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 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.
Offseason
[edit]- 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
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 54–23 | 44–33 |
Washington Senators | 84 | 69 | .549 | 13½ | 44–32 | 40–37 |
Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71 | .536 | 15½ | 44–33 | 38–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 16 | 40–36 | 42–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 20 | 45–32 | 33–44 |
St. Louis Browns | 72 | 80 | .474 | 25 | 44–33 | 28–47 |
Boston Red Sox | 68 | 84 | .447 | 29 | 39–36 | 29–48 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105 | .318 | 49 | 27–51 | 22–54 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]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
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Pitchers
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Outfielders
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Source:[2]
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A1 | Chattanooga Lookouts/ Montgomery Rebels |
Southern Association | Marv Olson |
Chattanooga franchise transferred and renamed, July 11, 1943[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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