1931 Major League Baseball season

The 1931 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for ) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League. Opening Day, April 14, featured all sixteen teams, the first time since the season. The final day of the regular season was on September 27, which also saw all sixteen teams play on the final day continuing the trend which began the previous season. This was the first time that both Opening Day and the final day of the season saw all sixteen teams play. The World Series took place between October 1 and October 10. ==Rule changes==

The 1931 season saw the following rule changes: • The rule previously implemented in , that a sacrifice hit was awarded when any base runner advanced on a fly out, was eliminated. • Regulations referring to a batter contacting his own ball were clarified as was the area of bases awarded a batter when a defensive player threw his glove at a batted or thrown ball or in the case of spectator interference. • Barnstorming rules were loosened, allowing a squad of players to go to Japan. ==Teams==

An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at ==Standings==

American League National League Tie games 9 tie games (5 in AL, 4 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again) occurred throughout the season. American League • Boston Red Sox, 1 • Chicago White Sox, 3 • Cleveland Indians, 1 • New York Yankees, 2 • Philadelphia Athletics, 1 • Washington Senators, 2 National League • Boston Braves, 2 • Brooklyn Robins, 1 • Chicago Cubs, 2 • New York Giants, 1 • Philadelphia Phillies, 1 • Pittsburgh Pirates, 1 ==Postseason==

The postseason began on October 1 and ended on October 10 with the St. Louis Cardinals defeating the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1931 World Series in seven games. Bracket ==Managerial changes==

American League 1 American League Triple Crown pitching winner National League ==Milestones==

Batters Cycles • Babe Herman (BRO): • Herman hit for his first cycle and third in franchise history, on May 18 against the Cincinnati Reds. • Herman hit for his second cycle and fourth in franchise history, on July 24 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is the third player in major league history to hit two in one season. • Chuck Klein (PHI): • Klein hit for his first cycle and fourth in franchise history, on July 1 against the Chicago Cubs. Other batting accomplishments • Babe Ruth (NYY): • Became the first player in Major League history to hit 600 home runs on August 21 against the St. Louis Browns. • Lou Gehrig (NYY): • Tied a Major League record by becoming the third player and second American League player to hit home runs in six consecutive games between August 28 and September 1. Pitchers No-hitters • Wes Ferrell (CLE): • Ferrell threw his first career no-hitter and the fifth no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the St. Louis Browns 9–0 on April 29. Ferrell walked three and struck out eight. • Bobby Burke (WSH): • Burke threw his first career no-hitter and the second no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the Boston Red Sox 5–0 on August 8. Burke walked five and struck out eight. ==Awards and honors==

Regular season ==Home field attendance==

Across 80 homes games, the Boston Red Sox played all 15 of their Sunday games at the Boston Braves home field of Braves Field (the remaining 65 home games were played at Fenway Park). This was the last of three consecutive seasons playing all Sunday games at Braves Field and 3rd of four consecutive season playing some games at Braves Field. This was the last of 31 consecutive seasons that the Cleveland Indians played at their inaugural field, League Park (they would play full seasons at the Park in and , while , and to saw home games split with Cleveland Stadium. ==See also==