# 1947 Washington Senators season

The 1947 Washington Senators won 64 games, lost 90, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 55‍–‍22 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Detroit Tigers | 85 | 69 | .552 | 12 | 46‍–‍31 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Boston Red Sox | 83 | 71 | .539 | 14 | 49‍–‍30 | 34‍–‍41 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 74 | .519 | 17 | 38‍–‍39 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 78 | 76 | .506 | 19 | 39‍–‍38 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Chicago White Sox | 70 | 84 | .455 | 27 | 32‍–‍43 | 38‍–‍41 |
| Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | .416 | 33 | 36‍–‍41 | 28‍–‍49 |
| St. Louis Browns | 59 | 95 | .383 | 38 | 29‍–‍48 | 30‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1947 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 16–6–1 | 9–13 | 12–10–1 | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 15–7 | 12–10 |
| Chicago | 6–16–1 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 14–8 |
| Cleveland | 13–9 | 11–11 | — | 8–14–2 | 7–15 | 11–11–1 | 17–5 | 13–9 |
| Detroit | 10–12–1 | 15–7 | 14–8–2 | — | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 12–10 |
| New York | 13–9 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | — | 13–9 | 15–7 | 15–7 |
| Philadelphia | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 |
| St. Louis | 7–15 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 |
| Washington | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — |

### Notable transactions

* September 23, 1947: Joe Grace was selected off waivers from the Senators by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

### Roster
## 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 | 99 | 319 | 77 | .241 | 2 | 23 |
| 1B | Mickey Vernon | 154 | 600 | 159 | .265 | 7 | 85 |
| 2B | Jerry Priddy | 147 | 505 | 108 | .214 | 3 | 49 |
| 3B | Eddie Yost | 115 | 428 | 102 | .238 | 0 | 14 |
| SS | Mark Christman | 110 | 374 | 83 | .222 | 1 | 33 |
| OF | Joe Grace | 78 | 234 | 58 | .248 | 3 | 17 |
| OF | Stan Spence | 147 | 506 | 141 | .279 | 16 | 73 |
| OF | Buddy Lewis | 140 | 506 | 132 | .261 | 6 | 48 |

#### 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 | 95 | 266 | 62 | .233 | 1 | 23 |
| Cecil Travis | 74 | 204 | 44 | .216 | 1 | 10 |
| Tom McBride | 56 | 166 | 45 | .271 | 0 | 15 |
| John Sullivan | 49 | 133 | 34 | .256 | 0 | 5 |
| Frank Mancuso | 43 | 131 | 30 | .229 | 0 | 13 |
| Rick Ferrell | 37 | 99 | 30 | .303 | 0 | 12 |
| George Case | 36 | 80 | 12 | .150 | 0 | 2 |
| Gil Coan | 11 | 42 | 21 | .500 | 0 | 3 |
| Ed Lyons | 7 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Wooten | 6 | 24 | 2 | .083 | 0 | 1 |
| George Myatt | 12 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Felix Mackiewicz | 3 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Ermer | 1 | 3 | 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 |
| Walt Masterson | 35 | 253.0 | 12 | 16 | 3.13 | 135 |
| Early Wynn | 33 | 247.0 | 17 | 15 | 3.64 | 73 |
| Mickey Haefner | 31 | 193.0 | 10 | 14 | 3.64 | 77 |
| Sid Hudson | 20 | 106.0 | 6 | 9 | 5.60 | 37 |
| Bobo Newsom | 14 | 83.2 | 4 | 6 | 4.09 | 40 |

#### 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 | 33 | 161.0 | 6 | 13 | 3.41 | 63 |
| Marino Pieretti | 23 | 83.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.21 | 32 |
| Hal Toenes | 3 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Ferrick | 31 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3.15 | 23 |
| Milo Candini | 38 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5.17 | 31 |
| Scott Cary | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.93 | 25 |
| Lou Knerr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 5 |
| Lum Harris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 2 |
| Bill Kennedy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 1 |
| Buzz Dozier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Bert Niehoff |
| B | Charlotte Hornets | Tri-State League | Spencer Abbott and Cal Ermer |
| C | Havana Cubanos | Florida International League | Oscar Rodríguez |
| D | Brewton Millers | Alabama State League | Norman Veazey |
| D | Kingsport Cherokees | Appalachian League | Dick Bass |
| D | Orlando Senators | Florida State League | Lou Bevil |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte, Havana