1946 Washington Senators season

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1946  Washington Senators
Washington Senators Primary Logo (1938 to 1947).svg
League American League
Ballpark Griffith Stadium
City Washington, D.C.
Record76–78 (.494)
League place4th
Owners Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Managers Ossie Bluege
Radio WWDC (FM)/WPIX
(Arch McDonald, Stan Stoller)
  1945 Seasons 1947  

The 1946 Washington Senators of Major League Baseball won 76 games, lost 78, and finished in fourth place in the American League. The 46th edition of the franchise was managed by Ossie Bluege and played its home games at Griffith Stadium, where it drew 1,027,216 fans, [1] fifth in the league and tenth-most among the 16 MLB clubs. It was the only time the franchise would exceed one million in home attendance in its 60 years in Washington. In addition, its fourth-place standing represented the highest, and last "first-division", finish for the team during its final 15 seasons in the U.S. capital.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 10450.67561164334
Detroit Tigers 9262.5971248304432
New York Yankees 8767.5651747304037
Washington Senators 7678.4942838383840
Chicago White Sox 7480.4813040383442
Cleveland Indians 6886.4423636413245
St. Louis Browns 6688.4293835413147
Philadelphia Athletics 49105.3185531461859

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 13–915–715–7–114–817–514–8–116–6
Chicago 9–1313–9–110–128–1412–1012–1010–12
Cleveland 7–159–13–15–1710–1215–715–7–17–15
Detroit 7–15–112–1017–513–917–514–812–10
New York 8–1414–812–109–1316–614–814–8
Philadelphia 5–1710–127–155–176–1610–126–16–1
St. Louis 8–14–110–127–15–18–148–1412–1013–9
Washington 6–1612–1015–710–128–1416–6–19–13

Notable transactions

Roster

1946 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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 Al Evans 8827269.254230
1B Mickey Vernon 148587207.353885
2B Jerry Priddy 138511130.254658
SS Cecil Travis 137465117.252156
3B Billy Hitchcock 9835475.212025
OF Joe Grace 7732197.302231
OF Stan Spence 152578169.2921687
OF Buddy Lewis 150582170.292745

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Sherry Robertson 7423046.200619
Jake Early 6418938.201418
Gil Torres 6318547.254013
Jeff Heath 4816647.283427
Gil Coan 5913428.20939
George Binks 6513426.194012
Mike Guerra 418321.25304
George Myatt 15348.23504
Jack Sanford 10286.21401
Eddie Yost 8252.08001
Joe Kuhel 14203.15002
Ray Goolsby 340.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mickey Haefner 33227.214112.8585
Bobo Newsom 24178.01182.7882
Dutch Leonard 26161.210103.5662
Roger Wolff 21122.0582.5850
Early Wynn 17107.0853.1136
Johnny Niggeling 838.0324.0310

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ray Scarborough 32155.27114.0546
Sid Hudson 31142.28113.6035
Walt Masterson 2991.1566.0161

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Bill Kennedy 211236.0018
Marino Pieretti 302205.9520
Vern Curtis 110007.167
Milo Candini 92012.086
Max Wilson 90107.118
Jake Wade 60004.769
Gil Torres 30017.712
Al LaMacchia 201016.880

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Bert Niehoff
B Pensacola Fliers Southeastern League Bill McGhee
B Charlotte Hornets Tri-State League Spencer Abbott
D Kingsport Cherokees Appalachian League Hobe Brummette and Red Mincy
D Orlando Senators Florida State League Ed Madjeski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Orlando [5]

References

  1. Baseball Reference: 1946 MLB Attendance & Team Age
  2. Dick Weik at Baseball-Reference
  3. Jug Thesenga at Baseball-Reference
  4. Joe Grace at Baseball-Reference
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007