1931 Chicago (N) Cubs
Record: 90-70
Finish: 2nd in NL NL West Division
Runs Scored: 927
Runs Allowed: 890
Exp W-L: 83-77
 
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 2,180,985
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 3rd in the NL
AA: 56-81, 12th in the NL
A: 73-64, 1st in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to New York (M) Mets
 
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
2B *Max Bishop 31 156 557 123 166 41 2 18 101 3 1 131 61 .298 .429 .476 .905 114.1 28.9 3.5
SS  Bill Barrett 31 154 593 102 171 54 3 18 129 2 2 96 42 .288 .388 .481 .869 99.4 22.8 4.0
SS *Charlie Hollocher 35 153 598 115 214 20 3 1 67 13 5 71 19 .358 .425 .406 .832 99.5 24.4 2.8
RF *Johnny Frederick 29 155 632 98 187 48 12 23 134 0 0 37 20 .296 .336 .519 .855 100.0 22.8 1.9
1B  Ed Morgan 27 141 508 80 153 39 9 14 92 1 2 68 38 .301 .381 .496 .877 90.5 21.4 1.5
2B  Riggs Stephenson 33 134 424 60 118 25 5 0 62 0 0 56 17 .278 .367 .361 .728 56.7 11.3 1.6
RF *Jack Smith 36 118 346 54 106 18 4 2 46 21 3 34 15 .306 .368 .399 .767 52.8 11.8 0.7
SS *Specs Toporcer 32 95 270 40 62 15 4 2 45 0 0 27 17 .230 .299 .337 .636 27.0 3.0 2.4
C *Johnny Schulte 34 75 236 35 52 5 0 7 28 0 0 51 47 .220 .356 .331 .687 32.2 5.1 3.3
C  Rick Ferrell 25 79 239 37 64 11 2 3 29 0 1 32 1 .268 .350 .368 .719 29.8 4.8 2.6
LF *Merito Acosta 35 83 224 47 62 10 0 2 20 0 1 30 26 .277 .359 .348 .708 29.8 5.5 0.5
LF  Wes Schulmerich 29 71 220 37 67 19 3 3 39 0 0 17 24 .305 .360 .459 .819 32.8 7.8 0.6
C *Gus Suhr 25 56 178 33 39 10 3 4 28 0 0 25 17 .219 .314 .376 .690 21.9 3.3 2.2
P *Erv Brame 29 40 119 10 20 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 8 .168 .189 .193 .382 1.9 0.0 0.0
P *Ed Durham 23 37 111 6 13 3 2 1 12 0 0 1 18 .117 .123 .207 .330 1.0 0.0 0.0
LF  Ben Paschal 35 41 89 15 23 5 3 4 18 0 0 3 16 .258 .274 .517 .791 11.5 1.5 0.2
P  Dutch Ulrich 31 27 73 5 14 3 0 0 11 1 0 0 16 .192 .192 .233 .425 2.6 0.0 0.0
SS  Marty McManus 31 31 72 9 18 7 0 1 7 0 0 4 9 .250 .289 .389 .678 6.9 0.8 0.6
P  Ray Bressler 36 50 54 5 14 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 2 .259 .273 .278 .551 3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Coffman 24 68 49 7 9 0 1 0 5 0 0 5 14 .184 .273 .224 .497 3.6 0.0 0.0
P *Clint Brown 27 41 45 6 10 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 7 .222 .222 .333 .556 3.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Kolp 36 18 12 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .083 .250 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Chet Falk 26 38 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bonnie Hollingsworth 35 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.3 0.0
P *Sam Dailey 27 41 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.5 1912 5658 927 1584 339 57 104 886 41 17 692 436 .280 .358 .415 .773 820.7 175.4 28.4
  Rank among 12 NL teams 6 1 8 1 4 2 1 3 5 1 7 8 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Erv Brame 29 19 16 .543 40 40 0 303.3 395 173 23 86 50 5.13 8.1
 Ed Durham 23 16 14 .533 37 37 0 292.3 348 153 23 78 72 4.71 12.2
*Ray Bressler 36 15 8 .652 50 22 7 187.7 186 86 12 73 61 4.12 14.1
 Dutch Ulrich 31 13 8 .619 27 24 0 187.3 221 92 10 46 47 4.42 9.2
 Dick Coffman 24 14 7 .667 68 19 10 183.3 254 103 6 32 39 5.06 9.1
 Clint Brown 27 9 8 .529 41 16 2 151.0 177 77 9 48 27 4.59 7.8
*Chet Falk 26 0 2 .000 38 0 3 41.7 48 18 0 13 4 3.89 3.2
 Sam Dailey 27 2 4 .333 39 0 4 41.7 58 30 5 13 18 6.48 0.3
 Ray Kolp 36 0 3 .000 18 2 4 38.0 42 18 1 9 7 4.26 2.1
 Bonnie Hollingsworth 35 2 0 1.000 10 0 0 12.3 25 16 0 12 5 11.68 0.0
Team Totals 29.4 90 70 .563 368 160 30 1438.6 1754 766 89 410 330 4.79 66.2
Rank among 12 NL teams 2 2 3 2 4 12 6 12 6 12 11  
* - 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
J.Schulte 574.0 64 66 151 21 1 0 .994 58.3
R.Ferrell 448.7 50 54 122 16 1 0 .993 35.0
G.Suhr 416.0 46 48 97 19 4 1 .967 33.3
Team Total 1438.7 160 168 370 56 6 1 .986 40.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.87
C.Hollocher 557.3 62 63 796 64 15 80 .983 13.89
E.Morgan 515.0 57 58 715 64 8 62 .990 13.61
R.Stephenson 318.3 36 36 435 36 9 41 .981 13.32
W.Schulmerich 35.0 4 5 54 5 2 2 .967 15.17
J.Smith 10.0 1 2 16 1 0 1 1.000 15.30
G.Suhr 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50
J.Schulte 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.7 160 166 2017 170 34 187 .985 13.68
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 6.51
M.Bishop 1325.0 147 151 347 648 23 141 .977 6.76
M.McManus 82.7 10 12 24 35 3 2 .952 6.42
R.Stephenson 27.0 3 4 7 18 0 2 1.000 8.33
S.Toporcer 4.0 0 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1438.7 160 169 381 702 26 146 .977 6.78
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 3.16
C.Hollocher 690.3 77 78 54 197 23 10 .916 3.27
S.Toporcer 605.3 68 72 44 187 3 21 .987 3.43
R.Stephenson 133.0 15 19 5 35 5 3 .889 2.71
M.McManus 10.0 0 8 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1438.7 160 177 103 423 31 34 .944 3.29
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 5.63
B.Barrett 1343.0 150 151 217 627 46 122 .948 5.66
M.McManus 78.7 9 10 17 39 0 6 1.000 6.41
C.Hollocher 9.0 1 1 1 7 0 2 1.000 8.00
S.Toporcer 7.0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 5.14
S.Dailey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.7 160 165 237 675 46 131 .952 5.71
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.12
R.Stephenson 468.3 52 56 124 5 1 1 .992 2.48
W.Schulmerich 428.7 52 53 106 3 2 1 .982 2.29
M.Acosta 309.0 36 39 74 3 5 0 .939 2.24
E.Morgan 185.0 20 20 36 2 2 0 .950 1.85
J.Smith 39.0 0 18 12 0 1 0 .923 2.77
B.Paschal 4.0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
J.Schulte 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Barrett 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.7 160 191 354 13 12 2 .968 2.30
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.65
J.Frederick 1334.3 148 153 372 8 14 4 .964 2.56
M.Acosta 54.0 6 7 15 0 1 0 .938 2.50
B.Paschal 49.3 6 7 19 1 0 0 1.000 3.65
J.Smith 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.7 160 168 406 9 15 4 .965 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.19
J.Smith 757.3 85 89 152 3 16 3 .906 1.84
E.Morgan 451.3 49 56 113 9 13 0 .904 2.43
B.Paschal 137.0 16 19 30 1 2 0 .939 2.04
M.Acosta 57.0 6 11 11 3 2 0 .875 2.21
W.Schulmerich 26.0 3 6 6 0 1 0 .857 2.08
J.Frederick 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
C.Hollocher 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1438.7 160 183 315 16 34 3 .907 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.53
E.Brame 303.3 40 40 23 79 4 6 .962 3.03
E.Durham 292.3 37 37 25 64 2 3 .978 2.74
R.Bressler 187.7 22 50 16 37 5 3 .914 2.54
D.Ulrich 187.3 24 27 10 46 1 5 .982 2.69
D.Coffman 183.3 19 68 13 34 2 4 .959 2.31
C.Brown 151.0 16 41 8 46 0 3 1.000 3.22
S.Dailey 41.7 0 39 4 10 0 0 1.000 3.02
C.Falk 41.7 0 38 8 6 0 2 1.000 3.02
R.Kolp 38.0 2 18 4 11 0 1 1.000 3.55
B.Hollingsworth 12.3 0 10 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.19
Team Total 1438.6 160 368 112 335 14 27 .970 2.80
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hollocher .358
On-Base Pct Bishop .429
Slugging Pct Frederick .519
OPS Bishop .905
XR Bishop 114.1
Games Bishop 156
At-Bats Frederick 632
Runs Bishop 123
Hits Hollocher 214
Total Bases Frederick 328
Singles Hollocher 190
Doubles Barrett 54
Triples Frederick 12
Homeruns Frederick 23
RBIs Frederick 134
Stolen Bases Smith 21
Caught Stealing Hollocher 5
Walks Bishop 131
Strikeouts Bishop 61
ERA Bressler 4.12
Wins Brame 19
Losses Brame 16
Winning Pct Coffman .667
Saves Coffman 10
Games Pitched Coffman 68
Games Started Brame 40
Complete Games Durham 16
Shutouts Brame, Durham 2
Innings Pitched Brame 303.3
Hits Allowed Brame 395
Homeruns Allowed Brame, Durham 23
Strikeouts Durham 72
Walks Allowed Brame 86
Walks per 9IP Coffman 1.6
Hits per 9IP Bressler 8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Bressler 2.9
WHiP Bressler 1.38
OAVG Bressler .259
OOBP Bressler .330
OSLG Bressler .381
OOPS Bressler .711
Team All-Stars
Bill Barrett
Max Bishop
Johnny Frederick
Player Salaries
Bill Barrett $ 15,200,000
Charlie Hollocher $ 9,420,000
Max Bishop $ 6,436,800
Specs Toporcer $ 3,032,400
Riggs Stephenson $ 3,000,000
Johnny Schulte $ 3,000,000
Merito Acosta $ 2,981,000
Ed Morgan $ 2,435,714
Bonnie Hollingsworth $ 2,181,600
Ben Paschal $ 2,000,000
Clint Brown $ 1,994,286
Jack Smith $ 1,030,000
Dutch Ulrich $ 650,000
Ray Bressler $ 450,000
Ray Kolp $ 350,000
Marty McManus $ 350,000
Ed Durham $ 300,000
Gus Suhr $ 300,000
Erv Brame $ 300,000
Johnny Frederick $ 300,000
Sam Dailey $ 300,000
Chet Falk $ 300,000
Rick Ferrell $ 300,000
Wes Schulmerich $ 300,000
Dick Coffman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Signed     Riggs Stephenson
2/4 Signed     Johnny Schulte
2/4 Signed     Ray Kolp
2/5 Signed     Dutch Ulrich
2/8 Signed     Bill Barrett
3/1 Signed     Si Rosenthal
5/16 Released Billy Rhiel    
5/16 Released Herb Thomas