1931 Washington Senators season

1931 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Griffith Stadium (since 1911); Washington, D.C. (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Manager(s)	Walter Johnson
	< Previous season Next season >

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

January 13, 1931: Harry Rice was selected off waivers by the Senators from the New York Yankees.[1]

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

July 29, 1931: Harry Rice was purchased from the Senators by the Baltimore Orioles.[1]

Roster

1931 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers

17 Lloyd Brown

19 Bobby Burke

15 Alvin Crowder

20 Carl Fischer

16 Bump Hadley

14 Sam Jones

18 Ad Liska

12 Firpo Marberry

18 Walt Masters

21 Walt Tauscher

-- Monte Weaver

Catchers

10 Cliff Bolton

9 Pinky Hargrave

8 Roy Spencer

Infielders

-- Bill Andrus

7 Ossie Bluege

4 Joe Cronin

22 Jackie Hayes

27 Buck Jordan

5 Joe Judge

23 Joe Kuhel

1 Buddy Myer

Outfielders

-- Johnny Gill

26 Dave Harris

3 Heinie Manush

25 Harry Rice

2 Sam Rice

6 Sam West

Other batters

29 Nick Altrock

-- Babe Phelps

Manager

28 Walter Johnson

Coaches

29 Nick Altrock

31 Patsy Gharrity

30 Al Schacht

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	.000	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	16	4	3.45	88
Sad Sam Jones	25	148	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	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	1	0	4.50	6
Ad Liska	2	4	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

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

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

References

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[rice-1] 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

1931 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1931 World Series