1941 Washington Senators season
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Owner(s) | Clark Griffith and William Richardson |
Manager(s) | Bucky Harris |
Local radio | WMAL (Arch McDonald) |
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The 1941 Washington Senators won 70 games, lost 84, and finished in sixth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
Offseason[]
- Prior to 1941 season: Sonny Dixon was signed by the Senators as an amateur free agent.[1]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | 0.656 | — | 51–26 | 50–27 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 17 | 47–30 | 37–40 |
Chicago White Sox | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 24 | 38–39 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 26 | 42–35 | 33–44 |
Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 26 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 31 | 40–37 | 30–47 |
Washington Senators | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 31 | 40–37 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 37 | 36–41 | 28–49 |
Record vs. opponents[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 16–6 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 9–13–1 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 14–8 | |||||
Chicago | 6–16 | — | 17–5 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 13–9 | |||||
Cleveland | 13–9 | 5–17 | — | 10–12 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | |||||
Detroit | 11–11 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 | |||||
New York | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 18–4 | 16–6–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–16 | 12–10 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 9–13–1 | 11–11 | 4–18 | 11–11 | — | 11–11–1 | |||||
Washington | 8–14 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | 11–11–1 | — |
Roster[]
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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 |
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C | Jake Early | 104 | 355 | 102 | .287 | 10 | 54 |
1B | Mickey Vernon | 138 | 531 | 159 | .299 | 9 | 93 |
2B | Jimmy Bloodworth | 142 | 506 | 124 | .245 | 7 | 66 |
SS | Cecil Travis | 152 | 608 | 218 | .359 | 7 | 101 |
3B | George Archie | 105 | 379 | 102 | .269 | 3 | 48 |
OF | Doc Cramer | 154 | 660 | 180 | .273 | 2 | 66 |
OF | Buddy Lewis | 149 | 569 | 169 | .297 | 9 | 72 |
OF | George Case | 153 | 649 | 176 | .271 | 2 | 53 |
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 |
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Al Evans | 53 | 159 | 44 | .277 | 1 | 19 |
Ben Chapman | 28 | 110 | 28 | .255 | 1 | 10 |
Buddy Myer | 53 | 107 | 27 | .252 | 0 | 9 |
Johnny Welaj | 49 | 96 | 20 | .208 | 0 | 5 |
Roberto Ortiz | 22 | 79 | 26 | .329 | 1 | 17 |
Jimmy Pofahl | 22 | 75 | 14 | .187 | 0 | 6 |
Rick Ferrell | 21 | 66 | 18 | .273 | 0 | 13 |
Hillis Layne | 13 | 50 | 14 | .280 | 0 | 6 |
Sam West | 26 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 0 | 6 |
Morrie Aderholt | 11 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Cliff Bolton | 14 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Charlie Letchas | 2 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Sanford | 3 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
Sherry Robertson | 1 | 3 | 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 |
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Dutch Leonard | 34 | 256 | 18 | 13 | 3.45 | 91 |
Sid Hudson | 33 | 249.2 | 13 | 14 | 3.46 | 108 |
Ken Chase | 33 | 205.2 | 6 | 18 | 5.08 | 98 |
Steve Sundra | 28 | 168.1 | 9 | 13 | 5.29 | 50 |
Early Wynn | 5 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 1.58 | 15 |
Dick Mulligan | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5.00 | 2 |
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 |
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Bill Zuber | 36 | 96.1 | 6 | 4 | 5.42 | 51 |
Vern Kennedy | 17 | 66.1 | 1 | 7 | 5.70 | 22 |
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 |
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Alex Carrasquel | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3.44 | 30 |
Walt Masterson | 34 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5.97 | 40 |
Red Anderson | 32 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4.18 | 34 |
Danny MacFayden | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.29 | 3 |
Harry Dean | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
Ronny Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A1 | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Kiki Cuyler and Marv Olson |
B | Charlotte Hornets | Piedmont League | Calvin Griffith |
B | Greenville Spinners | Sally League | Gus Brittain and |
B | Selma Cloverleafs | Southeastern League | Dale Alexander |
D | Orlando Senators | Florida State League | |
D | Thomasville Lookouts | Georgia–Florida League | Bill Rodgers and |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Thomasville[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Sonny Dixon page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References[]
- Minnesota Twins seasons
- 1941 Major League Baseball season
- 1941 in sports in Washington, D.C.