1931 Boston Red Sox season

1931 Boston Red Sox
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	62–90 (.408)
Owners	J. A. Robert Quinn
Managers	Shano Collins
Radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
Seasons

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.

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

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	107	45	.704	—	60‍–‍15	47‍–‍30
New York Yankees	94	59	.614	13½	51‍–‍25	43‍–‍34
Washington Senators	92	62	.597	16	55‍–‍22	37‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians	78	76	.506	30	45‍–‍31	33‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	45	39‍–‍38	24‍–‍53
Boston Red Sox	62	90	.408	45	39‍–‍40	23‍–‍50
Detroit Tigers	61	93	.396	47	36‍–‍41	25‍–‍52
Chicago White Sox	56	97	.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 27 Jim Brillheart 25 Ed Durham 19 Milt Gaston 28 Bob Kline 24 Hod Lisenbee 21 Danny MacFayden 30 Jud McLaughlin 31 Wilcy Moore 23 Ed Morris 29 Walter Murphy 22 Jack Russell		Catchers  9 Charlie Berry 11 Ed Connolly 10 Muddy Ruel 16 Howie Storie Infielders  8 Pat Creeden  7 Ollie Marquardt 28 Marty McManus  5 Otto Miller 10 Marv Olson 34 Urbane Pickering  2 Bobby Reeves  6 Hal Rhyne  9 John Smith  1 Bill Sweeney  4 Rabbit Warstler		Outfielders 16 Johnny Lucas 14 Tom Oliver  3 Jack Rothrock 16 Gene Rye 12 Russ Scarritt 23 George Stumpf 17 Al Van Camp 15 Earl Webb 12 Tom Winsett Other batters  7 Bill Marshall 27 Bill McWilliams		Manager 32 Shano Collins Coaches -- Hugh Duffy 33 Rudy Hulswitt

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

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
2B	Rabbit Warstler	66	181	44	.243	0	10

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
Russ Scarritt	10	39	6	.154	0	1

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

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

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

External links

• 1931 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1931 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com