Higgins 1254.0 146 149 74 358 33 48 .929 3.10
J.Stripp 158.0 14 28 21 47 2 2 .971 3.87
J.Sewell 4.3 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.24
Team Total 1416.3 160 179 95 408 35 50 .935 3.20
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 5.63
J.Sewell 1237.7 140 143 217 554 37 102 .954 5.61
B.Hunnefield 111.0 13 15 15 56 5 10 .934 5.76
G.Slade 65.3 7 10 12 25 1 5 .974 5.10
P.Higgins 2.3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1416.3 160 169 244 635 44 117 .952 5.59
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.12
C.Christensen 749.0 87 88 201 10 3 2 .986 2.54
E.Combs 508.7 58 59 98 2 2 0 .980 1.77
N.Cullop 146.0 15 19 32 1 1 0 .971 2.03
G.Slade 7.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
B.Griffith 5.3 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1416.3 160 172 333 14 6 2 .983 2.21
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.65
E.Combs 798.3 91 93 246 8 2 4 .992 2.86
N.Cullop 591.0 69 71 177 6 0 3 1.000 2.79
C.Christensen 20.0 0 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Griffith 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1416.3 160 175 431 14 2 7 .996 2.83
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.19
F.Welch 1259.7 145 147 313 3 20 1 .940 2.26
B.Griffith 156.7 15 25 42 0 1 0 .977 2.41
Team Total 1416.3 160 172 355 3 21 1 .945 2.27
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.53
T.Lyons 365.0 44 44 29 69 1 2 .990 2.42
J.Ogden 332.7 44 44 21 52 3 6 .961 1.97
L.Davenport 321.3 45 45 21 71 5 6 .948 2.58
A.Grabowski 216.7 27 27 14 44 0 2 1.000 2.41
G.Cox 67.7 0 64 7 16 0 1 1.000 3.06
A.Campbell 35.3 0 38 1 6 2 0 .778 1.78
J.Billings 31.3 0 33 1 7 2 0 .800 2.30
R.Miller 26.0 0 28 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.77
W.Huntzinger 20.3 0 14 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.66
Team Total 1416.3 160 337 99 274 13 18 .966 2.37
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Combs .327
On-Base Pct Combs .400
Slugging Pct Hauser .561
OPS Hauser .943
XR Hauser 114.8
Games Hauser 158
At-Bats Combs 605
Runs Hauser 112
Hits Combs 198
Total Bases Hauser 331
Singles Combs 156
Doubles Hartnett 47
Triples Hartnett 7
Homeruns Hauser 33
RBIs Hauser 129
Stolen Bases Christensen, Combs, Cullop, Hauser 1
Caught Stealing Christensen 4
Walks Combs 74
Strikeouts Cullop 85
ERA Lyons 3.23
Wins Lyons 26
Losses Davenport, Ogden 17
Winning Pct Lyons .650
Saves Miller 14
Games Pitched Cox 64
Games Started Davenport 45
Complete Games Lyons 32
Shutouts Lyons 5
Innings Pitched Lyons 365.0
Hits Allowed Ogden 420
Homeruns Allowed Davenport 33
Strikeouts Lyons 136
Walks Allowed Grabowski, Ogden 69
Walks per 9IP Lyons 0.9
Hits per 9IP Grabowski 9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Lyons 3.4
WHiP Lyons 1.16
OAVG Grabowski .262
OOBP Lyons .285
OSLG Lyons .364
OOPS Lyons .648
Team All-Stars
Lum Davenport
Gabby Hartnett
Joe Hauser
Ted Lyons
Player Salaries
Ted Lyons $ 15,655,800
Gabby Hartnett $ 10,000,000
Joe Hauser $ 7,970,800
Joe Sewell $ 7,106,000
Frank Welch $ 5,167,000
Earle Combs $ 4,450,000
Cuckoo Christensen $ 2,178,571
Jay Partridge $ 1,685,714
Bill Hunnefield $ 1,278,571
Jack Ogden $ 720,000
Nick Cullop $ 462,857
Bert Griffith $ 450,000
Joe Stripp $ 350,000
Walt Huntzinger $ 300,000
Russ Miller $ 300,000
Josh Billings $ 300,000
Tony Rensa $ 300,000
Al Grabowski $ 300,000
Lum Davenport $ 300,000
George Cox $ 300,000
Gordon Slade $ 300,000
Archie Campbell $ 300,000
Pinky Higgins $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
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