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.
Outfielder Earl Webb set the single-season mark of 67 doubles which is still a major league record to this day.
Regular season Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup 4 Rabbit Warstler SS12 Russ Scarritt LF 1 Bill Sweeney 1B15 Earl Webb RF 3 Jack Rothrock 3B 2 Bobby Reeves 2B14 Tom Oliver CF 9 Charlie Berry C31 Wilcy Moore P
Roster 1931 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches 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 C Charlie Berry 111 357 101 .283 6 49 1B Bill Sweeney 131 498 147 .295 1 58 2B 66 181 44 .243 0 10 SS Hal Rhyne 147 565 154 .273 0 51 3B Otis L. Miller 107 389 106 .272 0 43 OF Jack Rothrock 133 475 132 .278 4 42 OF Tom Oliver 148 586 162 .276 0 70 OF Earl Webb 151 589 196 .333 14 103
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 Urbane Pickering 103 341 86 .252 9 52 Al Van Camp 101 324 89 .275 0 33 Ed Connolly 42 93 7 .075 0 3 Bobby Reeves 36 84 14 .167 0 1 Muddy Ruel 33 83 25 .301 0 6 Tom Winsett 64 76 15 .197 1 7 Marty McManus 17 62 18 .290 1 9 Marv Olson 15 53 10 .189 0 5 Ollie Marquardt 17 39 7 .179 0 2 Gene Rye 17 39 7 .179 0 1 10 39 6 .154 0 1 George Stumpf 7 28 7 .250 0 4 Howie Storie 6 17 2 .118 0 0 John Smith 4 15 2 .133 0 1 Johnny Lucas 3 2 0 .000 0 0 Bill McWilliams 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Bill Marshall 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
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 Jack Russell 36 232.0 10 18 5.16 45 Danny MacFayden 35 230.2 16 12 4.02 74 Milt Gaston 23 119.0 2 13 4.46 33
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 Wilcy Moore 53 185.1 11 13 3.88 37 Ed Durham 38 165.1 8 10 4.25 53 Hod Lisenbee 41 164.2 5 12 5.19 42 Ed Morris 37 130.2 5 7 4.75 46 Bob Kline 28 98.0 5 5 4.41 25
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 11 0 0 0 5.49 7 Jud McLaughlin 9 0 0 0 12.00 3 Walter Murphy 2 0 0 0 9.00 0 Bobby Reeves 1 0 0 0 3.68 0
References
External links 1931 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1931 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com