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.Milo Candini page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1943 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

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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 C Jake Early 126 423 109 .258 5 60 1B Mickey Vernon 145 553 148 .268 7 70 2B 149 560 152 .271 4 62 SS 134 456 95 .208 1 55 3B Ellis Clary 73 254 65 .256 0 19 OF Stan Spence 149 570 152 .267 12 88 OF George Case 141 613 180 .294 1 52 OF 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 Gene Moore 92 254 68 .268 2 39 Alex Kampouris 51 145 30 .207 2 13 Tony Giuliani 49 133 30 .226 0 20 Jake Powell 37 132 35 .265 0 20 Sherry Robertson 59 120 26 .217 3 14 George Myatt 42 53 13 .245 0 3 Harlond Clift 8 30 9 .300 0 4 Red Roberts 9 23 6 .261 1 3 Red Marion 14 17 3 .176 0 1 Ed Butka 3 9 3 .333 0 1 1 4 1 .250 0 0 Tom Padden 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Red Barbary 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 Early Wynn 37 256.2 18 12 2.91 89 31 219.2 11 13 3.28 51 28 166.0 11 7 2.49 67 Johnny Niggeling 6 51.0 4 2 0.88 24 Bobo Newsom 6 40.0 3 3 3.83 11 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 36 165.1 11 5 2.29 65 39 144.1 11 7 3.68 48 Jim Mertz 33 116.2 5 7 4.63 53 Ray Scarborough 24 86.0 4 4 2.83 43 Ewald Pyle 18 72.2 4 8 4.09 25 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 7 0 0 0 2.61 1 Owen Scheetz 6 0 0 1 7.00 5 4 0 0 0 0.00 1 Ox Miller 3 0 0 0 10.50 1 2 0 0 0 6.75 1

Farm system

Chattanooga franchise transferred and renamed, July 11, 1943Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

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