1947 Washington Senators season
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Owner(s) | Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson |
Manager(s) | Ossie Bluege |
Local radio | WWDC (FM)/WPIX (Arch McDonald, Ray Morgan) |
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The 1947 Washington Senators won 64 games, lost 90, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | 0.630 | — | 55–22 | 42–35 |
Detroit Tigers | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 12 | 46–31 | 39–38 |
Boston Red Sox | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 14 | 49–30 | 34–41 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 17 | 38–39 | 42–35 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 19 | 39–38 | 39–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 27 | 32–43 | 38–41 |
Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 33 | 36–41 | 28–49 |
St. Louis Browns | 59 | 95 | 0.383 | 38 | 29–48 | 30–47 |
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 | — | 16–6–1 | 9–13 | 12–10–1 | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 15–7 | 12–10 | |||||
Chicago | 6–16–1 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 14–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 13–9 | 11–11 | — | 8–14–2 | 7–15 | 11–11–1 | 17–5 | 13–9 | |||||
Detroit | 10–12–1 | 15–7 | 14–8–2 | — | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | — | 13–9 | 15–7 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — |
Notable transactions[]
- September 23, 1947: Joe Grace was selected off waivers from the Senators by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[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 | Al Evans | 99 | 319 | 77 | .241 | 2 | 23 |
1B | Mickey Vernon | 154 | 600 | 159 | .265 | 7 | 85 |
2B | Jerry Priddy | 147 | 505 | 108 | .214 | 3 | 49 |
3B | Eddie Yost | 115 | 428 | 102 | .238 | 0 | 14 |
SS | Mark Christman | 110 | 374 | 83 | .222 | 1 | 33 |
OF | Joe Grace | 78 | 234 | 58 | .248 | 3 | 17 |
OF | Stan Spence | 147 | 506 | 141 | .279 | 16 | 73 |
OF | Buddy Lewis | 140 | 506 | 132 | .261 | 6 | 48 |
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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Sherry Robertson | 95 | 266 | 62 | .233 | 1 | 23 |
Cecil Travis | 74 | 204 | 44 | .216 | 1 | 10 |
Tom McBride | 56 | 166 | 45 | .271 | 0 | 15 |
John Sullivan | 49 | 133 | 34 | .256 | 0 | 5 |
Frank Mancuso | 43 | 131 | 30 | .229 | 0 | 13 |
Rick Ferrell | 37 | 99 | 30 | .303 | 0 | 12 |
George Case | 36 | 80 | 12 | .150 | 0 | 2 |
Gil Coan | 11 | 42 | 21 | .500 | 0 | 3 |
Ed Lyons | 7 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Junior Wooten | 6 | 24 | 2 | .083 | 0 | 1 |
George Myatt | 12 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Felix Mackiewicz | 3 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Cal Ermer | 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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Walt Masterson | 35 | 253 | 12 | 16 | 3.13 | 135 |
Early Wynn | 33 | 247 | 17 | 15 | 3.64 | 73 |
Mickey Haefner | 31 | 193 | 10 | 14 | 3.64 | 77 |
Sid Hudson | 20 | 106 | 6 | 9 | 5.60 | 37 |
Bobo Newsom | 14 | 83.2 | 4 | 6 | 4.09 | 40 |
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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Ray Scarborough | 33 | 161 | 6 | 13 | 3.41 | 63 |
Marino Pieretti | 23 | 83.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.21 | 32 |
Hal Toenes | 3 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 5 |
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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Milo Candini | 38 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5.17 | 31 |
Tom Ferrick | 31 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3.15 | 23 |
Scott Cary | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.93 | 25 |
Lou Knerr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 5 |
Lum Harris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 2 |
Bill Kennedy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 1 |
Buzz Dozier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Bert Niehoff |
B | Charlotte Hornets | Tri-State League | Spencer Abbott and Cal Ermer |
C | Havana Cubanos | Florida International League | Oscar Rodríguez |
D | Brewton Millers | Alabama State League | |
D | Kingsport Cherokees | Appalachian League | Dick Bass |
D | Orlando Senators | Florida State League | Lou Bevil |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte, Havana[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Joe Grace page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References[]
- Minnesota Twins seasons
- 1947 Major League Baseball season
- 1947 in sports in Washington, D.C.