1946 Washington Senators

76-78 • .494 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

76 Wins
78 Losses
.494 Win %
4th Rank
608 R 706 RA
Diff -98

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⚡ Quick Stats

608 Runs Scored
706 Runs Allowed
-98 Run Diff
1,043K Attendance

📈 vs. 1946 AL Average

Batting Avg .260 2% above the 1946 league average (.255)
OBP .327 equal to the 1946 league average (.327)
SLG .366 1% above the 1946 league average (.364)
Team ERA 3.74 7% worse than the 1946 league average (3.51)
Runs Scored 608 3% below the 1946 league average (630 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumGriffith Stadium I
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 1,043,773
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Avg per Game 13,733

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1946

Batting Avg

1 Mickey Vernon 0.353 2 Joe Grace 0.302 3 Stan Spence 0.292 4 Buddy Lewis 0.292 5 Jeff Heath 0.283

Home Runs

1 Stan Spence 16 2 Mickey Vernon 8 3 Buddy Lewis 7 4 Jerry Priddy 6 5 Sherry Robertson 6

RBI

1 Stan Spence 87 2 Mickey Vernon 85 3 Jerry Priddy 58 4 Cecil Travis 56 5 Buddy Lewis 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Mickey Vernon 148 587 88 207 51 8 8 85 49 64 14 0.353
Buddy Lewis 150 582 82 170 28 13 7 45 59 26 5 0.292
Stan Spence 152 578 83 169 50 10 16 87 62 31 1 0.292
Jerry Priddy 138 511 54 130 22 8 6 58 57 73 9 0.254
Cecil Travis 137 465 45 117 22 3 1 56 45 47 2 0.252
Billy Hitchcock 98 354 27 75 8 3 0 25 26 52 2 0.212
Joe Grace 77 321 39 97 17 4 2 31 24 19 1 0.302
Al Evans 88 272 30 69 10 4 2 30 30 28 1 0.254
Sherry Robertson 74 230 30 46 6 3 6 19 30 42 6 0.200
Jake Early 64 189 13 38 6 0 4 18 23 27 0 0.201
Gil Torres 63 185 18 47 8 0 0 13 11 12 3 0.254
Jeff Heath 48 166 23 47 12 3 4 27 36 36 0 0.283
George Binks 65 134 13 26 3 0 0 12 6 16 1 0.194
Gil Coan 59 134 17 28 3 2 3 9 7 37 2 0.209
Mike Guerra 41 83 3 21 2 1 0 4 5 6 1 0.253
Mickey Haefner 33 74 6 15 2 0 0 3 10 15 0 0.203
Bobo Newsom 24 62 5 10 0 0 0 2 0 15 0 0.161
Dutch Leonard 26 53 2 9 0 0 0 7 2 17 0 0.170
Ray Scarborough 32 50 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 10 0 0.140
Early Wynn 25 47 4 15 2 0 1 9 5 7 0 0.319
Sid Hudson 31 43 2 12 3 0 0 4 0 2 0 0.279
Roger Wolff 21 39 2 4 0 0 0 0 5 14 0 0.103
George Myatt 15 34 7 8 1 0 0 4 2 3 1 0.235
Jack Sanford 10 26 7 6 0 1 0 1 2 6 0 0.231
Walt Masterson 29 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 14 0 0.080
Eddie Yost 8 25 2 2 1 0 0 1 5 5 2 0.080
Joe Kuhel 14 20 2 3 0 0 0 2 5 2 0 0.150
Marino Pieretti 30 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.214
Johnny Niggeling 8 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.182
Bill Kennedy 21 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.125
Milo Candini 9 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Ray Goolsby 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Vern Curtis 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Max Wilson 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Jake Wade 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al LaMacchia 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1946

ERA

1 Roger Wolff 2.58 2 Bobo Newsom 2.78 3 Mickey Haefner 2.85 4 Early Wynn 3.11 5 Dutch Leonard 3.56

Wins

1 Mickey Haefner 14 2 Bobo Newsom 11 3 Dutch Leonard 10 4 Sid Hudson 8 5 Early Wynn 8

Strikeouts

1 Mickey Haefner 85 2 Bobo Newsom 82 3 Dutch Leonard 62 4 Walt Masterson 61 5 Roger Wolff 50
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mickey Haefner 14 11 2.85 33 27 1 227.2 220 72 80 85
Bobo Newsom 11 8 2.78 24 22 1 178.0 163 55 60 82
Dutch Leonard 10 10 3.56 26 23 0 161.2 182 64 36 62
Ray Scarborough 7 11 4.05 32 20 1 155.2 176 70 74 46
Sid Hudson 8 11 3.60 31 15 1 142.1 160 57 37 35
Roger Wolff 5 8 2.58 21 17 0 122.0 115 35 30 50
Early Wynn 8 5 3.11 17 12 0 107.0 112 37 33 36
Walt Masterson 5 6 6.01 29 9 1 91.1 105 61 67 61
Marino Pieretti 2 2 5.95 30 2 0 62.0 70 41 40 20
Bill Kennedy 1 2 6.00 21 2 3 39.0 40 26 29 18
Johnny Niggeling 3 2 4.03 8 6 0 38.0 39 17 21 10
Milo Candini 2 0 2.08 9 0 1 21.2 15 5 4 6
Vern Curtis 0 0 7.16 11 0 0 16.1 19 13 10 7
Max Wilson 0 1 7.11 9 0 0 12.2 16 10 9 8
Jake Wade 0 0 4.76 6 0 0 11.1 12 6 12 9
Gil Torres 0 0 7.71 3 0 1 7.0 9 6 3 2
Al LaMacchia 0 1 16.88 2 0 0 2.2 6 5 2 0

👥 Roster (36)

George Binks Milo Candini Gil Coan Vern Curtis Jake Early Al Evans Ray Goolsby Joe Grace Mike Guerra Mickey Haefner Jeff Heath Billy Hitchcock +24 more

36 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1946 Washington Senators

What was the 1946 Washington Senators record?
The 1946 Washington Senators finished 76-78 (.494 win pct).
Who led the 1946 Washington Senators in home runs?
Stan Spence led the 1946 Washington Senators with 16 home runs.
What was the 1946 Washington Senators team ERA?
The 1946 Washington Senators posted a team ERA of 3.74.
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