The 1933 Washington Senators was a season in American baseball. They won 99 games, lost 53, and finished in first place in the American League. It was the third and final pennant of the franchise while based in Washington. The team was managed by Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. They lost the best-of-seven World Series in 5 games to the New York Giants.

It would be the last time a Major League Baseball postseason series would be held in Washington until the 2012 season. The Senators franchise, which moved to Minneapolis–St. Paul after the season, has since won three American League pennants (1965; 1987; 1991) and two World Series (1987 and 1991) as the Minnesota Twins. The Series also marked the last time the nation's capital hosted a World Series game until the Washington Nationals -- spiritual successors to the Senators -- played in and ultimately won the 2019 World Series over the Houston Astros in seven games.

Regular season

Player-manager Cronin was selected to the All-Star team as the starting shortstop and finished second in MVP voting. He also led the Senators with 118 runs batted in. 19-year-old infielder Cecil Travis had five hits in his major league debut.Sports Illustrated, Oct 27, 2008, p.24, Vol. 109, No. 16

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1933 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader

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 141 474 125 .264 2 61 1B 153 602 194 .322 11 107 2B 131 530 160 .302 4 61 3B 140 501 131 .261 6 71 SS 152 602 186 .309 5 118 LF 153 658 221 .336 5 95 CF 144 550 162 .295 5 87 RF 132 549 163 .297 10 64

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 82 177 46 .260 5 38 55 133 37 .278 3 26 73 85 25 .294 1 12 40 65 12 .185 2 9 18 43 13 .302 0 2 28 40 8 .200 0 0 33 39 16 .410 0 6 1 1 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 52 299.1 24 15 3.97 110 39 270.0 22 8 3.33 96 34 230.2 15 6 3.82 69 23 152.1 10 5 3.25 45

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 25 64.0 4 3 3.23 28 4 17.0 1 0 2.65 5 3 16.0 1 0 5.06 6 2 16.0 0 1 3.14 6 6 9.0 0 0 8.00 4

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 50 12 6 13 2.69 28 35 7 7 3 4.80 35 27 3 2 5 6.62 14 2 0 0 0 15.75 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Awards and honors

All-Stars Joe Cronin, starter, shortstop Alvin Crowder, reserve, pitcher

League top five finishers Joe Cronin #4 in AL in RBI (118)

Alvin Crowder MLB leader in wins (24)

Joe Kuhel #4 in AL in stolen bases (17)

Heinie Manush #2 in AL in batting average (.336) #3 in AL in runs scored (115)

Earl Whitehill #3 in AL in wins (22)

1933 World Series

Game 1 October 3, 1933, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHEWashington (A)000100001253New York (N)20200000x4102W: Carl Hubbell (1–0)   L: Lefty Stewart (0–1)HR: NYG – Mel Ott (1)

Game 2 October 4, 1933, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHEWashington (A)001000000150New York (N)00000600x6100W: Hal Schumacher (1–0)   L: Alvin Crowder (0–1)HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (1)

Game 3 October 5, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Team123456789RHENew York (N)000000000050Washington (A)21000010x491W: Earl Whitehill (1–0)  L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1)   S: Hi Bell (1)

Game 4 October 6, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Team1234567891011RHENew York (N)000100000012111Washington (A)00000010000180W: Carl Hubbell (2–0)  L: Monte Weaver (0–1)HR: NYG – Bill Terry (1)

Game 5 October 7, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Team12345678910RHENew York (N)02000100014111Washington (A)00000300003100W: Dolf Luque (2–0)  L: Jack Russell (0–1)HR: NYG – Mel Ott (2)   WAS – Fred Schulte (1)

Farm system

Notes

References 1933 Washington Senators at Baseball-Referencehttps://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSH/1933.shtml 1933 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.comhttp://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1933&t=WS1