1931 – Cut-down day for major league rosters includes the retirement of Eddie Collins and Harry Heilmann. Collins becomes a coach for the Philadelphia Athletics and Heilmann will return briefly to the Cincinnati Reds next season.
On June 10, 1931 Rabbit Maranville scores 5 runs in the Braves’ 13 – 4 victory over the Cardinals.
In their one-day road trip to Detroit made necessary by the Sunday prohibition of baseball in Philadelphia, the A’s trounced the Tigers, 12-2. The ‘Mackmen’ strand 18 baserunners during the Navin Field contest.
1931 – After hitting safely in his last 8 times at bat‚ Oscar Melillo‚ the slick-fielding but light-hitting 2B of the Browns‚ is stopped by Red Ruffing of the Yankees. St. Louis wins, 8 – 6.
Cleveland’s Earl Averill cracks 3 doubles and a home run in a 10 – 5 win over Chicago. Averill is the second Indian this year to hit 4 extra-base hits in a game. Joe Vosmik‚ who did it earlier‚ has a pair of doubles today.
Dazzy Vance is knocked cold by a line drive while leading the Phillies, 3 – 2, with two outs in the 9th inning. Jack Quinn gets the last out for Brooklyn.
Carl Hubbell stop the Braves, 3 – 0, in the opener and Giants pitcher Bill Walker matches the King with a 6 – 0 whitewash in the nitecap.
Babe Herman of the Brooklyn Robins hits for the cycle for the first of three times in his career, which will become a major league record. Brooklyn beats the Cincinnati Reds, 14 – 4.
The A’s move into first place to stay with a 12 – 5 win over the Indians at Cleveland. Philadelphia scores nine runs in the last two innings to give the win to Lefty Grove.
At Detroit, Tommy Bridges gives up three hits in stopping the Yankees, 3 – 1, and dropping the Bombers to second place as they will not retake first.
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