1946 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and George H. Richardson
ManagersOssie Bluege
RadioWWDC (FM)/WPIX
(Arch McDonald, Stan Stoller)
Seasons

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

  • Prior to 1946 season: Dick Weik was signed as an amateur free agent by the Senators.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 10450 0.675 — 61–16 43–34
Detroit Tigers 9262 0.597 12 48–30 44–32
New York Yankees 8767 0.565 17 47–30 40–37
Washington Senators 7678 0.494 28 38–38 38–40
Chicago White Sox 7480 0.481 30 40–38 34–42
Cleveland Indians 6886 0.442 36 36–41 32–45
St. Louis Browns 6688 0.429 38 35–41 31–47
Philadelphia Athletics 49105 0.318 55 31–46 18–59

Record vs. opponents

1946 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —13–915–715–7–114–817–514–8–116–6
Chicago 9–13—13–9–110–128–1412–1012–1010–12
Cleveland 7–159–13–1—5–1710–1215–715–7–17–15
Detroit 7–15–112–1017–5—13–917–514–812–10
New York 8–1414–812–109–13—16–614–814–8
Philadelphia 5–1710–127–155–176–16—10–126–16–1
St. Louis 8–14–110–127–15–18–148–1412–10—13–9
Washington 6–1612–1015–710–128–1416–6–19–13—

Notable transactions

Roster

1946 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CAl Evans8827269.254230
1BMickey Vernon148587207.353885
2BJerry Priddy138511130.254658
SSCecil Travis137465117.252156
3BBilly Hitchcock9835475.212025
OFJoe Grace7732197.302231
OFStan Spence152578169.2921687
OFBuddy Lewis150582170.292745

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 Robertson7423046.200619
Jake Early6418938.201418
Gil Torres6318547.254013
Jeff Heath4816647.283427
Gil Coan5913428.20939
George Binks6513426.194012
Mike Guerra418321.25304
George Myatt15348.23504
Jack Sanford10286.21401
Eddie Yost8252.08001
Joe Kuhel14203.15002
Ray Goolsby340.00000

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
Mickey Haefner33227.214112.8585
Bobo Newsom24178.01182.7882
Dutch Leonard26161.210103.5662
Roger Wolff21122.0582.5850
Early Wynn17107.0853.1136
Johnny Niggeling838.0324.0310

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 Scarborough32155.27114.0546
Sid Hudson31142.28113.6035
Walt Masterson2991.1566.0161

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
Bill Kennedy211236.0018
Marino Pieretti302205.9520
Vern Curtis110007.167
Milo Candini92012.086
Max Wilson90107.118
Jake Wade60004.769
Gil Torres30017.712
Al LaMacchia201016.880

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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
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