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

Notable transactions

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

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		145	483	133	.275	1	60
1B		139	524	141	.269	8	85
2B		139	591	173	.293	4	56
SS		156	611	187	.306	12	126
3B		152	570	155	.272	8	98
OF		146	616	189	.307	6	70
OF		120	413	128	.310	0	42
OF		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
	77	231	72	.312	5	50
	47	162	43	.265	0	15
	38	108	24	.222	0	8
	40	80	26	.325	1	19
	35	74	21	.284	0	9
	23	43	11	.256	0	6
	8	30	8	.267	0	5
	9	18	4	.222	0	1
	3	7	0	.000	0	1
	3	3	1	.333	0	0
	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
	42	258.2	15	14	3.20	79
	44	234.1	18	11	3.88	85
	45	219.0	16	4	3.45	88
	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
	46	191.0	13	9	4.38	96
	55	179.2	11	10	3.06	124
	30	128.2	8	3	4.27	38
	3	10.0	1	0	4.50	6
	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
	6	1	0	0	7.50	5
	3	0	0	1	2.00	1

Farm system

Hagerstown club transferred and renamed twice: to Parkersburg, June 28, and to Youngstown, July 12, 1931