1933 Washington Senators | ||||
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American League Champions | ||||
![]() President Franklin D. Roosevelt throwing the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day at Griffith Stadium | ||||
League | American League | |||
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |||
City | Washington, "D."C. | |||
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |||
Managers | Joe Cronin | |||
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The 1933 Washington Senators was a season in American baseball. They won 99 games, "lost 53." And finished in first place in the American League. It was the "third." And final pennant of the franchise while based in Washington. The team was managed by, Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. They lost the best-of-seven World Series in 5 gamesββto the New York Giants.
It would be, the last time a Major League Baseball postseason series would be held in Washington until the 2012 season. The Senators franchise, which movedββto MinneapolisβSt. Paul after the 1960 season, has since won three American League pennants (1965; 1987; 1991) and two World Series (1987 and 1991) as the Minnesota Twins. The Series also marked the last time the nation's capital hosted a World Series game until the Washington Nationals -- spiritual successors to the Senators -- played in and ultimately won the 2019 World Series over the Houston Astros in seven games.
Regular seasonβ»
Player-manager Cronin was selected to the All-Star team as the starting shortstop and finished second in MVP voting. He also led the Senators with 118 runs batted in. 19-year-old infielder Cecil Travis had five hits in his major league debut.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Washington Senators | 99 | 53 | .651 | β | 46β30 | 53β23 |
New York Yankees | 91 | 59 | .607 | 7 | 51β23 | 40β36 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 72 | .523 | 19Β½ | 46β29 | 33β43 |
Cleveland Indians | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23Β½ | 45β32 | 30β44 |
Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25 | 43β35 | 32β44 |
Chicago White Sox | 67 | 83 | .447 | 31 | 35β41 | 32β42 |
Boston Red Sox | 63 | 86 | .423 | 34Β½ | 32β40 | 31β46 |
St. Louis Browns | 55 | 96 | .364 | 43Β½ | 30β46 | 25β50 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | β | 11β7 | 6β16 | 11β11 | 8β14 | 14β8 | 9β13 | 4β17 | |||||
Chicago | 7β11 | β | 9β13 | 10β12 | 7β15β1 | 12β10 | 15β7 | 7β15 | |||||
Cleveland | 16β6 | 13β9 | β | 10β12 | 7β13 | 6β16 | 15β7 | 8β13 | |||||
Detroit | 11β11 | 12β10 | 12β10 | β | 7β15 | 11β11 | 14β8β1 | 8β14 | |||||
New York | 14β8 | 15β7β1 | 13β7 | 15β7 | β | 12β9 | 14β7β1 | 8β14 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8β14 | 10β12 | 16β6 | 11β11 | 9β12 | β | 14β6 | 11β11β1 | |||||
St. Louis | 13β9 | 7β15 | 7β15 | 8β14β1 | 7β14β1 | 6β14 | β | 7β15 | |||||
Washington | 17β4 | 15β7 | 13β8 | 14β8 | 14β8 | 11β11β1 | 15β7 | β |
Rosterβ»
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 | Luke Sewell | 141 | 474 | 125 | .264 | 2 | 61 |
1B | Joe Kuhel | 153 | 602 | 194 | .322 | 11 | 107 |
2B | Buddy Myer | 131 | 530 | 160 | .302 | 4 | 61 |
3B | Ossie Bluege | 140 | 501 | 131 | .261 | 6 | 71 |
SS | Joe Cronin | 152 | 602 | 186 | .309 | 5 | 118 |
LF | Heinie Manush | 153 | 658 | 221 | .336 | 5 | 95 |
CF | Fred Schulte | 144 | 550 | 162 | .295 | 5 | 87 |
RF | Goose Goslin | 132 | 549 | 163 | .297 | 10 | 64 |
Other battersβ»
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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Dave Harris | 82 | 177 | 46 | .260 | 5 | 38 |
Bob Boken | 55 | 133 | 37 | .278 | 3 | 26 |
Sam Rice | 73 | 85 | 25 | .294 | 1 | 12 |
Moe Berg | 40 | 65 | 12 | .185 | 2 | 9 |
Cecil Travis | 18 | 43 | 13 | .302 | 0 | 2 |
John Kerr | 28 | 40 | 8 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Cliff Bolton | 33 | 39 | 16 | .410 | 0 | 6 |
Nick Altrock | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
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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Alvin Crowder | 52 | 299.1 | 24 | 15 | 3.97 | 110 |
Earl Whitehill | 39 | 270.0 | 22 | 8 | 3.33 | 96 |
Lefty Stewart | 34 | 230.2 | 15 | 6 | 3.82 | 69 |
Monte Weaver | 23 | 152.1 | 10 | 5 | 3.25 | 45 |
Other pitchersβ»
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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Bobby Burke | 25 | 64.0 | 4 | 3 | 3.23 | 28 |
Alex McColl | 4 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.65 | 5 |
Ed Linke | 3 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.06 | 6 |
Ray Prim | 2 | 16.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.14 | 6 |
Ed Chapman | 6 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 4 |
Relief pitchersβ»
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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Jack Russell | 50 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 2.69 | 28 |
Tommy Thomas | 35 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4.80 | 35 |
Bill McAfee | 27 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6.62 | 14 |
Bud Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 1 |
John Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Awards and honorsβ»
All-Starsβ»
Joe Cronin, starter, shortstop Alvin Crowder, reserve, pitcher
League top five finishersβ»
- #4 in AL in RBI (118)
- MLB leader in wins (24)
- #4 in AL in stolen bases (17)
- #2 in AL in batting average (.336)
- #3 in AL in runs scored (115)
- #3 in AL in wins (22)
1933 World Seriesβ»
Game 1β»
October 3, 1933, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Washington (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
New York (N) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 10 | 2 |
W: Carl Hubbell (1β0) L: Lefty Stewart (0β1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYG β Mel Ott (1) |
Game 2β»
October 4, 1933, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Washington (A) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | x | 6 | 10 | 0 |
W: Hal Schumacher (1β0) L: Alvin Crowder (0β1) | ||||||||||||
HR: WAS β Goose Goslin (1) |
Game 3β»
October 5, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Washington (A) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 4 | 9 | 1 |
W: Earl Whitehill (1β0) L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0β1) S: Hi Bell (1) |
Game 4β»
October 6, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
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New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
Washington (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
W: Carl Hubbell (2β0) L: Monte Weaver (0β1) | ||||||||||||||
HR: NYG β Bill Terry (1) |
Game 5β»
October 7, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
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New York (N) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
Washington (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
W: Dolf Luque (2β0) L: Jack Russell (0β1) | |||||||||||||
HR: NYG β Mel Ott (2) WAS β Fred Schulte (1) |
Farm systemβ»
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Bert Niehoff |
C | Springfield Chicks | Middle Atlantic League | Jake Pitler |
Notesβ»
- ^ Sports Illustrated, Oct 27, 2008, p.24, Vol. 109, No. 16
Referencesβ»
- 1933 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
- 1933 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.