More 1931 Baseball Season Highlights
Following are more highlights from the 1931 baseball season, including Lou Gehrig's American League RBI crown and Babe Ruth's final home run crown.
- The American League's Lefty Grove becomes the last southpaw to win 30 games in a season, as he cops 31.
- Grove's .886 win pct. is the best in history by a 30-game winner.
- Lou Gehrig has a major league record 301 runs produced.
- Gehrig sets an American League record with 184 RBI.
- Gehrig also tops the American League in hits (211), runs (163), and total bases (410).
- Babe Ruth wins his last home run crown by tying with Gehrig (46).
- Ruth leads the league in OBP (.495), SA (.700), and walks (128).
- Lefty Grove tops the majors in Ks (175), win pct. (.886), and ERA (2.06), and ties in CGs (27).
- Bill Walker of the Giants wins his second National League ERA title (2.26).
- The Yankees have a record six men who score 100 or more runs.
- The Yankees score a major league record 1,067 runs.
- Cleveland's Wes Ferrell hits a season record nine home runs while serving as a pitcher.
- Ferrell ties Grove for the American League lead in CGs (27) and is second in wins (22).
- The American League rules that all teams must have numbers on their uniforms.
- On July 17, the White Sox beat the Browns 10-8 in 12 innings; no strikeouts are thrown in the game.
- The sacrifice fly rule is abolished.
- Balls bouncing over or going through a fence, heretofore considered home runs, are now ruled doubles.
- Earl Webb of the Red Sox hits a major league record 67 doubles.
- Lefty Grove wins an American League record 16 straight games during the season.
- Bobby Burke of Washington no-hits Boston on August 8.
- Wes Ferrell no-hits St. Louis on April 29.
- Lou Gehrig hits a record three grandslams in a four-day period.
- Brooklyn's Babe Herman hits for the cycle twice during the season -- the first Major League Baseball player to do so.
- On August 5 vs. Washington, Detroit's Tommy Bridges loses a perfect game with two out in the ninth.
