1931 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1931 American League Comiskey Park Chicago, Illinois Charles Comiskey Harry Grabiner Donie Bush WCFL(Johnny O'Hara)WGN(Bob Elson)WMAQ(Hal Totten)WIBOWBBMWENRWJJDWLS 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 Record vs. opponents CWS Roster 1931 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers 19 Grant Bowler 19 Garland Braxton 16 Pat Caraway 18 Red Faber 24 Vic Frazier 25 Lou Garland 14 Ted Lyons 17 Hal McKain 23 Jim Moore 15 Tommy Thomas 25 Biggs Wehde  2 Bob Weiland Catchers -- Hank Garrity  9 Frank Grube 12 Butch Henline  8 Bennie Tate Infielders  5 Luke Appling 27 Lu Blue  1 Bill Cissell 28 Irv Jeffries  7 Willie Kamm 29 John Kerr 26 Billy Sullivan Outfielders -- Bruce Campbell 34 Ike Eichrodt  7 Lew Fonseca 35 Bob Fothergill  4 Smead Jolley 34 Bill Norman  3 Carl Reynolds  2 Mel Simons  6 Johnny Watwood 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 Billy Sullivan, Jr. 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 Bruce Campbell (baseball) 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 baseball 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 Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White Category:1931 in Chicago