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 with a record of 62 wins and 90 losses, 45 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics].
The Red Sox played their Sunday home games at Braves Field this season, as had been the case since the team's Red Sox season|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
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |