# 1941 Washington Senators season

The 1941 Washington Senators won 70 games, lost 84, and finished in sixth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## Offseason

* Prior to 1941 season: Sonny Dixon was signed by the Senators as an amateur free agent.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | .656 | — | 51‍–‍26 | 50‍–‍27 |
| Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | .545 | 17 | 47‍–‍30 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Chicago White Sox | 77 | 77 | .500 | 24 | 38‍–‍39 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 | 42‍–‍35 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 | 43‍–‍34 | 32‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 70 | 84 | .455 | 31 | 40‍–‍37 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Washington Senators | 70 | 84 | .455 | 31 | 40‍–‍37 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 64 | 90 | .416 | 37 | 36‍–‍41 | 28‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1941 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 16–6 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 9–13–1 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 14–8 |
| Chicago | 6–16 | — | 17–5 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 13–9 |
| Cleveland | 13–9 | 5–17 | — | 10–12 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | 12–10 |
| Detroit | 11–11 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 |
| New York | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 18–4 | 16–6–1 |
| Philadelphia | 6–16 | 12–10 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 |
| St. Louis | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 9–13–1 | 11–11 | 4–18 | 11–11 | — | 11–11–1 |
| Washington | 8–14 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | 11–11–1 | — |

### 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 | Jake Early | 104 | 355 | 102 | .287 | 10 | 54 |
| 1B | Mickey Vernon | 138 | 531 | 159 | .299 | 9 | 93 |
| 2B | Jimmy Bloodworth | 142 | 506 | 124 | .245 | 7 | 66 |
| SS | Cecil Travis | 152 | 608 | 218 | .359 | 7 | 101 |
| 3B | George Archie | 105 | 379 | 102 | .269 | 3 | 48 |
| OF | Doc Cramer | 154 | 660 | 180 | .273 | 2 | 66 |
| OF | Buddy Lewis | 149 | 569 | 169 | .297 | 9 | 72 |
| OF | George Case | 153 | 649 | 176 | .271 | 2 | 53 |

#### 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 |
| Al Evans | 53 | 159 | 44 | .277 | 1 | 19 |
| Ben Chapman | 28 | 110 | 28 | .255 | 1 | 10 |
| Buddy Myer | 53 | 107 | 27 | .252 | 0 | 9 |
| Johnny Welaj | 49 | 96 | 20 | .208 | 0 | 5 |
| Roberto Ortiz | 22 | 79 | 26 | .329 | 1 | 17 |
| Jimmy Pofahl | 22 | 75 | 14 | .187 | 0 | 6 |
| Rick Ferrell | 21 | 66 | 18 | .273 | 0 | 13 |
| Hillis Layne | 13 | 50 | 14 | .280 | 0 | 6 |
| Sam West | 26 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 0 | 6 |
| Morrie Aderholt | 11 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Cliff Bolton | 14 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Letchas | 2 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Sanford | 3 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherry Robertson | 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 |
| Dutch Leonard | 34 | 256.0 | 18 | 13 | 3.45 | 91 |
| Sid Hudson | 33 | 249.2 | 13 | 14 | 3.46 | 108 |
| Ken Chase | 33 | 205.2 | 6 | 18 | 5.08 | 98 |
| Steve Sundra | 28 | 168.1 | 9 | 13 | 5.29 | 50 |
| Early Wynn | 5 | 40.0 | 3 | 1 | 1.58 | 15 |
| Dick Mulligan | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.00 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Zuber | 36 | 96.1 | 6 | 4 | 5.42 | 51 |
| Vern Kennedy | 17 | 66.1 | 1 | 7 | 5.70 | 22 |

#### 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 |
| Alex Carrasquel | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3.44 | 30 |
| Walt Masterson | 34 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5.97 | 40 |
| Red Anderson | 32 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4.18 | 34 |
| Danny MacFayden | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.29 | 3 |
| Harry Dean | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
| Ronny Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A1 | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Kiki Cuyler and Marv Olson |
| B | Charlotte Hornets | Piedmont League | Calvin Griffith |
| B | Greenville Spinners | Sally League | Gus Brittain and George Nix |
| B | Selma Cloverleafs | Southeastern League | Dale Alexander |
| D | Orlando Senators | Florida State League | Carl Weigel |
| D | Thomasville Lookouts | Georgia–Florida League | Bill Rodgers and Kip Sauerbrun |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Thomasville