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1931 - Awards & Things
American League Most Valuable Player
Lou Gehrig, Washington
147 g, 550 ab, 132 r, 185 h, 30 2b, 10 3b, 25 hr, 113 rbi, 310 tb, 112 bb, 45 k, 15 sb, 11 cs, .336 avg, .447 obp, .564 slg
National League Most Valuable Player
Babe Herman, Chicago (N)
143 g, 590 ab, 115 r, 195 h, 35 2b, 14 3b, 24 hr, 113 rbi, 330 tb, 71 bb, 63 k, 21 sb, 6 cs, .331 avg, .401 obp, .559 slg
American League Outstanding Pitcher Award
Lefty Grove, Detroit
25-11, 0 sv, 2.31 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 335.2 ip, 299 ha, 105 r, 86 er, 2 hr, 66 bb, 260 k, 1.09 whip, .236 oavg
National League Outstanding Pitcher Award
Red Lucas, Chicago (N)
21-11, 0 sv, 3.09 era, 36 g, 35 gs, 303.1 ip, 300 ha, 121 r, 104 er, 13 hr, 56 bb, 82 k, 1.17 whip, .261 oavg
American League Rookie of the Year Award
Lon Warneke, New York (A)
16-15, 0 sv, 3.06 era, 31 g, 31 gs, 250.0 ip, 268 ha, 131 r, 85 er, 3 hr, 93 bb, 110 k, 1.44 whip, .273 oavg
National League Rookie of the Year Award
Joe Medwick, Chicago (N)
131 g, 522 ab, 100 r, 171 h, 36 2b, 3 3b, 9 hr, 66 rbi, 240 tb, 30 bb, 56 k, 13 sb, 4 cs, .328 avg, .362 obp, .460 slg
Major League Records Set or Tied
Pitching
Saves: 18 - Harry Kelley, Washington
American League Records Set or Tied
Pitching
Saves: 18 - Harry Kelley, Washington
National League Records Set or Tied
None
Milestones
4/14 - Joe Judge scores 1000th run
5/10 - Ed Brandt tosses no-hitter. This is the first no-no thrown this season and the 18th in history
5/24 - Frankie Frisch drives in 1000th run
5/26 - Joe Sewell collects hit number 2000
6/26 - Jack Tobin gets 2000th hit
7/07 - Joe Judge gets hit number 2000
7/26 - Ethan Allen belts 3 HRs
7/27 - Jim Bottomley drives in 1000th run
7/30 - Bruce Campbell hits cycle. This is the first time this season that the cycle has been hit and the 56th time in history
9/07 - 250 wins for Eppa Rixey
9/27 - Charlie Gehringer collects cycle. This is the second time this season for the cycle to be hit and the 57th time in history.
Trades
6/09 - Cleveland gets p Dolly Gray (33 yrs old, 16-16, 4.01 era, 271.2 ip, 86 k), Philadelphia (N) gets lf Joe Jackson (41 yrs old, .293-2-61-25) and c Babe Phelps (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
6/09 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Slim Harriss (34 yrs old, 7-14, 3.89 era, 213.0 ip, 63 k), Chicago (A) gets 1b Marty McManus (31 yrs old, .292-4-67-10)
6/13 - Detroit gets p Lefty Willis (25 yrs old, 2-3, 1 sv, 6.30 era, 20.0 ip, 4 k), Chicago (A) gets 1b Lu Blue (34 yrs old, .255-0-29-11) and ss Bill Steinecke (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
6/17 - Pittsburgh gets p Chief Hogsett (27 yrs old, 13-7, 4.23 era, 174.2 ip, 65 k), Cleveland gets ss Pinky Pittinger (32 yrs old, .269-6-63-4)
6/29 - Boston (N) gets p Willis Hudlin (25 yrs old, 6-9, 5.14 era, 122.2 ip, 42 k), Pittsburgh gets 1b Joe Kuhel (25 yrs old, .289-3-50-3)
7/03 - St.Louis (A) gets rf George Sisler (38 yrs old, .286-2-31-2), Detroit gets c Shanty Hogan (25 yrs old, .236-7-37-3)
7/21 - detroit gets lf Phil Todt (26 yrs old, .240-11-63-3), Philadelphia (N) gets cf Roy Johnson (28 yrs old, .263-6-65-18)
7/24 - Boston (N) gets p Bob Osborn (28 yrs old, 3-3, 4 sv, 3.71 era, 68.0 ip, 16 k), Chicago (A) gets cf Ernie Orsatti (28 yrs old, .318-0-39-7)
7/30 - Chicago (N) gets p Larry Jacobus (37 yrs old, 10-7, 7 sv, 4.75 era, 102.1 ip, 51 k), Detroit gets lf Adam Comorosky (25 yrs old, .256-3-32-3) and 1b Johnny Scalzi (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
9/09 - Pittsburgh gets p Marv Gudat (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00 era, 2.0 ip, 1 k), Chicago (A) gets 2b Les Mallon (25 yrs old, .219-0-9-0)
9/29 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Bill Walker (27 yrs old, 10-3, 2.88 era, 147.0 ip, 65 k), Washington gets lf Kiddo Davis (29 yrs old, .234-1-16-1)
Major Free Agents
Dolly Gray, sp
Waite Hoyt, sp
Lu Blue, 1b
Earl Webb, rf
Last edited by captaincarl; 06-26-2008 at 04:22 AM.
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