1942 Washington Senators season

The 1942 Washington Senators won 62 games, lost 89, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

1942 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Clark Griffith, William Richardson and George H. Richardson
Manager(s)Bucky Harris
Local radioWJSV/WINX
(Arch McDonald)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10351 0.669 — 58–19 45–32
Boston Red Sox 9359 0.612 9 53–24 40–35
St. Louis Browns 8269 0.543 19½ 40–37 42–32
Cleveland Indians 7579 0.487 28 39–39 36–40
Detroit Tigers 7381 0.474 30 43–34 30–47
Chicago White Sox 6682 0.446 34 35–35 31–47
Washington Senators 6289 0.411 39½ 35–42 27–47
Philadelphia Athletics 5599 0.357 48 25–51 30–48

Record vs. opponents
1942 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —13–814–815–712–1014–811–1114–7
Chicago 8–13—11–119–137–1512–106–1313–7
Cleveland 8–1411–11—9–13–27–1516–69–1315–7
Detroit 7–1513–913–9–2—7–1513–911–119–13
New York 10–1215–715–715–7—16–615–717–5
Philadelphia 8–1410–126–169–136–16—6–1610–12
St. Louis 11–1113–613–911–117–1516–6—11–11
Washington 7–147–137–1513–95–1712–1011–11—

Notable transactions

Roster
1942 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers
  • 21 Bill Kennedy
 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
SSJohn Sullivan9435784.235042
OFStan Spence149629203.323479

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
Mike Chartak249220.21718

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
Dewey Adkins16.1009.953

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
Alex Carrasquel35152.1773.4340
Bill Zuber37126.2993.8464
Jack Wilson1242146.6418
Steve Sundra633.2135.615
Bill Kennedy818018.004
Lou Bevil49.2016.522

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 Trotter173105.7513
Hardin Cathey121107.428

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A1 Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Marv Olson
B Charlotte Hornets Piedmont League Harry Smythe
D Newport Canners Appalachian League Red Lucas
D Orlando Senators Florida East Coast League Bob Overstreet

Newport club folded, June 26, 1942; Florida East Coast League folded, May 14[3]

References
  1. Johnny Welaj page at Baseball Reference
  2. Bill Trotter page at Baseball Reference
  3. 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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