1931_Chicago_White_Sox_season
1931 Chicago White Sox season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1931 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 31st season in the major leagues, and its 32nd season overall. They finished with a record of 56–97, good enough for eighth place in the American League, 51.5 games behind the first place Philadelphia Athletics.
1931 Chicago White Sox | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Ballpark | Comiskey Park | |||
City | Chicago, Illinois | |||
Owners | Charles Comiskey | |||
General manager | Harry Grabiner | |||
Managers | Donie Bush | |||
Radio | WCFL (Johnny O'Hara) WGN (Bob Elson) WMAQ (Hal Totten) WIBO WBBM WENR WJJD WLS | |||
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Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
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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 |
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C | Bennie Tate | 89 | 273 | 73 | .267 | 0 | 22 |
1B | Lu Blue | 155 | 589 | 179 | .304 | 1 | 62 |
2B | John Kerr | 128 | 444 | 119 | .268 | 2 | 50 |
SS | Bill Cissell | 109 | 409 | 90 | .220 | 1 | 46 |
3B | Billy Sullivan | 92 | 363 | 100 | .275 | 2 | 33 |
OF | Johnny Watwood | 128 | 367 | 104 | .283 | 1 | 47 |
OF | Lew Fonseca | 121 | 465 | 139 | .299 | 2 | 71 |
OF | Carl Reynolds | 118 | 462 | 134 | .290 | 6 | 77 |
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 |
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Bob Fothergill | 108 | 312 | 88 | .282 | 3 | 56 |
Luke Appling | 96 | 297 | 69 | .232 | 1 | 28 |
Frank Grube | 88 | 265 | 58 | .219 | 1 | 24 |
Irv Jeffries | 79 | 223 | 50 | .224 | 2 | 16 |
Mel Simons | 68 | 189 | 52 | .275 | 0 | 12 |
Ike Eichrodt | 34 | 117 | 25 | .214 | 0 | 15 |
Smead Jolley | 54 | 110 | 33 | .300 | 3 | 28 |
Willie Kamm | 18 | 59 | 15 | .254 | 0 | 9 |
Bill Norman | 24 | 55 | 10 | .182 | 0 | 6 |
Bruce Campbell | 4 | 17 | 7 | .412 | 2 | 5 |
Butch Henline | 11 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 2 |
Hank Garrity | 8 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
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Vic Frazier | 46 | 254.0 | 13 | 15 | 4.46 | 87 |
Tommy Thomas | 43 | 245.1 | 10 | 14 | 4.73 | 72 |
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 |
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Pat Caraway | 51 | 220.0 | 10 | 24 | 6.22 | 55 |
Red Faber | 44 | 184.0 | 10 | 14 | 3.82 | 49 |
Hal McKain | 27 | 112.0 | 6 | 9 | 5.71 | 39 |
Ted Lyons | 22 | 101.0 | 4 | 6 | 4.01 | 16 |
Bob Weiland | 15 | 75.0 | 2 | 7 | 5.16 | 38 |
Grant Bowler | 13 | 35.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.35 | 15 |
Lou Garland | 7 | 16.2 | 0 | 2 | 10.26 | 4 |
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 |
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Jim Moore | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.95 | 15 |
Garland Braxton | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6.85 | 28 |
Biggs Wehde | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
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