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1944 Washington Senators (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943/1945) 64-90, Finished 8th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 592 runs, Allowed 664 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-85 Managed by Ossie Bluege Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I (ballparks.com) Attendance: 525,235 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 95   (one-year): Batting - 90, Pitching - 91   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   Rick Ferrell        38   99  339   14   94  11  1   0   25  46   13  .277  .364  .316   2   1  10   0   2           98
1B *Joe Kuhel           38  139  518   90  144  26  7   4   51  68   40  .278  .364  .378  11   6  12   2   9          116
2B *George Myatt        30  140  538   86  153  19  6   0   40  54   44  .284  .357  .342  26  10  10   7  21          104
3B  Gil Torres          28  134  524   42  140  20  6   0   58  21   24  .267  .297  .328  10   7  20   1  12           81
SS  John Sullivan       23  138  471   49  118  12  1   0   30  52   43  .251  .325  .280   3   3  11   0  10           77
OF *Stan Spence         29  153  592   83  187  31  8  18  100  69   28  .316  .391  .486   3   7   5   4   4          154
OF  George Case         28  119  464   63  116  14  2   2   32  49   22  .250  .326  .302  49  18   8   3   5           83
OF  Jake Powell         35   96  367   29   88   9  1   1   37  16   26  .240  .272  .278   7   2   4   0   9           60
    Roberto Ortiz       29   85  316   36   80  11  4   5   35  19   47  .253  .312  .361   4   1   2   8   5           95
    Mike Guerra         31   75  210   29   59   7  2   1   29  13   14  .281  .323  .348   8   2   4   0   3           95
    Fred Vaughn         25   30  109   10   28   2  1   1   21   9   24  .257  .319  .321   2   2   2   1   1           86
   *Hillis Layne        26   33   87    6   17   2  0   0    8   6   10  .195  .263  .218   2   0   2   2   1           41
   *Ed Boland           36   19   59    4   16   4  0   0   14   0    6  .271  .271  .339   0   0   1   0   0           77
    Harlond Clift       31   12   44    4    7   3  0   0    3   3    3  .159  .213  .227   0   0   1   0   0           28
    Ed Butka            28   15   41    1    8   1  0   0    1   2   11  .195  .233  .220   0   0   0   0   0           32
   *Rene Monteagudo     28   10   38    2   11   2  0   0    4   0    1  .289  .289  .342   0   0   0   0   0           83
    Joe Vosmik          34   14   36    2    7   2  0   0    9   2    3  .194  .237  .250   0   0   1   0   0           41
    Al Evans            27   14   22    5    2   0  0   0    0   2    6  .091  .167  .091   0   0   1   0   0          -24
    Eddie Yost          17    7   14    3    2   0  0   0    0   1    2  .143  .200  .143   0   0   0   0   1            0
   *George Binks        29    5   12    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           45
    Preston Gomez       21    8    7    2    2   1  0   0    2   0    4  .286  .286  .429   0   0   0   0   0          106
    Luis Suarez         27    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0         -100
    Roy Valdes          24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

   #Early Wynn          24   43   92    4   19   2  0   1    6   3   21  .207  .232  .261   0   0   2   0   0           43
    Dutch Leonard       35   32   79    6   18   1  0   0    1   4   10  .228  .265  .241   0   0   2   0   5           47
   *Mickey Haefner      31   31   70    4   11   1  0   0    6   6   12  .157  .224  .171   0   0   4   0   8           16
    Johnny Niggeling    40   24   69    2    9   0  1   0    3   4   17  .130  .178  .159   0   0   3   0   4           -2
   *Bill Lefebvre       28   60   62    4   16   2  2   0    8  12    9  .258  .378  .355   0   0   1   0   0          114
    Roger Wolff         33   33   55    6   12   0  0   0    3   3   12  .218  .259  .218   0   0   3   0   1           39
    Alex Carrasquel     31   43   36    1    7   1  0   0    2   4   13  .194  .275  .222   0   0   1   0   0           45
    Milo Candini        26   28   32    5   10   2  0   0    2   1    6  .313  .353  .375   0   0   0   1   6          111
    Baby Ortiz          24    2    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0           -3
    Sandy Ullrich       22    3    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0           94
    Vern Curtis         24    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Jug Thesenga        30    5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.4  154 5319  592 1386 186 42  33  530 470  477  .261  .321  .330 127  59 111  29 108           95
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    6    5   7  8   7        6    7     5     5     6   1   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Dutch Leonard       35  32   3.06  14  14  0  31   0  17   3  229.3  222   97   78   8   37   62  936   9   3  1     106
SP *Mickey Haefner      31  31   3.04  12  15  1  28   2  18   3  228.0  221   94   77   7   71   86  974   0   4  1     107
SP  Early Wynn          24  33   3.38   8  17  2  25   7  19   2  207.7  221   97   78   3   67   65  883   2   2  0      96
SP  Johnny Niggeling    40  24   2.32  10   8  0  24   0  14   2  206.0  164   65   53   5   88  121  848   5   4  0     141
SP  Roger Wolff         33  33   4.99   4  15  2  21   5   5   0  155.0  186  107   86   9   60   73  715   6   6  0      65

RP  Alex Carrasquel     31  43   3.43   8   7  2   7  22   3   0  134.0  143   68   51   8   50   35  588   4   2  1      95
RP *Bill Lefebvre       28  24   4.52   2   4  3   4  16   2   0   69.7   86   48   35   3   21   18  310   1   1  0      72
RP  Milo Candini        26  28   4.11   6   7  1  10   9   4   2  103.0  110   53   47   3   49   31  457   0   1  0      79

    Baby Ortiz          24   2   6.23   0   2  0   2   0   1   0   13.0   13   11    9   0    6    4   58   2   0  0      52
    Jug Thesenga        30   5   5.11   0   0  0   1   4   0   0   12.3   18    9    7   0   12    2   65   0   0  0      64
    Vern Curtis         24   3   2.79   0   1  0   1   2   0   0    9.7    8    3    3   0    3    2   37   0   0  0     117
    Sandy Ullrich       22   3   9.31   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    9.7   17   10   10   2    4    2   49   0   1  0      35
    Wally Holborow      30   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.0    0    0    0   0    2    1   11   0   0  0        
    Bill Zinser         26   2  27.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.7    1    2    2   0    5    1    8   0   0  0      12
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.3 154   3.49  64  90 11 154  71  83  13 1381.0 1410  664  536  48  475  503 5939  29  24  3      93
    Rank among 8 AL teams           5   8   1  7           2   3      8    6    6        3    5    7

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RFerrell 96 403 71 9 8 .981 20 MGuerra 58 211 32 10 8 .960 12 AEvans 8 10 4 1 1 .933 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 624 107 20 17 .973 33 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKuhel 138 1251 83 17 119 .987 9.67 EButka 14 98 7 3 8 .972 7.50 GTorres 4 25 1 2 5 .929 6.50 SSpence 3 20 0 1 0 .952 6.67 BLefebvre 2 16 1 0 1 1.000 8.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1410 92 23 133 .985 9.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .967 5.36 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMyatt 121 341 299 29 81 .957 5.29 FVaughn 26 61 70 8 16 .942 5.04 GTorres 10 22 24 1 5 .979 4.60 HLayne 3 10 10 0 4 1.000 6.67 PGomez 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 435 403 38 106 .957 5.46 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .954 3.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GTorres 123 120 297 21 25 .952 3.39 HLayne 18 17 39 3 1 .949 3.11 HClift 12 10 22 6 2 .842 2.67 FVaughn 3 1 8 2 0 .818 3.00 EYost 3 6 5 1 0 .917 3.67 JPowell 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LSuarez 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 154 373 33 28 .941 3.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .947 5.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JSullivan 138 276 426 50 89 .934 5.09 GMyatt 15 35 40 12 9 .862 5.00 PGomez 2 3 1 1 0 .800 2.00 EYost 2 3 1 1 0 .800 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 317 468 64 98 .925 5.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .974 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- SSpence 150 434 29 5 9 .989 3.09 0 150 0 GCase 114 288 7 9 2 .970 2.59 83 7 28 JPowell 90 196 5 4 0 .980 2.23 58 0 32 ROrtiz 80 165 2 9 1 .949 2.09 10 0 71 EBoland 14 22 2 3 0 .889 1.71 0 0 14 JVosmik 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 5 0 7 RMonteagudo 9 12 1 1 0 .929 1.44 0 0 9 GBinks 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 0 0 3 GMyatt 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 0 0 3 MGuerra 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1145 46 31 12 .975 2.59 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLeonard 32 7 53 3 2 .952 2.35 MHaefner 31 8 45 1 5 .981 2.09 EWynn 33 4 31 1 4 .972 1.52 JNiggeling 24 7 29 0 2 1.000 1.57 RWolff 33 8 37 0 2 1.000 2.61 ACarrasquel 43 7 32 3 3 .929 2.62 MCandini 28 4 17 0 4 1.000 1.83 BLefebvre 24 1 13 1 2 .933 1.81 BOrtiz 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JThesenga 5 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.20 VCurtis 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.78 SUllrich 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.78 WHolborow 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 BZinser 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 50 263 9 25 .972 2.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 .316 On-base % Spence .391 Slugging % Spence .486 OPS Spence .877 Games Spence 153 At Bats Spence 592 Plate Appearances (approx.) Spence 669 Runs Kuhel 90 Hits Spence 187 Total Bases Spence 288 Doubles Spence 31 Triples Spence 8 Home Runs Spence 18 RBI Spence 100 Bases on Balls Spence 69 Strikeouts Ortiz 47 Stolen Bases Case 49 Singles Spence 130 Adjusted OPS+ Spence 154 Runs Created Spence 109 Adjusted Batting Runs Spence 42 Batting Wins Spence 4.3 Extra-Base Hits Spence 57 Times on Base Spence 260 Offensive Win% Spence .733 Hit By Pitch Ortiz 8 Sac. Hits Myatt 21 Grounded into Double Plays Torres 20 Caught Stealing Case 18 Power/Speed Number Kuhel 5.9 At Bats per Strikeout Torres 21.8 At Bats per Home Run Spence 32.9 Outs Myatt 426

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Niggeling 2.32 Wins Leonard 14 Won-Loss % Niggeling .556 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Leonard 1.129 Hits Allowed/9IP Niggeling 7.17 Bases on Balls/9IP Leonard 1.45 Strikeouts/9IP Niggeling 5.29 Games Carrasquel 43 Saves Lefebvre 3 Innings Leonard 229.3 Strikeouts Niggeling 121 Games Started Leonard 31 Comp. Games Wynn 19 Shutouts Haefner and Leonard 3 Home Runs Allow. Wolff 9 Bases On Balls Allow. Niggeling 88 Hits Allowed Leonard 222 SO to Walk Leonard 1.68 Losses Wynn 17 Earned Runs Allow. Wolff 86 Wild Pitches Leonard 9 Hit Batsmen Wolff 6 Batters Faced Haefner 974 Games Finished Carrasquel 22 Adjusted ERA+ Niggeling 141

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George Case
Rick Ferrell
Dutch Leonard
Stan Spence (Starting RF)

1943/1945

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