1943 Washington Senators season

1943 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Griffith Stadium (since 1911)
Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Manager(s)	Ossie Bluege
Local radio	WOL (AM) (Arch McDonald, Russ Hodges)
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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

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	98	56	.636	--
Washington Senators	84	69	.549	13.5
Cleveland Indians	82	71	.536	15.5
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	16
Detroit Tigers	78	76	.506	20
St. Louis Browns	72	80	.474	25
Boston Red Sox	68	84	.447	29
Philadelphia Athletics	49	105	.318	49

Record vs. opponents

1943 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

Roster

1943 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 17 Dewey Adkins 20 Milo Candini 29 Lew Carpenter 18 Alex Carrasquel 17 Vern Curtis -- Lefty Gomez 19 Mickey Haefner 12 Bill Lefebvre 16 Dutch Leonard 14 Jim Mertz 17 Ox Miller 00 Bobo Newsom 10 Johnny Niggeling 12 Ewald Pyle 10 Ray Scarborough 15 Owen Scheetz 11 Early Wynn		Catchers  8 Jake Early  9 Tony Giuliani 29 Tom Padden Infielders 36 Ed Butka  3 Ellis Clary 31 Harlond Clift 15 Alex Kampouris 28 George Myatt  6 Jerry Priddy 21,29 Red Roberts 23 Sherry Robertson  7 John Sullivan  5 Mickey Vernon		Outfielders  1 George Case  4 Bob Johnson 22 Red Marion 24 Gene Moore -- Roberto Ortiz 22 Jake Powell  2 Stan Spence Other batters 21 Red Barbary		Manager 25 Ossie Bluege Coaches 30 Nick Altrock 27 Benny Bengough 26 Clyde Milan

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
2B	Priddy, JerryJerry Priddy	149	560	152	.271	4	62
SS	Sullivan, JohnJohn Sullivan	134	456	95	.208	1	55
OF	Johnson, BobBob Johnson	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
Ortiz, RobertoRoberto Ortiz	1	4	1	.250	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
Leonard, DutchDutch Leonard	31	219.2	11	13	3.28	51
Candini, MiloMilo Candini	28	166	11	7	2.49	67
Gomez, LeftyLefty Gomez	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
Haefner, MickeyMickey Haefner	36	165.1	11	5	2.29	65
Carrasquel, AlexAlex Carrasquel	39	144.1	11	7	3.68	48
Lefebvre, BillBill Lefebvre	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
Adkins, DeweyDewey Adkins	7	0	0	0	2.61	1
Carpenter, LewLew Carpenter	4	0	0	0	0.00	1
Curtis, VernVern Curtis	2	0	0	0	6.75	1

Farm system

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

Chattanooga franchise transferred and renamed, July 11, 1943^[2]

Notes

1. Milo Candini page at Baseball Reference
2. 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

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