1931 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record62–90 (.408)
League place6th (45 GB)
OwnersJ. A. Robert Quinn
ManagersShano Collins
RadioWNAC
(Fred Hoey)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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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.

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

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 107 45 0.704 — 60–15 47–30
New York Yankees 94 59 0.614 13½ 51–25 43–34
Washington Senators 92 62 0.597 16 55–22 37–40
Cleveland Indians 78 76 0.506 30 45–31 33–45
St. Louis Browns 63 91 0.409 45 39–38 24–53
Boston Red Sox 62 90 0.408 45 39–40 23–50
Detroit Tigers 61 93 0.396 47 36–41 25–52
Chicago White Sox 56 97 0.366 51½ 31–45 25–52

Record vs. opponents

1931 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

  4 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

1931 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

This was the first season that the Red Sox wore uniform numbers.[4]

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: 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
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

Note: 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
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

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

  1. ^ "1931 Log For Braves Field in Boston, MA". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Baseball Uniform Numbers". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "Single-Season Leaders & Records for Doubles". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  4. ^ Nevard, David. "The Evocative Power of Mere Cloth Numerals". buffalohead.org. Larry McCray. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

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