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1931 Chicago White Sox

1931 > Class Major League > 1931 American League
Overall: 56-97
Scored 704 runs, Allowed 939 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-96

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Donie Bush
Represented: Chicago, IL
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1930 / 1932

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Luke Appling 24 96 330 297 36 69 13 4 1 28 9 2 29 27 .232 .303 .313 .616 93 1 3
2 Lu Blue# 34 155 725 589 119 179 23 15 1 62 13 3 127 60 .304 .430 .399 .829 235 3 6
3 Grant Bowler 23 13 11 10 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .100 .182 .200 .382 2 0 0
4 Bruce Campbell* 21 4 18 17 4 7 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 4 .412 .444 .882 1.327 15 1 0
5 Pat Caraway* 25 52 82 72 11 14 2 1 0 7 0 0 2 12 .194 .216 .250 .466 18 0 8
6 Bill Cissell 27 109 433 409 42 90 13 5 1 46 18 6 16 26 .220 .256 .284 .540 116 4 4
7 Ike Eichrodt 28 34 123 117 9 25 5 1 0 15 0 0 1 8 .214 .220 .274 .494 32 0 5
8 Red Faber# 42 44 64 53 4 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 26 .075 .183 .094 .278 5 1 4
9 Bob Fothergill 33 108 333 312 25 88 9 4 3 56 2 2 17 17 .282 .323 .365 .689 114 2 2
10 Vic Frazier 26 46 96 86 10 18 2 0 0 10 0 0 7 14 .209 .269 .233 .501 20 0 3
11 Lou Garland 25 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
12 Hank Garrity 23 8 15 14 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .214 .267 .286 .552 4 0 0
13 Frank Grube 26 88 290 265 29 58 13 2 1 24 2 2 22 22 .219 .284 .294 .578 78 2 1
14 Butch Henline 36 11 17 15 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .067 .176 .133 .310 2 0 0
15 Irv Jeffries 25 79 243 223 29 50 10 0 2 16 3 0 14 9 .224 .270 .296 .566 66 0 6
16 Smead Jolley* 29 54 119 110 5 33 11 0 3 28 0 0 7 4 .300 .353 .482 .835 53 2 0
17 John Kerr 32 128 491 444 51 119 17 2 2 50 9 3 35 22 .268 .324 .329 .653 146 2 10
18 Ted Lyons# 30 42 38 33 6 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .152 .200 .152 .352 5 0 3
19 Hal McKain* 24 32 48 42 5 5 2 1 0 3 0 0 5 14 .119 .213 .214 .427 9 0 1
20 Jim Moore 27 33 17 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .063 .118 .125 .243 2 0 0
21 Bill Norman 20 24 59 55 7 10 2 0 0 6 0 1 4 10 .182 .237 .218 .455 12 0 0
22 Carl Reynolds 28 118 495 462 71 134 24 14 6 77 17 6 24 26 .290 .333 .442 .775 204 6 3
23 Mel Simons* 30 68 208 189 24 52 9 0 0 12 1 1 12 17 .275 .318 .323 .641 61 0 7
24 Billy Sullivan* 20 92 392 363 48 100 16 5 2 33 4 4 20 14 .275 .315 .364 .679 132 1 8
25 Bennie Tate* 29 89 305 273 27 73 12 3 0 22 1 1 26 10 .267 .331 .333 .664 91 0 6
26 Tommy Thomas 31 43 95 87 9 21 2 0 0 10 0 0 3 15 .241 .267 .264 .531 23 0 5
27 Johnny Watwood* 25 128 434 367 51 104 16 6 1 47 9 3 56 30 .283 .380 .368 .748 135 1 10
28 Biggs Wehde 24 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
29 Bob Weiland* 25 15 28 22 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 .182 .357 .182 .539 4 1 0
29 Players 28.1 156 6099 5481 704 1423 238 69 27 649 94 39 483 445 .260 .323 .343 .666 1880 30 105
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Grant Bowler 23 0 1 .000 5.35 13 3 7 1 0 0 35.1 40 26 21 1 24 15 0 1 2 165 1.811 10.2 0.3 6.1 3.8 0.63
2 Pat Caraway* 25 10 24 .294 6.22 51 32 12 11 1 2 220.0 268 177 152 17 101 55 7 1 4 1035 1.677 11.0 0.7 4.1 2.2 0.54
3 Red Faber 42 10 14 .417 3.82 44 19 14 5 1 1 184.0 210 96 78 11 57 49 3 0 0 807 1.451 10.3 0.5 2.8 2.4 0.86
4 Vic Frazier 26 13 15 .464 4.46 46 29 8 13 2 4 254.0 258 156 126 11 127 87 5 0 2 1143 1.516 9.1 0.4 4.5 3.1 0.69
5 Lou Garland 25 0 2 .000 10.26 7 2 3 0 0 0 16.2 30 24 19 2 14 4 1 0 1 92 2.640 16.2 1.1 7.6 2.2 0.29
6 Ted Lyons 30 4 6 .400 4.01 22 12 8 7 0 0 101.0 117 50 45 6 33 16 0 1 1 435 1.485 10.4 0.5 2.9 1.4 0.48
7 Hal McKain 24 6 9 .400 5.71 27 8 14 3 0 0 112.0 134 82 71 10 57 39 3 0 1 522 1.705 10.8 0.8 4.6 3.1 0.68
8 Jim Moore 27 0 2 .000 4.95 33 4 16 0 0 0 83.2 93 52 46 3 27 15 1 0 2 367 1.434 10.0 0.3 2.9 1.6 0.56
9 Tommy Thomas 31 10 14 .417 4.73 43 36 5 11 2 2 245.1 298 166 129 17 69 72 5 1 4 1105 1.496 10.9 0.6 2.5 2.6 1.04
10 Biggs Wehde 24 1 0 1.000 6.75 8 0 6 0 0 0 16.0 19 12 12 0 10 3 2 0 1 70 1.812 10.7 0.0 5.6 1.7 0.30
11 Bob Weiland* 25 2 7 .222 5.16 15 8 0 3 0 0 75.0 75 55 43 3 46 38 4 1 1 351 1.613 9.0 0.4 5.5 4.6 0.83
11 Players 28.9 56 97 .366 5.04 156 156 102 54 6 10 1390.1 1613 939 778 82 588 421 33 5 20 6332 1.583 10.4 0.5 3.8 2.7 0.72

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Bennie Tate 85 310 69 5 11 .987 4.46 4 52 34 40%
Frank Grube 81 248 50 7 3 .977 3.68 2 55 21 28%
Hank Garrity 7 11 5 1 0 .941 2.29 1 3 4 57%
Butch Henline 4 14 2 2 0 .889 4.00 2 3 0 0%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Lu Blue 155 1452 81 16 105 .990 9.89
Johnny Watwood 4 18 1 0 1 1.000 4.75
Billy Sullivan 1 6 0 0 1 1.000 6.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Kerr 117 297 366 22 78 .968 5.67
Bill Cissell 23 57 69 5 11 .962 5.48
Irv Jeffries 6 5 20 4 4 .862 4.17
Luke Appling 1 4 1 1 0 .833 5.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Billy Sullivan 83 96 152 24 9 .912 2.99
Irv Jeffries 61 69 100 9 4 .949 2.77
John Kerr 7 9 13 3 1 .880 3.14
Bill Cissell 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bill Cissell 83 168 233 24 47 .944 4.83
Luke Appling 76 147 232 42 37 .900 4.99
Irv Jeffries 5 9 10 1 2 .950 3.80
John Kerr 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bob Fothergill 48 0.00
Mel Simons 15 0.00
Carl Reynolds 11 0.00
Smead Jolley 8 0.00
Bruce Campbell 4 0.00
Johnny Watwood 4 0.00
Bill Norman 3 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Johnny Watwood 76 0.00
Mel Simons 45 0.00
Ike Eichrodt 30 0.00
Carl Reynolds 18 0.00
Bill Norman 14 0.00
Irv Jeffries 1 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Carl Reynolds 90 0.00
Bob Fothergill 26 0.00
Johnny Watwood 24 0.00
Smead Jolley 15 0.00
Ike Eichrodt 3 0.00
Billy Sullivan 2 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Carl Reynolds 109 233 10 13 3 .949 2.23
Johnny Watwood 102 259 13 16 2 .944 2.67
Bob Fothergill 74 169 2 5 0 .972 2.31
Mel Simons 59 112 3 6 0 .950 1.95
Ike Eichrodt 32 70 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
Smead Jolley 23 29 1 5 1 .857 1.30
Bill Norman 17 41 1 3 0 .933 2.47
Bruce Campbell 4 9 0 1 0 .900 2.25
Billy Sullivan 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Irv Jeffries 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Pat Caraway 51 11 40 1 0 .981 1.00
Vic Frazier 46 6 50 6 2 .903 1.22
Red Faber 44 6 33 3 0 .929 0.89
Tommy Thomas 43 8 47 1 3 .982 1.28
Jim Moore 33 2 25 3 1 .900 0.82
Hal McKain 27 5 31 2 0 .947 1.33
Ted Lyons 22 4 18 1 3 .957 1.00
Bob Weiland 15 2 18 0 0 1.000 1.33
Grant Bowler 13 2 3 1 0 .833 0.38
Biggs Wehde 8 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.88
Lou Garland 7 1 7 1 0 .889 1.14

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Luke Appling 24 R R 5' 10.0" 183 Apr 2, 1907 High Point, NC, US
Lu Blue 34 S L 5' 10.0" 165 Mar 5, 1897 Washington, DC, US
Grant Bowler 23 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Oct 24, 1907 Denver, CO, US
Garland Braxton 31 S L 5' 11.0" 152 Jun 10, 1900 Snow Camp, NC, US
Bruce Campbell 21 L R 6' 1.0" 185 Oct 20, 1909 Chicago, IL, US
Pat Caraway 25 L L 6' 4.0" 175 Sep 26, 1905 Erath County, TX, US
Bill Cissell 27 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jan 3, 1904 Perryville, MO, US
Ike Eichrodt 28 R R 5' 11.0" 167 Jan 6, 1903 Chicago, IL, US
Red Faber 42 S R 6' 2.0" 180 Sep 6, 1888 Cascade, IA, US
Lew Fonseca 32 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Jan 21, 1899 Oakland, CA, US
Bob Fothergill 33 R R 5' 10.0" 230 Aug 16, 1897 Massillon, OH, US
Vic Frazier 26 R R 6' 0.0" 182 Aug 5, 1904 Ruston, LA, US
Lou Garland 25 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Jul 16, 1905 Archie, MO, US
Hank Garrity 23 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Feb 4, 1908 Boston, MA, US
Frank Grube 26 R R 5' 9.0" 190 Jan 7, 1905 Easton, PA, US
Butch Henline 36 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Dec 20, 1894 Fort Wayne, IN, US
Irv Jeffries 25 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Sep 10, 1905 Louisville, KY, US
Smead Jolley 29 L R 6' 3.0" 210 Jan 14, 1902 Wesson, AR, US
Willie Kamm 31 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Feb 2, 1900 San Francisco, CA, US
John Kerr 32 R R 5' 8.0" 158 Nov 26, 1898 San Francisco, CA, US
Ted Lyons 30 S R 5' 11.0" 200 Dec 28, 1900 Lake Charles, LA, US
Hal McKain 24 L R 5' 11.0" 185 Jul 10, 1906 Logan, IA, US
Jim Moore 27 R R 6' 0.0" 165 Dec 14, 1903 Prescott, AR, US
Bill Norman 20 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Jul 16, 1910 St. Louis, MO, US
Carl Reynolds 28 R R 6' 0.0" 194 Feb 1, 1903 LaRue, TX, US
Mel Simons 30 L R 5' 10.0" 175 Jul 1, 1900 Carlyle, IL, US
Billy Sullivan 20 L R 6' 0.0" 170 Oct 23, 1910 Chicago, IL, US
Bennie Tate 29 L R 5' 8.0" 165 Dec 3, 1901 Whitwell, TN, US
Tommy Thomas 31 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Dec 23, 1899 Baltimore, MD, US
Johnny Watwood 25 L L 6' 1.0" 186 Aug 17, 1905 Alexander City, AL, US
Biggs Wehde 24 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Nov 23, 1906 Holstein, IA, US
Bob Weiland 25 L L 6' 4.0" 215 Dec 14, 1905 Chicago, IL, US

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