The 1946 Washington Senators of Major League Baseball won 76 games, lost 78, and finished in fourth place in the American League. The 46th edition of the franchise was managed by Ossie Bluege and played its home games at Griffith Stadium, where it drew 1,027,216 fans,Baseball Reference: 1946 MLB Attendance & Team Age fifth in the league and tenth-most among the 16 MLB clubs. It was the only time the franchise would exceed one million in home attendance in its 60 years in Washington. In addition, its fourth-place standing represented the highest, and last "first-division", finish for the team during its final 15 seasons in the U.S. capital.
Offseason Prior to 1946 season: Dick Weik was signed as an amateur free agent by the Senators.Dick Weik at Baseball-Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 12, 1946: Jug Thesenga was released by the Senators.Jug Thesenga at Baseball-Reference June 15, 1946: Jeff Heath was traded by the Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Joe Grace and Al LaMacchia.Joe Grace at Baseball-Reference
Roster 1946 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
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 Al Evans 88 272 69 .254 2 30 1B 148 587 207 .353 8 85 2B Jerry Priddy 138 511 130 .254 6 58 SS Cecil Travis 137 465 117 .252 1 56 3B Billy Hitchcock 98 354 75 .212 0 25 OF 77 321 97 .302 2 31 OF Stan Spence 152 578 169 .292 16 87 OF Buddy Lewis 150 582 170 .292 7 45
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 Sherry Robertson 74 230 46 .200 6 19 Jake Early 64 189 38 .201 4 18 Gil Torres 63 185 47 .254 0 13 48 166 47 .283 4 27 Gil Coan 59 134 28 .209 3 9 George Binks 65 134 26 .194 0 12 Mike Guerra 41 83 21 .253 0 4 George Myatt 15 34 8 .235 0 4 10 28 6 .214 0 1 Eddie Yost 8 25 2 .080 0 1 Joe Kuhel 14 20 3 .150 0 2 3 4 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 33 227.2 14 11 2.85 85 24 178.0 11 8 2.78 82 26 161.2 10 10 3.56 62 Roger Wolff 21 122.0 5 8 2.58 50 Early Wynn 17 107.0 8 5 3.11 36 8 38.0 3 2 4.03 10
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 Ray Scarborough 32 155.2 7 11 4.05 46 31 142.2 8 11 3.60 35 29 91.1 5 6 6.01 61
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 21 1 2 3 6.00 18 Marino Pieretti 30 2 2 0 5.95 20 11 0 0 0 7.16 7 9 2 0 1 2.08 6 9 0 1 0 7.11 8 6 0 0 0 4.76 9 Gil Torres 3 0 0 1 7.71 2 2 0 1 0 16.88 0
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: OrlandoJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1946 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1946 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com