1942 Washington Senators season

Major League Baseball team season

1942 Washington Senators

League| American League
Ballpark| Griffith Stadium
City| Washington, D.C.
Owners| Clark Griffith, William Richardson and George H. Richardson
Managers| Bucky Harris
Radio| WJSV/WINX
(Arch McDonald)
| <- 1941 | Seasons | 1943 ->

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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

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* December 13, 1941: Johnny Welaj and Ken Chase were traded by the Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Stan Spence and Jack Wilson.[1]

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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American League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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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

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1942 American League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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

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* June 1, 1942: Mike Chartak and Steve Sundra were traded by the Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Bill Trotter and Roy Cullenbine.[2]

### Roster

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1942 Washington Senators

Roster
Pitchers

* \-- Dewey Adkins
* 19 Lou Bevil
* 18 Alex Carrasquel
* 31 Hardin Cathey
* 15 Sid Hudson
* 21 Bill Kennedy
* 16 Dutch Leonard
* 34 Walt Masterson
* 21 Phil McCullough
* 12 Bobo Newsom
* 10,66 Ray Scarborough
* 17 Steve Sundra
* 17 Bill Trotter
* 19 Jack Wilson
* 11 Early Wynn
* 20 Bill Zuber

|  | Catchers

* 8 Jake Early
* 9 Al Evans

Infielders

* 21 Ellis Clary
* 7 Frank Croucher
* 8 Bobby Estalella
* 22 Stan Galle
* 32 Chile Gómez
* 6 Ray Hoffman
* 23 Jimmy Pofahl
* 6 Bob Repass
* 32 John Sullivan
* 5 Mickey Vernon

|  | Outfielders

* 3 Bruce Campbell
* 1 George Case
* \-- Mike Chartak
* 14 Roy Cullenbine
* 34 Al Kvasnak
* \-- Gene Moore
* 24 Roberto Ortiz
* 2 Stan Spence

|  | Manager

* 28 Bucky Harris

Coaches

* 29 Nick Altrock
* 27 Benny Bengough
* 25 Ossie Bluege
* 26 Clyde Milan
* \-- George Uhle

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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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

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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

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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

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#### Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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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

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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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

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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[3]

## References

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1. ^ Johnny Welaj page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Bill Trotter page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

## External links

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* 1942 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
* 1942 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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1942 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball|

| American League|

* Boston
* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* New York
* Philadelphia
* St. Louis
* Washington

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National League|

* Boston
* Brooklyn
* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

Negro American League|

* Birmingham
* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* Jacksonville
* Kansas City
* Memphis

Negro National League|

* Baltimore
* Homestead
* New York Black Yankees
* New York Cubans
* Newark
* Philadelphia

* 1942 All-Star Game
* 1942 World Series
* 1942 East–West All-Star Game
* 1942 Negro World Series

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