1947 Washington Senators season

1947  Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	Griffith Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Managers	Ossie Bluege
Radio	WWDC (FM)/WPIX (Arch McDonald, Ray Morgan)
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The 1947 Washington Senators won 64 games, lost 90, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	57	0.630	—	55–22	42–35
Detroit Tigers	85	69	0.552	12	46–31	39–38
Boston Red Sox	83	71	0.539	14	49–30	34–41
Cleveland Indians	80	74	0.519	17	38–39	42–35
Philadelphia Athletics	78	76	0.506	19	39–38	39–38
Chicago White Sox	70	84	0.455	27	32–43	38–41
Washington Senators	64	90	0.416	33	36–41	28–49
St. Louis Browns	59	95	0.383	38	29–48	30–47

Record vs. opponents

1947 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	16–6–1	9–13	12–10–1	9–13	10–12–1	15–7	12–10
Chicago	6–16–1	—	11–11	7–15	10–12	11–11	11–11	14–8
Cleveland	13–9	11–11	—	8–14–2	7–15	11–11–1	17–5	13–9
Detroit	10–12–1	15–7	14–8–2	—	8–14–1	11–11	15–7	12–10
New York	13–9	12–10	15–7	14–8–1	—	13–9	15–7	15–7
Philadelphia	12–10–1	11–11	11–11–1	11–11	9–13	—	13–9	11–11
St. Louis	7–15	11–11	5–17	7–15	7–15	9–13	—	13–9
Washington	10–12	8–14	9–13	10–12	7–15	11–11	9–13	—

Notable transactions

• September 23, 1947: Joe Grace was selected off waivers from the Senators by the Pittsburgh Pirates. ^[1]

Roster

1947 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 13,20 Milo Candini 23 Scott Cary 22 Buzz Dozier 17 Tom Ferrick 16 Mickey Haefner 12 Lum Harris 13,20 Sid Hudson 51 Bill Kennedy 14 Lou Knerr 35 Walt Masterson 00 Bobo Newsom 15 Marino Pieretti 21 Ray Scarborough 19 Hal Toenes 26 Early Wynn		Catchers  8 Al Evans 37 Rick Ferrell  9 Frank Mancuso Infielders 3,12,22 Mark Christman -- Cal Ermer 25 Ed Lyons 24 George Myatt  6 Jerry Priddy 11 John Sullivan  7 Cecil Travis  4 Mickey Vernon 28 Eddie Yost		Outfielders  1 George Case 22 Gil Coan 19 Joe Grace  2 Buddy Lewis 51 Felix Mackiewicz 32 Tom McBride 3,22 Sherry Robertson  5 Stan Spence 23,32 Junior Wooten		Manager 30 Ossie Bluege Coaches 33 Nick Altrock 37 Rick Ferrell 29 Joe Fitzgerald 31 Clyde Milan 34 Sam West

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Al Evans	99	319	77	.241	2	23
1B	Mickey Vernon	154	600	159	.265	7	85
2B	Jerry Priddy	147	505	108	.214	3	49
3B	Eddie Yost	115	428	102	.238	0	14
SS	Mark Christman	110	374	83	.222	1	33
OF	Joe Grace	78	234	58	.248	3	17
OF	Stan Spence	147	506	141	.279	16	73
OF	Buddy Lewis	140	506	132	.261	6	48

Other batters

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
Sherry Robertson	95	266	62	.233	1	23
Cecil Travis	74	204	44	.216	1	10
Tom McBride	56	166	45	.271	0	15
John Sullivan	49	133	34	.256	0	5
Frank Mancuso	43	131	30	.229	0	13
Rick Ferrell	37	99	30	.303	0	12
George Case	36	80	12	.150	0	2
Gil Coan	11	42	21	.500	0	3
Ed Lyons	7	28	4	.143	0	0
Junior Wooten	6	24	2	.083	0	1
George Myatt	12	7	0	.000	0	0
Felix Mackiewicz	3	6	1	.167	0	0
Cal Ermer	1	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Walt Masterson	35	253.0	12	16	3.13	135
Early Wynn	33	247.0	17	15	3.64	73
Mickey Haefner	31	193.0	10	14	3.64	77
Sid Hudson	20	106.0	6	9	5.60	37
Bobo Newsom	14	83.2	4	6	4.09	40

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ray Scarborough	33	161.0	6	13	3.41	63
Marino Pieretti	23	83.1	2	4	4.21	32
Hal Toenes	3	6.2	0	1	6.75	5

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tom Ferrick	31	1	7	9	3.15	23
Milo Candini	38	3	4	1	5.17	31
Scott Cary	23	3	1	0	5.93	25
Lou Knerr	6	0	0	0	11.00	5
Lum Harris	3	0	0	0	2.84	2
Bill Kennedy	2	0	0	0	8.10	1
Buzz Dozier	2	0	0	0	0.00	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	Bert Niehoff
B	Charlotte Hornets	Tri-State League	Spencer Abbott and Cal Ermer
C	Havana Cubanos	Florida International League	Oscar Rodríguez
D	Brewton Millers	Alabama State League	Norman Veazey
D	Kingsport Cherokees	Appalachian League	Dick Bass
D	Orlando Senators	Florida State League	Lou Bevil

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte, Havana ^[2]

Notes

1. Joe Grace page at Baseball Reference
2. 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

• 1947 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1947 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com