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

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 1, 1931 at Sportsman Pk (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

  October 2, 1931 at Sportsman Pk (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

  October 5, 1931 at Shibe Pk (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

  October 6, 1931 at Shibe Pk (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

  October 7, 1931 at Shibe Pk (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

  October 9, 1931 at Sportsman Pk (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

  October 10, 1931 at Sportsman Pk (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

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St. Louis Cardinals

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Sparky Adams        2   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0 | 608 178  1  .293  .730  16
 Ray Blades          2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  67  19  1  .284  .780   1
*Jim Bottomley       7  25  2  4  1  0  0   2  2  5  .160  .222  .200  0 | 382 133  9  .348  .937   3
#Ripper Collins      2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 279  84  4  .301  .837   1
 Paul Derringer      3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  72   7  0  .097  .207   0
 Jake Flowers        5  11  1  1  1  0  0   0  1  0  .091  .167  .182  0 |+168  41  2  .244  .667   8
#Frankie Frisch      7  27  2  7  2  0  0   1  1  2  .259  .286  .333  1 | 518 161  4  .311  .764  28
 Charlie Gelbert     7  23  0  6  1  0  0   3  0  4  .261  .261  .304  0 | 447 129  1  .289  .748   7
 Burleigh Grimes     2   7  0  2  0  0  0   2  0  2  .286  .286  .286  0 |  76  14  0  .184  .379   0
 Chick Hafey         6  24  1  4  0  0  0   0  0  5  .167  .167  .167  1 | 450 157 16  .349  .973  11
 Bill Hallahan       3   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  81   8  0  .099  .293   0
*Andy High           4  15  3  4  0  0  0   0  0  2  .267  .267  .267  0 | 131  35  0  .267  .717   0
 Syl Johnson         3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  60  14  0  .233  .570   0
 Jim Lindsey         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   9   1  0  .111  .311   0
 Gus Mancuso         2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 187  49  1  .262  .701   2
 Pepper Martin       7  24  5 12  4  0  1   5  2  3  .500  .538  .792  5 | 413 124  7  .300  .818  16
*Ernie Orsatti       1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 | 158  46  0  .291  .817   1
 Flint Rhem          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  69   9  0  .130  .275   0
 Wally Roettger      3  14  1  4  1  0  0   0  0  3  .286  .286  .357  0 |+336 108  1  .321  .795   1
*George Watkins      5  14  4  4  1  0  1   2  2  1  .286  .375  .571  1 | 503 145 13  .288  .813  15
 Jimmie Wilson       7  23  0  5  0  0  0   2  1  1  .217  .250  .217  0 | 383 105  0  .274  .669   5
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 229 19 54 11  0  2  17  9 41  .236  .265  .310  8 |         60  .286  .750 114

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Philadelphia Athletics

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Max Bishop          7  27  4  4  0  0  0   0  3  5  .148  .233  .148  0 | 497 146  5  .294  .826   3
 Joe Boley           1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 224  51  0  .228  .577   1
*Mickey Cochrane     7  25  2  4  0  0  0   1  5  2  .160  .300  .160  0 | 459 160 17  .349  .976   2
*Doc Cramer          2   2  0  1  0  0  0   2  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 | 223  58  2  .260  .642   2
 Jimmie Dykes        7  22  2  5  0  0  0   2  5  1  .227  .370  .227  0 | 355  97  3  .273  .760   1
 George Earnshaw     3   8  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 114  30  2  .263  .689   0
 Jimmie Foxx         7  23  3  8  0  0  1   3  6  5  .348  .483  .478  0 | 515 150 30  .291  .947   4
*Lefty Grove         3  10  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  7  .000  .000  .000  0 | 115  23  0  .200  .446   0
*Mule Haas           7  23  1  3  1  0  0   2  3  5  .130  .231  .174  0 | 440 142  8  .323  .841   0
 Johnnie Heving      1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 113  27  1  .239  .604   0
 Waite Hoyt          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 73  17  0  .233  .527   0
 Roy Mahaffey        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  63  12  2  .190  .556   0
 Eric McNair         2   2  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 280  76  5  .271  .674   1
 Bing Miller         7  26  3  7  1  0  0   1  0  4  .269  .296  .308  0 | 534 150  8  .281  .763   5
 Jimmy Moore         2   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 | 143  32  2  .224  .599   0
 Eddie Rommel        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  54  14  0  .259  .648   0
 Al Simmons          7  27  4  9  2  0  2   8  3  3  .333  .400  .630  0 | 513 200 22  .390 1.085   3
*Phil Todt           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0       1.000        0 | 197  48  5  .244  .684   1
*Rube Walberg        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 105  13  0  .124  .316   0
 Dib Williams        7  25  2  8  1  0  0   1  2  9  .320  .370  .360  0 | 294  79  6  .269  .697   2
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 227 22 50  5  0  3  20 28 46  .220  .309  .282  0 |        118  .287  .786  25

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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St. Louis Cardinals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Bill Hallahan       3   0.49 2-0  1  2 18.3 12  1  8 12 | 19-9  249  3.29  1.42 159  4
 Burleigh Grimes     2   2.04 2-0  0  1 17.7  9  4  9 11 | 17-9  212  3.65  1.41  67   
 Paul Derringer      3   4.26 0-2  0  0 12.7 14  6  7 14 | 18-8  212  3.36  1.37 134  2
 Syl Johnson         3   3.00 0-1  0  0  9.0 10  3  1  6 | 11-9  186  3.00  1.16  82  2
 Jim Lindsey         2   5.40 0-0  0  0  3.3  4  2  3  2 |  6-4   75  2.77  1.63  32  7
 Flint Rhem          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  0  0  1 | 11-10 207  3.56  1.32  72  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.32 4-3  1  3 62.0 50 16 28 46 |            3.45 1.390   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Philadelphia Athletics

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Lefty Grove         3   2.42 2-1  0  2 26.0 28  7  2 16 | 31-4  289  2.06  1.08 175  5
 George Earnshaw     3   1.88 1-2  0  2 24.0 12  5  4 20 | 21-7  282  3.67  1.17 152  6
 Waite Hoyt          1   4.50 0-1  0  0  6.0  7  3  0  1 |+13-13 203  4.97  1.59  40   
*Rube Walberg        2   3.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  3  1  2  4 | 20-12 291  3.74  1.40 106  3
 Roy Mahaffey        1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  1  1  0 | 15-4  162  4.21  1.50  59  2
 Eddie Rommel        1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  3  1  0  0 |  7-5  118  2.97  1.38  18   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.66 3-4  0  4 61.0 54 18  9 41 |            3.47 1.320   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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