1931 Hilldale Club season

The 1931 Hilldale Club baseball team represented the Hilldale Club as an independent club during the 1931 baseball season. The team compiled a 38–14–1 (.726) record. Judy Johnson was the team's manager and third baseman. Johnny Drew was the team president; Johnson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975. The team played its home games at Passion Field in Philadelphia and Hilldale Park in Darby, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb.^[1]

The team's leading batters included:

• Catcher Biz Mackey compiled a .357 batting average, a .481 slugging percentage, and a .421 on-base percentage.^[1] Mackey was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
• First baseman Eggie Dallard led the team with 57 hits and 44 runs scored. He compiled a .308 batting average, a .373 slugging percentage, and a .388 on-base percentage.^[1]
• Center fielder Chaney White led the team with 37 RBIs. He compiled a .294 batting average, a. 417 slugging percentage, and a .368 on-base percentage.^[1]
• Right fielder Martin Dihigo compiled a .312 batting average, a .546 slugging percentage, and a .416 on-base percentage.^[1]

The team's leading pitchers were:

• Webster McDonald compiled a 4–0 win–loss record (1.000 winning percentage) with 21 strikeouts and a 0.97 earned run average (ERA) in 37 innings pitched.^[2]
• Porter Charleston compiled an 8–2 record with 48 strikeouts and a 2.80 ERA in 90 innings pitched.^[2]
• Paul Carter compiled a 5–2 record with 23 strikeouts and a 2.83 ERA in 57-1/3 inning pitched.^[2]
• Oscar Lewis compiled a 6–6 record with 31 strikeouts and a 4.30 ERA in 96-1/3 innings pitched.^[2]

Other regular players included second baseman Walter Cannady (.306 batting average), left fielder Rap Dixon (.226 batting average), shortstop Bill Yancey (.245 batting average), and pitcher Phil Cockrell (4-0, 2.27 ERA).^[1][2]