1931 Chicago White Sox season

1931 Chicago White Sox
1931 Chicago White Sox
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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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.

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 record Sources:
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

1931 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Donie Bush

Coaches

Mike Kelly

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	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
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
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
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
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

References

1931 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

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