Wes Ferrell of Cleveland hits two home runs, as he beats the White Sox, 13 – 5, at Chicago. He will end his career with a record 37 home runs as a hurler, plus one as a pinch hitter.

On August 31, 1931 — Wes Ferrell of Cleveland hits two home runs, as he beats the White Sox, 13 – 5, at Chicago. He will end his career with a record 37 home runs as a hurler, plus one as a pinch hitter.

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1912 – Arthur “Bugs” Raymond, 30, is found dead at the Hotel Valey in Chicago of a brain hemorrhage, two days after his skull was fractured in a barroom fight. Raymond last pitched for the New York Giants in 1911, compiling a 6-4 record before his drinking forced John McGraw to let him go.

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