# 1942 Washington Senators season

The 1942 Washington Senators won 62 games, lost 89, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## Offseason

* December 13, 1941: Johnny Welaj and Ken Chase were traded by the Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Stan Spence and Jack Wilson.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 103 | 51 | .669 | — | 58‍–‍19 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Boston Red Sox | 93 | 59 | .612 | 9 | 53‍–‍24 | 40‍–‍35 |
| St. Louis Browns | 82 | 69 | .543 | 19½ | 40‍–‍37 | 42‍–‍32 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | .487 | 28 | 39‍–‍39 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Detroit Tigers | 73 | 81 | .474 | 30 | 43‍–‍34 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Chicago White Sox | 66 | 82 | .446 | 34 | 35‍–‍35 | 31‍–‍47 |
| Washington Senators | 62 | 89 | .411 | 39½ | 35‍–‍42 | 27‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 99 | .357 | 48 | 25‍–‍51 | 30‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1942 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 13–8 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–7 |
| Chicago | 8–13 | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 6–13 | 13–7 |
| Cleveland | 8–14 | 11–11 | — | 9–13–2 | 7–15 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 15–7 |
| Detroit | 7–15 | 13–9 | 13–9–2 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 9–13 |
| New York | 10–12 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | 15–7 | 17–5 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 6–16 | 10–12 |
| St. Louis | 11–11 | 13–6 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 16–6 | — | 11–11 |
| Washington | 7–14 | 7–13 | 7–15 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 12–10 | 11–11 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 1, 1942: Mike Chartak and Steve Sundra were traded by the Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Bill Trotter and Roy Cullenbine.

### 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 | 353 | 72 | .204 | 3 | 46 |
| 1B | Mickey Vernon | 151 | 621 | 168 | .271 | 9 | 86 |
| 2B | Ellis Clary | 76 | 240 | 66 | .275 | 0 | 16 |
| SS | John Sullivan | 94 | 357 | 84 | .235 | 0 | 42 |
| 3B | Bobby Estalella | 133 | 429 | 119 | .277 | 8 | 65 |
| OF | Stan Spence | 149 | 629 | 203 | .323 | 4 | 79 |
| OF | Bruce Campbell | 122 | 378 | 105 | .278 | 5 | 63 |
| OF | George Case | 125 | 513 | 164 | .320 | 5 | 43 |

#### 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 |
| Jimmy Pofahl | 84 | 283 | 59 | .208 | 0 | 28 |
| Bob Repass | 81 | 259 | 62 | .239 | 2 | 23 |
| Roy Cullenbine | 64 | 241 | 69 | .286 | 2 | 35 |
| Al Evans | 74 | 223 | 51 | .229 | 0 | 10 |
| Mike Chartak | 24 | 92 | 20 | .217 | 1 | 8 |
| Chile Gómez | 25 | 73 | 14 | .192 | 0 | 6 |
| Frank Croucher | 26 | 65 | 18 | .277 | 0 | 5 |
| Roberto Ortiz | 20 | 42 | 7 | .167 | 1 | 4 |
| Ray Hoffman | 7 | 19 | 1 | .053 | 0 | 2 |
| Stan Galle | 13 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
| Al Kvasnak | 5 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Moore | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Sid Hudson | 35 | 239.1 | 10 | 17 | 4.36 | 72 |
| Bobo Newsom | 30 | 213.2 | 11 | 17 | 4.93 | 113 |
| Early Wynn | 30 | 190.0 | 10 | 16 | 5.12 | 58 |
| Dutch Leonard | 6 | 35.0 | 2 | 2 | 4.11 | 15 |
| Dewey Adkins | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 9.95 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Alex Carrasquel | 35 | 152.1 | 7 | 7 | 3.43 | 40 |
| Walt Masterson | 25 | 142.2 | 5 | 9 | 3.34 | 63 |
| Bill Zuber | 37 | 126.2 | 9 | 9 | 3.84 | 64 |
| Ray Scarborough | 17 | 63.1 | 2 | 1 | 4.12 | 16 |
| Jack Wilson | 12 | 42.0 | 1 | 4 | 6.64 | 18 |
| Steve Sundra | 6 | 33.2 | 1 | 3 | 5.61 | 5 |
| Hardin Cathey | 12 | 30.1 | 1 | 1 | 7.42 | 8 |
| Bill Kennedy | 8 | 18.0 | 0 | 1 | 8.00 | 4 |
| Lou Bevil | 4 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.52 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Trotter | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.75 | 13 |
| Phil McCullough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A1 | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Marv Olson |
| B | Charlotte Hornets | Piedmont League | Harry Smythe |
| D | Newport Canners | Appalachian League | Red Lucas |
| D | Orlando Senators | Florida East Coast League | Bob Overstreet |
Newport club folded, June 26, 1942; Florida East Coast League folded, May 14