# 1931 Boston Red Sox season

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.
This was the first season that the Red Sox wore uniform numbers.
Outfielder Earl Webb set the single-season mark of 67 doubles which is still a major league record to this day.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 107 | 45 | .704 | — | 60‍–‍15 | 47‍–‍30 |
| New York Yankees | 94 | 59 | .614 | 13½ | 51‍–‍25 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Washington Senators | 92 | 62 | .597 | 16 | 55‍–‍22 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Cleveland Indians | 78 | 76 | .506 | 30 | 45‍–‍31 | 33‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 63 | 91 | .409 | 45 | 39‍–‍38 | 24‍–‍53 |
| Boston Red Sox | 62 | 90 | .408 | 45 | 39‍–‍40 | 23‍–‍50 |
| Detroit Tigers | 61 | 93 | .396 | 47 | 36‍–‍41 | 25‍–‍52 |
| Chicago White Sox | 56 | 97 | .366 | 51½ | 31‍–‍45 | 25‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1931 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| 4 | Rabbit Warstler | SS |
| 12 | Russ Scarritt | LF |
| 1 | Bill Sweeney | 1B |
| 15 | Earl Webb | RF |
| 3 | Jack Rothrock | 3B |
| 2 | Bobby Reeves | 2B |
| 14 | Tom Oliver | CF |
| 9 | Charlie Berry | C |
| 31 | Wilcy Moore | P |

### Roster

This was the first season that the Red Sox wore uniform numbers.

## 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 |