1949 Washington Senators season
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season The 1949 Washington Senators, the 49th season of the Major League Baseball franchise, won 50 games, lost 104, and finished in eighth place in the American League. It was the worst showing by the Washington club in 40 years, since the 1909 Senators lost 110 games. The team was managed by Joe Kuhel; it played its home games at Griffith Stadium, where it drew 770,745 fans, seventh in the circuit.[1]
The Senators actually won 25 of their first 45 games and stood in third place after Sunday, June 5, 1949. But they would win only 25 games more all season, playing at an abysmal .229 rate over their last 109 contests. In today's 162-game schedule, that would have resulted in a 37–125 mark, surpassing the 1962 Mets' record for futility. At year's end, manager Kuhel would be replaced by Bucky Harris, the Senators' 1924 "boy wonder" manager, now 53, returning for a third term as skipper of the Senators.
Offseason
- October 4, 1948: John Sullivan, Tom Ferrick and $25,000 were traded by the Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Sam Dente.[2]
- Prior to 1949 season: Jim Pearce was signed as a free agent by the Senators.[3]
Regular season
On September 28, Senators pitcher Ray Scarborough ended Ted Williams' streak of most consecutive games reaching base safely at 84 games.[4] Scarborough gave up just four hits in a 4–1 complete game win over the Boston Red Sox. Johnny Pesky made the final out with Williams on deck.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Template:1949 AL Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
- May 24, 1949: Milo Candini was traded by the Senators to the Oakland Oaks for Lloyd Hittle.[5]
Roster
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Catchers
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Manager
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Player stats
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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 |
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| C | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 109 | 321 | 87 | .271 | 2 | 42 |
| 1B | Eddie Robinson | 143 | 527 | 155 | .294 | 18 | 78 |
| 2B | Al Kozar | 105 | 350 | 94 | .269 | 4 | 31 |
| SS | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 153 | 590 | 161 | .273 | 1 | 53 |
| 3B | Eddie Yost | 124 | 435 | 110 | .253 | 9 | 45 |
| OF | Gil Coan | 111 | 358 | 78 | .218 | 3 | 25 |
| OF | Bud Stewart | 118 | 388 | 110 | .284 | 8 | 43 |
| OF | Clyde Vollmer | 129 | 443 | 112 | .253 | 14 | 59 |
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 | 110 | 374 | 94 | .251 | 11 | 42 |
| Sam Mele | 78 | 264 | 64 | .242 | 3 | 25 |
| Buddy Lewis | 95 | 257 | 63 | .245 | 3 | 28 |
| Jake Early | 53 | 138 | 34 | .246 | 1 | 11 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 40 | 129 | 36 | .279 | 1 | 11 |
| Mark Christman | 49 | 112 | 24 | .214 | 3 | 18 |
| John Simmons | 62 | 93 | 20 | .215 | 0 | 5 |
| Ralph Weigel | 34 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 0 | 4 |
| Hal Keller | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Reich | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Difani | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
| = Indicates league leader |
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 |
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| Sid Hudson | 40 | 209.0 | 8 | 17* | 4.22 | 54 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 34 | 199.2 | 13 | 11 | 4.60 | 81 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 34 | 160.2 | 6 | 17* | 5.43 | 52 |
| Mickey Harris | 23 | 129.0 | 2 | 12 | 5.16 | 54 |
| Walt Masterson | 10 | 53.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.23 | 17 |
| Dizzy Sutherland | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 45.00 | 0 |
- Tied with Ned Garver (St. Louis)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 36 | 109.0 | 5 | 7 | 4.21 | 32 |
| Joe Haynes | 37 | 96.1 | 2 | 9 | 6.26 | 19 |
| Dick Weik | 27 | 95.1 | 3 | 12 | 5.38 | 58 |
| Mickey Haefner | 19 | 91.2 | 5 | 5 | 4.42 | 23 |
| Forrest Thompson | 9 | 16.1 | 1 | 3 | 4.41 | 8 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 8.44 | 1 |
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 |
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| Dick Welteroth | 52 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7.36 | 37 |
| Al Gettel | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.45 | 7 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.72 | 5 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.76 | 1 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.37 | 1 |
| Ed Klieman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
Farm system
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References
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- ↑ Baseball Reference: 1949 miscellaneous team information
- ↑ John Sullivan at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Jim Pearce at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 44, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Milo Candini at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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External links
- 1949 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
- 1949 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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