1943 Washington Senators season explained

Washington Senators
Season:	1943
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Griffith Stadium
City:	Washington, D.C.
Owners:	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Managers:	Ossie Bluege
Radio:	WOL (AM) (Arch McDonald, Russ Hodges)
Season List:	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

The 1943 Washington Senators won 84 games, lost 69, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Offseason

• January 29, 1943: Bill Zuber and cash were traded by the Senators to the New York Yankees for Milo Candini and Jerry Priddy.^[1]

Regular season

Roster

1943 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Source:^[2]

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		126	423	109	.258	5	60
1B		145	553	148	.268	7	70
2B		149	560	152	.271	4	62
SS		134	456	95	.208	1	55
3B		73	254	65	.256	0	19
OF		149	570	152	.267	12	88
OF		141	613	180	.294	1	52
OF		117	438	116	.265	7	63

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
	92	254	68	.268	2	39
	51	145	30	.207	2	13
	49	133	30	.226	0	20
	37	132	35	.265	0	20
	59	120	26	.217	3	14
	42	53	13	.245	0	3
	8	30	9	.300	0	4
	9	23	6	.261	1	3
	14	17	3	.176	0	1
	3	9	3	.333	0	1
	1	4	1	.250	0	0
	3	3	0	.000	0	0
	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
	37	256.2	18	12	2.91	89
	31	219.2	11	13	3.28	51
	28	166.0	11	7	2.49	67
	6	51.0	4	2	0.88	24
	6	40.0	3	3	3.83	11
	1	4.2	0	1	5.79	0

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
	36	165.1	11	5	2.29	65
	39	144.1	11	7	3.68	48
	33	116.2	5	7	4.63	53
	24	86.0	4	4	2.83	43
	18	72.2	4	8	4.09	25
	6	32.1	2	0	4.45	10

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
	7	0	0	0	2.61	1
	6	0	0	1	7.00	5
	4	0	0	0	0.00	1
	3	0	0	0	10.50	1
	2	0	0	0	6.75	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

Chattanooga franchise transferred and renamed, July 11, 1943^[3]

References

• 1943 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1943 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/candimi01.shtml Milo Candini page at Baseball Reference
2. Web site: 1943 Washington Senators Roster . . April 19, 2024.
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