1943 Washington Senators season

1943 Washington Senators
1943 Washington Senators
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)

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]

1943 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	8–14	12–10	11–11–1	5–17–1	11–11	11–9–1	10–12
Chicago	14–8	—	7–15	9–13	10–12	18–4–1	10–12	14–8
Cleveland	10–12	15–7	—	15–7	9–13	16–6	9–13	8–13
Detroit	11–11–1	13–9	7–15	—	10–12	13–9	11–11	13–9
New York	17–5–1	12–10	13–9	12–10	—	16–6	17–5	11–11
Philadelphia	11–11	4–18–1	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	8–14	5–17
St. Louis	9–11–1	12–10	13–9	11–11	5–17	14–8	—	8–14
Washington	12–10	8–14	13–8	9–13	11–11	17–5	14–8	—

1943 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Source:^[2]

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	Jake Early	126	423	109	.258	5	60
1B	Mickey Vernon	145	553	148	.268	7	70
2B	Jerry Priddy	149	560	152	.271	4	62
SS	John Sullivan	134	456	95	.208	1	55
3B	Ellis Clary	73	254	65	.256	0	19
OF	Stan Spence	149	570	152	.267	12	88
OF	George Case	141	613	180	.294	1	52
OF	Bob Johnson	117	438	116	.265	7	63

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
Gene Moore	92	254	68	.268	2	39
Alex Kampouris	51	145	30	.207	2	13
Tony Giuliani	49	133	30	.226	0	20
Jake Powell	37	132	35	.265	0	20
Sherry Robertson	59	120	26	.217	3	14
George Myatt	42	53	13	.245	0	3
Harlond Clift	8	30	9	.300	0	4
Red Roberts	9	23	6	.261	1	3
Red Marion	14	17	3	.176	0	1
Ed Butka	3	9	3	.333	0	1
Roberto Ortiz	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Tom Padden	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Red Barbary	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Early Wynn	37	256.2	18	12	2.91	89
Dutch Leonard	31	219.2	11	13	3.28	51
Milo Candini	28	166.0	11	7	2.49	67
Johnny Niggeling	6	51.0	4	2	0.88	24
Bobo Newsom	6	40.0	3	3	3.83	11
Lefty Gomez	1	4.2	0	1	5.79	0

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 Haefner	36	165.1	11	5	2.29	65
Alex Carrasquel	39	144.1	11	7	3.68	48
Jim Mertz	33	116.2	5	7	4.63	53
Ray Scarborough	24	86.0	4	4	2.83	43
Ewald Pyle	18	72.2	4	8	4.09	25
Bill Lefebvre	6	32.1	2	0	4.45	10

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

Player	G	SV	ERA	SO
Dewey Adkins	7	0	2.61	1
Owen Scheetz	6	1	7.00	5
Lew Carpenter	4	0	0.00	1
Ox Miller	3	0	10.50	1
Vern Curtis	2	0	6.75	1

Level	Team	League	Manager
A1	Chattanooga Lookouts/ Montgomery Rebels	Southern Association	Marv Olson

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

^ Milo Candini page at Baseball Reference
^ "1943 Washington Senators Roster". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007