1919 Washington Senators season

The 1919 Washington Senators won 56 games, lost 84, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park.

Regular season

Notable transactions

June 13, 1919: Harry Thompson was traded by the Senators to the Philadelphia Athletics for Roy Grover.

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		80	212	58	.274	3	22
1B	Joe Judge	135	521	150	.288	2	31
2B	Hal Janvrin	61	208	37	.178	1	13
SS	Howie Shanks	135	491	122	.248	1	54
3B	Eddie Foster	120	478	126	.264	0	26
OF	Mike Menosky	116	342	98	.287	6	39
OF	Clyde Milan	88	321	92	.287	0	37
OF	Sam Rice	141	557	179	.321	3	71

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
Patsy Gharrity	111	347	94	.271	2	43
	79	252	66	.262	0	28
Joe Leonard	71	198	51	.258	2	20
Frank Ellerbe	28	105	29	.276	0	16
Sam Agnew	42	98	23	.235	0	10
	24	75	14	.187	0	7
George McBride	15	40	8	.200	0	4
Bucky Harris	8	28	6	.214	0	4
	8	14	0	.000	0	0
Claude Davidson	2	7	3	.429	0	0
George Twombly	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Danny Silva	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Frank Kelliher	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	0	0	----	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
Jim Shaw	45	306.2	17	17	2.73	128
Walter Johnson	39	290.1	20	14	1.49	147
Harry Harper	35	208.0	6	21	3.72	87
Eric Erickson	20	132.0	6	11	3.95	86
	2	15.0	2	0	2.40	4
Rip Jordan	1	4.0	0	0	11.25	2

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
Tom Zachary	17	61.2	1	5	2.92	9
	11	43.2	0	6	2.89	12
	12	43.1	0	3	3.53	10
	7	27.2	0	1	2.28	7
	4	26.1	3	0	2.73	6
	6	12.0	0	1	4.50	5
Bill Snyder	2	8.0	0	1	1.13	5

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
	16	0	3	1	3.88	17
Ed Gill	16	1	1	0	4.82	7
Ed Hovlik	3	0	0	0	12.71	3
Clarence Fisher	2	0	0	0	13.50	1
	1	0	0	0	inf	0