1931 Washington Senators season
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |
Managers | Walter Johnson | |
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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
[edit]- January 13, 1931: Harry Rice was selected off waivers by the Senators from the New York Yankees.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- July 29, 1931: Harry Rice was purchased from the Senators by the Baltimore Orioles.[1]
Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers Infielders
| Outfielders
Other batters
| Manager Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | 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
[edit]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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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
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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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
[edit]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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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
[edit]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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Walt Tauscher | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 5 |
Walt Masters | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 | 1 |
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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
[edit]- ^ a b 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