1947 Washington Senators season

March 2026 November 2013 Washington Senators 1947 Washington Senators Primary Logo (1938 to 1947).svg American League Griffith Stadium Washington, D.C. 64 90 y 7th Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson Ossie Bluege WWDC (FM)/WPIX (Arch McDonald, Ray Morgan) List of Minnesota Twins seasons The 1947 Washington Senators won 64 games, lost 90, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium. Regular season Season standings Washington Senators Record vs. opponents WSH Notable transactions September 23, 1947: Joe Grace was selected off waivers from the Senators by the Pittsburgh Pirates.Joe Grace page at Baseball Reference Roster 1947 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers 13,20 Milo Candini 23 Scott Cary 22 Buzz Dozier 17 Tom Ferrick 16 Mickey Haefner 12 Lum Harris 13,20 Sid Hudson 51 Bill Kennedy 14 Lou Knerr 35 Walt Masterson 00 Bobo Newsom 15 Marino Pieretti 21 Ray Scarborough 19 Hal Toenes 26 Early Wynn Catchers  8 Al Evans 37 Rick Ferrell  9 Frank Mancuso Infielders 3,12,22 Mark Christman -- Cal Ermer 25 Ed Lyons 24 George Myatt  6 Jerry Priddy 11 John Sullivan  7 Cecil Travis  4 Mickey Vernon 28 Eddie Yost Outfielders  1 George Case 22 Gil Coan 19 Joe Grace  2 Buddy Lewis 51 Felix Mackiewicz 32 Tom McBride 3,22 Sherry Robertson  5 Stan Spence 23,32 Junior Wooten Manager 30 Ossie Bluege Coaches 33 Nick Altrock 37 Rick Ferrell 29 Joe Fitzgerald 31 Clyde Milan 34 Sam West 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 99 319 77 .241 2 23 1B Mickey Vernon 154 600 159 .265 7 85 2B Jerry Priddy 147 505 108 .214 3 49 3B Eddie Yost 115 428 102 .238 0 14 SS Mark Christman 110 374 83 .222 1 33 OF Joe Grace Joe Grace (baseball) 78 234 58 .248 3 17 OF Stan Spence 147 506 141 .279 16 73 OF Buddy Lewis 140 506 132 .261 6 48 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 95 266 62 .233 1 23 Cecil Travis 74 204 44 .216 1 10 Tom McBride Tom McBride (baseball) 56 166 45 .271 0 15 John Sullivan John Sullivan (shortstop) 49 133 34 .256 0 5 Frank Mancuso 43 131 30 .229 0 13 Rick Ferrell 37 99 30 .303 0 12 George Case 36 80 12 .150 0 2 Gil Coan 11 42 21 .500 0 3 Ed Lyons 7 28 4 .143 0 0 Junior Wooten 6 24 2 .083 0 1 George Myatt 12 7 0 .000 0 0 Felix Mackiewicz 3 6 1 .167 0 0 Cal Ermer 1 3 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 Walt Masterson 35 253.0 12 16 3.13 135 Early Wynn 33 247.0 17 15 3.64 73 Mickey Haefner 31 193.0 10 14 3.64 77 Sid Hudson 20 106.0 6 9 5.60 37 Bobo Newsom 14 83.2 4 6 4.09 40 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 33 161.0 6 13 3.41 63 Marino Pieretti 23 83.1 2 4 4.21 32 Hal Toenes 3 6.2 0 1 6.75 5 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 Tom Ferrick Tom Ferrick (baseball) 31 1 7 9 3.15 23 Milo Candini 38 3 4 1 5.17 31 Scott Cary 23 3 1 0 5.93 25 Lou Knerr 6 0 0 0 11.00 5 Lum Harris 3 0 0 0 2.84 2 Bill Kennedy Bill Kennedy (1942–1947 pitcher) 2 0 0 0 8.10 1 Buzz Dozier 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Bert Niehoff B Charlotte Hornets Tri-State League Spencer Abbott and Cal Ermer C Havana Cubanos Florida International League Oscar Rodríguez D Brewton Millers Alabama State League Norman Veazey D Kingsport Cherokees Appalachian League Dick Bass D Orlando Senators Florida State League Lou BevilLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte, HavanaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1947 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1947 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) seasons Washington Senators season Washington