1931 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and William Richardson
ManagersWalter Johnson
← 1930 Seasons 1932 →

The 1931 Washington Senators won 92 games, lost 62, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Walter Johnson and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Offseason

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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1931 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Roy Spencer 145 483 133 .275 1 60
1B Joe Kuhel 139 524 141 .269 8 85
2B Buddy Myer 139 591 173 .293 4 56
SS Joe Cronin 156 611 187 .306 12 126
3B Ossie Bluege 152 570 155 .272 8 98
OF Heinie Manush 146 616 189 .307 6 70
OF Sam Rice 120 413 128 .310 0 42
OF Sam West 132 526 175 .333 3 91

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
Dave Harris 77 231 72 .312 5 50
Harry Rice 47 162 43 .265 0 15
Jackie Hayes 38 108 24 .222 0 8
Pinky Hargrave 40 80 26 .325 1 19
Joe Judge 35 74 21 .284 0 9
Cliff Bolton 23 43 11 .256 0 6
Johnny Gill 8 30 8 .267 0 5
Buck Jordan 9 18 4 .222 0 1
Bill Andrus 3 7 0 .000 0 1
Babe Phelps 3 3 1 .333 0 0
Nick Altrock 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
Lloyd Brown 42 258.2 15 14 3.20 79
General Crowder 44 234.1 18 11 3.88 85
Firpo Marberry 45 219.0 16 4 3.45 88
Sad Sam Jones 25 148.0 9 10 4.32 58

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
Carl Fischer 46 191.0 13 9 4.38 96
Bump Hadley 55 179.2 11 10 3.06 124
Bobby Burke 30 128.2 8 3 4.27 38
Monte Weaver 3 10.0 1 0 4.50 6
Ad Liska 2 4.0 0 1 6.75 2

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
Walt Tauscher 6 1 0 0 7.50 5
Walt Masters 3 0 0 1 2.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Bert Niehoff
C Hagerstown Hubs/Parkersburg Parkers/Youngstown Tubers Middle Atlantic League Joe Cambria

Hagerstown club transferred and renamed twice: to Parkersburg, June 28, and to Youngstown, July 12, 1931[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

1931 MLB season by team
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