1903 Washington Senators season explained

Washington Senators
Season:	1903
League:	American League
Ballpark:	American League Park I
City:	Washington, D.C.
Owners:	Ban Johnson and Fred Postal
Managers:	Tom Loftus
Season List:	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

The 1903 Washington Senators won 43 games, lost 94, and finished in eighth place in the American League. They were managed by Tom Loftus and played home games at the American League Park I.

Washington had finished in sixth place in each of the previous two seasons (the first two seasons of the American League's existence). However, they fell to eighth and last in 1903. Their only star player, Big Ed Delahanty, got drunk and fell off a bridge into Niagara Falls midway through the season.

The Senators' pitching had always been bad, and indeed, they would allow the most runs in the AL, but without Delahanty the offense sputtered to a halt. Their collective batting average was .231, bad even for the dead-ball era, and no one drove in more than 49 runs.

Regular season

Notable transactions

• June 13, 1903: The Senators traded Ducky Holmes to the Chicago White Stockings for a player to be named later. The White Stockings completed the deal by sending Davey Dunkle to the Senators on July 20.^[1]

Roster

1903 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers		Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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
C		60	192	41	.214	0	16
1B		126	465	111	.239	2	38
2B		63	219	47	.215	0	23
3B		125	473	116	.245	1	31
SS		98	373	84	.225	1	24
OF		75	231	48	.208	0	13
OF		114	437	109	.249	7	46
OF		140	533	134	.251	3	49

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
	103	373	79	.212	1	20
	48	183	37	.202	0	23
	42	156	52	.333	1	21
	51	154	39	.253	0	23
	35	119	27	.227	0	27
	32	112	20	.179	0	4
	21	71	16	.225	1	8
	12	44	12	.273	0	3
	10	40	8	.200	0	4

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
	36	300.0	11	22	3.60	133
	36	279.2	10	22	4.34	88
	30	242.1	7	18	3.31	56
	22	166.2	8	12	3.08	70
	14	108.1	5	9	4.24	51

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Al Orth

• AL leader in earned runs allowed (135)
• #2 in AL in losses (22)
• #2 in AL in hits allowed (326)

Casey Patten

• AL leader in home runs allowed (11)
• #2 in AL in losses (22)
• #3 in AL in earned runs allowed (120)
• #4 in AL in hits allowed (313)
• #4 in AL in walks allowed (80)

References

• 1903 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1903 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dunklda01.shtml Davey Dunkle page at Baseball Reference