1933 Washington Senators season explained

Washington Senators
Season:	1933
Misc:	American League Champions
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Griffith Stadium
City:	Washington, D.C.
Owners:	Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Managers:	Joe Cronin
Season List:	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

The 1933 Washington Senators was a season in American baseball. They won 99 games, lost 53, and finished in first place in the American League. It was the third and final pennant of the franchise while based in Washington. The team was managed by Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. They lost the best-of-seven World Series in 5 games to the New York Giants.

It would be the last time a Major League Baseball postseason series would be held in Washington until the 2012 season. The Senators franchise, which moved to Minneapolis–St. Paul after the season, has since won three American League pennants (1965; 1987; 1991) and two World Series (1987 and 1991) as the Minnesota Twins. The Series also marked the last time the nation's capital hosted a World Series game until the Washington Nationals -- spiritual successors to the Senators -- played in and ultimately won the 2019 World Series over the Houston Astros in seven games.

Regular season

Player-manager Cronin was selected to the All-Star team as the starting shortstop and finished second in MVP voting. He also led the Senators with 118 runs batted in. 19-year-old infielder Cecil Travis had five hits in his major league debut.^[1]

Roster

1933 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		141	474	125	.264	2	61
1B		153	602	194	.322	11	107
2B		131	530	160	.302	4	61
3B		140	501	131	.261	6	71
SS		152	602	186	.309	5	118
LF		153	658	221	.336	5	95
CF		144	550	162	.295	5	87
RF		132	549	163	.297	10	64

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
	82	177	46	.260	5	38
	55	133	37	.278	3	26
	73	85	25	.294	1	12
	40	65	12	.185	2	9
	18	43	13	.302	0	2
	28	40	8	.200	0	0
	33	39	16	.410	0	6
	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
	52	299.1	24	15	3.97	110
	39	270.0	22	8	3.33	96
	34	230.2	15	6	3.82	69
	23	152.1	10	5	3.25	45

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
	25	64.0	4	3	3.23	28
	4	17.0	1	0	2.65	5
	3	16.0	1	0	5.06	6
	2	16.0	0	1	3.14	6
	6	9.0	0	0	8.00	4

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
	50	12	6	13	2.69	28
	35	7	7	3	4.80	35
	27	3	2	5	6.62	14
	2	0	0	0	15.75	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Joe Cronin, starter, shortstopAlvin Crowder, reserve, pitcher

League top five finishers

Joe Cronin

• #4 in AL in RBI (118)

Alvin Crowder

• MLB leader in wins (24)

Joe Kuhel

• #4 in AL in stolen bases (17)

Heinie Manush

• #2 in AL in batting average (.336)
• #3 in AL in runs scored (115)

Earl Whitehill

• #3 in AL in wins (22)

1933 World Series

See main article: article and 1933 World Series.

Game 1

October 3, 1933, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

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Washington (A)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	3
New York (N)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	x	4	10	2
W: Carl Hubbell (1–0)   L: Lefty Stewart (0–1)
HR: NYG – Mel Ott (1)

Game 2

October 4, 1933, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

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Washington (A)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	x	6	10	0
W: Hal Schumacher (1–0)   L: Alvin Crowder (0–1)
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (1)

Game 3

October 5, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

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New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Washington (A)	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	4	9	1
W: Earl Whitehill (1–0)  L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1)   S: Hi Bell (1)

Game 4

October 6, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

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New York (N)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	1
Washington (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	0
W: Carl Hubbell (2–0)  L: Monte Weaver (0–1)
HR: NYG – Bill Terry (1)

Game 5

October 7, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

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New York (N)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	11	1
Washington (A)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	10	0
W: Dolf Luque (2–0)  L: Jack Russell (0–1)
HR: NYG – Mel Ott (2)   WAS – Fred Schulte (1)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

• 1933 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1933 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.

Notes and References

1. Sports Illustrated, Oct 27, 2008, p.24, Vol. 109, No. 16