1931 National League

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The 1931 season of the National League was the fifty-sixth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	St. Louis Cardinals	154	101	53	0	.656	-.-	815 (5.29)	614 (3.99)	0.286	0.339	0.411	3.45	0.974
2	New York Giants	153	87	65	1	.569	13.0	768 (5.02)	599 (3.92)	0.289	0.337	0.416	3.30	0.974
3	Chicago Cubs	156	84	70	2	.538	17.0	828 (5.31)	710 (4.55)	0.289	0.357	0.422	3.97	0.973
4	Brooklyn Robins	153	79	73	1	.516	21.0	681 (4.45)	673 (4.40)	0.276	0.328	0.390	3.84	0.969
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	155	75	79	1	.484	26.0	636 (4.10)	691 (4.46)	0.266	0.328	0.360	3.66	0.969
6	Philadelphia Phillies	155	66	88	1	.426	35.0	684 (4.41)	828 (5.34)	0.279	0.334	0.400	4.58	0.966
7	Boston Braves	156	64	90	2	.410	37.0	533 (3.42)	680 (4.36)	0.258	0.306	0.341	3.90	0.973
8	Cincinnati Reds	154	58	96	0	.377	43.0	592 (3.84)	742 (4.82)	0.269	0.321	0.352	4.22	0.973

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Wally Berger Woody English	Boston Braves Chicago Cubs	156
At Bats	Lloyd Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	681
Runs Scored	Chuck Klein Bill Terry	Philadelphia Phillies New York Giants	121
Hits	Lloyd Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	214
Doubles	Sparky Adams	St. Louis Cardinals	46
Triples	Bill Terry	New York Giants	20
Home Runs	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	31
Total Bases	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	347
Runs Batted In	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	121
Stolen Bases	Frankie Frisch	St. Louis Cardinals	28
Walks	Mel Ott	New York Giants	80
Hit by Pitch	Vince Barton	Chicago Cubs	9
Strikeouts	Nick Cullop	Cincinnati Reds	86
Sacrifice Hits	Freddie Maguire	Boston Braves	31
Batting Average	Chick Hafey Bill Terry	St. Louis Cardinals New York Giants	0.349
On-Base Percentage	Rogers Hornsby	Chicago Cubs	0.421
Slugging Percentage	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	0.584
On-Base plus Slugging	Rogers Hornsby	Chicago Cubs	0.995
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Rogers Hornsby	Chicago Cubs	163

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Jumbo Elliott Bill Hallahan Heinie Meine	Philadelphia Phillies St. Louis Cardinals Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Losses	Si Johnson	Cincinnati Reds	19
Win-Loss Percentage	Jesse Haines	St. Louis Cardinals	0.800
Appearances	Jumbo Elliott	Philadelphia Phillies	52
Games Started	Heinie Meine	Pittsburgh Pirates	35
Complete Games	Red Lucas	Cincinnati Reds	24
Shutouts	Bill Walker	New York Giants	6
Games Finished	Jack Quinn	Brooklyn Robins	29
Saves	Jack Quinn	Brooklyn Robins	15
Innings Pitched	Heinie Meine	Pittsburgh Pirates	284.0
Batters Faced	Heinie Meine	Pittsburgh Pirates	1202
Hits Allowed	Larry French	Pittsburgh Pirates	301
Home Runs Allowed	Flint Rhem	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bill Hallahan	St. Louis Cardinals	112
Hit Batsmen	Burleigh Grimes	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Strikeouts	Bill Hallahan	St. Louis Cardinals	159
Wild Pitches	Bill Hallahan	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Balks	Clise Dudley	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Runs Allowed	Jumbo Elliott	Philadelphia Phillies	138
Earned Runs Allowed	Jumbo Elliott	Philadelphia Phillies	118
Earned Run Average	Bill Walker	New York Giants	2.26
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	1.121

Postseason

In the World Series, the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals defeated the American League's Philadelphia Athletics, 4 games to 3.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Frankie Frisch, a second baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals. In the award's voting, he had 65 out of a possible 80 points.

Umpires

• George Barr
• Bob Clarke
• Charles Donnelly
• Lou Jorda
• Bill Klem
• George Magerkurth
• Ted McGrew
• Charlie Moran
• Cy Pfirman
• Ernie Quigley
• Beans Reardon
• Cy Rigler
• Jim Scott
• Dolly Stark