1933 Washington Senators season

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1933  Washington Senators
American League champions
Washington Senators Primary Logo (1905 to 1935).svg
League American League
Ballpark Griffith Stadium
City Washington, D.C.
Record99–53 (.651)
League place1st
Owners Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Managers Joe Cronin
  1932 Seasons 1934  

The 1933 Washington Senators was a season in American baseball. They won 99 games, lost 53, and finished in first place in the American League. It was the third and final pennant of the franchise while based in Washington. The team was managed by Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. They lost the best-of-seven World Series in 5 games to the New York Giants.

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It would be the last time a Major League Baseball postseason series would be held in Washington until the 2012 season. The Senators franchise, which moved to Minneapolis–St. Paul after the 1960 season, has since won three American League pennants (1965; 1987; 1991) and two World Series (1987 and 1991) as the Minnesota Twins. The Series also marked the last time the nation's capital hosted a World Series game until the Washington Nationals -- spiritual successors to the Senators -- played in and ultimately won the 2019 World Series over the Houston Astros in seven games.

Regular season

President Franklin D. Roosevelt throwing the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day at Griffith Stadium. Franklin Roosevelt throwing opening ball at Griffith Stadium cph.3c33862.jpg
President Franklin D. Roosevelt throwing the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day at Griffith Stadium.

Player-manager Cronin was selected to the All-Star team as the starting shortstop and finished second in MVP voting. He also led the Senators with 118 runs batted in. 19-year-old infielder Cecil Travis had five hits in his major league debut. [1]

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Senators 9953.65146305323
New York Yankees 9159.607751234036
Philadelphia Athletics 7972.52319½46293343
Cleveland Indians 7576.49723½45323044
Detroit Tigers 7579.4872543353244
Chicago White Sox 6783.4473135413242
Boston Red Sox 6386.42334½32403146
St. Louis Browns 5596.36443½30462550

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 11–76–1611–118–1414–89–134–17
Chicago 7–119–1310–127–15–112–1015–77–15
Cleveland 16–613–910–127–136–1615–78–13
Detroit 11–1112–1012–107–1511–1114–8–18–14
New York 14–815–7–113–715–712–914–7–18–14
Philadelphia 8–1410–1216–611–119–1214–611–11–1
St. Louis 13–97–157–158–14–17–14–16–147–15
Washington 17–415–713–814–814–811–11–115–7

Roster

1933 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Luke Sewell 141474125.264261
1B Joe Kuhel 153602194.32211107
2B Buddy Myer 131530160.302461
3B Ossie Bluege 140501131.261671
SS Joe Cronin 152602186.3095118
LF Heinie Manush 153658221.336595
CF Fred Schulte 144550162.295587
RF Goose Goslin 132549163.2971064

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Dave Harris 8217746.260538
Bob Boken 5513337.278326
Sam Rice 738525.294112
Moe Berg 406512.18529
Cecil Travis 184313.30202
John Kerr 28408.20000
Cliff Bolton 333916.41006
Nick Altrock 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Alvin Crowder 52299.124153.97110
Earl Whitehill 39270.02283.3396
Lefty Stewart 34230.21563.8269
Monte Weaver 23152.11053.2545

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bobby Burke 2564.0433.2328
Alex McColl 417.0102.655
Ed Linke 316.0105.066
Ray Prim 216.0013.146
Ed Chapman 69.0008.004

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jack Russell 50126132.6928
Tommy Thomas 357734.8035
Bill McAfee 273256.6214
Bud Thomas 200015.751
John Campbell 10000.000

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Joe Cronin , starter, shortstop Alvin Crowder , reserve, pitcher

League top five finishers

Joe Cronin

Alvin Crowder

Joe Kuhel

Heinie Manush

Earl Whitehill

1933 World Series

Game 1

October 3, 1933, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team123456789RHE
Washington (A)000100001253
New York (N)20200000x4102
W: Carl Hubbell (1–0)   L: Lefty Stewart (0–1)
HR: NYGMel Ott (1)

Game 2

October 4, 1933, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team123456789RHE
Washington (A)001000000150
New York (N)00000600x6100
W: Hal Schumacher (1–0)   L: Alvin Crowder (0–1)
HR: WASGoose Goslin (1)

Game 3

October 5, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team123456789RHE
New York (N)000000000050
Washington (A)21000010x491
W: Earl Whitehill (1–0)  L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1)   S: Hi Bell (1)

Game 4

October 6, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team1234567891011RHE
New York (N)000100000012111
Washington (A)00000010000180
W: Carl Hubbell (2–0)  L: Monte Weaver (0–1)
HR: NYGBill Terry (1)

Game 5

October 7, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team12345678910RHE
New York (N)02000100014111
Washington (A)00000300003100
W: Dolf Luque (2–0)  L: Jack Russell (0–1)
HR: NYGMel Ott (2)  WASFred Schulte (1)

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
A Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Bert Niehoff
C Springfield Chicks Middle Atlantic League Jake Pitler

Notes

  1. Sports Illustrated, Oct 27, 2008, p.24, Vol. 109, No. 16

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