# 1931 Washington Senators season

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.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* July 29, 1931: Harry Rice was purchased from the Senators by the Baltimore Orioles.

### Roster
## 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 | 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 | 77 | 231 | 72 | .312 | 5 | 50 |
| Harry Rice | 47 | 162 | 43 | .265 | 0 | 15 |
| Jackie Hayes | 38 | 108 | 24 | .222 | 0 | 8 |
| Pinky Hargrave | 40 | 80 | 26 | .325 | 1 | 19 |
| Joe Judge | 35 | 74 | 21 | .284 | 0 | 9 |
| Cliff Bolton | 23 | 43 | 11 | .256 | 0 | 6 |
| Johnny Gill | 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 | 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 | 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

| 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