Meet The 1931 Philadelphia Athletics ⭐️ [In 4K Color, Audio Enhanced]

1931 Philadelphia Athletics Roster

Manager
Connie Mack

Pitchers
19 Sol Carter
11 George Earnshaw
10 Lefty Grove
28 Waite Hoyt
18 Lew Krausse
15 Roy Mahaffey
16 Hank McDonald
17 Jim Peterson
14 Eddie Rommel
13 Bill Shores
12 Rube Walberg

Catchers
2 Mickey Cochrane
20 Johnnie Heving
21 Joe Palmisano

Infielders
4 Max Bishop
6 Joe Boley
5 Jimmy Dykes
3 Jimmie Foxx
22 Eric McNair
24 Phil Todt
23 Dib Williams

Outfielders
26 Doc Cramer
44 Lou Finney
8 Mule Haas
9 Bing Miller
25 Jimmy Moore
7 Al Simmons

The 1931 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A’s finishing first in the American League with a record of 107 wins and 45 losses. It was the team’s third consecutive pennant-winning season and its third consecutive season with over 100 wins. However the A’s lost the 1931 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. The series loss prevented the Athletics from becoming the first major league baseball team to win three consecutive World Series; the New York Yankees would accomplish the feat seven years later. The Athletics, ironically, would go on to earn their own threepeat in 1974, some forty-three years after the failed 1931 attempt.

1931 was also the A’s final World Series appearance in Philadelphia. Their next AL pennant would be in 1972, after they had moved to Oakland.

1931 was the greatest season of Lefty Grove’s career. He went 31–4, with a 2.06 ERA and 175 strikeouts, easily winning the pitching triple crown. He was voted league Most Valuable Player. Combined with the efforts of 21- and 20-game winners George Earnshaw and Rube Walberg, Philadelphia allowed the fewest runs of any AL team.

Slugger Al Simmons won the batting title with a .390 average and came in third in MVP voting.

Philadelphia A’s in color.

moose Ernshaw one of the Athletics right-hand pitching aces Well if my ball club makes more runs for me than uh the other club makes off me I ought to win every game I pitch Mule Hos the Athletics fast hard-hitting center fielder A great pleasure to be back in the ball game and be able to get in the World Series Bing Miller brilliant right fielder of the Athletics We’ve our club this year has done very well We’ve won the pennet again and we’re all proud to to have won the pennet and we hope we can get the Cardinals this season They have a great ball club and may the best club win Jimmy Dykes able third sacker on the Athletics Well the coming series the Cardinals have a great team We hope to beat him We naturally think we have a great team too Rub Wahberg great southpaw pitcher of the Athletics All I can say is St Louis seems to have a pretty good ball club but I hope we have a better one I think we have a better one Mickey one of the greatest back stops of all time Well we’re all set for the series We’re going out there and try to win the third consecutive world championship for Connie M Lefty Grove the ace of pitching aces Won 31 games and lost only three He will not say a single word of prediction Jimmy Fox first baseman and batting star of last World Series We’re looking forward to a great series this time We know St Louis has a great team and all I can say is I hope that we are just as fortunate as we have been in the past two series Al Simmons great left fielder and last year’s batting champion of the American League I only hope we can play as good ball this year as we have in the past two years and um and add other laurels to Mr Mack win that third straight world’s title for him It’s never been done in the history of baseball before and we’ll all try awfully hard to do it for Mr M Max Bishop great second baseman Well folks I hope we’ll be able to duplicate our record the past two years I hope we’ll be able to make it another record this year especially for our manager Connie Mack Introducing Connie Mack the grand old man of baseball winner of nine American League pennants and five World Series championships leader of the Philadelphia Athletics Mr M how does the Athletics impress you as the season begins denies me as being better than they were last year due to the fact that such players as Fox and Cochran seem to be in better physical condition and I see no reason why our boys shouldn’t be stronger this coming year than they were last year Uh upon what uh one main condition would you say that the team success depends this year the team success will depend a great deal upon the spirit that the boys put in their work If they go at their work the same as they have in the past three years there is no doubt in my uh mind but what the boys will repeat again in 1932 That’s fine What rules would you give Mr Mac for young boys to who wish to make a success in baseball First I would say that these boys should attend high school also college if possible It is necessary to have an education in order in order to be a smart baseball player They also must have the love for the game And the boy who does not have the love for the game should not