1946 Washington Senators season

March 2026 November 2013 Washington Senators 1946 Washington Senators Primary Logo (1938 to 1947).svg American League Griffith Stadium Washington, D.C. 76 78 y 4th Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson Ossie Bluege WWDC (FM)/WPIX (Arch McDonald, Stan Stoller) List of Minnesota Twins seasons 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 Washington Senators Record vs. opponents WSH 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 18 Milo Candini 36 Vern Curtis 10 Mickey Haefner 14,18 Sid Hudson 20,38 Bill Kennedy 38 Al LaMacchia 16 Dutch Leonard 23,35 Walt Masterson 00 Bobo Newsom 12 Johnny Niggeling 15 Marino Pieretti 21 Ray Scarborough 34,44 Jake Wade 19,20 Max Wilson 17 Roger Wolff 26 Early Wynn Catchers  8 Jake Early 11 Al Evans  9 Mike Guerra Infielders 27,55 Billy Hitchcock 26 Joe Kuhel 24 George Myatt  6 Jerry Priddy  1 Sherry Robertson 27 Jack Sanford 25 Gil Torres  7 Cecil Travis  4 Mickey Vernon 28 Eddie Yost Outfielders 23 George Binks 22 Gil Coan 39 Ray Goolsby 19 Joe Grace  3 Jeff Heath  2 Buddy Lewis  5 Stan Spence Manager 30 Ossie Bluege Coaches 33 Nick Altrock 37 Rick Ferrell 29 Joe Fitzgerald 38 Joe Judge 31 Clyde Milan 34 Bert Shepard 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 Mickey Vernon 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 Joe Grace Joe Grace (baseball) 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 Jeff Heath 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 Jack Sanford Jack Sanford (first baseman) 10 28 6 .214 0 1 Eddie Yost 8 25 2 .080 0 1 Joe Kuhel 14 20 3 .150 0 2 Ray Goolsby 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 Mickey Haefner 33 227.2 14 11 2.85 85 Bobo Newsom 24 178.0 11 8 2.78 82 Dutch Leonard Dutch Leonard (right-handed pitcher) 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 Johnny Niggeling 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 Sid Hudson 31 142.2 8 11 3.60 35 Walt Masterson 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 Bill Kennedy Bill Kennedy (1942–1947 pitcher) 21 1 2 3 6.00 18 Marino Pieretti 30 2 2 0 5.95 20 Vern Curtis 11 0 0 0 7.16 7 Milo Candini 9 2 0 1 2.08 6 Max Wilson Max Wilson (baseball) 9 0 1 0 7.11 8 Jake Wade Jake Wade (baseball) 6 0 0 0 4.76 9 Gil Torres 3 0 0 1 7.71 2 Al LaMacchia 2 0 1 0 16.88 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Bert Niehoff B Pensacola Fliers Southeastern League Bill McGhee B Charlotte Hornets Tri-State League Spencer Abbott D Kingsport Cherokees Appalachian League Hobe Brummette and Red Mincy D Orlando Senators Florida State League Ed Madjeski 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 2 External links 1946 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1946 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) seasons Category:1946 in sports in Washington, D.C. Washington Senators season