1903 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | American League Park I | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Ban Johnson and Fred Postal | |
Managers | Tom Loftus | |
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The 1903 Washington Senators won 43 games, lost 94, and finished in eighth place in the American League. They were managed by Tom Loftus and played home games at the American League Park I.
Washington had finished in sixth place in each of the previous two seasons (the first two seasons of the American League's existence). However, they fell to eighth and last in 1903. Their only star player, Big Ed Delahanty, got drunk and fell off a bridge into Niagara Falls midway through the season.
The Senators' pitching had always been bad, and indeed, they would allow the most runs in the AL, but without Delahanty the offense sputtered to a halt. Their collective batting average was .231, bad even for the dead-ball era, and no one drove in more than 49 runs.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Americans | 91 | 47 | .659 | — | 49–20 | 42–27 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 75 | 60 | .556 | 14½ | 44–21 | 31–39 |
Cleveland Naps | 77 | 63 | .550 | 15 | 49–25 | 28–38 |
New York Highlanders | 72 | 62 | .537 | 17 | 41–26 | 31–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 65 | 71 | .478 | 25 | 37–28 | 28–43 |
St. Louis Browns | 65 | 74 | .468 | 26½ | 38–32 | 27–42 |
Chicago White Stockings | 60 | 77 | .438 | 30½ | 41–28 | 19–49 |
Washington Senators | 43 | 94 | .314 | 47½ | 29–40 | 14–54 |
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 14–6 | 12–8 | 10–9–1 | 13–7 | 13–6 | 14–6 | 15–5–2 | |||||
Chicago | 6–14 | — | 10–10 | 10–9 | 7–11–1 | 6–14 | 9–11 | 12–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 8–12 | 10–10 | — | 9–11 | 14–6 | 9–11 | 11–9 | 16–4 | |||||
Detroit | 9–10–1 | 9–10 | 11–9 | — | 10–9 | 11–9 | 6–14 | 9–10 | |||||
New York | 7–13 | 11–7–1 | 6–14 | 9–10 | — | 10–8–1 | 15–5 | 14–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–13 | 14–6 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 8–10–1 | — | 11–8 | 16–3–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 6–14 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 14–6 | 5–15 | 8–11 | — | 12–8 | |||||
Washington | 5–15–2 | 8–12 | 4–16 | 10–9 | 5–14 | 3–16–1 | 8–12 | — |
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Pitchers Catchers | Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
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 |
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C | Malachi Kittridge | 60 | 192 | 41 | .214 | 0 | 16 |
1B | Boileryard Clarke | 126 | 465 | 111 | .239 | 2 | 38 |
2B | Barry McCormick | 63 | 219 | 47 | .215 | 0 | 23 |
3B | Bill Coughlin | 125 | 473 | 116 | .245 | 1 | 31 |
SS | Charles Moran | 98 | 373 | 84 | .225 | 1 | 24 |
OF | Watty Lee | 75 | 231 | 48 | .208 | 0 | 13 |
OF | Jimmy Ryan | 114 | 437 | 109 | .249 | 7 | 46 |
OF | Kip Selbach | 140 | 533 | 134 | .251 | 3 | 49 |
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 |
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Rabbit Robinson | 103 | 373 | 79 | .212 | 1 | 20 |
Scoops Carey | 48 | 183 | 37 | .202 | 0 | 23 |
Ed Delahanty | 42 | 156 | 52 | .333 | 1 | 21 |
Lew Drill | 51 | 154 | 39 | .253 | 0 | 23 |
Joe Martin | 35 | 119 | 27 | .227 | 0 | 27 |
Jack Hendricks | 32 | 112 | 20 | .179 | 0 | 4 |
Ducky Holmes | 21 | 71 | 16 | .225 | 1 | 8 |
Gene DeMontreville | 12 | 44 | 12 | .273 | 0 | 3 |
Champ Osteen | 10 | 40 | 8 | .200 | 0 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Casey Patten | 36 | 300.0 | 11 | 22 | 3.60 | 133 |
Al Orth | 36 | 279.2 | 10 | 22 | 4.34 | 88 |
Highball Wilson | 30 | 242.1 | 7 | 18 | 3.31 | 56 |
Watty Lee | 22 | 166.2 | 8 | 12 | 3.08 | 70 |
Davey Dunkle | 14 | 108.1 | 5 | 9 | 4.24 | 51 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Happy Townsend | 20 | 126.2 | 2 | 11 | 4.76 | 54 |
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