1919 Washington Senators season

1919 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNational Park
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersThomas C. Noyes
ManagersClark 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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 88 52 .629 — 48‍–‍22 40‍–‍30
Cleveland Indians 84 55 .604 3½ 44‍–‍25 40‍–‍30
New York Yankees 80 59 .576 7½ 46‍–‍25 34‍–‍34
Detroit Tigers 80 60 .571 8 46‍–‍24 34‍–‍36
St. Louis Browns 67 72 .482 20½ 40‍–‍30 27‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 66 71 .482 20½ 35‍–‍30 31‍–‍41
Washington Senators 56 84 .400 32 32‍–‍40 24‍–‍44
Philadelphia Athletics 36 104 .257 52 21‍–‍49 15‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1919 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

Roster

1919 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 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
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
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
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
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

References

  1. ^ Roy Grover page at Baseball Reference