# 1943 Washington Senators season

The 1943 Washington Senators won 84 games, lost 69, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## Offseason

* January 29, 1943: Bill Zuber and cash were traded by the Senators to the New York Yankees for Milo Candini and Jerry Priddy.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 54‍–‍23 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Washington Senators | 84 | 69 | .549 | 13½ | 44‍–‍32 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71 | .536 | 15½ | 44‍–‍33 | 38‍–‍38 |
| Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 16 | 40‍–‍36 | 42‍–‍36 |
| Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 20 | 45‍–‍32 | 33‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Browns | 72 | 80 | .474 | 25 | 44‍–‍33 | 28‍–‍47 |
| Boston Red Sox | 68 | 84 | .447 | 29 | 39‍–‍36 | 29‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105 | .318 | 49 | 27‍–‍51 | 22‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1943 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 5–17–1 | 11–11 | 11–9–1 | 10–12 |
| Chicago | 14–8 | — | 7–15 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 18–4–1 | 10–12 | 14–8 |
| Cleveland | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 8–13 |
| Detroit | 11–11–1 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 13–9 |
| New York | 17–5–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 17–5 | 11–11 |
| Philadelphia | 11–11 | 4–18–1 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 |
| St. Louis | 9–11–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 14–8 | — | 8–14 |
| Washington | 12–10 | 8–14 | 13–8 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 14–8 | — |

### Roster

Source:

## 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 | Jake Early | 126 | 423 | 109 | .258 | 5 | 60 |
| 1B | Mickey Vernon | 145 | 553 | 148 | .268 | 7 | 70 |
| 2B | Jerry Priddy | 149 | 560 | 152 | .271 | 4 | 62 |
| SS | John Sullivan | 134 | 456 | 95 | .208 | 1 | 55 |
| 3B | Ellis Clary | 73 | 254 | 65 | .256 | 0 | 19 |
| OF | Stan Spence | 149 | 570 | 152 | .267 | 12 | 88 |
| OF | George Case | 141 | 613 | 180 | .294 | 1 | 52 |
| OF | Bob Johnson | 117 | 438 | 116 | .265 | 7 | 63 |

#### 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 |
| Gene Moore | 92 | 254 | 68 | .268 | 2 | 39 |
| Alex Kampouris | 51 | 145 | 30 | .207 | 2 | 13 |
| Tony Giuliani | 49 | 133 | 30 | .226 | 0 | 20 |
| Jake Powell | 37 | 132 | 35 | .265 | 0 | 20 |
| Sherry Robertson | 59 | 120 | 26 | .217 | 3 | 14 |
| George Myatt | 42 | 53 | 13 | .245 | 0 | 3 |
| Harlond Clift | 8 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 4 |
| Red Roberts | 9 | 23 | 6 | .261 | 1 | 3 |
| Red Marion | 14 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Butka | 3 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Roberto Ortiz | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Padden | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Barbary | 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 |
| Early Wynn | 37 | 256.2 | 18 | 12 | 2.91 | 89 |
| Dutch Leonard | 31 | 219.2 | 11 | 13 | 3.28 | 51 |
| Milo Candini | 28 | 166.0 | 11 | 7 | 2.49 | 67 |
| Johnny Niggeling | 6 | 51.0 | 4 | 2 | 0.88 | 24 |
| Bobo Newsom | 6 | 40.0 | 3 | 3 | 3.83 | 11 |
| Lefty Gomez | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Mickey Haefner | 36 | 165.1 | 11 | 5 | 2.29 | 65 |
| Alex Carrasquel | 39 | 144.1 | 11 | 7 | 3.68 | 48 |
| Jim Mertz | 33 | 116.2 | 5 | 7 | 4.63 | 53 |
| Ray Scarborough | 24 | 86.0 | 4 | 4 | 2.83 | 43 |
| Ewald Pyle | 18 | 72.2 | 4 | 8 | 4.09 | 25 |
| Bill Lefebvre | 6 | 32.1 | 2 | 0 | 4.45 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Dewey Adkins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 1 |
| Owen Scheetz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.00 | 5 |
| Lew Carpenter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Ox Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 1 |
| Vern Curtis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A1 | Chattanooga Lookouts/ Montgomery Rebels | Southern Association | Marv Olson |
Chattanooga franchise transferred and renamed, July 11, 1943