1919 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | National Park | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Thomas C. Noyes | |
Managers | Clark Griffith | |
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The 1919 Washington Senators won 56 games, lost 84, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park.
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Sox | 88 | 52 | 0.629 | — | 48–22 | 40–30 |
Cleveland Indians | 84 | 55 | 0.604 | 3½ | 44–25 | 40–30 |
New York Yankees | 80 | 59 | 0.576 | 7½ | 46–25 | 34–34 |
Detroit Tigers | 80 | 60 | 0.571 | 8 | 46–24 | 34–36 |
St. Louis Browns | 67 | 72 | 0.482 | 20½ | 40–30 | 27–42 |
Boston Red Sox | 66 | 71 | 0.482 | 20½ | 35–30 | 31–41 |
Washington Senators | 56 | 84 | 0.400 | 32 | 32–40 | 24–44 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 104 | 0.257 | 52 | 21–49 | 15–55 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 9–11 | 4–15 | 9–11 | 10–9 | 14–6 | 9–10–1 | 11–9 | |||||
Chicago | 11–9 | — | 12–8 | 11–9 | 12–8 | 17–3 | 11–9 | 14–6 | |||||
Cleveland | 15–4 | 8–12 | — | 8–12 | 13–7 | 16–4 | 11–9 | 13–7 | |||||
Detroit | 11–9 | 9–11 | 12–8 | — | 8–12 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 12–8 | |||||
New York | 9–10 | 8–12 | 7–13 | 12–8 | — | 18–2 | 12–8 | 14–6–2 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–14 | 3–17 | 4–16 | 6–14 | 2–18 | — | 7–13 | 8–12 | |||||
St. Louis | 10–9–1 | 9–11 | 9–11 | 6–14 | 8–12 | 13–7 | — | 12–8 | |||||
Washington | 9–11 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 6–14–2 | 12–8 | 8–12 | — |
Notable transactions
- June 13, 1919: Harry Thompson was traded by the Senators to the Philadelphia Athletics for Roy Grover.[1]
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
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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 |
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C | Val Picinich | 80 | 212 | 58 | .274 | 3 | 22 |
1B | Joe Judge | 135 | 521 | 150 | .288 | 2 | 31 |
2B | Hal Janvrin | 61 | 208 | 37 | .178 | 1 | 13 |
SS | Howie Shanks | 135 | 491 | 122 | .248 | 1 | 54 |
3B | Eddie Foster | 120 | 478 | 126 | .264 | 0 | 26 |
OF | Mike Menosky | 116 | 342 | 98 | .287 | 6 | 39 |
OF | Clyde Milan | 88 | 321 | 92 | .287 | 0 | 37 |
OF | Sam Rice | 141 | 557 | 179 | .321 | 3 | 71 |
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 |
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Patsy Gharrity | 111 | 347 | 94 | .271 | 2 | 43 |
Buzz Murphy | 79 | 252 | 66 | .262 | 0 | 28 |
Joe Leonard | 71 | 198 | 51 | .258 | 2 | 20 |
Frank Ellerbe | 28 | 105 | 29 | .276 | 0 | 16 |
Sam Agnew | 42 | 98 | 23 | .235 | 0 | 10 |
Roy Grover | 24 | 75 | 14 | .187 | 0 | 7 |
George McBride | 15 | 40 | 8 | .200 | 0 | 4 |
Bucky Harris | 8 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 4 |
Ike Davis | 8 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Claude Davidson | 2 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 0 |
George Twombly | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Danny Silva | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Kelliher | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jesse Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
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Jim Shaw | 45 | 306.2 | 17 | 17 | 2.73 | 128 |
Walter Johnson | 39 | 290.1 | 20 | 14 | 1.49 | 147 |
Harry Harper | 35 | 208.0 | 6 | 21 | 3.72 | 87 |
Eric Erickson | 20 | 132.0 | 6 | 11 | 3.95 | 86 |
Al Schacht | 2 | 15.0 | 2 | 0 | 2.40 | 4 |
Rip Jordan | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 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 |
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Tom Zachary | 17 | 61.2 | 1 | 5 | 2.92 | 9 |
Doc Ayers | 11 | 43.2 | 0 | 6 | 2.89 | 12 |
Harry Thompson | 12 | 43.1 | 0 | 3 | 3.53 | 10 |
Dick Robertson | 7 | 27.2 | 0 | 1 | 2.28 | 7 |
Harry Courtney | 4 | 26.1 | 3 | 0 | 2.73 | 6 |
Charlie Whitehouse | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 5 |
Bill Snyder | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | 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 |
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Molly Craft | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.88 | 17 |
Ed Gill | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.82 | 7 |
Ed Hovlik | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.71 | 3 |
Clarence Fisher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
Nick Altrock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |