1947 Washington Senators season

The 1947 Washington Senators won 64 games, lost 90, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

1947 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, Ray Morgan)
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9757 0.630 — 55–22 42–35
Detroit Tigers 8569 0.552 12 46–31 39–38
Boston Red Sox 8371 0.539 14 49–30 34–41
Cleveland Indians 8074 0.519 17 38–39 42–35
Philadelphia Athletics 7876 0.506 19 39–38 39–38
Chicago White Sox 7084 0.455 27 32–43 38–41
Washington Senators 6490 0.416 33 36–41 28–49
St. Louis Browns 5995 0.383 38 29–48 30–47

Record vs. opponents
1947 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —16–6–19–1312–10–19–1310–12–115–712–10
Chicago 6–16–1—11–117–1510–1211–1111–1114–8
Cleveland 13–911–11—8–14–27–1511–11–117–513–9
Detroit 10–12–115–714–8–2—8–14–111–1115–712–10
New York 13–912–1015–714–8–1—13–915–715–7
Philadelphia 12–10–111–1111–11–111–119–13—13–911–11
St. Louis 7–1511–115–177–157–159–13—13–9
Washington 10–128–149–1310–127–1511–119–13—

Notable transactions

Roster
1947 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers
  • 51 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
CAl Evans9931977.241223
1BMickey Vernon154600159.265785
2BJerry Priddy147505108.214349
3BEddie Yost115428102.238014
SSMark Christman11037483.222133
OFJoe Grace7823458.248317
OFStan Spence147506141.2791673
OFBuddy Lewis140506132.261648

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
Tom McBride5616645.271015
John Sullivan4913334.25605
Rick Ferrell379930.303012
Ed Lyons7284.14300

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
Walt Masterson3525312163.13135
Early Wynn3324717153.6473
Mickey Haefner3119310143.6477

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
Scott Cary2354.2315.9325

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
Milo Candini383415.1731
Tom Ferrick311793.1523
Bill Kennedy20008.101
Buzz Dozier20000.002

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Bert Niehoff
B Charlotte Hornets Tri-State League Spencer Abbott and Cal Ermer
C Havana Cubanos Florida International League Oscar Rodríguez
D Brewton Millers Alabama State League Norman Veazey
D Kingsport Cherokees Appalachian League Dick Bass
D Orlando Senators Florida State League Lou Bevil

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte, Havana[2]

Notes
  1. Joe Grace page at Baseball Reference
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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