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.
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |
Managers | Bucky Harris | |
Radio | WMAL (Arch McDonald) | |
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Offseason
edit- Prior to 1941 season: Sonny Dixon was signed by the Senators as an amateur free agent.[1]
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | .656 | — | 51–26 | 50–27 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | .545 | 17 | 47–30 | 37–40 |
Chicago White Sox | 77 | 77 | .500 | 24 | 38–39 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 | 42–35 | 33–44 |
Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 70 | 84 | .455 | 31 | 40–37 | 30–47 |
Washington Senators | 70 | 84 | .455 | 31 | 40–37 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 64 | 90 | .416 | 37 | 36–41 | 28–49 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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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
editNote: 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 |
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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
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bill Zuber | 36 | 96.1 | 6 | 4 | 5.42 | 51 |
Vern Kennedy | 17 | 66.1 | 1 | 7 | 5.70 | 22 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Thomasville[2]
Notes
edit- ^ Sonny Dixon page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997