1933 Washington Senators season

The 1933 Washington Senators was a season in American baseball. They won 99 games, lost 53, and finished in first place in the American League. It was the third and final pennant of the franchise while based in Washington. The team was managed by Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. They lost the best-of-seven World Series in 5 games to the New York Giants.

It would be the last time a Major League Baseball postseason series would be held in Washington until the 2012 season. The Senators franchise, which moved to Minneapolis–St. Paul after the 1960 season, has since won three American League pennants (1965; 1987; 1991) and two World Series (1987 and 1991) as the Minnesota Twins. The Series also marked the last time the nation's capital hosted a World Series game until the Washington Nationals -- spiritual successors to the Senators -- played in and ultimately won the 2019 World Series over the Houston Astros in seven games.

Regular season

File:Franklin Roosevelt throwing opening ball at Griffith Stadium cph.3c33862.jpg

President Franklin D. Roosevelt throwing the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day at Griffith Stadium.

Player-manager Cronin was selected to the All-Star team as the starting shortstop and finished second in MVP voting. He also led the Senators with 118 runs batted in. 19-year-old infielder Cecil Travis had five hits in his major league debut.

Roster

1933 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 18 Bobby Burke 26 John Campbell 19 Ed Chapman 12 Alvin Crowder 20 Ed Linke 19 Bill McAfee 26 Alex McColl 30 Ray Prim 17 Jack Russell 14 Lefty Stewart 21 Bud Thomas 15 Tommy Thomas 16 Monte Weaver 11 Earl Whitehill		Catchers 10 Moe Berg  9 Cliff Bolton  8 Luke Sewell Infielders  7 Ossie Bluege 25 Bob Boken  4 Joe Cronin 23 John Kerr  2 Joe Kuhel  1 Buddy Myer 26,31 Cecil Travis		Outfielders  5 Goose Goslin 24 Dave Harris  3 Heinie Manush 22 Sam Rice  6 Fred Schulte Other batters 27 Nick Altrock		Manager  4 Joe Cronin Coaches 27 Nick Altrock 28 Al Schacht

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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		141	474	125	.264	2	61
1B		153	602	194	.322	11	107
2B		131	530	160	.302	4	61
3B		140	501	131	.261	6	71
SS		152	602	186	.309	5	118
LF		153	658	221	.336	5	95
CF		144	550	162	.295	5	87
RF		132	549	163	.297	10	64

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
	82	177	46	.260	5	38
	55	133	37	.278	3	26
	73	85	25	.294	1	12
	40	65	12	.185	2	9
	18	43	13	.302	0	2
	28	40	8	.200	0	0
	33	39	16	.410	0	6
	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
	52	299.1	24	15	3.97	110
	39	270.0	22	8	3.33	96
	34	230.2	15	6	3.82	69
	23	152.1	10	5	3.25	45

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
	25	64.0	4	3	3.23	28
	4	17.0	1	0	2.65	5
	3	16.0	1	0	5.06	6
	2	16.0	0	1	3.14	6
	6	9.0	0	0	8.00	4

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
	50	12	6	13	2.69	28
	35	7	7	3	4.80	35
	27	3	2	5	6.62	14
	2	0	0	0	15.75	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Joe Cronin, starter, shortstop Alvin Crowder, reserve, pitcher

League top five finishers

Joe Cronin

• #4 in AL in RBI (118)

Alvin Crowder

• MLB leader in wins (24)

Joe Kuhel

• #4 in AL in stolen bases (17)

Heinie Manush

• #2 in AL in batting average (.336)
• #3 in AL in runs scored (115)

Earl Whitehill

• #3 in AL in wins (22)

1933 World Series

Game 1

October 3, 1933, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington (A)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	3
New York (N)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	x	4	10	2
W: Carl Hubbell (1–0)   L: Lefty Stewart (0–1)
HR: NYG – Mel Ott (1)

Game 2

October 4, 1933, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington (A)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	x	6	10	0
W: Hal Schumacher (1–0)   L: Alvin Crowder (0–1)
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (1)

Game 3

October 5, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Washington (A)	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	4	9	1
W: Earl Whitehill (1–0)  L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1)   S: Hi Bell (1)

Game 4

October 6, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	1
Washington (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	0
W: Carl Hubbell (2–0)  L: Monte Weaver (0–1)
HR: NYG – Bill Terry (1)

Game 5

October 7, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	11	1
Washington (A)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	10	0
W: Dolf Luque (2–0)  L: Jack Russell (0–1)
HR: NYG – Mel Ott (2)   WAS – Fred Schulte (1)

References

• 1933 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1933 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com