1931 World Series - St. Louis Cardinals over Philadelphia Athletics (4-3)

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1931 World Series (4-3): St. Louis Cardinals (101-53) over Philadelphia Athletics (107-45)

1930 WS / 1932 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 1, 1931 at Sportsman's Park III (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  4    0  0  0    2  0  0     6 11  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2 12  0

    PITCHERS: PHA - Grove
              STL - Derringer, Johnson (8)

               WP - Lefty Grove
	       LP - Paul Derringer
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PHA - Simmons
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 38,529

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 2, 1931 at Sportsman's Park III (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  x     2  6  1

    PITCHERS: PHA - Earnshaw
              STL - Hallahan

               WP - Bill Hallahan
	       LP - George Earnshaw
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PHA - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 35,947

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 5, 1931 at Shibe Park (Philadelphia Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  2  0    2  0  0    0  0  1     5 12  0
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2     2  2  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Grimes
              PHA - Grove, Mahaffey (9)

               WP - Burleigh Grimes
	       LP - Lefty Grove
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              PHA - Simmons

  ATTENDANCE: 32,295

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 6, 1931 at Shibe Park (Philadelphia Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  2  1
    Philadelphia Athletics       1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  x     3 10  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Johnson, Lindsey (6), Derringer (8)
              PHA - Earnshaw

               WP - George Earnshaw
	       LP - Syl Johnson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              PHA - Foxx

  ATTENDANCE: 32,295

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 7, 1931 at Shibe Park (Philadelphia Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          1  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  1     5 12  0
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  9  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Hallahan
              PHA - Hoyt, Walberg (7), Rommel (9)

               WP - Bill Hallahan
	       LP - Waite Hoyt
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Martin
              PHA - none

  ATTENDANCE: 32,295

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 9, 1931 at Sportsman's Park III (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  0    0  4  0    4  0  0     8  8  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  5  2

    PITCHERS: PHA - Grove
              STL - Derringer, Johnson (5), Lindsey (7), Rhem (9)

               WP - Lefty Grove
	       LP - Paul Derringer
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PHA - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 39,401

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 10, 1931 at Sportsman's Park III (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2     2  7  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          2  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  x     4  5  0

    PITCHERS: PHA - Earnshaw, Walberg (8)
              STL - Grimes, Hallahan (9)

               WP - Burleigh Grimes
	       LP - George Earnshaw
             SAVE - Bill Hallahan

   HOME RUNS: PHA - none
              STL - Watkins

  ATTENDANCE: 20,805

Series Batting Stats

St. Louis Cardinals Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Sparky Adams	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	143	608	97	178	1	40	16	.293	.730
Ray Blades	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	35	67	10	19	1	5	1	.284	.780
Jim Bottomley	7	25	2	4	1	0	0	2	2	5	.160	.222	.200	.422	0	0	108	382	73	133	9	75	3	.348	.937
Ripper Collins	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	89	279	34	84	4	59	1	.301	.837
Paul Derringer	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	35	72	2	7	0	1	0	.097	.207
Jake Flowers	5	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	0	0	*67	168	22	41	2	20	8	.244	.667
Frankie Frisch	7	27	2	7	2	0	0	1	1	2	.259	.286	.333	.619	1	0	131	518	96	161	4	82	28	.311	.764
Charlie Gelbert	7	23	0	6	1	0	0	3	0	4	.261	.261	.304	.565	0	0	131	447	61	129	1	62	7	.289	.748
Burleigh Grimes	2	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	0	0	29	76	4	14	0	8	0	.184	.379
Chick Hafey	6	24	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	122	450	94	157	16	95	11	.349	.973
Bill Hallahan	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	37	81	5	8	0	5	0	.099	.294
Andy High	4	15	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.267	.267	.267	.533	0	0	63	131	20	35	0	19	0	.267	.717
Syl Johnson	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	32	60	4	14	0	7	0	.233	.570
Jim Lindsey	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	9	1	1	0	0	0	.111	.311
Gus Mancuso	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	67	187	13	49	1	23	2	.262	.701
Pepper Martin	7	24	5	12	4	0	1	5	2	3	.500	.538	.792	1.330	5	1	123	413	68	124	7	75	16	.300	.818
Ernie Orsatti	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	70	158	27	46	0	19	1	.291	.817
Flint Rhem	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	69	4	9	0	6	0	.130	.275
Wally Roettger	3	14	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.357	.643	0	0	*89	336	41	108	1	37	1	.321	.794
George Watkins	5	14	4	4	1	0	1	2	2	1	.286	.375	.571	.946	1	0	131	503	93	145	13	51	15	.288	.813
Jimmie Wilson	7	23	0	5	0	0	0	2	1	1	.217	.250	.217	.467	0	1	115	383	45	105	0	51	5	.274	.669
Totals	81	229	19	54	11	0	2	17	9	41	.236	.265	.310	.575	8	2	154	5435	815	1554	60		114	.286	.753

Philadelphia Athletics Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Max Bishop	7	27	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	5	.148	.233	.148	.381	0	0	130	497	115	146	5	37	3	.294	.826
Joe Boley	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	67	224	26	51	0	20	1	.228	.577
Mickey Cochrane	7	25	2	4	0	0	0	1	5	2	.160	.300	.160	.460	0	0	122	459	87	160	17	89	2	.349	.976
Doc Cramer	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	65	223	37	58	2	20	2	.260	.642
Jimmy Dykes	7	22	2	5	0	0	0	2	5	1	.227	.370	.227	.598	0	0	101	355	48	97	3	46	1	.273	.759
George Earnshaw	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	43	114	12	30	2	13	0	.263	.689
Jimmie Foxx	7	23	3	8	0	0	1	3	6	5	.348	.483	.478	.961	0	0	139	515	93	150	30	120	4	.291	.947
Lefty Grove	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	41	115	8	23	0	12	0	.200	.446
Mule Haas	7	23	1	3	1	0	0	2	3	5	.130	.231	.174	.405	0	0	102	440	82	142	8	56	0	.323	.841
Johnnie Heving	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	42	113	8	27	1	12	0	.239	.605
Waite Hoyt	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*32	73	6	17	0	9	0	.233	.527
Roy Mahaffey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	30	63	7	12	2	8	0	.190	.556
Eric McNair	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	79	280	41	76	5	33	1	.271	.674
Bing Miller	7	26	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	4	.269	.296	.308	.604	0	0	137	534	75	150	8	77	5	.281	.763
Jimmy Moore	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	49	143	18	32	2	21	0	.224	.599
Eddie Rommel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	29	54	6	14	0	4	0	.259	.648
Al Simmons	7	27	4	9	2	0	2	8	3	3	.333	.400	.630	1.030	0	0	128	513	105	200	22	128	3	.390	1.085
Phil Todt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	62	197	23	48	5	44	1	.244	.684
Rube Walberg	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	45	105	6	13	0	6	0	.124	.316
Dib Williams	7	25	2	8	1	0	0	1	2	9	.320	.370	.360	.730	0	0	86	294	41	79	6	40	2	.269	.697
Totals	76	227	22	50	5	0	3	20	28	46	.220	.309	.282	.591	0	0	153	5377	858	1544	118		25	.287	.789

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Paul Derringer	3	2	4.26	0	2	0	0	12.2	14	6	7	14	1.658	35	23	3.36	18	8	2	211.2	225	65	134	1.370
Burleigh Grimes	2	2	2.04	2	0	0	1	17.2	9	4	9	11	1.019	29	28	3.65	17	9	0	212.1	240	59	67	1.408
Bill Hallahan	3	2	0.49	2	0	1	2	18.1	12	1	8	12	1.091	37	30	3.29	19	9	4	248.2	242	112	159	1.424
Syl Johnson	3	1	3.00	0	1	0	0	9.0	10	3	1	6	1.222	32	24	3.00	11	9	2	186.0	186	29	82	1.156
Jim Lindsey	2	0	5.40	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	2	3	2	2.100	35	2	2.77	6	4	7	74.2	77	45	32	1.634
Flint Rhem	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1.000	33	26	3.56	11	10	1	207.1	214	60	72	1.322
Totals	14	7	2.32	4	3	1	3	62.0	50	16	28	46	1.258	154	154	3.451	101	53		1384.2	1470	449	626	1.386

Philadelphia Athletics Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
George Earnshaw	3	3	1.88	1	2	0	2	24.0	12	5	4	20	0.667	43	30	3.67	21	7	6	281.2	255	75	152	1.172
Lefty Grove	3	3	2.42	2	1	0	2	26.0	28	7	2	16	1.154	41	30	2.06	31	4	5	288.2	249	62	175	1.077
Waite Hoyt	1	1	4.50	0	1	0	0	6.0	7	3	0	1	1.167	*32	26	4.97	13	13	0	203.0	254	69	40	1.591
Roy Mahaffey	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2.000	30	20	4.21	15	4	2	162.1	161	82	59	1.497
Eddie Rommel	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	0	0	3.000	25	10	2.97	7	5	0	118.0	136	27	18	1.381
Rube Walberg	2	0	3.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	2	4	1.667	44	35	3.74	20	12	3	291.0	298	109	106	1.399
Totals	11	7	2.66	3	4	0	4	61.0	54	18	9	41	1.033	153	153	3.467	107	45		1365.1	1342	457	574	1.318

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