1903 Washington Senators season

March 2026 November 2013 Washington Senators 1903 Washington Senators Primary Logo (1901 to 1904).svg American League American League Park I Washington, D.C. 43 94 y 8th Ban Johnson and Fred Postal Tom Loftus List of Minnesota Twins seasons 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 the American League Park I. 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 Washington Senators Record vs. opponents WSH Notable transactions June 13, 1903: The Senators traded Ducky Holmes to the Chicago White Stockings for a player to be named later. The White Stockings completed the deal by sending Davey Dunkle to the Senators on July 20.Davey Dunkle page at Baseball Reference Roster 1903 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Davey Dunkle Al Orth Casey Patten Happy Townsend Highball Wilson Catchers Lew Drill Malachi Kittridge Infielders Scoops Carey Boileryard Clarke Bill Coughlin Gene DeMontreville Joe Martin Barry McCormick Charles Moran Champ Osteen Rabbit Robinson Outfielders Ed Delahanty Jack Hendricks Ducky Holmes Watty Lee Jimmy Ryan Kip Selbach Manager Tom Loftus 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 Malachi Kittridge 60 192 41 .214 0 16 1B Boileryard Clarke 126 465 111 .239 2 38 2B Barry McCormick 63 219 47 .215 0 23 3B Bill Coughlin 125 473 116 .245 1 31 SS Charles Moran Charles Moran (baseball) 98 373 84 .225 1 24 OF Watty Lee 75 231 48 .208 0 13 OF Jimmy Ryan Jimmy Ryan (baseball) 114 437 109 .249 7 46 OF Kip 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 Rabbit Robinson 103 373 79 .212 1 20 Scoops Carey Scoops Carey (baseball) 48 183 37 .202 0 23 Ed Delahanty 42 156 52 .333 1 21 Lew Drill 51 154 39 .253 0 23 Joe Martin Joe Martin (outfielder) 35 119 27 .227 0 27 Jack Hendricks 32 112 20 .179 0 4 Ducky Holmes 21 71 16 .225 1 8 Gene DeMontreville 12 44 12 .273 0 3 Champ Osteen 10 40 8 .200 0 4 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 Casey Patten 36 300.0 11 22 3.60 133 Al Orth 36 279.2 10 22 4.34 88 Highball Wilson 30 242.1 7 18 3.31 56 Watty Lee 22 166.2 8 12 3.08 70 Davey 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 Happy Townsend 20 126.2 2 11 4.76 54 Awards and honors League top five finishers Al Orth AL leader in earned runs allowed (135) #2 in AL in losses (22) #2 in AL in hits allowed (326) Casey Patten AL leader in home runs allowed (11) #2 in AL in losses (22) #3 in AL in earned runs allowed (120) #4 in AL in hits allowed (313) #4 in AL in walks allowed (80) Notes 2 References 1903 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1903 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) seasons Washington Senators season Washington