1946 Washington Senators season

1946 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Manager(s) Ossie Bluege
Local radio WWDC (FM)/WPIX
(Arch McDonald, Stan Stoller)
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The 1946 Washington Senators won 76 games, lost 78, and finished in fourth place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Offseason

  • Prior to 1946 season: Dick Weik was signed as an amateur free agent by the Senators.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
Boston Red Sox10450.675--
Detroit Tigers9262.59712
New York Yankees8767.56517
Washington Senators7678.49428
Chicago White Sox7480.48130
Cleveland Indians6886.44236
St. Louis Browns6688.42938
Philadelphia Athletics49105.31855

Record vs. opponents

1946 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL 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
1BMickey Vernon148587207.353885
OFJoe Grace7732197.302231

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
Jeff Heath4816647.283427
Jack Sanford10286.21401
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 Newsom241781182.7882
Dutch Leonard26161.210103.5662
Johnny Niggeling838324.0310

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
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
Vern Curtis110007.167
Milo Candini92012.086
Max Wilson90107.118
Jake Wade60004.769
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 Brummitt and Red Mincy
D Orlando Senators Florida State League Ed Madjeski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Orlando[4]

References

  1. ↑ Dick Weik at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Jug Thesenga at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Joe Grace at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ 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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