# 1919 Washington Senators season

The 1919 Washington Senators won 56 games, lost 84, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 88 | 52 | .629 | — | 48‍–‍22 | 40‍–‍30 |
| Cleveland Indians | 84 | 55 | .604 | 3½ | 44‍–‍25 | 40‍–‍30 |
| New York Yankees | 80 | 59 | .576 | 7½ | 46‍–‍25 | 34‍–‍34 |
| Detroit Tigers | 80 | 60 | .571 | 8 | 46‍–‍24 | 34‍–‍36 |
| St. Louis Browns | 67 | 72 | .482 | 20½ | 40‍–‍30 | 27‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 66 | 71 | .482 | 20½ | 35‍–‍30 | 31‍–‍41 |
| Washington Senators | 56 | 84 | .400 | 32 | 32‍–‍40 | 24‍–‍44 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 104 | .257 | 52 | 21‍–‍49 | 15‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1919 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 9–11 | 4–15 | 9–11 | 10–9 | 14–6 | 9–10–1 | 11–9 |
| Chicago | 11–9 | — | 12–8 | 11–9 | 12–8 | 17–3 | 11–9 | 14–6 |
| Cleveland | 15–4 | 8–12 | — | 8–12 | 13–7 | 16–4 | 11–9 | 13–7 |
| Detroit | 11–9 | 9–11 | 12–8 | — | 8–12 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 12–8 |
| New York | 9–10 | 8–12 | 7–13 | 12–8 | — | 18–2 | 12–8 | 14–6–2 |
| Philadelphia | 6–14 | 3–17 | 4–16 | 6–14 | 2–18 | — | 7–13 | 8–12 |
| St. Louis | 10–9–1 | 9–11 | 9–11 | 6–14 | 8–12 | 13–7 | — | 12–8 |
| Washington | 9–11 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 6–14–2 | 12–8 | 8–12 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 13, 1919: Harry Thompson was traded by the Senators to the Philadelphia Athletics for Roy Grover.

### 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 | Val Picinich | 80 | 212 | 58 | .274 | 3 | 22 |
| 1B | Joe Judge | 135 | 521 | 150 | .288 | 2 | 31 |
| 2B | Hal Janvrin | 61 | 208 | 37 | .178 | 1 | 13 |
| SS | Howie Shanks | 135 | 491 | 122 | .248 | 1 | 54 |
| 3B | Eddie Foster | 120 | 478 | 126 | .264 | 0 | 26 |
| OF | Mike Menosky | 116 | 342 | 98 | .287 | 6 | 39 |
| OF | Clyde Milan | 88 | 321 | 92 | .287 | 0 | 37 |
| OF | Sam Rice | 141 | 557 | 179 | .321 | 3 | 71 |

#### 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 |
| Patsy Gharrity | 111 | 347 | 94 | .271 | 2 | 43 |
| Buzz Murphy | 79 | 252 | 66 | .262 | 0 | 28 |
| Joe Leonard | 71 | 198 | 51 | .258 | 2 | 20 |
| Frank Ellerbe | 28 | 105 | 29 | .276 | 0 | 16 |
| Sam Agnew | 42 | 98 | 23 | .235 | 0 | 10 |
| Roy Grover | 24 | 75 | 14 | .187 | 0 | 7 |
| George McBride | 15 | 40 | 8 | .200 | 0 | 4 |
| Bucky Harris | 8 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 4 |
| Ike Davis | 8 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Davidson | 2 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 0 |
| George Twombly | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Silva | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Kelliher | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Jim Shaw | 45 | 306.2 | 17 | 17 | 2.73 | 128 |
| Walter Johnson | 39 | 290.1 | 20 | 14 | 1.49 | 147 |
| Harry Harper | 35 | 208.0 | 6 | 21 | 3.72 | 87 |
| Eric Erickson | 20 | 132.0 | 6 | 11 | 3.95 | 86 |
| Al Schacht | 2 | 15.0 | 2 | 0 | 2.40 | 4 |
| Rip Jordan | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 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 |
| Tom Zachary | 17 | 61.2 | 1 | 5 | 2.92 | 9 |
| Doc Ayers | 11 | 43.2 | 0 | 6 | 2.89 | 12 |
| Harry Thompson | 12 | 43.1 | 0 | 3 | 3.53 | 10 |
| Dick Robertson | 7 | 27.2 | 0 | 1 | 2.28 | 7 |
| Harry Courtney | 4 | 26.1 | 3 | 0 | 2.73 | 6 |
| Charlie Whitehouse | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 5 |
| Bill Snyder | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | 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 |
| Molly Craft | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.88 | 17 |
| Ed Gill | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.82 | 7 |
| Ed Hovlik | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.71 | 3 |
| Clarence Fisher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
| Nick Altrock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |