1931 Washington Senators season

March 2026 November 2013 Washington Senators 1931 Washington Senators Primary Logo (1905 to 1935).svg American League Griffith Stadium Washington, D.C. 92 62 y 3rd Clark Griffith and William Richardson Walter Johnson List of Minnesota Twins seasons The 1931 Washington Senators won 92 games, lost 62, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Walter Johnson and played home games at Griffith Stadium. Offseason January 13, 1931: Harry Rice was selected off waivers by the Senators from the New York Yankees.Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Washington Senators Record vs. opponents WSH Notable transactions July 29, 1931: Harry Rice was purchased from the Senators by the Baltimore Orioles. Roster 1931 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers 17 Lloyd Brown 19 Bobby Burke 15 Alvin Crowder 20 Carl Fischer 16 Bump Hadley 14 Sam Jones 18 Ad Liska 12 Firpo Marberry 18 Walt Masters 21 Walt Tauscher -- Monte Weaver Catchers 10 Cliff Bolton  9 Pinky Hargrave  8 Roy Spencer Infielders -- Bill Andrus  7 Ossie Bluege  4 Joe Cronin 22 Jackie Hayes 27 Buck Jordan  5 Joe Judge 23 Joe Kuhel  1 Buddy Myer Outfielders -- Johnny Gill 26 Dave Harris  3 Heinie Manush 25 Harry Rice  2 Sam Rice  6 Sam West Other batters 29 Nick Altrock -- Babe Phelps Manager 28 Walter Johnson Coaches 29 Nick Altrock 31 Patsy Gharrity 30 Al Schacht 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 Roy Spencer Roy Spencer (baseball) 145 483 133 .275 1 60 1B Joe Kuhel 139 524 141 .269 8 85 2B Buddy Myer 139 591 173 .293 4 56 SS Joe Cronin 156 611 187 .306 12 126 3B Ossie Bluege 152 570 155 .272 8 98 OF Heinie Manush 146 616 189 .307 6 70 OF Sam Rice 120 413 128 .310 0 42 OF Sam West 132 526 175 .333 3 91 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 Dave Harris Dave Harris (baseball) 77 231 72 .312 5 50 Harry Rice 47 162 43 .265 0 15 Jackie Hayes Jackie Hayes (second baseman) 38 108 24 .222 0 8 Pinky Hargrave 40 80 26 .325 1 19 Joe Judge Joe Judge (baseball) 35 74 21 .284 0 9 Cliff Bolton 23 43 11 .256 0 6 Johnny Gill Johnny Gill (baseball) 8 30 8 .267 0 5 Buck Jordan 9 18 4 .222 0 1 Bill Andrus 3 7 0 .000 0 1 Babe Phelps 3 3 1 .333 0 0 Nick Altrock 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 Lloyd Brown Lloyd Brown (baseball) 42 258.2 15 14 3.20 79 General Crowder 44 234.1 18 11 3.88 85 Firpo Marberry 45 219.0 16 4 3.45 88 Sad Sam Jones 25 148.0 9 10 4.32 58 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 Carl Fischer Carl Fischer (baseball) 46 191.0 13 9 4.38 96 Bump Hadley 55 179.2 11 10 3.06 124 Bobby Burke 30 128.2 8 3 4.27 38 Monte Weaver 3 10.0 1 0 4.50 6 Ad Liska 2 4.0 0 1 6.75 2 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 Walt Tauscher 6 1 0 0 7.50 5 Walt Masters 3 0 0 1 2.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball A Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Bert Niehoff C Hagerstown Hubs/Parkersburg Parkers/Youngstown Tubers Middle Atlantic League Joe Cambria Hagerstown club transferred and renamed twice: to Parkersburg, June 28, and to Youngstown, July 12, 1931Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes 2 External links 1931 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1931 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) seasons Washington Senators season Wash