1931 Chicago White Sox season

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 56–97, good enough for 8th place in the American League, 51.5 games behind the first place Philadelphia Athletics.

1931 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)	Donie Bush
Local radio	WGN (AM) (Bob Elson) WMAQ (AM) WCFL (John O'Hara) WIBO WBBM (AM) WENR WJJD WLS (AM)
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	107	45	0.704	—	60–15	47–30
New York Yankees	94	59	0.614	13½	51–25	43–34
Washington Senators	92	62	0.597	16	55–22	37–40
Cleveland Indians	78	76	0.506	30	45–31	33–45
St. Louis Browns	63	91	0.409	45	39–38	24–53
Boston Red Sox	62	90	0.408	45	39–40	23–50
Detroit Tigers	61	93	0.396	47	36–41	25–52
Chicago White Sox	56	97	0.366	51½	31–45	25–52

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	—

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
3B	Billy Sullivan	92	363	100	.275	2	33

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
Bruce Campbell	4	17	7	.412	2	5

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

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	10	24	6.22	55
Grant Bowler	13	35.1	0	1	5.35	15

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
Garland Braxton	17	0	3	1	6.85	28

References

• 1931 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference