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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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
[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
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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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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 | 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
[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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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
[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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Vic Frazier | 46 | 254.0 | 13 | 15 | 4.46 | 87 |
Tommy Thomas | 43 | 245.1 | 10 | 14 | 4.73 | 72 |
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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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
[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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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 |