1931 Chicago White Sox 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
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersCharles Comiskey
General managerHarry Grabiner
ManagersDonie Bush
RadioWCFL
(Johnny O'Hara)
WGN
(Bob Elson)
WMAQ
(Hal Totten)
WIBO
WBBM
WENR
WJJD
WLS
← 1930 Seasons 1932 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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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

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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


Roster

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1931 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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