1931 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1931 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 62–90 (.408) 6th J. A. Robert Quinn Shano Collins WNAC(Fred Hoey) bos BOS 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.https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1931/PKL_BOS081931.htm 1931 Log For Braves Field in Boston, MA Retrosheet September 18, 2019 This was the first season that the Red Sox wore uniform numbers.https://www.baseball-almanac.com/baseball_uniform_numbers.shtml Baseball Uniform Numbers Baseball Almanac September 18, 2019 Outfielder Earl Webb set the single-season mark of 67 doubles which is still a major league record to this day.Single-Season Leaders & Records for Doubles https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/2B_season.shtml 2023-04-14 Baseball-Reference.com en Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS 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 27 Jim Brillheart 25 Ed Durham 19 Milt Gaston 28 Bob Kline 24 Hod Lisenbee 21 Danny MacFayden 30 Jud McLaughlin 31 Wilcy Moore 23 Ed Morris 29 Walter Murphy 22 Jack Russell Catchers  9 Charlie Berry 11 Ed Connolly 10 Muddy Ruel 16 Howie Storie Infielders  8 Pat Creeden  7 Ollie Marquardt 28 Marty McManus  5 Otto Miller 10 Marv Olson 34 Urbane Pickering  2 Bobby Reeves  6 Hal Rhyne  9 John Smith  1 Bill Sweeney  4 Rabbit Warstler Outfielders 16 Johnny Lucas 14 Tom Oliver  3 Jack Rothrock 16 Gene Rye 12 Russ Scarritt 23 George Stumpf 17 Al Van Camp 15 Earl Webb 12 Tom Winsett Other batters  7 Bill Marshall 27 Bill McWilliams Manager 32 Shano Collins Coaches -- Hugh Duffy 33 Rudy Hulswitt This was the first season that the Red Sox wore uniform numbers.http://www.buffalohead.org/numbers.htm The Evocative Power of Mere Cloth Numerals David Nevard Larry McCray buffalohead.org September 24, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180925065322/http://www.buffalohead.org/numbers.htm September 25, 2018 dead 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 Rabbit Warstler 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 Russ Scarritt 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 Jim Brillheart 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 Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1930s in Boston