1943 Washington Senators season
1943 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson | |
Managers | Ossie Bluege | |
Radio | WOL (AM) (Arch McDonald, Russ Hodges) | |
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The 1943
Offseason
- January 29, 1943: Bill Zuber and cash were traded by the Senators to the New York Yankees for Milo Candini and Jerry Priddy.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | 0.636 | — | 54–23 | 44–33 |
Washington Senators | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 13½ | 44–32 | 40–37 |
Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 15½ | 44–33 | 38–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 16 | 40–36 | 42–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 20 | 45–32 | 33–44 |
St. Louis Browns | 72 | 80 | 0.474 | 25 | 44–33 | 28–47 |
Boston Red Sox | 68 | 84 | 0.447 | 29 | 39–36 | 29–48 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105 | 0.318 | 49 | 27–51 | 22–54 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 5–17–1 | 11–11 | 11–9–1 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 14–8 | — | 7–15 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 18–4–1 | 10–12 | 14–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 8–13 | |||||
Detroit | 11–11–1 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 17–5–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 17–5 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 4–18–1 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–11–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 8–14 | 13–8 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 14–8 | — |
Roster
1943 Washington Senators | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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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
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jake Early | 126 | 423 | 109 | .258 | 5 | 60 |
1B | Mickey Vernon | 145 | 553 | 148 | .268 | 7 | 70 |
2B | Jerry Priddy | 149 | 560 | 152 | .271 | 4 | 62 |
SS | John Sullivan | 134 | 456 | 95 | .208 | 1 | 55 |
3B | Ellis Clary | 73 | 254 | 65 | .256 | 0 | 19 |
OF | Stan Spence | 149 | 570 | 152 | .267 | 12 | 88 |
OF | George Case | 141 | 613 | 180 | .294 | 1 | 52 |
OF | Bob Johnson | 117 | 438 | 116 | .265 | 7 | 63 |
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 |
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Gene Moore | 92 | 254 | 68 | .268 | 2 | 39 |
Alex Kampouris | 51 | 145 | 30 | .207 | 2 | 13 |
Tony Giuliani | 49 | 133 | 30 | .226 | 0 | 20 |
Jake Powell | 37 | 132 | 35 | .265 | 0 | 20 |
Sherry Robertson | 59 | 120 | 26 | .217 | 3 | 14 |
George Myatt | 42 | 53 | 13 | .245 | 0 | 3 |
Harlond Clift | 8 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 4 |
Red Roberts | 9 | 23 | 6 | .261 | 1 | 3 |
Red Marion | 14 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 1 |
Ed Butka | 3 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Roberto Ortiz | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Padden | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Red Barbary | 1 | 1 | 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 |
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Early Wynn | 37 | 256.2 | 18 | 12 | 2.91 | 89 |
Dutch Leonard | 31 | 219.2 | 11 | 13 | 3.28 | 51 |
Milo Candini | 28 | 166.0 | 11 | 7 | 2.49 | 67 |
Johnny Niggeling | 6 | 51.0 | 4 | 2 | 0.88 | 24 |
Bobo Newsom | 6 | 40.0 | 3 | 3 | 3.83 | 11 |
Lefty Gomez | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 0 |
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 |
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Mickey Haefner | 36 | 165.1 | 11 | 5 | 2.29 | 65 |
Alex Carrasquel | 39 | 144.1 | 11 | 7 | 3.68 | 48 |
Jim Mertz | 33 | 116.2 | 5 | 7 | 4.63 | 53 |
Ray Scarborough | 24 | 86.0 | 4 | 4 | 2.83 | 43 |
Ewald Pyle | 18 | 72.2 | 4 | 8 | 4.09 | 25 |
Bill Lefebvre | 6 | 32.1 | 2 | 0 | 4.45 | 10 |
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 |
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Dewey Adkins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 1 |
Owen Scheetz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.00 | 5 |
Lew Carpenter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Ox Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 1 |
Vern Curtis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A1 | Montgomery Rebels
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Southern Association | Marv Olson |
Chattanooga franchise transferred and renamed, July 11, 1943[3]
Notes
- ^ Milo Candini page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "1943 Washington Senators Roster". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007