1943 Washington Senators season
The 1943 Washington Senators won 84 games, lost 69, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
Offseason
- January 29, 1943: Bill Zuber and cash were traded by the Senators to the New York Yankees for Milo Candini and Jerry Priddy.
Regular season
Roster
Source: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 | Jake Early | 126 | 423 | 109 | .258 | 5 | 60 |
| 1B | Mickey Vernon | 145 | 553 | 148 | .268 | 7 | 70 |
| 2B | 149 | 560 | 152 | .271 | 4 | 62 | |
| SS | 134 | 456 | 95 | .208 | 1 | 55 | |
| 3B | Ellis Clary | 73 | 254 | 65 | .256 | 0 | 19 |
| OF | Stan Spence | 149 | 570 | 152 | .267 | 12 | 88 |
| OF | George Case | 141 | 613 | 180 | .294 | 1 | 52 |
| OF | 117 | 438 | 116 | .265 | 7 | 63 |
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 |
| Gene Moore | 92 | 254 | 68 | .268 | 2 | 39 |
| Alex Kampouris | 51 | 145 | 30 | .207 | 2 | 13 |
| Tony Giuliani | 49 | 133 | 30 | .226 | 0 | 20 |
| Jake Powell | 37 | 132 | 35 | .265 | 0 | 20 |
| Sherry Robertson | 59 | 120 | 26 | .217 | 3 | 14 |
| George Myatt | 42 | 53 | 13 | .245 | 0 | 3 |
| Harlond Clift | 8 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 4 |
| Red Roberts | 9 | 23 | 6 | .261 | 1 | 3 |
| Red Marion | 14 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Butka | 3 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Padden | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Barbary | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Early Wynn | 37 | 256.2 | 18 | 12 | 2.91 | 89 |
| 31 | 219.2 | 11 | 13 | 3.28 | 51 | |
| 28 | 166.0 | 11 | 7 | 2.49 | 67 | |
| Johnny Niggeling | 6 | 51.0 | 4 | 2 | 0.88 | 24 |
| Bobo Newsom | 6 | 40.0 | 3 | 3 | 3.83 | 11 |
| 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 0 |
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 |
| 36 | 165.1 | 11 | 5 | 2.29 | 65 | |
| 39 | 144.1 | 11 | 7 | 3.68 | 48 | |
| Jim Mertz | 33 | 116.2 | 5 | 7 | 4.63 | 53 |
| Ray Scarborough | 24 | 86.0 | 4 | 4 | 2.83 | 43 |
| Ewald Pyle | 18 | 72.2 | 4 | 8 | 4.09 | 25 |
| 6 | 32.1 | 2 | 0 | 4.45 | 10 |
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 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 1 | |
| Owen Scheetz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.00 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | |
| Ox Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |