1941 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and William Richardson
ManagersBucky Harris
RadioWMAL
(Arch McDonald)
← 1940 Seasons 1942 →

The 1941 Washington Senators won 70 games, lost 84, and finished in sixth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101 53 0.656 — 51–26 50–27
Boston Red Sox 84 70 0.545 17 47–30 37–40
Chicago White Sox 77 77 0.500 24 38–39 39–38
Cleveland Indians 75 79 0.487 26 42–35 33–44
Detroit Tigers 75 79 0.487 26 43–34 32–45
St. Louis Browns 70 84 0.455 31 40–37 30–47
Washington Senators 70 84 0.455 31 40–37 30–47
Philadelphia Athletics 64 90 0.416 37 36–41 28–49

Record vs. opponents

1941 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 16–6 9–13 11–11 9–13–1 16–6 9–13 14–8
Chicago 6–16 — 17–5 12–10–1 8–14 10–12 11–11–1 13–9
Cleveland 13–9 5–17 — 10–12 7–15 15–7 13–9–1 12–10
Detroit 11–11 10–12–1 12–10 — 11–11 13–9 11–11 7–15
New York 13–9–1 14–8 15–7 11–11 — 14–8 18–4 16–6–1
Philadelphia 6–16 12–10 7–15 9–13 8–14 — 11–11 11–11
St. Louis 13–9 11–11–1 9–13–1 11–11 4–18 11–11 — 11–11–1
Washington 8–14 9–13 10–12 15–7 6–16–1 11–11 11–11–1 —


Roster

1941 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 Jake Early 104 355 102 .287 10 54
1B Mickey Vernon 138 531 159 .299 9 93
2B Jimmy Bloodworth 142 506 124 .245 7 66
SS Cecil Travis 152 608 218 .359 7 101
3B George Archie 105 379 102 .269 3 48
OF Doc Cramer 154 660 180 .273 2 66
OF Buddy Lewis 149 569 169 .297 9 72
OF George Case 153 649 176 .271 2 53

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
Al Evans 53 159 44 .277 1 19
Ben Chapman 28 110 28 .255 1 10
Buddy Myer 53 107 27 .252 0 9
Johnny Welaj 49 96 20 .208 0 5
Roberto Ortiz 22 79 26 .329 1 17
Jimmy Pofahl 22 75 14 .187 0 6
Rick Ferrell 21 66 18 .273 0 13
Hillis Layne 13 50 14 .280 0 6
Sam West 26 37 10 .270 0 6
Morrie Aderholt 11 14 2 .143 0 1
Cliff Bolton 14 11 0 .000 0 1
Charlie Letchas 2 8 1 .125 0 1
Jack Sanford 3 5 2 .400 0 0
Sherry Robertson 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
Dutch Leonard 34 256.0 18 13 3.45 91
Sid Hudson 33 249.2 13 14 3.46 108
Ken Chase 33 205.2 6 18 5.08 98
Steve Sundra 28 168.1 9 13 5.29 50
Early Wynn 5 40.0 3 1 1.58 15
Dick Mulligan 1 9.0 0 1 5.00 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
Bill Zuber 36 96.1 6 4 5.42 51
Vern Kennedy 17 66.1 1 7 5.70 22

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
Alex Carrasquel 35 6 2 2 3.44 30
Walt Masterson 34 4 3 3 5.97 40
Red Anderson 32 4 6 0 4.18 34
Danny MacFayden 5 0 1 0 10.29 3
Harry Dean 2 0 0 0 4.50 0
Ronny Miller 1 0 0 0 4.50 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A1 Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Kiki Cuyler and Marv Olson
B Charlotte Hornets Piedmont League Calvin Griffith
B Greenville Spinners Sally League Gus Brittain and George Nix
B Selma Cloverleafs Southeastern League Dale Alexander
D Orlando Senators Florida State League Carl Weigel
D Thomasville Lookouts Georgia–Florida League Bill Rodgers and Kip Sauerbrun

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Thomasville[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Sonny Dixon page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

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