# 1923 Washington Senators season

The 1923 Washington Senators won 75 games, lost 78, and finished in fourth place in the American League. They were managed by Donie Bush and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 54 | .645 | — | 46‍–‍30 | 52‍–‍24 |
| Detroit Tigers | 83 | 71 | .539 | 16 | 45‍–‍32 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71 | .536 | 16½ | 42‍–‍36 | 40‍–‍35 |
| Washington Senators | 75 | 78 | .490 | 23½ | 43‍–‍34 | 32‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Browns | 74 | 78 | .487 | 24 | 40‍–‍36 | 34‍–‍42 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 69 | 83 | .454 | 29 | 34‍–‍41 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Chicago White Sox | 69 | 85 | .448 | 30 | 30‍–‍45 | 39‍–‍40 |
| Boston Red Sox | 61 | 91 | .401 | 37 | 37‍–‍40 | 24‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1923 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | 13–7 | 4–18–1 | 7–15 |
| Chicago | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 10–12–1 |
| Cleveland | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 10–11 |
| Detroit | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11 |
| New York | 14–8 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 15–5 | 16–6 |
| Philadelphia | 7–13 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | — | 9–13 | 15–7–1 |
| St. Louis | 18–4–1 | 11–11–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 5–15 | 13–9 | — | 9–13 |
| Washington | 15–7 | 12–10–1 | 11–10 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 7–15–1 | 13–9 | — |

### 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 | Muddy Ruel | 136 | 449 | 142 | .316 | 0 | 54 |
| 1B | Joe Judge | 113 | 405 | 127 | .314 | 2 | 63 |
| 2B | Bucky Harris | 145 | 532 | 150 | .282 | 2 | 70 |
| SS | Roger Peckinpaugh | 154 | 568 | 150 | .264 | 2 | 62 |
| 3B | Ossie Bluege | 109 | 379 | 93 | .245 | 2 | 42 |
| OF | Goose Goslin | 150 | 600 | 180 | .300 | 9 | 99 |
| OF | Nemo Leibold | 95 | 315 | 96 | .305 | 1 | 22 |
| OF | Sam Rice | 148 | 595 | 188 | .316 | 3 | 75 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Evans | 106 | 372 | 98 | .263 | 0 | 38 |
| Patsy Gharrity | 93 | 251 | 52 | .207 | 3 | 33 |
| Rip Wade | 33 | 69 | 16 | .232 | 2 | 14 |
| Bill Conroy | 18 | 60 | 8 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
| Pinky Hargrave | 33 | 59 | 17 | .288 | 0 | 8 |
| Bobby Murray | 10 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim O'Neill | 23 | 33 | 9 | .273 | 0 | 3 |
| Showboat Fisher | 13 | 23 | 6 | .261 | 0 | 2 |
| Donie Bush | 10 | 22 | 9 | .409 | 0 | 0 |
| Carr Smith | 5 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
| Doc Prothro | 6 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Jim Riley | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Lapan | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Propst | 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 |
| Walter Johnson | 42 | 261.0 | 17 | 12 | 3.48 | 130 |
| George Mogridge | 33 | 211.0 | 13 | 13 | 3.11 | 62 |
| Tom Zachary | 35 | 204.1 | 10 | 16 | 4.49 | 40 |
| Clay Roe | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 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 |
| Paul Zahniser | 33 | 177.0 | 9 | 10 | 3.86 | 52 |
| Cy Warmoth | 21 | 105.0 | 7 | 5 | 4.29 | 45 |
| Bonnie Hollingsworth | 17 | 72.2 | 3 | 7 | 4.09 | 26 |
| Firpo Marberry | 11 | 44.2 | 4 | 0 | 2.82 | 18 |
| Monroe Mitchell | 10 | 41.2 | 2 | 4 | 6.48 | 8 |
| Skipper Friday | 7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.90 | 9 |
| Duke Sedgwick | 5 | 16.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Allen Russell | 52 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3.03 | 67 |
| Jim Brillheart | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.00 | 8 |
| Slim McGrew | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 1 |
| Squire Potter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 1 |
| Ted Wingfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Fred Schemanske | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |