1903 Washington Senators season

1903 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s) Ban Johnson and Fred Postal
Manager(s) Tom Loftus
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The 1903 Washington Senators won 43 games, lost 94, and finished in eighth place in the American League. They were managed by Tom Loftus and played home games at National Park.

Washington had finished in sixth place in each of the previous two seasons (the first two seasons of the American League's existence). However, they fell to eighth and last in 1903. Their only star player, Big Ed Delahanty, got drunk and fell off a bridge into Niagara Falls midway through the season.

The Senators' pitching had always been bad, and indeed, they would allow the most runs in the AL, but without Delahanty the offense sputtered to a halt. Their collective batting average was .231, bad even for the dead-ball era, and no one drove in more than 49 runs.

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 91 47 0.659 — 49–20 42–27
Philadelphia Athletics 75 60 0.556 14½ 44–21 31–39
Cleveland Naps 77 63 0.550 15 49–25 28–38
New York Highlanders 72 62 0.537 17 41–26 31–36
Detroit Tigers 65 71 0.478 25 37–28 28–43
St. Louis Browns 65 74 0.468 26½ 38–32 27–42
Chicago White Stockings 60 77 0.438 30½ 41–28 19–49
Washington Senators 43 94 0.314 47½ 29–40 14–54

Record vs. opponents

1903 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston — 14–6 12–8 10–9–1 13–7 13–6 14–6 15–5–2
Chicago 6–14 — 10–10 10–9 7–11–1 6–14 9–11 12–8
Cleveland 8–12 10–10 — 9–11 14–6 9–11 11–9 16–4
Detroit 9–10–1 9–10 11–9 — 10–9 11–9 6–14 9–10
New York 7–13 11–7–1 6–14 9–10 — 10–8–1 15–5 14–5
Philadelphia 6–13 14–6 11–9 9–11 8–10–1 — 11–8 16–3–1
St. Louis 6–14 11–9 9–11 14–6 5–15 8–11 — 12–8
Washington 5–15–2 8–12 4–16 10–9 5–14 3–16–1 8–12 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1903 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

 Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 Kittridge, MalachiMalachi Kittridge 60 192 41 .214 0 16
1B Clarke, BoileryardBoileryard Clarke 126 465 111 .239 2 38
3B Coughlin, BillBill Coughlin 125 473 116 .245 1 31
SS Moran, CharlesCharles Moran 98 373 84 .225 1 24
OF Lee, WattyWatty Lee 75 231 48 .208 0 13
OF Ryan, JimmyJimmy Ryan 114 437 109 .249 7 46
OF Selbach, KipKip Selbach 140 533 134 .251 3 49

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
Carey, ScoopsScoops Carey 48 183 37 .202 0 23
Delahanty, EdEd Delahanty 42 156 52 .333 1 21
Drill, LewLew Drill 51 154 39 .253 0 23
Martin, JoeJoe Martin 35 119 27 .227 0 27
Holmes, DuckyDucky Holmes 21 71 16 .225 1 8

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
Patten, CaseyCasey Patten 36 300 11 22 3.60 133
Orth, AlAl Orth 36 279.2 10 22 4.34 88
Wilson, HighballHighball Wilson 30 242.1 7 18 3.31 56
Lee, WattyWatty Lee 22 166.2 8 12 3.08 70
Dunkle, DaveyDavey Dunkle 14 108.1 5 9 4.24 51

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
Townsend, HappyHappy Townsend 20 126.2 2 11 4.76 54

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Al Orth

Casey Patten

Notes

References

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