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1943 Washington Senators
1943 Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	Griffith Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Managers	Ossie Bluege
Radio	WOL (AM); (Arch McDonald, Russ Hodges)

The 1943 Washington Senators won 84 games, lost 69, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Offseason

January 29, 1943: Bill Zuber and cash were traded by the Senators to the New York Yankees for Milo Candini and Jerry Priddy.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	56	.636	—	54‍–‍23	44‍–‍33
Washington Senators	84	69	.549	13½	44‍–‍32	40‍–‍37
Cleveland Indians	82	71	.536	15½	44‍–‍33	38‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	16	40‍–‍36	42‍–‍36
Detroit Tigers	78	76	.506	20	45‍–‍32	33‍–‍44
St. Louis Browns	72	80	.474	25	44‍–‍33	28‍–‍47
Boston Red Sox	68	84	.447	29	39‍–‍36	29‍–‍48
Philadelphia Athletics	49	105	.318	49	27‍–‍51	22‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1943 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	8–14	12–10	11–11–1	5–17–1	11–11	11–9–1	10–12
Chicago	14–8	—	7–15	9–13	10–12	18–4–1	10–12	14–8
Cleveland	10–12	15–7	—	15–7	9–13	16–6	9–13	8–13
Detroit	11–11–1	13–9	7–15	—	10–12	13–9	11–11	13–9
New York	17–5–1	12–10	13–9	12–10	—	16–6	17–5	11–11
Philadelphia	11–11	4–18–1	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	8–14	5–17
St. Louis	9–11–1	12–10	13–9	11–11	5–17	14–8	—	8–14
Washington	12–10	8–14	13–8	9–13	11–11	17–5	14–8	—

Roster

1943 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

21 Red Barbary

Manager

25 Ossie Bluege

Coaches

Source:^[2]

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	126	423	109	.258	5	60
1B	Mickey Vernon	145	553	148	.268	7	70
2B	Jerry Priddy	149	560	152	.271	4	62
SS	John Sullivan	134	456	95	.208	1	55
3B	Ellis Clary	73	254	65	.256	0	19
OF	Stan Spence	149	570	152	.267	12	88
OF	George Case	141	613	180	.294	1	52
OF	Bob Johnson	117	438	116	.265	7	63

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
Gene Moore	92	254	68	.268	2	39
Alex Kampouris	51	145	30	.207	2	13
Tony Giuliani	49	133	30	.226	0	20
Jake Powell	37	132	35	.265	0	20
Sherry Robertson	59	120	26	.217	3	14
George Myatt	42	53	13	.245	0	3
Harlond Clift	8	30	9	.300	0	4
Red Roberts	9	23	6	.261	1	3
Red Marion	14	17	3	.176	0	1
Ed Butka	3	9	3	.333	0	1
Roberto Ortiz	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Tom Padden	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Red Barbary	1	1	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
Early Wynn	37	256.2	18	12	2.91	89
Dutch Leonard	31	219.2	11	13	3.28	51
Milo Candini	28	166.0	11	7	2.49	67
Johnny Niggeling	6	51.0	4	2	0.88	24
Bobo Newsom	6	40.0	3	3	3.83	11
Lefty Gomez	1	4.2	0	1	5.79	0

Other pitchers