1923 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and William Richardson
ManagersDonie Bush
← 1922 Seasons 1924 →

The 1923 Washington Senators won 75 games, lost 78, and finished in fourth place in the American League. They were managed by Donie Bush and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 98 54 0.645 — 46–30 52–24
Detroit Tigers 83 71 0.539 16 45–32 38–39
Cleveland Indians 82 71 0.536 16½ 42–36 40–35
Washington Senators 75 78 0.490 23½ 43–34 32–44
St. Louis Browns 74 78 0.487 24 40–36 34–42
Philadelphia Athletics 69 83 0.454 29 34–41 35–42
Chicago White Sox 69 85 0.448 30 30–45 39–40
Boston Red Sox 61 91 0.401 37 37–40 24–51

Record vs. opponents

1923 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 9–13 10–12 10–12–1 8–14 13–7 4–18–1 7–15
Chicago 13–9 — 9–13 9–13 7–15 10–12 11–11–1 10–12–1
Cleveland 12–10 13–9 — 9–13 12–10 12–10 14–8 10–11
Detroit 12–10–1 13–9 13–9 — 10–12 12–10 12–10 11–11
New York 14–8 15–7 10–12 12–10 — 16–6 15–5 16–6
Philadelphia 7–13 12–10 10–12 10–12 6–16 — 9–13 15–7–1
St. Louis 18–4–1 11–11–1 8–14 10–12 5–15 13–9 — 9–13
Washington 15–7 12–10–1 11–10 11–11 6–16 7–15–1 13–9 —


Roster

1923 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 Muddy Ruel 136 449 142 .316 0 54
1B Joe Judge 113 405 127 .314 2 63
2B Bucky Harris 145 532 150 .282 2 70
SS Roger Peckinpaugh 154 568 150 .264 2 62
3B Ossie Bluege 109 379 93 .245 2 42
OF Goose Goslin 150 600 180 .300 9 99
OF Nemo Leibold 95 315 96 .305 1 22
OF Sam Rice 148 595 188 .316 3 75

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
Joe Evans 106 372 98 .263 0 38
Patsy Gharrity 93 251 52 .207 3 33
Rip Wade 33 69 16 .232 2 14
Bill Conroy 18 60 8 .133 0 2
Pinky Hargrave 33 59 17 .288 0 8
Bobby Murray 10 37 7 .189 0 2
Jim O'Neill 23 33 9 .273 0 3
Showboat Fisher 13 23 6 .261 0 2
Donie Bush 10 22 9 .409 0 0
Carr Smith 5 9 1 .111 0 1
Doc Prothro 6 8 2 .250 0 3
Jim Riley 2 3 0 .000 0 0
Pete Lapan 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Jake Propst 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
Walter Johnson 42 261.0 17 12 3.48 130
George Mogridge 33 211.0 13 13 3.11 62
Tom Zachary 35 204.1 10 16 4.49 40
Clay Roe 1 1.2 0 1 0.00 2

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
Paul Zahniser 33 177.0 9 10 3.86 52
Cy Warmoth 21 105.0 7 5 4.29 45
Bonnie Hollingsworth 17 72.2 3 7 4.09 26
Firpo Marberry 11 44.2 4 0 2.82 18
Monroe Mitchell 10 41.2 2 4 6.48 8
Skipper Friday 7 30.0 0 1 6.90 9
Duke Sedgwick 5 16.0 0 1 7.88 4

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
Allen Russell 52 10 7 9 3.03 67
Jim Brillheart 12 0 1 0 7.00 8
Slim McGrew 3 0 0 0 12.60 1
Squire Potter 1 0 0 0 21.00 1
Ted Wingfield 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Fred Schemanske 1 0 0 0 27.00 0

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