1943 Washington Senators season

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1943  Washington Senators
Washington Senators Primary Logo (1938 to 1947).svg
League American League
Ballpark Griffith Stadium
City Washington, D.C.
Record84–69 (.549)
League place2nd
Owners Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Managers Ossie Bluege
Radio WOL (AM)
(Arch McDonald, Russ Hodges)
  1942 Seasons 1944  

The 1943 Washington Senators won 84 games, lost 69, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856.63654234433
Washington Senators 8469.54913½44324037
Cleveland Indians 8271.53615½44333838
Chicago White Sox 8272.5321640364236
Detroit Tigers 7876.5062045323344
St. Louis Browns 7280.4742544332847
Boston Red Sox 6884.4472939362948
Philadelphia Athletics 49105.3184927512254

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 8–1412–1011–11–15–17–111–1111–9–110–12
Chicago 14–87–159–1310–1218–4–110–1214–8
Cleveland 10–1215–715–79–1316–69–138–13
Detroit 11–11–113–97–1510–1213–911–1113–9
New York 17–5–112–1013–912–1016–617–511–11
Philadelphia 11–114–18–16–169–136–168–145–17
St. Louis 9–11–112–1013–911–115–1714–88–14
Washington 12–108–1413–89–1311–1117–514–8

Roster

1943 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Source: [2]

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Jake Early 126423109.258560
1B Mickey Vernon 145553148.268770
2B Jerry Priddy 149560152.271462
SS John Sullivan 13445695.208155
3B Ellis Clary 7325465.256019
OF Stan Spence 149570152.2671288
OF George Case 141613180.294152
OF Bob Johnson 117438116.265763

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Gene Moore 9225468.268239
Alex Kampouris 5114530.207213
Tony Giuliani 4913330.226020
Jake Powell 3713235.265020
Sherry Robertson 5912026.217314
George Myatt 425313.24503
Harlond Clift 8309.30004
Red Roberts 9236.26113
Red Marion 14173.17601
Ed Butka 393.33301
Roberto Ortiz 141.25000
Tom Padden 330.00000
Red Barbary 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Early Wynn 37256.218122.9189
Dutch Leonard 31219.211133.2851
Milo Candini 28166.01172.4967
Johnny Niggeling 651.0420.8824
Bobo Newsom 640.0333.8311
Lefty Gomez 14.2015.790

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mickey Haefner 36165.11152.2965
Alex Carrasquel 39144.11173.6848
Jim Mertz 33116.2574.6353
Ray Scarborough 2486.0442.8343
Ewald Pyle 1872.2484.0925
Bill Lefebvre 632.1204.4510

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dewey Adkins 70002.611
Owen Scheetz 60017.005
Lew Carpenter 40000.001
Ox Miller 300010.501
Vern Curtis 20006.751

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
A1 Chattanooga Lookouts/
Montgomery Rebels
Southern Association Marv Olson

Chattanooga franchise transferred and renamed, July 11, 1943 [3]

Notes

  1. Milo Candini page at Baseball Reference
  2. "1943 Washington Senators Roster". Baseball Almanac . Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References