1946 Washington Senators season

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season The 1946 Washington Senators of Major League Baseball won 76 games, lost 78, and finished in fourth place in the American League. The 46th edition of the franchise was managed by Ossie Bluege and played its home games at Griffith Stadium, where it drew 1,027,216 fans, fifth in the league and tenth-most among the 16 MLB clubs. It was the only time the franchise would exceed one million in home attendance in its 60 years in Washington. In addition, its fourth-place standing represented the highest, and last "first-division", finish for the team during its final 15 seasons in the U.S. capital.

Offseason

• Prior to 1946 season: Dick Weik was signed as an amateur free agent by the Senators.

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 12, 1946: Jug Thesenga was released by the Senators.
• June 15, 1946: Jeff Heath was traded by the Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Joe Grace and Al LaMacchia.

Roster

1946 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 18 Milo Candini 36 Vern Curtis 10 Mickey Haefner 14,18 Sid Hudson 20,38 Bill Kennedy 38 Al LaMacchia 16 Dutch Leonard 23,35 Walt Masterson 00 Bobo Newsom 12 Johnny Niggeling 15 Marino Pieretti 21 Ray Scarborough 34,44 Jake Wade 19,20 Max Wilson 17 Roger Wolff 26 Early Wynn		Catchers  8 Jake Early 11 Al Evans  9 Mike Guerra Infielders 27,55 Billy Hitchcock 26 Joe Kuhel 24 George Myatt  6 Jerry Priddy  1 Sherry Robertson 27 Jack Sanford 25 Gil Torres  7 Cecil Travis  4 Mickey Vernon 28 Eddie Yost		Outfielders 23 George Binks 22 Gil Coan 39 Ray Goolsby 19 Joe Grace  3 Jeff Heath  2 Buddy Lewis  5 Stan Spence		Manager 30 Ossie Bluege Coaches 33 Nick Altrock 37 Rick Ferrell 29 Joe Fitzgerald 38 Joe Judge 31 Clyde Milan 34 Bert Shepard

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	Al Evans	88	272	69	.254	2	30
1B		148	587	207	.353	8	85
2B	Jerry Priddy	138	511	130	.254	6	58
SS	Cecil Travis	137	465	117	.252	1	56
3B	Billy Hitchcock	98	354	75	.212	0	25
OF		77	321	97	.302	2	31
OF	Stan Spence	152	578	169	.292	16	87
OF	Buddy Lewis	150	582	170	.292	7	45

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
Sherry Robertson	74	230	46	.200	6	19
Jake Early	64	189	38	.201	4	18
Gil Torres	63	185	47	.254	0	13
	48	166	47	.283	4	27
Gil Coan	59	134	28	.209	3	9
George Binks	65	134	26	.194	0	12
Mike Guerra	41	83	21	.253	0	4
George Myatt	15	34	8	.235	0	4
	10	28	6	.214	0	1
Eddie Yost	8	25	2	.080	0	1
Joe Kuhel	14	20	3	.150	0	2
	3	4	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
	33	227.2	14	11	2.85	85
	24	178.0	11	8	2.78	82
	26	161.2	10	10	3.56	62
Roger Wolff	21	122.0	5	8	2.58	50
Early Wynn	17	107.0	8	5	3.11	36
	8	38.0	3	2	4.03	10

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
Ray Scarborough	32	155.2	7	11	4.05	46
	31	142.2	8	11	3.60	35
	29	91.1	5	6	6.01	61

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
	21	1	2	3	6.00	18
Marino Pieretti	30	2	2	0	5.95	20
	11	0	0	0	7.16	7
	9	2	0	1	2.08	6
	9	0	1	0	7.11	8
	6	0	0	0	4.76	9
Gil Torres	3	0	0	1	7.71	2
	2	0	1	0	16.88	0

Farm system

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External links

• 1946 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1946 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com