List of Washington Senators Opening Day starting pitchers
1901 through 1960 franchise
Table:
Season

Pitcher

Decision

Final
Score

Opponent

Location

References

1901

Bill Carrick

(W)

5–1

Philadelphia Athletics

Columbia Park

[33][34]

1902

Al Orth

(W)

7–3

Boston Red Sox

American League Park

[35][36]

1903

Al Orth (2)

(W)

3–1

New York Yankees

American League Park II

[37][38]

1904

Highball Wilson

(L)

3–8

Philadelphia Athletics

American League Park II

[39][40]

1905

Case Patten

(L)

2–4

New York Yankees

American League Park II

[41][42]

1906

Tom Hughes

(L)

3–4

Philadelphia Athletics

American League Park II

[43][44]

1907

Tom Hughes (2)

(L)

2–3

New York Yankees

American League Park II

[45][46]

1908

Charlie Smith

(L)

1–3

Boston Red Sox

Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds

[47][48]

1909

Charlie Smith (2)

(W)

4–1

New York Yankees

American League Park II

[49][50]

1910

Walter Johnson

(W)

3–0

Philadelphia Athletics

American League Park II

[9][51]

1911

Dolly Gray

(W)

8–5

Boston Red Sox

Griffith Stadium

[52][53]

1912

Walter Johnson (2)

(L)

2–4

Philadelphia Athletics

Shibe Park

[10][54]

1913

Walter Johnson (3)

(W)

2–1

New York Yankees

Griffith Stadium

[11][55]

1914

Walter Johnson (4)

(W)

3–0

Boston Red Sox

Fenway Park

[12][56]

1915

Walter Johnson (5)

(W)

7–0

New York Yankees

Griffith Stadium

[13][57]

1916

Walter Johnson (6)

(W)

3–2

New York Yankees

Polo Grounds

[14][58]

1917

Walter Johnson (7)

(W)

3–0

Philadelphia Athletics

Shibe Park

[15][59]

1918

Walter Johnson (8)

(L)

3–6

New York Yankees

Griffith Stadium

[16][60]

1919

Walter Johnson (9)

(W)

1–0

Philadelphia Athletics

Griffith Stadium

[17][61]

1920

Walter Johnson (10)

(L)

6–7

Boston Red Sox

Fenway Park

[18][62]

Leveraging the accompanying table plus the supporting evidence provided.

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The 1901 Washington Senators won 61 games , lost 72 , and finished in sixth place in the American League in its first year as a major league team . They were managed by Jim Manning and played home games at American League Park II .
William Martin Carrick ( September 5 , 1873 - March 7 , 1932 ) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball . He was nicknamed Doughnut Bill . Listed at 5 feet 10 inches ( 1.78 m ) and 150 pounds ( 68 kg ) , Carrick batted and threw right-handed . He played for the New York Giants and the Washington Senators in a span of five seasons from 1898 through 1902 . Carrick 's best pitch was the curveball . At one point during the 1901 season , he lost seventeen consecutive decisions . Following his major league career , Carrick continued to be active in professional ball in the minor leagues , while pitching for the Seattle Siwashes ( 1903 ) , Toledo Mud Hens ( 1903 ) , Fall River Indians ( 1905 ) , Newark Sailors ( 1906-1907 ) , and the New Haven Blues/New Haven Black Crows ( 1908/1909 ) . He then managed for New Haven ( renamed the Prairie Hens ) in 1910 .
The history of the Athletics Major League Baseball franchise spans the period from 1901 to the present day , having begun as a charter member franchise in the new American League in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City in 1955 for 13 seasons and then to its current home on the San Francisco Bay in Oakland , California , in 1968 .
Columbia Park or Columbia Avenue Grounds was a baseball park in Philadelphia . It was built in 1901 as the first home of the Philadelphia Athletics , who played there for eight seasons , including two games of the 1905 World Series . Columbia Park fell into disuse after the Athletics ' move in 1909 to the larger Shibe Park , and was demolished in the 1910s .
The 1902 Washington Senators won 61 games , lost 75 , and finished in sixth place in the American League . They were managed by Tom Loftus and played home games at American League Park II .
Albert Lewis Orth ( September 5 , 1872 - October 8 , 1948 ) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball . He later served as a major league umpire and college baseball coach .
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston , Massachusetts . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . The team have won nine World Series championships , tied for the third-most of any MLB team , and they have played in 13 . Their most recent World Series appearance and win was in 2018 . In addition , they won the 1904 American League pennant , but were not able to defend their 1903 World Series championship when the New York Giants refused to participate in the 1904 World Series . Founded in 1901 as one of the American League 's eight charter franchises , the Red Sox ' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912 . The Red Sox name was chosen by the team owner , John I. Taylor , circa 1908 , following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the Boston Red Stockings , including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves . The Red Sox were a dominant team in the new league , defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918 . However , they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history , dubbed the Curse of the Bambino after its alleged inception due to the Red Sox ' sale of Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees two years after their world championship in 1918 , an 86-year wait before the team 's sixth World Championship in 2004 . The team 's history during that period was punctuated with some of the most memorable moments in World Series history , including Enos Slaughter 's mad dash in 1946 , the Impossible Dream of 1967 , Carlton Fisk 's home run in 1975 , and Bill Buckner 's error in 1986 . Following their victory in the 2018 World Series , they became the first team to win four World Series trophies in the 21st century , with championships in 2004 , 2007 , 2013 and 2018 . The team 's history has also been marked by the team 's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees , arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports .
American League Park , known by historians as American League Park I , was a baseball park that formerly stood in Washington , D.C. , at the corner of Florida Avenue and Trinidad Avenue NE on land previously belonging to the Washington Brick Company . It hosted the Washington Senators from the 1901 season through the 1903 season . On March 20 , 1901 , the district commissioners granted permission to the American League to establish a baseball park at the location following an application including plans and specifications for the grand stand and the other supporting structures . Snowden Ashford was the building inspector who handled the case . The land had been previously occupied by the Washington Brick Company in an area sparsely built at the time ; the closest buildings were located more than 50 feet ( 15 m ) from the outlines of the grounds . Therefore , it was considered that it would not cause more menace to the area then if a lumber yard was established there . No specific regulations for the establishment of baseball grounds were in place in the District of Columbia at the time . No opposition from nearby landowners was received , therefore permission was granted . The grandstands were made out of wood as most ballparks of the time . The left-field line ran north-south , with the left field measuring 290 feet ( 88 m ) . Boundary Field , in Northwest DC , had been the preferred site for the American League Senators , but its usage had been blocked by the National League , which still had rights to the site despite no longer having a franchise in Washington . Once peace was reached between the leagues , the Senators moved to that site for the 1904 season , which became known as American League Park II or National Park .
The 1903 Washington Senators won 43 games , lost 94 , and finished in eighth place in the American League . They were managed by Tom Loftus and played home games at National Park . Washington had finished in sixth place in each of the previous two seasons ( the first two seasons of the American League 's existence ) . However , they fell to eighth and last in 1903 . Their only star player , Big Ed Delahanty , got drunk and fell off a bridge into Niagara Falls midway through the season . The Senators ' pitching had always been bad , and indeed , they would allow the most runs in the AL , but without Delahanty the offense sputtered to a halt . Their collective batting average was .231 , bad even for the dead-ball era , and no one drove in more than 49 runs .
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The 1904 Washington Senators won 38 games , lost 113 , and finished in eighth place in the American League . They were managed by Malachi Kittridge and Patsy Donovan and played home games at National Park .
Howard Paul Highball Wilson ( August 9 , 1878 - October 16 , 1934 ) was a professional baseball pitcher . He played all or parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball , including a stint on the infamous 1899 Cleveland Spiders . Wilson made just one appearance for the Spiders , pitching a complete game and losing . He spent the 1900 and 1901 seasons with the Norwich Witches of the Connecticut State League , then resurfaced with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1902 . During his brief stint in the A 's rotation , he compiled a 7-5 record , helping the team to the American League pennant . In 1903 , he pitched for the Washington Senators , posting a 3.31 ERA but losing 18 games for a bad team . His career ended the following season .
The 1905 Washington Senators won 64 games , lost 87 , and finished in seventh place in the American League . They were managed by Jake Stahl and played home games at National Park .
Case Lyman Casey Patten ( May 7 , 1874 - May 31 , 1935 ) was a professional baseball player . He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of eight seasons ( 1901-1908 ) with the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox . For his career , he compiled a 105-128 record in 270 appearances , with a 3.36 earned run average and 757 strikeouts . In the history of the Washington/Minnesota franchise , Patten ranks tenth in wins ( 105 ) , sixth in innings pitched ( 2059.3 ) , tenth in games started ( 237 ) , second in complete games ( 206 ) , sixth in hits allowed ( 2146 ) , and seventh in losses ( 127 ) . He was born in Westport , New York and later died in Rochester , New York at the age of 61 .
The 1906 Washington Senators won 55 games , lost 95 , and finished in seventh place in the American League . They were managed by Jake Stahl and played home games at National Park .
Thomas James Hughes ( November 29 , 1878 - February 8 , 1956 ) was a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball . From 1900 through 1913 , Hughes played for the Chicago Orphans ( 1900-01 ) , Baltimore Orioles ( 1902 ) , Boston Americans ( 1902-03 ) , New York Highlanders ( 1904 ) and Washington Senators ( 1904-09 , 1911-13 ) . He debuted on September 7 , 1900 , and played his final game on October 3 , 1913 . A native of Chicago , Hughes was knicknamed Long Tom for his height , a then-impressive 6 ft 1 in ( 1.85 m ) . His younger brother , Ed Hughes , also played for Chicago ( NL ) and Boston ( AL ) , making them the first set of brothers to play for the Red Sox .
The 1907 Washington Senators won 49 games , lost 102 , and finished in eighth place in the American League . They were managed by Joe Cantillon and played home games at National Park .
The 1908 Washington Senators won 67 games , lost 85 , and finished in seventh place in the American League . They were managed by Joe Cantillon and played home games at National Park .
Charles Edwin Smith ( April 20 , 1880 - January 3 , 1929 ) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1902 through 1914 for the Cleveland Bronchos ( 1902 ) , Washington Senators ( 1906-1909 ) , Boston Red Sox ( 1909-1911 ) and Chicago Cubs ( 1911-1914 ) . Listed at 6 ft 1 in ( 1.85 m ) , 185 pounds , Smith batted and threw right-handed . He was born in Cleveland , Ohio . His older brother , Fred Smith , was an infielder in the majors . Smith always was a bad-luck pitcher [ citation needed ] either due to injury or playing on a bad baseball team . He had a promising debut for Cleveland on August 6 , 1902 , defeating future Hall of Famer Rube Waddell and the Philadelphia Athletics , 5-4 , at League Park . Then , working with two days ' rest , he shut out the Baltimore Orioles , 7-0 , ending his rookie season with a 2-1 record in three starts . He spent three years in the minors before joining the Senators in 1906 . In three seasons for Washington , he posted ERAs of 2.91 , 2.61 and 2.41 , but finished with negative records of 9-16 , 10-20 and 6-12 . In 1909 he went 6-12 with a 3.27 ERA for Washington , before being traded to the Red Sox for Doc Gessler late in the season . In three starts for Boston he went 3-0 with a 2.16 ERA , and resurfaced in 1910 going 11-6 with a 2.30 ERA . While pitching for the Cubs , he led the National League with six relief wins in 1912 .
Huntington Avenue American League Baseball Grounds is the full name of the baseball stadium that formerly stood in Boston , Massachusetts , and was the first home field for the Boston Red Sox ( known informally as the 'Boston Americans ' until 1908 ) from 1901-1911 . The stadium , built for $ 35,000 ( equivalent to $ 1.08 million in 2019 ) , was located on what is now Northeastern University , at the time across the New York , New Haven and Hartford Railroad tracks from the South End Grounds , home of the Boston Braves .
The 1909 Washington Senators , a professional baseball team , won 42 games , lost 110 , and finished in eighth ( last ) place in the American League . They were managed by Joe Cantillon and played home games at National Park . The Senators still hold the Major League record for the most games lost in one month of a season , with 29 losses ( and only 5 wins ) in July .
The 1910 Washington Senators won 66 games , lost 85 , and finished in seventh place in the American League . They were managed by Jimmy McAleer and played home games at National Park .
Walter Perry Johnson ( November 6 , 1887 - December 10 , 1946 ) , nicknamed Barney and The Big Train , was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher . He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Washington Senators ( 1907-1927 ) . He later served as manager of the Senators from 1929 through 1932 and of the Cleveland Indians from 1933 through 1935 . Often thought of as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history , Johnson established several pitching records , some of which remain unbroken nine decades after he retired from baseball . He remains by far the all-time career leader in shutouts with 110 , second in wins with 417 , and fourth in complete games with 531 . He held the career record in strikeouts for nearly 56 years , with 3,508 , from the end of his career in 1927 until the 1983 season , when three players ( Steve Carlton , Nolan Ryan and Gaylord Perry ) finally passed the mark . Johnson was the only player in the 3,000 strikeout club ( achieved 22 July 1923 ) for 51 years ( less 5 days ) until Bob Gibson recorded his 3,000th strikeout on 17 July 1974 . Johnson led the league in strikeouts a Major League record 12 times - one more than current strikeout leader Nolan Ryan - including a record eight consecutive seasons . He is the only pitcher in major league history to record over 400 wins and strike out over 3,500 batters . In 1936 , Johnson was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its first five inaugural members . His gentle nature was legendary , and to this day he is held up as an example of good sportsmanship , while his name has become synonymous with friendly competition .
The 1911 Washington Senators won 64 games , lost 90 , and finished in seventh place in the American League . They were managed by Jimmy McAleer and played home games at National Park .
William Denton Dolly Gray ( December 4 , 1878 in Houghton , Michigan - April 4 , 1956 in Yuba City , California ) was a left-handed professional baseball pitcher who played from 1909 to 1911 for the Washington Senators . One source says he was born in Ishpeming , Michigan .
Griffith Stadium was a mixed-use stadium that stood in Washington , D.C. , from 1911 to 1965 , between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street ( left field ) , and between W Street and Florida Avenue NW . An earlier wooden baseball park had been built on the same site in 1891 . It was called Boundary Field , or National Park as its occupants were then known primarily by the nickname Nationals . This park was destroyed by a fire in March 1911 and replaced by a steel and concrete structure , also at first called National Park and then American League Park ; it was renamed for Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith in 1923 . The stadium was home to the American League Senators from 1911 through 1960 , and to an expansion team of the same name for their first season in 1961 . The venue hosted the All-Star Game in 1937 and 1956 , as well as World Series games in 1924 , 1925 , and 1933 . It served as home for the Negro league Homestead Grays during the 1940s and as such hosted both the 1943 and 1944 Negro World Series . It was also home to the Washington Redskins of the National Football League for 24 seasons , from the time they transferred from Boston in 1937 through the 1960 season . The ballpark was demolished in 1965 and Howard University Hospital now occupies the site .
The 1912 Washington Senators won 91 games , lost 61 , and finished in second place in the American League . They were managed by Clark Griffith and played their home games at National Park .
Shibe Park , known later as Connie Mack Stadium , was a baseball park located in Philadelphia . It was the home of the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ( AL ) and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League ( NL ) . When it opened April 12 , 1909 , it became baseball 's first steel-and-concrete stadium . In different eras it was home to The $ 100,000 Infield , The Whiz Kids , and The 1964 Phold . The venue 's two home teams won both the first and last games at the stadium : the Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 8-1 on opening day 1909 , while the Phillies beat the Montreal Expos 2-1 on October 1 , 1970 , in the park 's final contest . Shibe Park stood on the block bounded by Lehigh Avenue , 20th Street , Somerset Street and 21st Street . It was five blocks west , corner-to-corner , from the Baker Bowl , the Phillies ' home from 1887 to 1938 . The stadium hosted eight World Series and two MLB All-Star Games , in 1943 and 1952 , with the latter game holding the distinction of being the only All-Star contest shortened by rain ( to five innings ) . In May 1939 , it was the site of the first night game played in the American League . Phillies Hall-of-Fame centerfielder and longtime broadcaster Richie Ashburn remembered Shibe Park : It looked like a ballpark . It smelled like a ballpark . It had a feeling and a heartbeat , a personality that was all baseball .
The 1913 Washington Senators won 90 games , lost 64 , and finished in second place in the American League . They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park .
The 1914 Washington Senators won 81 games , lost 73 , and finished in third place in the American League . They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park .
Fenway Park is a baseball park located in Boston , Massachusetts , near Kenmore Square . Since 1912 , it has been the home for the Boston Red Sox , the city 's American League baseball team , and since 1953 , its only Major League Baseball ( MLB ) franchise . It is the oldest ballpark in MLB . Because of its age and constrained location in Boston 's dense Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood , the park has been renovated or expanded many times , resulting in quirky features including The Triangle , Pesky 's Pole , and the Green Monster in left field . It is the fourth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity , second-smallest by total capacity , and one of eight that can not accommodate at least 40,000 spectators . Fenway has hosted the World Series 11 times , with the Red Sox winning six of them and the Boston Braves winning one . [ note 1 ] Besides baseball games it has been the site of many other sporting and cultural events including professional football games for the Boston Redskins , Boston Yanks , and the New England Patriots ; concerts ; soccer and hockey games ( such as the 2010 NHL Winter Classic ) ; and political and religious campaigns . April 20 , 2012 , marked Fenway Park 's centennial . On March 7 of that year , the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places . Former pitcher Bill Lee has called Fenway Park a shrine . It is a pending Boston Landmark which will regulate any further changes to the park . Today , the park is considered to be one of the most well-known sports venues in the world .
The 1915 Washington Senators won 85 games , lost 68 , and finished in fourth place in the American League . They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park .
The 1916 Washington Senators won 76 games , lost 77 , and finished in seventh place in the American League . They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park .
The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan , New York City , used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 through 1963 . The original Polo Grounds , opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889 , was built for the sport of polo . Bound on the south and north by 110th and 112th Streets and on the east and west by Fifth and Sixth ( Lenox ) Avenues , just north of Central Park , it was converted to a baseball stadium when leased by the New York Metropolitans in 1880 . The third Polo Grounds , built in 1890 and renovated after a fire in 1911 , is the one generally indicated when the Polo Grounds is referenced . It was located in Coogan 's Hollow and was noted for its distinctive bathtub shape , very short distances to the left and right field walls , and an unusually deep center field . In baseball , the original Polo Grounds was home to the New York Metropolitans from 1880 through 1885 , and the New York Giants from 1883 through 1888 . The Giants played in the second Polo Grounds for part of the 1889 season and all of the 1890 season , and at the third and fourth Polo Grounds from 1891 through 1957 . The Polo Grounds was also the home field of the New York Yankees from 1913 through 1922 and the New York Mets in their first two seasons of 1962 and 1963 . All four versions of the ballpark hosted World Series matches at various times . The fourth version also hosted the 1934 and 1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Games . In football , the third Polo Grounds was home to the New York Brickley Giants for one game in 1921 and the New York Giants from 1925 to 1955 . The New York Jets of the American Football League played at the stadium from the league 's inaugural season of 1960 through 1963 .
The 1917 Washington Senators won 74 games , lost 79 , and finished in fifth place in the American League . They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park .
The 1918 Washington Senators won 72 games , lost 56 , and finished in third place in the American League . They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park .
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 .
The 1920 Washington Senators won 68 games , lost 84 , and finished in sixth place in the American League . They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at Griffith Stadium .