1931 Washington Senators
Major News
Washington Wins Lottery for LF Simmons
Sunday, November 9th, 1930
Washington officials were grinning from ear to ear as they introduced their latest blockbuster signing to the media earlier today.
Al Simmons, one of the game's marquee talents, opted for the Senators after receiving a 8-year, $160,000 offer.
Checking out his career figures, Simmons has played in 919 games with a .372 batting average. Among his 1452 hits are 162 home runs. He also has scored 731 runs, stolen 55 bases and driven in 769 runs.
Roster
ACTIVE ROSTER
| Pitchers | Pos | Team | Age | DOB | POB | Nat. | Bats | Throws | Height | Weight | Salary |
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| Billings, Josh | SP | Washington Senators | 23 | 09/27/1907 | New York | USA | Right | Right | 5' 10" | 195 lbs | $2,500 |
| Dean, Wayland | SP | Washington Senators | 28 | 06/20/1902 | Richwood | USA | Switch | Right | 6' 0" | 172 lbs | $3,800 |
| Donohue, Pete | SP | Washington Senators | 30 | 11/05/1900 | Athens | USA | Right | Right | 6' 2" | 205 lbs | $16,000 |
| Hadley, Bump | SP | Washington Senators | 26 | 07/05/1904 | Lynn | USA | Right | Right | 5' 10" | 184 lbs | $4,700 |
| Johnson, Walter | SP | Washington Senators | 43 | 11/06/1887 | Humboldt | USA | Right | Right | 6' 0" | 218 lbs | $10,510 |
| Malone, Pat | SP | Washington Senators | 28 | 09/25/1902 | Altoona | USA | Left | Right | 6' 0" | 200 lbs | $4,700 |
| Berly, Jack | MR | Washington Senators | 27 | 05/24/1903 | Natchitoches | USA | Right | Right | 6' 0" | 192 lbs | $2,500 |
| Jones, Ken | MR | Washington Senators | 28 | 04/13/1903 | Dover | USA | Right | Right | 6' 3" | 193 lbs | $2,500 |
| Shealy, Al | MR | Washington Senators | 30 | 05/24/1900 | Unknown | USA | Right | Right | 5' 10" | 173 lbs | $2,500 |
| Weaver, Jim | MR | Washington Senators | 27 | 11/25/1903 | Unknown | USA | Right | Right | 6' 5" | 230 lbs | $2,500 |
| Catchers | Pos | Team | Age | DOB | POB | Nat. | Bats | Throws | Height | Weight | Salary |
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| Gooch, Johnny | C | Washington Senators | 33 | 11/09/1897 | Smyrna | USA | Switch | Right | 5' 10" | 171 lbs | $11,000 |
| Siemer, Oscar | C | Washington Senators | 29 | 08/14/1901 | St. Louis | USA | Right | Right | 5' 8" | 162 lbs | $4,200 |
| Infielders | Pos | Team | Age | DOB | POB | Nat. | Bats | Throws | Height | Weight | Salary |
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| Hauser, Joe | 1B | Washington Senators | 32 | 01/12/1899 | Milwaukee | USA | Left | Left | 6' 0" | 177 lbs | $5,500 |
| Cuccinello, Tony | 2B | Washington Senators | 23 | 11/08/1907 | Unknown | USA | Right | Right | 5' 6" | 160 lbs | $2,500 |
| Reese, Jimmie | 2B | Washington Senators | 29 | 10/01/1901 | New York | USA | Left | Right | 6' 0" | 163 lbs | $2,500 |
| Dressen, Chuck | 3B | Washington Senators | 32 | 09/20/1898 | Decatur | USA | Right | Right | 6' 0" | 132 lbs | $3,990 |
| English, Gil | 3B | Washington Senators | 21 | 07/02/1909 | Unknown | USA | Right | Right | 5' 10" | 180 lbs | - |
| Jackson, Travis | SS | Washington Senators | 27 | 11/02/1903 | Waldo | USA | Right | Right | 6' 0" | 158 lbs | $26,350 |
| Outfielders | Pos | Team | Age | DOB | POB | Nat. | Bats | Throws | Height | Weight | Salary |
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| Carlyle, Cleo | LF | Washington Senators | 28 | 09/07/1902 | Fairburn | USA | Left | Right | 6' 0" | 170 lbs | $4,200 |
| Simmons, Al | LF | Washington Senators | 28 | 05/22/1902 | Milwaukee | USA | Right | Right | 5' 10" | 190 lbs | $20,000 |
| Allen, Ethan | CF | Washington Senators | 27 | 01/01/1904 | Cincinnati | USA | Right | Right | 6' 0" | 180 lbs | $3,800 |
| Archdeacon, Maurice | CF | Washington Senators | 33 | 12/14/1897 | St. Louis | USA | Left | Left | 5' 8" | 141 lbs | $12,300 |
| Rothrock, Jack | CF | Washington Senators | 26 | 03/14/1905 | Long Beach | USA | Switch | Right | 6' 0" | 165 lbs | $6,825 |
| Harris, Dave | RF | Washington Senators | 30 | 07/14/1900 | Summerfield | USA | Right | Right | 5' 10" | 176 lbs | $2,500 |
| Heilmann, Harry | RF | Washington Senators | 36 | 08/03/1894 | San Francisco | USA | Right | Right | 6' 0" | 195 lbs | $16,000 |
| Position | Top player | Team ranking | Top prospect | Organizational ranking | Overall ranking |
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| Catchers | Oscar Siemer | 9th | Ed Connolly | Tied for 4th | 11th |
| First Basemen | Joe Hauser | 10th |
| Tied for 4th | 12th |
| Second Basemen | Tony Cuccinello | 5th |
| Tied for 4th | 7th |
| Third Basemen | Chuck Dressen | 13th | Gil English | 5th | 13th |
| Shortstops | Travis Jackson | 2nd |
| Tied for 2nd | 3rd |
| Left Fielders | Al Simmons | 4th |
| Tied for 2nd | 4th |
| Center Fielders | Jack Rothrock | 6th |
| Tied for 1st | 6th |
| Right Fielders | Harry Heilmann | 4th | Gus Dugas | Tied for 3rd | 6th |
| Starting Pitchers | Bump Hadley | 4th |
| Tied for 1st | 4th |
| Relievers | Jim Weaver | 3rd | Charlie Perkins | 4th | 2nd |
| Closers | Jim Weaver | 16th | Charlie Perkins | 5th | 10th |
| TOP PROSPECTS - BATTERS |
| # | Name | Age | Pos | Contact | Power | Eye/Discipline | Speed | Defense | Level | AVG | HR | RBI |
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| 1 | Gil English | 21 | 3B | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | ML | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | Gus Dugas | 24 | RF | 10 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 8 | AA | .294 | 1 | 1 | | 5 | Ed Connolly | 22 | C | 9 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 10 | AA | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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| TOP PROSPECTS - PITCHERS |
| # | Name | Age | Role | Stuff | Control | Movement | Level | Rec | ERA | IP | HA | BB | K |
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| 2 | Charlie Perkins | 25 | P | 6 | 12 | 18 | AA | 1-0 | .00 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | | 4 | Ned Porter | 25 | P | 6 | 13 | 13 | AA | 0-0 | 3.00 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | | 6 | Bob Kline | 21 | P | 5 | 6 | 17 | AA | 0-0 | .00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 7 | Ed Wineapple | 25 | P | 4 | 6 | 16 | AA | 0-0 | .00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 8 | Emil Planeta | 22 | P | 4 | 5 | 11 | AA | 0-0 | .00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 9 | Jimmy Pattison | 22 | P | 5 | 5 | 16 | AA | 0-0 | .00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS |
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Runs | AVG | HR | SB | Runs against | ERA | K | BB |
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| Philadelphia Athletics | 92 | 62 | .597 | - | 742 | .285 | 56 | 40 | 648 | 3.40 | 675 | 480 | | Boston Red Sox | 88 | 66 | .571 | 4 | 774 | .275 | 121 | 51 | 687 | 3.59 | 561 | 483 | | St. Louis Browns | 81 | 73 | .526 | 11 | 876 | .297 | 100 | 30 | 792 | 4.34 | 540 | 558 | | Washington Senators | 76 | 78 | .494 | 16 | 720 | .281 | 81 | 68 | 742 | 4.07 | 492 | 620 | | Cleveland Indians | 76 | 78 | .494 | 16 | 687 | .280 | 83 | 44 | 707 | 3.69 | 582 | 413 | | Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 17 | 696 | .269 | 63 | 76 | 730 | 3.91 | 543 | 512 | | Chicago White Sox | 69 | 85 | .448 | 23 | 611 | .258 | 56 | 106 | 720 | 3.73 | 491 | 433 | | New York Yankees | 62 | 92 | .403 | 30 | 656 | .261 | 43 | 71 | 737 | 3.87 | 578 | 521 |
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TOP 10 HITTERS
| Player | Team | G | AB | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG |
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| B. Ruth, RF | SLA | 145 | 554 | 41 | 138 | 2 | .362 | .471 | .655 | | A. Simmons, LF | WS1 | 147 | 622 | 20 | 105 | 7 | .360 | .394 | .549 | | J. Foxx, 1B | BOS | 149 | 593 | 28 | 110 | 4 | .305 | .377 | .522 | | M. Ott, LF | BOS | 147 | 569 | 23 | 86 | 3 | .304 | .401 | .507 | | E. Averill, CF | SLA | 146 | 605 | 17 | 119 | 6 | .307 | .369 | .490 | | H. Heilmann, RF | WS1 | 149 | 540 | 10 | 84 | 0 | .331 | .401 | .492 | | C. Hafey, LF | CLE | 146 | 604 | 14 | 77 | 6 | .316 | .378 | .464 | | G. Goslin, LF | CHA | 145 | 555 | 13 | 99 | 19 | .309 | .366 | .477 | | E. Morgan, 1B | CLE | 151 | 577 | 12 | 83 | 6 | .294 | .381 | .442 | | R. Hornsby, 2B | SLA | 145 | 558 | 13 | 106 | 0 | .307 | .367 | .461 |
| TOP 10 PITCHERS
| Player | Team | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | HA | BB | K | K/9 |
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| L. Gomez | PHA | 38 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 3.30 | 323.0 | 305 | 127 | 193 | 5.37 | | C. Root | PHA | 38 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 2.85 | 325.2 | 312 | 78 | 141 | 3.89 | | C. Hubbell | BOS | 38 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 3.18 | 321.0 | 323 | 71 | 148 | 4.15 | | D. Dean | NYA | 38 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 2.81 | 331.1 | 311 | 92 | 199 | 5.42 | | B. Hallahan | SLA | 38 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 3.70 | 320.1 | 328 | 138 | 169 | 4.76 | | B. Walker | PHA | 38 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3.28 | 319.1 | 328 | 92 | 135 | 3.81 | | R. Ruffing | BOS | 38 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 3.60 | 314.1 | 314 | 125 | 190 | 5.43 | | D. Vance | CHA | 38 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 3.04 | 329.1 | 309 | 98 | 162 | 4.42 | | L. Grove | CLE | 38 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3.33 | 321.2 | 356 | 89 | 208 | 5.83 | | S. Johnson | CLE | 38 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 3.71 | 313.1 | 331 | 88 | 120 | 3.45 |
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| NATIONAL LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS |
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Runs | AVG | HR | SB | Runs against | ERA | K | BB |
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| Boston Braves | 99 | 55 | .643 | - | 853 | .292 | 90 | 104 | 635 | 3.32 | 405 | 333 | | Pittsburgh Pirates | 91 | 63 | .591 | 8 | 814 | .281 | 61 | 87 | 675 | 3.59 | 373 | 373 | | Chicago Cubs | 83 | 71 | .539 | 16 | 753 | .288 | 91 | 38 | 685 | 3.48 | 505 | 377 | | New York Giants | 76 | 78 | .494 | 23 | 717 | .272 | 96 | 137 | 736 | 3.78 | 447 | 610 | | Brooklyn Robins | 74 | 80 | .481 | 25 | 676 | .269 | 91 | 57 | 756 | 4.21 | 366 | 515 | | Philadelphia Phillies | 70 | 84 | .455 | 29 | 726 | .293 | 54 | 28 | 837 | 4.62 | 482 | 590 | | St. Louis Cardinals | 65 | 89 | .422 | 34 | 705 | .279 | 48 | 70 | 799 | 4.40 | 378 | 489 | | Cincinnati Reds | 60 | 94 | .390 | 39 | 697 | .270 | 71 | 135 | 819 | 4.20 | 350 | 586 |
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TOP 10 HITTERS
| Player | Team | G | AB | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG |
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| L. Gehrig, 1B | BSN | 153 | 590 | 29 | 123 | 20 | .347 | .439 | .576 | | C. Klein, RF | CHN | 146 | 594 | 30 | 113 | 9 | .357 | .426 | .614 | | B. Dickey, C | PHI | 136 | 591 | 9 | 89 | 4 | .384 | .406 | .518 | | J. Cronin, SS | PIT | 147 | 619 | 10 | 98 | 12 | .320 | .383 | .485 | | W. Berger, CF | CHN | 144 | 577 | 27 | 123 | 3 | .307 | .352 | .537 | | S. West, CF | BSN | 147 | 598 | 8 | 105 | 5 | .319 | .378 | .488 | | J. Frederick, CF | NY1 | 147 | 607 | 20 | 110 | 0 | .312 | .346 | .490 | | J. Bottomley, 1B | SLN | 150 | 602 | 11 | 94 | 6 | .306 | .373 | .458 | | C. Reynolds, RF | CIN | 149 | 608 | 16 | 104 | 18 | .312 | .331 | .498 | | M. Cochrane, C | NY1 | 135 | 496 | 14 | 89 | 5 | .331 | .415 | .510 |
| TOP 10 PITCHERS
| Player | Team | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | HA | BB | K | K/9 |
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| T. Lyons | BSN | 38 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 3.40 | 336.1 | 343 | 79 | 76 | 2.05 | | R. Lucas | BSN | 38 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 3.02 | 324.2 | 335 | 44 | 58 | 1.62 | | S. Johnson | BSN | 38 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 3.31 | 310.1 | 326 | 68 | 122 | 3.55 | | L. French | PIT | 38 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 3.57 | 325.0 | 339 | 80 | 100 | 2.78 | | B. Cantwell | PIT | 38 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 3.14 | 296.2 | 311 | 67 | 57 | 1.75 | | W. Clark | CHN | 38 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 3.13 | 318.1 | 318 | 70 | 126 | 3.57 | | L. Williams | CHN | 38 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 3.39 | 314.1 | 328 | 69 | 116 | 3.32 | | E. Whitehill | BSN | 38 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 3.66 | 317.0 | 335 | 111 | 104 | 2.97 | | C. Fischer | CHN | 38 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 3.63 | 301.2 | 322 | 100 | 141 | 4.23 | | L. Brown | NY1 | 38 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 3.42 | 315.2 | 324 | 103 | 76 | 2.17 |
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Top 100 Prospects List Published
Tuesday, April 14th, 1931
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 24-year-old starting pitcher Paul Derringer of the Cleveland Indians is the #1 prospect overall.
Here is the top 10:
1) SP Paul Derringer, 24, Cleveland Indians
2) SP Van Mungo, 19, Philadelphia Phillies
3) C Babe Phelps, 22, St. Louis Cardinals
4) C Ernie Lombardi, 23, Pittsburgh Pirates
5) SP Hal Schumacher, 20, Philadelphia Phillies
6) 2B Odell Hale, 22, St. Louis Browns
7) CF Gee Walker, 23, Cincinnati Reds
8) SP Oral Hildebrand, 24, New York Yankees
9) RF Dixie Walker, 20, Boston Red Sox
10) SS Red Rolfe, 22, Chicago Cubs
NABL News: Opening Day
Tuesday, April 14th, 1931
The analysts have made their predictions -- now it's time for the clubs themselves to have their say. Opening Day of the new baseball season has arrived at last as the North American BaseBall League begins its 1931 campaign. The schedule calls for these games on the first day of action:
Chicago White Sox @ Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators
Brooklyn Robins @ Boston Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants @ Philadelphia Phillies