1931 Chicago White Sox Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 56-97
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 403,550, Avg. 8,712
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Donie Bush (56-97)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1931 Chicago White Sox RosterTeam Record: 56-97
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 403,550, Avg. 8,712
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Donie Bush (56-97)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1931 Chicago White Sox Results
The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1931 season with a record of 56 wins and 97 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.
The White Sox scored 704 runs and gave up 939 runs, most in the circuit. Carl Reynolds drove in 77 runs. Lu Blue topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .304. Vic Frazier led the squad with 13 wins, while Red Faber earned a 3.82 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Donie Bush coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Frazier | 13 | 15 | .464 | 4.46 | 46 | 29 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 254.0 | 258 | 156 | 126 | 11 | 127 | 0 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1143 |
| Red Faber | 10 | 14 | .417 | 3.82 | 44 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 184.0 | 210 | 96 | 78 | 11 | 57 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 807 |
| Tommy Thomas | 10 | 14 | .417 | 4.73 | 43 | 36 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 245.3 | 298 | 166 | 129 | 17 | 69 | 0 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1094 |
| Pat Caraway | 10 | 24 | .294 | 6.22 | 51 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 220.0 | 268 | 177 | 152 | 17 | 101 | 0 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1035 |
| Hal McKain | 6 | 9 | .400 | 5.71 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 134 | 82 | 71 | 10 | 57 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 522 |
| Ted Lyons | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.01 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 117 | 50 | 45 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 435 |
| Bob Weiland | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.16 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 75 | 55 | 43 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 351 |
| Biggs Wehde | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.75 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 |
| Grant Bowler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.35 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 | 40 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 165 |
| Jim Moore | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.95 | 33 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.7 | 93 | 52 | 46 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 367 |
| Lou Garland | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 30 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 92 |
| Garland Braxton | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.85 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.3 | 71 | 43 | 36 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 240 |
| Totals | 56 | 97 | .366 | 5.04 | 326 | 156 | 102 | 54 | 6 | 10 | 1390.3 | 1613 | 939 | 778 | 82 | 588 | 0 | 421 | 33 | 5 | 20 | 6321 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lu Blue | 155 | 725 | 589 | 119 | 179 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 62 | 13 | 3 | 127 | 60 | .304 | .430 | .399 | .829 | 235 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Lew Fonseca | 121 | 508 | 465 | 65 | 139 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 71 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 22 | .299 | .348 | .389 | .737 | 181 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Reynolds | 118 | 495 | 462 | 71 | 134 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 77 | 17 | 6 | 24 | 26 | .290 | .333 | .442 | .775 | 204 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kerr | 128 | 491 | 444 | 51 | 119 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 22 | .268 | .324 | .329 | .653 | 146 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Watwood | 128 | 434 | 367 | 51 | 104 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 56 | 30 | .283 | .380 | .368 | .748 | 135 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Sullivan | 92 | 392 | 363 | 48 | 100 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | .275 | .315 | .364 | .679 | 132 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Cissell | 109 | 433 | 409 | 42 | 90 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 26 | .220 | .256 | .284 | .540 | 116 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Fothergill | 108 | 333 | 312 | 25 | 88 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | .282 | .323 | .365 | .689 | 114 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennie Tate | 89 | 305 | 273 | 27 | 73 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 10 | .267 | .331 | .333 | .664 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Appling | 96 | 330 | 297 | 36 | 69 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 27 | .232 | .303 | .313 | .616 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Grube | 88 | 290 | 265 | 29 | 58 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 22 | .219 | .284 | .294 | .578 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Simons | 68 | 208 | 189 | 24 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | .275 | .318 | .323 | .641 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Irv Jeffries | 79 | 243 | 223 | 29 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .224 | .270 | .296 | .566 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Smead Jolley | 54 | 119 | 110 | 5 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .300 | .353 | .482 | .835 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Eichrodt | 34 | 123 | 117 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .214 | .220 | .274 | .494 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Thomas | 43 | 95 | 87 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .241 | .267 | .264 | .531 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Frazier | 46 | 96 | 86 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .209 | .269 | .233 | .501 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Kamm | 18 | 67 | 59 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .254 | .333 | .356 | .689 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Caraway | 52 | 82 | 72 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .194 | .216 | .250 | .466 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Norman | 24 | 59 | 55 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .182 | .237 | .218 | .455 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Campbell | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .412 | .444 | .882 | 1.327 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Lyons | 42 | 38 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .152 | .200 | .152 | .352 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal McKain | 32 | 48 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .119 | .213 | .214 | .427 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Weiland | 15 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .182 | .357 | .182 | .539 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Faber | 44 | 64 | 53 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .075 | .183 | .094 | .278 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Garrity | 8 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .214 | .267 | .286 | .552 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Bowler | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .100 | .182 | .200 | .382 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garland Braxton | 17 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Henline | 11 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .067 | .176 | .133 | .310 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Moore | 33 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .063 | .118 | .125 | .243 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Garland | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Biggs Wehde | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1884 | 6102 | 5483 | 705 | 1423 | 238 | 69 | 27 | 649 | 94 | 39 | 485 | 440 | .260 | .323 | .343 | .666 | 1880 | 0 | 30 | 104 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Watwood | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Sullivan | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lew Fonseca | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lu Blue | 1B | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 1452 | 81 | 16 | 105 | .990 | 9.890 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Kerr | 2B | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 297 | 366 | 22 | 78 | .968 | 5.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Irv Jeffries | 2B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 4 | .862 | 4.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lew Fonseca | 2B | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 49 | 2 | 8 | .979 | 4.524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Cissell | 2B | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 69 | 5 | 11 | .962 | 5.478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luke Appling | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Sullivan | 3B | 83 | 0 | 0.0 | 96 | 152 | 24 | 9 | .912 | 2.988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Kerr | 3B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 3.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Kamm | 3B | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 32 | 4 | 4 | .938 | 3.389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Irv Jeffries | 3B | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 69 | 100 | 9 | 4 | .949 | 2.770 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lew Fonseca | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Cissell | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bennie Tate | C | 85 | 0 | 0.0 | 310 | 69 | 5 | 11 | .987 | 4.459 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Henline | C | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 4.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Grube | C | 81 | 0 | 0.0 | 248 | 50 | 7 | 3 | .977 | 3.679 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Garrity | C | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Watwood | OF | 102 | 0 | 0.0 | 259 | 13 | 16 | 2 | .944 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Sullivan | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Simons | OF | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | 112 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .950 | 1.949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Reynolds | OF | 109 | 0 | 0.0 | 233 | 10 | 13 | 3 | .949 | 2.229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Norman | OF | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .933 | 2.471 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Smead Jolley | OF | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .857 | 1.304 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Irv Jeffries | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Fothergill | OF | 74 | 0 | 0.0 | 169 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .972 | 2.311 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lew Fonseca | OF | 95 | 0 | 0.0 | 183 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .974 | 1.968 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ike Eichrodt | OF | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Campbell | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Weiland | P | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Biggs Wehde | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Thomas | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 1.279 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Moore | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .900 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal McKain | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Lyons | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .957 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Garland | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Frazier | P | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 50 | 6 | 2 | .903 | 1.217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Faber | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 0 | .929 | .886 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Caraway | P | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 40 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garland Braxton | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Bowler | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Kerr | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Irv Jeffries | SS | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 3.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Cissell | SS | 83 | 0 | 0.0 | 168 | 233 | 24 | 47 | .944 | 4.831 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luke Appling | SS | 76 | 0 | 0.0 | 147 | 232 | 42 | 37 | .900 | 4.987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1687 | 0 | 0.0 | 4160 | 1812 | 246 | 343 | .960 | 3.540 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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