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1947 Washington Senators (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946/1948) 64-90, Finished 7th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 496 runs, Allowed 675 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-98 Managed by Ossie Bluege Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I (ballparks.com) Attendance: 850,758 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 101   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Al Evans            30   99  319   17   77   8  3   2   23  28   25  .241  .303  .304   2   1  11   0   4           71
1B *Mickey Vernon       29  154  600   77  159  29 12   7   85  49   42  .265  .320  .388  12  12  12   0   3           99
2B  Jerry Priddy        27  147  505   42  108  20  3   3   49  62   79  .214  .301  .283   7   6  16   1   8           65
3B  Eddie Yost          20  115  428   52  102  17  3   0   14  45   57  .238  .314  .292   3   5   8   2  10           71
SS  Mark Christman      33  110  374   27   83  15  2   1   33  32   16  .222  .287  .281   4   4  10   2   4           60
OF *Stan Spence         32  147  506   62  141  22  6  16   73  81   41  .279  .378  .441   2   2  11   0   1          130
OF *Buddy Lewis         30  140  506   67  132  15  4   6   48  51   27  .261  .330  .342   6   6  17   1  10           89
OF *Joe Grace           33   78  234   25   58   9  4   3   17  35   15  .248  .348  .359   1   2   6   1   3           99
   *Sherry Robertson    28   95  266   25   62   9  3   1   23  32   52  .233  .318  .301   4   5   3   1   5           75
   *Cecil Travis        33   74  204   10   44   4  1   1   10  16   19  .216  .273  .260   1   3   4   0   1           50
    Tom McBride         32   56  166   19   45   4  2   0   15  15    9  .271  .331  .319   3   1   8   0   0           84
    John Sullivan       26   49  133   13   34   0  1   0    5  22   14  .256  .361  .271   0   2   1   0   2           79
    Frank Mancuso       29   43  131    5   30   5  1   0   13   5   11  .229  .257  .282   0   0   8   0   1           52
    Rick Ferrell        41   37   99   10   30  11  0   0   12  14    7  .303  .389  .414   0   0   4   0   2          126
    George Case         31   36   80   11   12   1  0   0    2   8    8  .150  .227  .163   5   1   0   0   1           11
   *Gil Coan            25   11   42    5   21   3  2   0    3   5    6  .500  .553  .667   2   1   0   0   0          243
    Ed Lyons            24    7   26    2    4   0  0   0    0   2    2  .154  .214  .154   0   0   0   0   0            5
    Junior Wooten       23    6   24    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    4  .083  .083  .083   1   0   1   0   0          -53
   *George Myatt        33   12    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   4    4  .000  .364  .000   0   0   0   0   0            7
    Felix Mackiewicz    29    3    6    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .333   0   0   0   0   0           39
    Cal Ermer           23    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0         -100

   #Early Wynn          27   54  120    6   33   6  0   2   13   1   19  .275  .281  .375   0   0   1   0   0           84
    Walt Masterson      27   36   83    4   11   2  1   0    4   4   43  .133  .172  .181   0   0   1   0   3           -1
   *Mickey Haefner      34   31   59    4    8   0  0   0    1   7    9  .136  .227  .136   0   0   1   0   3            4
    Ray Scarborough     29   33   50    2    6   1  0   0    3   1    9  .120  .137  .140   0   0   2   0   3          -22
    Sid Hudson          32   20   39    4   12   1  0   0    6   1    0  .308  .325  .333   0   0   1   0   0           86
    Bobo Newsom         39   14   29    1    7   2  0   0    3   0    6  .241  .241  .310   0   0   1   0   2           55
    Marino Pieretti     26   23   26    1    6   0  0   0    1   0    1  .231  .231  .231   0   0   1   0   2           30
    Milo Candini        29   38   18    2    3   1  0   0    1   1    3  .167  .211  .222   0   0   1   0   2           22
   *Scott Cary          24   23   13    1    1   0  0   0    1   2    3  .077  .200  .077   0   0   1   0   1          -20
    Tom Ferrick         32   31   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .100  .182  .100   0   0   0   0   0          -19
   *Bill Kennedy        28    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Buzz Dozier         18    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Lum Harris          32    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Lou Knerr           25    6    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0          465
    Hal Toenes          29    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   1           48
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.4  154 5112  496 1234 186 48  42  459 525  534  .241  .312  .321  53  51 131   8  72           83
    Rank among 8 AL teams          8    8    8   8  6   8        6    7     7     8     8   3   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Walt Masterson      27  35   3.13  12  16  1  31   4  14   4  253.0  215   98   88  11   97  135 1035   3   2  0     120
SP  Early Wynn          27  33   3.64  17  15  0  31   2  22   2  247.0  251  114  100  13   90   73 1058   4   5  0     103
SP *Mickey Haefner      34  31   3.64  10  14  1  28   1  14   4  193.0  195   86   78   8   85   77  837   1   4  0     103
SP  Ray Scarborough     29  33   3.41   6  13  0  18   5   8   2  161.0  165   74   61   5   67   63  695   2   1  2     110
SP  Sid Hudson          32  20   5.60   6   9  0  17   2   5   1  106.0  113   66   66   8   58   37  478   1   1  1      67
SP  Bobo Newsom         39  14   4.09   4   6  0  13   0   1   0   83.7   99   44   38   2   37   40  381   1   1  1      92

CL  Tom Ferrick         32  31   3.15   1   7  9   0  24   0   0   60.0   57   24   21   1   20   23  252   0   0  0     119
RP  Milo Candini        29  38   5.17   3   4  1   2  21   0   0   87.0   96   53   50   5   35   31  394   1   0  1      72
RP *Scott Cary          24  23   5.93   3   1  0   3  16   1   0   54.7   73   38   36   5   20   25  259   0   1  0      63
RP  Marino Pieretti     26  23   4.21   2   4  0  10   6   2   1   83.3   97   50   39   3   47   32  394   3   2  0      89
RP  Lou Knerr           25   6  11.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    9.0   17   13   11   1    8    5   53   0   0  0      34

   *Bill Kennedy        28   2   8.10   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    6.7   10    8    6   1    5    1   34   0   0  0      46
    Hal Toenes          29   3   6.75   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    6.7   11    5    5   0    2    5   32   0   0  0      55
    Lum Harris          32   3   2.84   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.3    7    2    2   0    7    2   33   0   0  0     132
    Buzz Dozier         18   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    4.7    2    0    0   0    1    2   16   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.7 154   3.97  64  90 12 154  87  67  15 1362.0 1408  675  601  63  579  551 5951  16  17  5      94
    Rank among 8 AL teams           7   7   2  8           4   1      8    7    7        1    3    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- AEvans 94 389 48 5 14 .989 4 RFerrell 37 134 22 1 5 .994 1 FMancuso 35 144 15 7 1 .958 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 667 85 13 20 .983 7 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.34 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MVernon 154 1299 105 19 123 .987 9.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1299 105 19 123 .987 9.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPriddy 146 382 405 16 89 .980 5.39 ELyons 7 19 28 0 7 1.000 6.71 SRobertson 4 7 7 0 1 1.000 3.50 MChristman 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 CErmer 1 4 3 0 0 1.000 7.00 GMyatt 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 JSullivan 1 2 3 0 2 1.000 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 416 449 16 99 .982 5.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .959 2.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EYost 114 125 198 14 11 .958 2.83 CTravis 39 28 68 7 6 .932 2.46 SRobertson 10 11 15 1 0 .963 2.60 TMcBride 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 164 281 22 17 .953 2.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MChristman 106 203 291 11 75 .978 4.66 JSullivan 40 83 128 8 27 .963 5.28 CTravis 15 25 44 2 9 .972 4.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 311 463 21 111 .974 5.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .979 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- SSpence 142 408 12 7 3 .984 2.96 0 142 0 BLewis 130 259 11 9 2 .968 2.08 0 0 130 JGrace 67 162 4 4 0 .976 2.48 56 3 8 SRobertson 55 126 5 7 1 .949 2.38 55 0 0 TMcBride 51 103 2 3 0 .972 2.06 43 4 5 GCase 21 51 1 2 0 .963 2.48 12 4 5 GCoan 11 22 1 0 1 1.000 2.09 0 0 11 JWooten 6 19 0 2 0 .905 3.17 1 6 0 FMackiewicz 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 3 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1153 36 34 7 .972 2.62 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .955 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WMasterson 35 14 51 6 4 .915 2.31 EWynn 33 15 33 1 3 .980 1.75 MHaefner 31 7 27 0 3 1.000 1.59 RScarboroug 33 7 24 2 3 .939 1.73 SHudson 20 7 20 0 1 1.000 2.29 MCandini 38 6 15 0 1 1.000 2.17 BNewsom 14 2 6 2 0 .800 0.86 MPieretti 23 4 14 5 0 .783 1.94 TFerrick 31 7 15 0 1 1.000 3.30 SCary 23 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.32 LKnerr 6 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00 HToenes 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BKennedy 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.69 LHarris 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.71 BDozier 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 71 221 17 16 .945 1.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Spence .279 On-base % Spence .378 Slugging % Spence .441 OPS Spence .819 Games Vernon 154 At Bats Vernon 600 Plate Appearances (approx.) Vernon 652 Runs Vernon 77 Hits Vernon 159 Total Bases Vernon 233 Doubles Vernon 29 Triples Vernon 12 Home Runs Spence 16 RBI Vernon 85 Bases on Balls Spence 81 Strikeouts Priddy 79 Stolen Bases Vernon 12 Singles Vernon 111 Adjusted OPS+ Spence 130 Runs Created Spence 84 Adjusted Batting Runs Spence 22 Batting Wins Spence 2.2 Extra-Base Hits Vernon 48 Times on Base Spence 222 Offensive Win% Spence .654 Hit By Pitch Christman and Yost 2 Sac. Hits Lewis and Yost 10 Grounded into Double Plays Lewis 17 Caught Stealing Vernon 12 Power/Speed Number Vernon 8.8 At Bats per Strikeout Lewis 18.7 At Bats per Home Run Spence 31.6 Outs Vernon 468

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Masterson 3.13 Wins Wynn 17 Won-Loss % Wynn .531 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Masterson 1.233 Hits Allowed/9IP Masterson 7.65 Bases on Balls/9IP Wynn 3.28 Strikeouts/9IP Masterson 4.80 Games Candini 38 Saves Ferrick 9 Innings Masterson 253.0 Strikeouts Masterson 135 Games Started Masterson and Wynn 31 Comp. Games Wynn 22 Shutouts Haefner and Masterson 4 Home Runs Allow. Wynn 13 Bases On Balls Allow. Masterson 97 Hits Allowed Wynn 251 SO to Walk Masterson 1.39 Losses Masterson 16 Earned Runs Allow. Wynn 100 Wild Pitches Wynn 4 Hit Batsmen Wynn 5 Batters Faced Wynn 1058 Games Finished Ferrick 24 Adjusted ERA+ Masterson 120

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Buddy Lewis (Starting RF)
Walt Masterson
Stan Spence

1946/1948

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