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1946 Washington Senators season

Field	Value
name	Washington Senators
season	1946
image	Washington Senators Primary Logo (1938 to 1947).svg
league	American League
ballpark	Griffith Stadium
city	Washington, D.C.
record
league_place	4th
owners	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
managers	Ossie Bluege
radio	WWDC (FM)/WPIX
(Arch McDonald, Stan Stoller)
season_list	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

(Arch McDonald, Stan Stoller) 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, 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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 12, 1946: Jug Thesenga was released by the Senators.
June 15, 1946: Jeff Heath was traded by the Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Joe Grace and Al LaMacchia.

Roster

1946 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers

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		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		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
	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
	10	28	6	.214	0	1
Eddie Yost	8	25	2	.080	0	1
Joe Kuhel	14	20	3	.150	0	2
	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
	33	227.2	14	11	2.85	85
	24	178.0	11	8	2.78	82
	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
	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
	31	142.2	8	11	3.60	35
	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
	21	1	2	3	6.00	18
Marino Pieretti	30	2	2	0	5.95	20
	11	0	0	0	7.16	7
	9	2	0	1	2.08	6
	9	0	1	0	7.11	8
	6	0	0	0	4.76	9
Gil Torres	3	0	0	1	7.71	2
	2	0	1	0	16.88	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Orlando

References

[[Baseball Reference]]: [https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1946-misc.shtml 1946 MLB Attendance & Team Age]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weikdi01.shtml Dick Weik] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/theseju01.shtml Jug Thesenga] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gracejo01.shtml Joe Grace] at ''Baseball-Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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