1931 Washington Senators season

1931 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Griffith Stadium (since 1911)
Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Manager(s)	Walter Johnson
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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.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Philadelphia Athletics	107	45	.704	--
New York Yankees	94	59	.614	13½
Washington Senators	92	62	.597	16
Cleveland Indians	78	76	.506	30
St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	45
Boston Red Sox	62	90	.408	45
Detroit Tigers	61	93	.396	47
Chicago White Sox	56	97	.366	51½

Record vs. opponents

1931 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

Notable transactions

• July 29, 1931: Harry Rice was purchased from the Senators by the Baltimore Orioles.^[1]

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

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
Rice, HarryHarry Rice	47	162	43	.265	0	15
Hayes, JackieJackie Hayes	38	108	24	.222	0	8

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
Brown, LloydLloyd Brown	42	258.2	15	14	3.20	79

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

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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, 1931^[2]

Notes

1. Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1931 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1931 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com