1931 Washington Senators season

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1931  Washington Senators
Washington Senators Primary Logo (1905 to 1935).svg
League American League
Ballpark Griffith Stadium
City Washington, D.C.
Record92–62 (.597)
League place3rd
Owners Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Managers Walter 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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 10745.70460154730
New York Yankees 9459.61413½51254334
Washington Senators 9262.5971655223740
Cleveland Indians 7876.5063045313345
St. Louis Browns 6391.4094539382453
Boston Red Sox 6290.4084539402350
Detroit Tigers 6193.3964736412552
Chicago White Sox 5697.36651½31452552

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 12–10–113–912–106–164–168–147–15
Chicago 10–12–17–15–111–116–153–1912–107–15
Cleveland 9–1315–7–113–913–94–1816–68–14
Detroit 10–1211–119–138–144–1811–118–14
New York 16–615–69–1314–811–1116–613–9–1
Philadelphia 16–419–318–418–411–1114–811–11–1
St. Louis 14–810–126–1611–116–168–148–14
Washington 15–715–714–814–89–13–111–11–114–8

Notable transactions

Roster

1931 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Roy Spencer 145483133.275160
1B Joe Kuhel 139524141.269885
2B Buddy Myer 139591173.293456
SS Joe Cronin 156611187.30612126
3B Ossie Bluege 152570155.272898
OF Heinie Manush 146616189.307670
OF Sam Rice 120413128.310042
OF Sam West 132526175.333391

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Dave Harris 7723172.312550
Harry Rice 4716243.265015
Jackie Hayes 3810824.22208
Pinky Hargrave 408026.325119
Joe Judge 357421.28409
Cliff Bolton 234311.25606
Johnny Gill 8308.26705
Buck Jordan 9184.22201
Bill Andrus 370.00001
Babe Phelps 331.33300
Nick Altrock 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Lloyd Brown 42258.215143.2079
General Crowder 44234.118113.8885
Firpo Marberry 45219.01643.4588
Sad Sam Jones 25148.09104.3258

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Carl Fischer 46191.01394.3896
Bump Hadley 55179.211103.06124
Bobby Burke 30128.2834.2738
Monte Weaver 310.0104.506
Ad Liska 24.0016.752

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Walt Tauscher 61007.505
Walt Masters 30012.001

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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. 1 2 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