1946 Washington Senators season
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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 | WWDC (FM)/WPIX (Arch McDonald, Stan Stoller) | |
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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.
Offseason
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 104 | 50 | .675 | — | 61–16 | 43–34 |
Detroit Tigers | 92 | 62 | .597 | 12 | 48–30 | 44–32 |
New York Yankees | 87 | 67 | .565 | 17 | 47–30 | 40–37 |
Washington Senators | 76 | 78 | .494 | 28 | 38–38 | 38–40 |
Chicago White Sox | 74 | 80 | .481 | 30 | 40–38 | 34–42 |
Cleveland Indians | 68 | 86 | .442 | 36 | 36–41 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 66 | 88 | .429 | 38 | 35–41 | 31–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105 | .318 | 55 | 31–46 | 18–59 |
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 | — | 13–9 | 15–7 | 15–7–1 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | |||||
Chicago | 9–13 | — | 13–9–1 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 10–12 | |||||
Cleveland | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | — | 5–17 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 15–7–1 | 7–15 | |||||
Detroit | 7–15–1 | 12–10 | 17–5 | — | 13–9 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 9–13 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 14–8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5–17 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 6–16 | — | 10–12 | 6–16–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–14–1 | 10–12 | 7–15–1 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 6–16 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 16–6–1 | 9–13 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- April 12, 1946: Jug Thesenga was released by the Senators.[3]
- June 15, 1946: Jeff Heath was traded by the Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Joe Grace and Al LaMacchia.[4]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Outfielders
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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 | Al Evans | 88 | 272 | 69 | .254 | 2 | 30 |
1B | Mickey Vernon | 148 | 587 | 207 | .353 | 8 | 85 |
2B | Jerry Priddy | 138 | 511 | 130 | .254 | 6 | 58 |
SS | Cecil Travis | 137 | 465 | 117 | .252 | 1 | 56 |
3B | Billy Hitchcock | 98 | 354 | 75 | .212 | 0 | 25 |
OF | Joe Grace | 77 | 321 | 97 | .302 | 2 | 31 |
OF | Stan Spence | 152 | 578 | 169 | .292 | 16 | 87 |
OF | Buddy Lewis | 150 | 582 | 170 | .292 | 7 | 45 |
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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Sherry Robertson | 74 | 230 | 46 | .200 | 6 | 19 |
Jake Early | 64 | 189 | 38 | .201 | 4 | 18 |
Gil Torres | 63 | 185 | 47 | .254 | 0 | 13 |
Jeff Heath | 48 | 166 | 47 | .283 | 4 | 27 |
Gil Coan | 59 | 134 | 28 | .209 | 3 | 9 |
George Binks | 65 | 134 | 26 | .194 | 0 | 12 |
Mike Guerra | 41 | 83 | 21 | .253 | 0 | 4 |
George Myatt | 15 | 34 | 8 | .235 | 0 | 4 |
Jack Sanford | 10 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
Eddie Yost | 8 | 25 | 2 | .080 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Kuhel | 14 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 2 |
Ray Goolsby | 3 | 4 | 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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Mickey Haefner | 33 | 227.2 | 14 | 11 | 2.85 | 85 |
Bobo Newsom | 24 | 178.0 | 11 | 8 | 2.78 | 82 |
Dutch Leonard | 26 | 161.2 | 10 | 10 | 3.56 | 62 |
Roger Wolff | 21 | 122.0 | 5 | 8 | 2.58 | 50 |
Early Wynn | 17 | 107.0 | 8 | 5 | 3.11 | 36 |
Johnny Niggeling | 8 | 38.0 | 3 | 2 | 4.03 | 10 |
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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Ray Scarborough | 32 | 155.2 | 7 | 11 | 4.05 | 46 |
Sid Hudson | 31 | 142.2 | 8 | 11 | 3.60 | 35 |
Walt Masterson | 29 | 91.1 | 5 | 6 | 6.01 | 61 |
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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Bill Kennedy | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6.00 | 18 |
Marino Pieretti | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.95 | 20 |
Vern Curtis | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.16 | 7 |
Milo Candini | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.08 | 6 |
Max Wilson | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.11 | 8 |
Jake Wade | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 9 |
Gil Torres | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 2 |
Al LaMacchia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16.88 | 0 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Orlando[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Baseball Reference: 1946 MLB Attendance & Team Age
- ^ Dick Weik at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Jug Thesenga at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Joe Grace at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007