1946 Washington Senators season

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.

1946 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Manager(s)Ossie Bluege
Local radioWWDC (FM)/WPIX
(Arch McDonald, Stan Stoller)
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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 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 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
  • 20,38 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
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
See also: Minor League Baseball
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[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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