The 1931 Boston Red Sox season was the 31st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The team's home field was Fenway Park. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League (AL) with a record of 62 wins and 90 losses, 45 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.
1931 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 62–90 (.408) | |
League place | 6th (45 GB) | |
Owners | J. A. Robert Quinn | |
Managers | Shano Collins | |
Radio | WNAC (Fred Hoey) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The Red Sox played their Sunday home games at Braves Field this season, as had been the case since the team's 1929 season, due to Fenway being close to a house of worship. The team played a total of 15 home games at Braves Field during the 1931 season, all on Sundays.[1]
This was the first season that the Red Sox wore uniform numbers.[2]
Outfielder Earl Webb set the single-season mark of 67 doubles which is still a major league record to this day.[3]
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 107 | 45 | .704 | — | 60–15 | 47–30 |
New York Yankees | 94 | 59 | .614 | 13½ | 51–25 | 43–34 |
Washington Senators | 92 | 62 | .597 | 16 | 55–22 | 37–40 |
Cleveland Indians | 78 | 76 | .506 | 30 | 45–31 | 33–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 63 | 91 | .409 | 45 | 39–38 | 24–53 |
Boston Red Sox | 62 | 90 | .408 | 45 | 39–40 | 23–50 |
Detroit Tigers | 61 | 93 | .396 | 47 | 36–41 | 25–52 |
Chicago White Sox | 56 | 97 | .366 | 51½ | 31–45 | 25–52 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 6–16 | 4–16 | 8–14 | 7–15 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12–1 | — | 7–15–1 | 11–11 | 6–15 | 3–19 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
Cleveland | 9–13 | 15–7–1 | — | 13–9 | 13–9 | 4–18 | 16–6 | 8–14 | |||||
Detroit | 10–12 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 4–18 | 11–11 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 16–6 | 15–6 | 9–13 | 14–8 | — | 11–11 | 16–6 | 13–9–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 16–4 | 19–3 | 18–4 | 18–4 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 8–14 | — | 8–14 | |||||
Washington | 15–7 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 9–13–1 | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | — |
Opening Day lineup
edit4 | Rabbit Warstler | SS |
12 | Russ Scarritt | LF |
1 | Bill Sweeney | 1B |
15 | Earl Webb | RF |
3 | Jack Rothrock | 3B |
2 | Bobby Reeves | 2B |
14 | Tom Oliver | CF |
9 | Charlie Berry | C |
31 | Wilcy Moore | P |
Roster
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This was the first season that the Red Sox wore uniform numbers.[4]
Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Charlie Berry | 111 | 357 | 101 | .283 | 6 | 49 |
1B | Bill Sweeney | 131 | 498 | 147 | .295 | 1 | 58 |
2B | Rabbit Warstler | 66 | 181 | 44 | .243 | 0 | 10 |
SS | Hal Rhyne | 147 | 565 | 154 | .273 | 0 | 51 |
3B | Otis L. Miller | 107 | 389 | 106 | .272 | 0 | 43 |
OF | Jack Rothrock | 133 | 475 | 132 | .278 | 4 | 42 |
OF | Tom Oliver | 148 | 586 | 162 | .276 | 0 | 70 |
OF | Earl Webb | 151 | 589 | 196 | .333 | 14 | 103 |
Other batters
editNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Urbane Pickering | 103 | 341 | 86 | .252 | 9 | 52 |
Al Van Camp | 101 | 324 | 89 | .275 | 0 | 33 |
Ed Connolly | 42 | 93 | 7 | .075 | 0 | 3 |
Bobby Reeves | 36 | 84 | 14 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Muddy Ruel | 33 | 83 | 25 | .301 | 0 | 6 |
Tom Winsett | 64 | 76 | 15 | .197 | 1 | 7 |
Marty McManus | 17 | 62 | 18 | .290 | 1 | 9 |
Marv Olson | 15 | 53 | 10 | .189 | 0 | 5 |
Ollie Marquardt | 17 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 0 | 2 |
Gene Rye | 17 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 0 | 1 |
Russ Scarritt | 10 | 39 | 6 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
George Stumpf | 7 | 28 | 7 | .250 | 0 | 4 |
Howie Storie | 6 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
John Smith | 4 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
Johnny Lucas | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bill McWilliams | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jack Russell | 36 | 232.0 | 10 | 18 | 5.16 | 45 |
Danny MacFayden | 35 | 230.2 | 16 | 12 | 4.02 | 74 |
Milt Gaston | 23 | 119.0 | 2 | 13 | 4.46 | 33 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Wilcy Moore | 53 | 185.1 | 11 | 13 | 3.88 | 37 |
Ed Durham | 38 | 165.1 | 8 | 10 | 4.25 | 53 |
Hod Lisenbee | 41 | 164.2 | 5 | 12 | 5.19 | 42 |
Ed Morris | 37 | 130.2 | 5 | 7 | 4.75 | 46 |
Bob Kline | 28 | 98.0 | 5 | 5 | 4.41 | 25 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jim Brillheart | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.49 | 7 |
Jud McLaughlin | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 3 |
Walter Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Bobby Reeves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 0 |
References
edit- ^ "1931 Log For Braves Field in Boston, MA". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ^ "Baseball Uniform Numbers". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ^ "Single-Season Leaders & Records for Doubles". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ^ Nevard, David. "The Evocative Power of Mere Cloth Numerals". buffalohead.org. Larry McCray. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
External links
edit- 1931 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1931 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com