1947 Washington Senators Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 850,758, Avg. 12,722
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I
Manager: Ossie Bluege (64-90)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1947 Washington Senators RosterTeam Record: 64-90
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 850,758, Avg. 12,722
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I
Manager: Ossie Bluege (64-90)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1947 Washington Senators Results
The Washington Senators of the American League ended the 1947 season with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.
The Senators plated 496 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 675 runs. Stan Spence paced Washington with 16 home runs Mickey Vernon drove in 85 runs. Stan Spence led all regular hitters by connecting at a .279 clip. Early Wynn topped the team with 17 wins, while Walt Masterson registered a 3.13 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Ossie Bluege coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Wynn | 17 | 15 | .531 | 3.64 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 247.0 | 251 | 114 | 100 | 13 | 90 | 0 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1058 |
| Walt Masterson | 12 | 16 | .429 | 3.13 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 253.0 | 215 | 98 | 88 | 11 | 97 | 0 | 135 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1035 |
| Mickey Haefner | 10 | 14 | .417 | 3.64 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 193.0 | 195 | 86 | 78 | 8 | 85 | 0 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 837 |
| Sid Hudson | 6 | 9 | .400 | 5.60 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 106.0 | 113 | 66 | 66 | 8 | 58 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 478 |
| Ray Scarborough | 6 | 13 | .316 | 3.41 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 161.0 | 165 | 74 | 61 | 5 | 67 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 695 |
| Bobo Newsom | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.09 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83.7 | 99 | 44 | 38 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 381 |
| Scott Cary | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.93 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54.7 | 73 | 38 | 36 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 259 |
| Milo Candini | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.17 | 38 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.0 | 96 | 53 | 50 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 394 |
| Marino Pieretti | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.21 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 | 97 | 50 | 39 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 394 |
| Tom Ferrick | 1 | 7 | .125 | 3.15 | 31 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 60.0 | 57 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 252 |
| Buzz Dozier | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Lum Harris | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |
| Bill Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | |
| Lou Knerr | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | |
| Hal Toenes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Totals | 64 | 90 | .416 | 3.97 | 297 | 154 | 87 | 67 | 14 | 12 | 1362.0 | 1408 | 675 | 601 | 63 | 579 | 0 | 551 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 5951 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Vernon | 154 | 652 | 600 | 77 | 159 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 85 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 42 | .265 | .320 | .388 | .709 | 233 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Spence | 147 | 588 | 506 | 62 | 141 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 81 | 41 | .279 | .378 | .441 | .819 | 223 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Lewis | 140 | 568 | 506 | 67 | 132 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 51 | 27 | .261 | .330 | .342 | .672 | 173 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Priddy | 147 | 576 | 505 | 42 | 108 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 79 | .214 | .301 | .283 | .584 | 143 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Yost | 115 | 485 | 428 | 52 | 102 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 57 | .238 | .314 | .292 | .606 | 125 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Christman | 110 | 412 | 374 | 27 | 83 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 16 | .222 | .287 | .281 | .568 | 105 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Evans | 99 | 351 | 319 | 17 | 77 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 25 | .241 | .303 | .304 | .607 | 97 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherry Robertson | 95 | 304 | 266 | 25 | 62 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 52 | .233 | .318 | .301 | .618 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Grace | 78 | 273 | 234 | 25 | 58 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 15 | .248 | .348 | .359 | .707 | 84 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom McBride | 56 | 181 | 166 | 19 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | .271 | .331 | .319 | .651 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cecil Travis | 74 | 221 | 204 | 10 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 19 | .216 | .273 | .260 | .533 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Sullivan | 49 | 157 | 133 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 14 | .256 | .361 | .271 | .632 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Early Wynn | 54 | 121 | 120 | 6 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .275 | .281 | .375 | .656 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Ferrell | 37 | 115 | 99 | 10 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | .303 | .389 | .414 | .804 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Mancuso | 43 | 137 | 131 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .229 | .257 | .282 | .540 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gil Coan | 11 | 47 | 42 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .500 | .553 | .667 | 1.220 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sid Hudson | 20 | 40 | 39 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .308 | .325 | .333 | .658 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Case | 36 | 89 | 80 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | .150 | .227 | .163 | .390 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Masterson | 36 | 90 | 83 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43 | .133 | .172 | .181 | .353 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Haefner | 31 | 69 | 59 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .136 | .227 | .136 | .363 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobo Newsom | 14 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .241 | .241 | .310 | .552 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marino Pieretti | 23 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Scarborough | 33 | 54 | 50 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .120 | .137 | .140 | .277 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Lyons | 7 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Milo Candini | 38 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .211 | .222 | .433 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Wooten | 6 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Knerr | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Felix Mackiewicz | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Ferrick | 31 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Cary | 23 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buzz Dozier | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Ermer | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Toenes | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lum Harris | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Kennedy | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Myatt | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .364 | .000 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1739 | 5717 | 5112 | 496 | 1234 | 186 | 48 | 42 | 459 | 53 | 51 | 525 | 534 | .241 | .313 | .321 | .634 | 1642 | 131 | 8 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Vernon | 1B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 1299 | 105 | 19 | 123 | .987 | 9.117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Sullivan | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sherry Robertson | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Priddy | 2B | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 382 | 405 | 16 | 89 | .980 | 5.390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Myatt | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Lyons | 2B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 6.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cal Ermer | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Christman | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Yost | 3B | 114 | 0 | 0.0 | 125 | 198 | 14 | 11 | .958 | 2.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Travis | 3B | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 68 | 7 | 6 | .932 | 2.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sherry Robertson | 3B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom McBride | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Mancuso | C | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 144 | 15 | 7 | 1 | .958 | 4.543 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Ferrell | C | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 134 | 22 | 1 | 5 | .994 | 4.216 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Evans | C | 94 | 0 | 0.0 | 389 | 48 | 5 | 14 | .989 | 4.649 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Junior Wooten | OF | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 3.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Spence | OF | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 408 | 12 | 7 | 3 | .984 | 2.958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sherry Robertson | OF | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 126 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .949 | 2.382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom McBride | OF | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 103 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .972 | 2.059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Felix Mackiewicz | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Lewis | OF | 130 | 0 | 0.0 | 259 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .968 | 2.077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Grace | OF | 67 | 0 | 0.0 | 162 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .976 | 2.478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil Coan | OF | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Case | OF | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 2.476 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Early Wynn | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 1.455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Toenes | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Scarborough | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .939 | .939 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marino Pieretti | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .783 | .783 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobo Newsom | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Masterson | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 51 | 6 | 4 | .915 | 1.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Knerr | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kennedy | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sid Hudson | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lum Harris | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Haefner | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.097 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Ferrick | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buzz Dozier | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Cary | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .348 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milo Candini | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .553 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Travis | SS | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 44 | 2 | 9 | .972 | 4.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Sullivan | SS | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 83 | 128 | 8 | 27 | .963 | 5.275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Christman | SS | 106 | 0 | 0.0 | 203 | 291 | 11 | 75 | .978 | 4.660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1589 | 0 | 0.0 | 4081 | 1640 | 142 | 393 | .976 | 3.600 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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