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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 (AL) with a record of 62 wins and 90 losses, 45 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The Red Sox played their Sunday home games at Braves Field this season, as had been the case since the team's 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; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball stadium located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home of the Boston Red Sox, the city's American League baseball team, and since 1953, its only Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. While the stadium was built in 1912, it was substantially rebuilt in 1934, and underwent major renovations and modifications in the 21st century. It is the oldest active ballpark in MLB. Because of its age and constrained location in Boston's dense Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood, the park has many quirky features, including "The Triangle", Pesky's Pole, and the Green Monster in left field. It is the fifth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, and one of eight that cannot accommodate at least 40,000 spectators. Fenway has hosted the World Series 11 times, with the Red Sox winning six of them and the Boston Braves winning one. Besides baseball games, it has also been the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball Almanac
Baseball Almanac is an interactive baseball encyclopedia with over 500,000 pages of baseball facts, research, awards, records, feats, lists, notable quotations, baseball movie ratings, and statistics. Its goal is to preserve the history of baseball. It serves, in turn, as a source for a number of books and publications about baseball, and/or is mentioned by them as a reference, such a''Baseball Digest'' an [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milt Gaston
Nathaniel Milton Gaston (January 27, 1896 – April 26, 1996) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1924 to 1934. Born in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, he played for the St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox. He died at age 100 in Barnstable, Massachusetts. His older brother, Alex, was his batterymate with the 1929 Red Sox. Danny MacFayden was his brother-in-law. His first roommate in the majors was Lou Gehrig when he played for the New York Yankees. Three of Babe Ruth's record-setting home runs during the 1927 New York Yankees season were hit off Gaston, on July 26, July 27 and Sept. 11. Gaston's career record was 97–164. He is the major league record holder for most games under .500 in a career. A good hitting pitcher in his 11-year major league career, he posted a .200 batting average (145-for-724) with 55 runs, 6 home runs and 75 RBIs. External links Interview with Milt Gastonconducted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Durham
Edward Fant "Bull" Durham (August 17, 1907 – April 27, 1976) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1929 to 1933 for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. Listed at , 170 lb., Durham batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Chester, South Carolina. In a five-season career, Durham posted a 29–44 record with 204 strikeouts and a 4.45 earned run average in 143 appearances, including 71 starts, 23 complete games, three shutouts, one save, and 641 innings pitched In baseball, innings pitched (IP) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher is on the pitching mound in a game. Three outs made is equal to one innin .... Durham died in Chester, South Carolina, at the age of 68. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Brillheart
James Benson Brillheart (September 28, 1903 – September 2, 1972) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1922 in baseball, 1922 and 1931 in baseball, 1931 for the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators (1922–23), Chicago Cubs (1927) and Boston Red Sox (1931). He was also known as 'Buck', 'Lefty', or 'Benson'. Brillheart batted right-handed and threw left-handed. Brillheart is one of the few pitchers in baseball history to appear in over 1,000 games, compiling 956 in the Minor League Baseball, minor leagues and 86 in the major leagues, during a career which lasted from 1921 to 1951. He was 18 years old when he reached the majors in 1922, and was the youngest player in the major leagues that season, pitching in 31 games for the Senators. He played for three different teams in part of four seasons, in which he posted an 8–9 record with 98 strikeouts and a 4.19 earned run average, ERA in 286 innings pitched. His minor league career continued throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilcy Moore
William Wilcy "Cy" Moore (May 20, 1897 – March 29, 1963) was a professional baseball right-handed pitcher over parts of six seasons (1927–1933) with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. He led the American League in ERA as a rookie in 1927 while playing for New York. Moore was a member of the 1927 New York Yankees, frequently referred to as Major League Baseball's greatest team of all time. He made his MLB debut on April 14 of that season and proceeded to win 19 games, with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig among his teammates. Moore was the winning pitcher in Game 4 of the 1927 World Series, pitching all nine innings for the champion Yankees against the Pittsburgh Pirates. New York won the game in the bottom of the ninth inning on a wild pitch. He also won the fourth and final game of the 1932 World Series, in which the Yankees defeated the Chicago Cubs. Primarily a relief pitcher, Moore was a member of the Yankee staff during the 1928 World Series as well, but was not needed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Berry
Charles Francis Berry (October 18, 1902 – September 6, 1972) was an American athlete and sports official who enjoyed careers as a catcher and umpire in Major League Baseball and as an end and official in the National Football League. His father, Charlie Sr., was a second baseman who played in the Union Association in 1884. Career Born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Berry attended Phillipsburg High School and ultimately accomplished the rare feat of officiating in both the NFL Championship Game and the World Series in the same year. Football While in college as a star on the Lafayette team, he was named to the final Walter Camp All-America football team as an end in 1924. In 1925–26 he starred for the Pottsville Maroons of the NFL, leading the league in scoring in 1925 with 74 points. During the 1925 NFL season, the Maroons played a game against the top college football team, a group of All-Stars from the University of Notre Dame. This team featured the famed Four Horsemen a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Oliver (baseball)
Thomas Noble Oliver (January 15, 1903 – February 26, 1988) was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through to for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at tall and , Oliver batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama. Oliver was a Batting (baseball)#Types of hitters, slap hitter who rarely tried to drive the ball. As an outfielder, his arm and speed were already well above average, while his graceful style prompted baseball historian Fred Lieb to compare him to Joe DiMaggio and Tris Speaker. In his rookie season for Boston, Oliver led the American League in games played (154), putout, outs (472) and at-bats (646), while hitting a career-high .293 and leading his team in run (baseball), runs (86), hit (baseball), hits (186) and single (baseball), singles (153). He enjoyed another good season in 1931, when he hit .276 and posted career-numbers in double (baseball), doubles (35) and run batted in, RBI (75). He also led his team in singles (122), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Reeves (baseball)
Robert Edwin Reeves (June 24, 1904 – June 4, 1993) was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1926 through 1931 for the Washington Senators (1926–28) and Boston Red Sox (1929–31). Listed at , 170 lb., Reeves batted and threw right-handed. A native of Hill City, Tennessee, he was signed by Washington out of the Georgia Institute of Technology. A versatile utility man, Reeves was able to play all positions except catcher. He made 479 appearances at third base (229), shortstop, second base (67), first base (1), right field (1), and also served as an emergency pitcher (1). Reeves posted career-numbers with a .303 batting average and 46 RBI for the 1928 Washington Senators, before being dealt in a five-for-one trade to the Boston Red Sox along with Elliot Bigelow, Milt Gaston, Grant Gillis, and Hod Lisenbee in exchange for Buddy Myer. In 1929, he posted a career-high 140 games with Boston, including 131 appearances as the team's regular third b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Rothrock
Jack Houston Rothrock (March 14, 1905 – February 2, 1980) was a utility player in Major League Baseball who played with four teams between the 1925 and 1937 seasons. Listed at , 165 lb., Rothrock was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed. He was born in Long Beach, California. Rothrock was a line drive hitter and aggressive baserunner. He entered the majors in 1925 with the Boston Red Sox, playing with them through the 1932 midseason before joining the Chicago White Sox (1932), St. Louis Cardinals (1934–1935) and Philadelphia Athletics (1935, 1937). In 1927 he was considered in the American League MVP vote, then in 1928 played all nine positions, plus pinch-hitting and pinch-running duties. He became just the second American League player ever to play all nine positions in one season. Rothrock hit a career-high .300 with 23 stolen bases for the 1929 Red Sox, then in 1933 hit .278 with 39 extra-base hits and a .343 on-base percentage. His most productive season c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Sweeney (first Baseman)
William Joseph Sweeney (December 29, 1904 – April 18, 1957) was an American first baseman and coach in Major League Baseball and a longtime manager at the minor league level. Sweeney threw and batted right-handed, stood (185 cm) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg) in his playing days. Major League first baseman Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Sweeney was the nephew of former major league infielder William John Sweeney (1886–1948), who played eight seasons in the National League between and . The younger Sweeney, however, would play his three MLB seasons in the American League, for the Detroit Tigers () and Boston Red Sox (– 31), appearing in 308 games and garnering an even 300 hits in 1,050 at bats for a .286 batting average, with 58 doubles, eight triples, five home runs and 107 runs batted in. He recorded a .994 fielding percentage as a first baseman. Pacific Coast League fixture He would become better known in baseball as a manager in the Pacific Coast Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Scarritt
Stephen Russell Mallory Scarritt (January 14, 1903 – December 4, 1994) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox (1929–1931) and Philadelphia Phillies (1933). Listed at , 165 lb, Scarritt batted left-handed and threw right-handed. A native of Pensacola, Florida, he attended University of Florida. In a four-season career, Scarritt was a .285 hitter (296-for-1037) with three home runs and 120 RBI in 285 games, including 119 runs, 44 doubles, 25 triples and a 17 stolen bases. In 265 outfield appeared, he collected a .956 fielding percentage (28 errors in 631 chances). Scarritt died at the age of 91 in his home town of Pensacola, Florida. Milestone * In 1929, Scarrit hit 17 triples, setting a record for a Red Sox rookie A rookie is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby. In sports, a ''rookie'' is a professional athlete in their first season (or year). In contrast with a veteran who has experience an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
