• Source: 1931 Philadelphia Athletics season

      • The 1931 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing first in the American League with a record of 107 wins and 45 losses. It was the team's third consecutive pennant-winning season and its third consecutive season with over 100 wins. However the A's lost the 1931 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. The series loss prevented the Athletics from becoming the first major league baseball team to win three consecutive World Series; the New York Yankees would accomplish the feat seven years later. The Athletics, ironically, would go on to earn their own threepeat in 1974, some forty-three years after the failed 1931 attempt.
      1931 was also the A's final World Series appearance in Philadelphia. Their next AL pennant would be in 1972, after they had moved to Oakland.


      Offseason


      November 29, 1930: Homer Summa and Ossie Orwoll were traded by the Athletics to the Portland Beavers for Herb Lahti (minors).
      December 10, 1930: Cy Perkins was purchased from the Athletics by the New York Yankees.


      Regular season


      1931 was the greatest season of Lefty Grove's career. He went 31–4, with a 2.06 ERA and 175 strikeouts, easily winning the pitching triple crown. He was voted league Most Valuable Player. Combined with the efforts of 21- and 20-game winners George Earnshaw and Rube Walberg, Philadelphia allowed the fewest runs of any AL team.
      Slugger Al Simmons won the batting title with a .390 average and came in third in MVP voting.


      = Season standings

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      = Record vs. opponents

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      = Roster

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      Player stats




      = Batting

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      Starters by position


      Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


      Other batters


      Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


      = Pitching

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      Starting pitchers


      Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

      Note: George Earnshaw was team leader in saves with 6.


      Other pitchers


      Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


      Relief pitchers


      Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


      Awards and honors




      = League top five finishers

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      Mickey Cochrane

      #4 in AL in batting average (.349)
      George Earnshaw

      #2 in AL in strikeouts (152)
      #3 in AL in wins (21)
      Jimmie Foxx

      #4 in AL in home runs (30)
      Lefty Grove

      AL leader in wins (31)
      AL leader in ERA (2.06) (Grove's 2.06 ERA was 2.32 runs below the league average.)
      AL leader in strikeouts (175)
      Al Simmons

      AL leader in batting average (.390)
      #3 in AL in slugging percentage (.641)
      #4 in AL in RBI (128)
      #4 in AL in on-base percentage (.444)


      1931 World Series



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


      Farm system



      LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg


      Notes




      References


      1931 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
      1931 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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