1933 Washington Senators season

1933 Washington Senators
AL Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Griffith Stadium (since 1911)
Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Manager(s)	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 their third, and last, pennant of their existence. The team was managed by Joe Cronin and played home games at Griffith Stadium. They lost in the World Series in 5 games to 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 moved to Minneapolis–St. 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.

Regular season

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 standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Washington Senators	99	63	.651	--
New York Yankees	91	59	.607	7
Philadelphia Athletics	79	72	.523	19½
Cleveland Indians	75	76	.497	23½
Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	25
Chicago White Sox	67	83	.447	31
Boston Red Sox	63	86	.423	34½
St. Louis Browns	55	96	.364	43½

Record vs. opponents

1933 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	11–7	6–16	11–11	8–14	14–8	9–13	4–17
Chicago	7–11	—	9–13	10–12	7–15–1	12–10	15–7	7–15
Cleveland	16–6	13–9	—	10–12	7–13	6–16	15–7	8–13
Detroit	11–11	12–10	12–10	—	7–15	11–11	14–8–1	8–14
New York	14–8	15–7–1	13–7	15–7	—	12–9	14–7–1	8–14
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	16–6	11–11	9–12	—	14–6	11–11–1
St. Louis	13–9	7–15	7–15	8–14–1	7–14–1	6–14	—	7–15
Washington	17–4	15–7	13–8	14–8	14–8	11–11–1	15–7	—

Roster

1933 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 18 Bobby Burke 26 John Campbell 19 Ed Chapman 12 Alvin Crowder 20 Ed Linke 19 Bill McAfee 26 Alex McColl 30 Ray Prim 17 Jack Russell 14 Lefty Stewart 21 Bud Thomas 15 Tommy Thomas 15 Monte Weaver 11 Earl Whitehill		Catchers 10 Moe Berg  9 Cliff Bolton  8 Luke Sewell Infielders  7 Ossie Bluege 25 Bob Boken  4 Joe Cronin 23 John Kerr  2 Joe Kuhel  1 Buddy Myer 26,31 Cecil Travis		Outfielders  5 Goose Goslin 24 Dave Harris  3 Heinie Manush 22 Sam Rice  6 Fred Schulte Other batters 27 Nick Altrock		Manager  4 Joe Cronin Coaches 27 Nick Altrock 28 Al Schacht

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
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 batters

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
Dave Harris	82	177	46	.260	5	38
Cecil Travis	18	43	13	.302	0	2
John Kerr	28	40	8	.200	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Alvin Crowder	52	299.1	24	15	3.97	110

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bobby Burke	25	64	4	3	3.23	28
Ed Linke	3	16	1	0	5.06	6
Ed Chapman	6	9	0	0	8.00	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
John Campbell	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Joe Cronin, starter, shortstop Alvin Crowder, reserve, pitcher

League top five finishers

Joe Cronin

• #4 in AL in RBI (118)

Alvin Crowder

• MLB leader in wins (24)

Joe Kuhel

• #4 in AL in stolen bases (17)

Heinie Manush

• #2 in AL in batting average (.336)
• #3 in AL in runs scored (115)

Earl Whitehill

• #3 in AL in wins (22)

1933 World Series

Main article: 1933 World Series

Game 1

October 3, 1933 at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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 (1–0)   L: Lefty Stewart (0–1)
HR: NYG – Mel Ott (1)

Game 2

October 4, 1933 at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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 (1–0)   L: Alvin Crowder (0–1)
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (1)

Game 3

October 5, 1933 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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 (1–0)  L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1)   S: Hi Bell (1)

Game 4

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
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 (2–0)  L: Monte Weaver (0–1)
HR: NYG – Bill Terry (1)

Game 5

October 7, 1933 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
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 (2–0)  L: Jack Russell (0–1)
HR: NYG – Mel Ott (2)   WAS – Fred Schulte (1)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	Bert Niehoff
C	Springfield Chicks	Middle Atlantic League	Jake Pitler

References

• 1933 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1933 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com