1947 Washington Senators

64-90 • 0.416 Win% • 7th in AL

📊 Season Record

64 Wins
90 Losses
0.416 Win %
7th Rank
496 R 675 RA
Diff -179

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496 Runs Scored
675 Runs Allowed
-179 Run Diff
865K Attendance

📈 vs. 1947 AL Average

Batting Avg .241 6% below the 1947 league average (.255)
OBP .312 6% below the 1947 league average (.331)
SLG .266 13% below the 1947 league average (.304)
Team ERA 3.97 7% worse than the 1947 league average (3.71)
Runs Scored 496 23% below the 1947 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumGriffith Stadium I
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 865,105
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Avg per Game 11,235

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Rick Ferrell 0.303 2 Stan Spence 0.279 3 Early Wynn 0.275 4 Tom McBride 0.271 5 Mickey Vernon 0.265

Home Runs

1 Stan Spence 16 2 Mickey Vernon 7 3 Buddy Lewis 6 4 Joe Grace 3 5 Jerry Priddy 3

RBI

1 Mickey Vernon 85 2 Stan Spence 73 3 Jerry Priddy 49 4 Buddy Lewis 48 5 Mark Christman 33
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Mickey Vernon 154 600 77 159 0 0 7 85 49 42 12 0.265
Buddy Lewis 140 506 67 132 0 0 6 48 51 27 6 0.261
Stan Spence 147 506 62 141 0 0 16 73 81 41 2 0.279
Jerry Priddy 147 505 42 108 0 0 3 49 62 79 7 0.214
Eddie Yost 115 428 52 102 0 0 0 14 45 57 3 0.238
Mark Christman 110 374 27 83 0 0 1 33 32 16 4 0.222
Al Evans 99 319 17 77 0 0 2 23 28 25 2 0.241
Sherry Robertson 95 266 25 62 0 0 1 23 32 52 4 0.233
Joe Grace 78 234 25 58 0 0 3 17 35 15 1 0.248
Cecil Travis 74 204 10 44 0 0 1 10 16 19 1 0.216
Tom McBride 56 166 19 45 0 0 0 15 15 9 3 0.271
John Sullivan 49 133 13 34 0 0 0 5 22 14 0 0.256
Frank Mancuso 43 131 5 30 0 0 0 13 5 11 0 0.229
Early Wynn 54 120 6 33 0 0 2 13 1 19 0 0.275
Rick Ferrell 37 99 10 30 0 0 0 12 14 7 0 0.303
Walt Masterson 36 83 4 11 0 0 0 4 4 43 0 0.133
George Case 36 80 11 12 0 0 0 2 8 8 5 0.150
Mickey Haefner 31 59 4 8 0 0 0 1 7 9 0 0.136
Ray Scarborough 33 50 2 6 0 0 0 3 1 9 0 0.120
Gil Coan 11 42 5 21 0 0 0 3 5 6 2 0.500
Sid Hudson 20 39 4 12 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0.308
Bobo Newsom 14 29 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0.241
Ed Lyons 7 26 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.154
Marino Pieretti 23 26 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.231
Junior Wooten 6 24 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0.083
Milo Candini 38 18 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.167
Scott Cary 23 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.077
Tom Ferrick 31 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.100
George Myatt 12 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0.000
Felix Mackiewicz 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Cal Ermer 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Kennedy 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Buzz Dozier 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lum Harris 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lou Knerr 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Hal Toenes 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Walt Masterson 3.13 2 Tom Ferrick 3.15 3 Ray Scarborough 3.41 4 Mickey Haefner 3.64 5 Early Wynn 3.64

Wins

1 Early Wynn 17 2 Walt Masterson 12 3 Mickey Haefner 10 4 Sid Hudson 6 5 Ray Scarborough 6

Strikeouts

1 Walt Masterson 135 2 Mickey Haefner 77 3 Early Wynn 73 4 Ray Scarborough 63 5 Bobo Newsom 40
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Walt Masterson 12 16 3.13 35 31 1 253.0 97 135
Early Wynn 17 15 3.64 33 31 0 247.0 90 73
Mickey Haefner 10 14 3.64 31 28 1 193.0 85 77
Ray Scarborough 6 13 3.41 33 18 0 161.0 67 63
Sid Hudson 6 9 5.60 20 17 0 106.0 58 37
Milo Candini 3 4 5.17 38 2 1 87.0 35 31
Bobo Newsom 4 6 4.09 14 13 0 83.2 37 40
Marino Pieretti 2 4 4.21 23 10 0 83.1 47 32
Tom Ferrick 1 7 3.15 31 0 9 60.0 20 23
Scott Cary 3 1 5.93 23 3 0 54.2 20 25
Lou Knerr 0 0 11.00 6 0 0 9.0 8 5
Bill Kennedy 0 0 8.10 2 0 0 6.2 5 1
Hal Toenes 0 1 6.75 3 1 0 6.2 2 5
Lum Harris 0 0 2.84 3 0 0 6.1 7 2
Buzz Dozier 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 4.2 1 2

👥 Roster (36)

Milo Candini Scott Cary George Case Mark Christman Gil Coan Buzz Dozier Cal Ermer Al Evans Rick Ferrell Tom Ferrick Joe Grace Mickey Haefner +24 more

36 players

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