1919 Washington Senators
Record: 90-50
Finish: 1st in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 716
Runs Allowed: 510
Exp W-L: 91-49
 
Ballpark: National Park
Attendance: 1,820,799
Manager: Ben Johnson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-59, 6th in the American League
AA: 56-63, 6th in the American League
A: 63-56, 3rd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Series 1-5 to Cincinnati Reds
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Oscar Charleston 22 130 561 95 196 24 11 4 55 71 29 35 56 .349 .386 .453 .838 93.6 24.7 3.8
2B #Biz Mackey 21 130 525 89 177 33 6 4 76 26 6 35 21 .337 .379 .446 .825 81.6 21.2 7.1
SS *Al Bridwell 35 128 472 80 143 19 2 4 78 17 15 73 9 .303 .394 .377 .771 70.6 16.0 5.2
RF  Joe Gedeon 25 126 472 62 141 15 1 2 75 8 4 36 25 .299 .357 .347 .705 54.4 10.5 3.9
2B *Jay Kirke 31 106 426 67 145 16 1 9 68 1 2 4 33 .340 .346 .446 .792 57.0 13.9 3.8
3B #Dave Bancroft 28 95 373 54 113 18 5 2 51 0 3 40 20 .303 .370 .394 .764 51.5 11.9 3.8
1B *Nemo Leibold 27 101 342 40 91 6 1 1 48 15 5 35 16 .266 .328 .298 .626 36.5 5.0 2.5
LF  Joe Birmingham 34 65 206 28 64 6 5 2 40 1 0 11 4 .311 .339 .417 .757 27.0 5.8 1.2
C  Bill Killefer 31 54 205 25 75 10 0 1 25 0 0 7 14 .366 .383 .429 .812 30.9 8.1 3.1
3B  Jimmy Walsh 33 57 199 22 56 10 0 1 20 2 0 8 21 .281 .311 .347 .658 18.5 2.8 1.8
LF *Joe Connolly 35 54 184 20 49 8 0 0 15 3 2 26 36 .266 .357 .310 .667 21.3 4.0 1.1
3B  Charlie Deal 27 49 187 26 52 3 1 0 22 3 3 9 6 .278 .311 .305 .616 15.1 1.7 2.7
LF  Birdie Cree 36 32 122 23 35 8 3 0 13 4 0 1 16 .287 .299 .402 .701 14.7 3.1 0.5
P *Ralph Caldwell 35 35 120 10 23 1 0 0 10 0 0 1 51 .192 .198 .200 .398 2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Comstock 28 35 108 14 17 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 26 .157 .162 .176 .338 1.1 0.0 0.0
P *Dave Brown 22 33 112 13 35 4 0 0 19 1 1 2 29 .313 .325 .348 .673 11.5 2.3 0.0
2B *Milt Reed 28 26 88 7 25 0 0 1 13 0 1 4 9 .284 .312 .318 .630 8.5 1.1 0.8
RF  Jim Nealon 34 30 72 7 13 1 3 0 7 2 0 5 3 .181 .241 .278 .518 4.5 0.0 0.3
P  George Daly 31 23 67 4 10 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 22 .149 .174 .194 .368 0.5 0.0 0.0
RF *Charlie See 22 19 68 10 24 2 1 0 11 0 0 3 1 .353 .400 .412 .812 10.2 2.6 0.4
1B  Hal Chase 36 30 45 13 14 1 1 1 5 2 2 3 9 .311 .354 .444 .799 5.5 1.0 0.3
P  Hi West 34 19 39 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 10 .051 .119 .051 .170 -1.5 0.0 0.0
1B  Walter Schmidt 32 9 19 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .316 .350 .368 .718 2.0 0.3 0.4
P  Jimmy Ring 24 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Luke Nelson 25 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3 0.0
1B *Ben Houser 35 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 1403 5021 716 1508 190 42 32 673 156 73 345 442 .300 .345 .374 .719 617.8 136.6 42.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 3 2 5 1 1 1 1 1  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Ralph Caldwell 35 23 7 .767 35 35 0 306.0 276 89 3 43 129 2.62 27.3
 Ralph Comstock 28 22 10 .688 35 34 0 302.0 325 113 4 46 111 3.37 17.4
*Dave Brown 22 19 11 .633 33 33 0 282.3 288 93 7 28 163 2.96 21.8
 George Daly 31 12 10 .545 23 22 0 191.7 194 73 3 34 55 3.43 11.4
 Hi West 34 8 6 .571 19 13 0 119.3 136 45 5 9 53 3.39 5.7
*Hugh Canavan 22 4 4 .500 28 0 10 34.7 33 10 0 8 17 2.60 6.0
 Jimmy Ring 24 1 1 .500 9 2 2 24.0 30 10 0 4 7 3.75 1.1
 Luke Nelson 25 1 1 .500 7 1 1 8.0 10 8 0 6 2 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 27.6 90 50 .643 189 140 13 1268.0 1292 441 22 178 537 3.13 90.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 2 1 1 3 5 2 1 2 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 35.9
B.Mackey 794.0 88 88 323 77 4 0 .990 54.4
B.Killefer 425.0 47 48 200 38 7 0 .971 29.1
W.Schmidt 49.0 5 9 24 4 0 0 1.000 20.0
Team Total 1268.0 140 145 547 119 11 0 .984 41.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 13.15
N.Leibold 499.7 55 55 713 45 3 50 .996 13.65
D.Bancroft 322.0 36 36 455 42 6 33 .988 13.89
O.Charleston 321.0 35 36 436 31 3 31 .994 13.09
H.Chase 62.3 7 8 89 3 4 5 .958 13.28
J.Nealon 62.0 7 7 86 7 0 7 1.000 13.50
A.Bridwell 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1268.0 140 143 1780 128 16 126 .992 13.54
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 6.73
J.Kirke 887.0 97 101 204 431 22 77 .967 6.44
B.Mackey 313.0 35 37 82 143 6 22 .974 6.47
M.Reed 49.0 6 6 12 28 0 3 1.000 7.35
H.Chase 19.0 2 3 5 8 1 0 .929 6.16
Team Total 1268.0 140 147 303 610 29 102 .969 6.48
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.91
D.Bancroft 512.7 57 57 27 147 4 8 .978 3.05
C.Deal 426.0 47 49 23 131 6 7 .963 3.25
J.Gedeon 268.3 31 31 15 77 2 3 .979 3.09
J.Walsh 45.7 5 6 2 11 2 0 .867 2.56
J.Birmingham 13.3 0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
A.Bridwell 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1268.0 140 149 69 368 14 18 .969 3.10
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.70
A.Bridwell 984.3 109 109 135 440 20 68 .966 5.26
J.Walsh 185.3 21 21 25 85 5 15 .957 5.34
M.Reed 75.3 8 9 10 28 1 3 .974 4.54
H.Chase 23.0 2 4 4 11 0 2 1.000 5.87
Team Total 1268.0 140 143 174 564 26 88 .966 5.24
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 1.89
J.Connolly 443.0 49 50 82 0 3 0 .965 1.67
J.Birmingham 401.7 45 46 79 1 0 1 1.000 1.79
N.Leibold 322.7 36 38 76 1 1 0 .987 2.15
M.Reed 80.0 9 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
B.Cree 10.0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
O.Charleston 7.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Bancroft 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Walsh 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1268.0 140 150 258 2 4 1 .985 1.85
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.38
O.Charleston 785.7 87 87 211 3 10 1 .955 2.45
J.Walsh 252.7 28 29 56 2 6 0 .906 2.07
A.Bridwell 109.3 12 13 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.81
B.Cree 61.3 7 7 14 0 2 0 .875 2.05
N.Leibold 59.0 6 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
Team Total 1268.0 140 143 315 6 18 1 .947 2.28
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 1.79
J.Gedeon 826.7 92 93 154 5 0 0 1.000 1.73
B.Cree 181.3 19 21 31 0 4 0 .886 1.54
C.See 161.0 19 19 29 1 0 1 1.000 1.68
J.Nealon 79.7 9 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
A.Bridwell 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Connolly 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Bancroft 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Charleston 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1268.0 140 149 232 6 4 1 .983 1.69
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.72
R.Caldwell 306.0 35 35 25 68 3 6 .969 2.74
R.Comstock 302.0 34 35 29 75 3 4 .972 3.10
D.Brown 282.3 33 33 18 46 1 1 .985 2.04
G.Daly 191.7 22 23 23 40 3 1 .955 2.96
H.West 119.3 13 19 6 21 2 1 .931 2.04
H.Canavan 34.7 0 28 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.60
J.Ring 24.0 2 9 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.88
L.Nelson 8.0 1 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1268.0 140 189 105 262 12 13 .968 2.60
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Charleston .349
On-Base Pct Bridwell .394
Slugging Pct Charleston .453
OPS Charleston .838
XR Charleston 93.6
Games Mackey, Charleston 130
At-Bats Charleston 561
Runs Charleston 95
Hits Charleston 196
Total Bases Charleston 254
Singles Charleston 157
Doubles Mackey 33
Triples Charleston 11
Homeruns Kirke 9
RBIs Bridwell 78
Stolen Bases Charleston 71
Caught Stealing Charleston 29
Walks Bridwell 73
Strikeouts Charleston 56
ERA Caldwell 2.62
Wins Caldwell 23
Losses Brown 11
Winning Pct Caldwell .767
Saves Canavan 10
Games Pitched Caldwell, Comstock 35
Games Started Caldwell 35
Complete Games Comstock 28
Shutouts Brown 3
Innings Pitched Caldwell 306.0
Hits Allowed Comstock 325
Homeruns Allowed Brown 7
Strikeouts Brown 163
Walks Allowed Comstock 46
Walks per 9IP Brown 0.9
Hits per 9IP Caldwell 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Brown 5.2
WHiP Caldwell 1.04
OAVG Caldwell .243
OOBP Caldwell .273
OSLG Caldwell .319
OOPS Caldwell .592
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Al Bridwell $ 11,100,000
George Daly $ 9,375,000
Ralph Caldwell $ 8,740,000
Hi West $ 5,000,000
Birdie Cree $ 4,330,000
Hal Chase $ 3,900,000
Jimmy Walsh $ 2,000,000
Charlie Deal $ 1,500,000
Joe Birmingham $ 1,343,111
Jay Kirke $ 1,110,000
Joe Connolly $ 1,000,000
Bill Killefer $ 987,000
Del Gainer $ 350,000
Ben Houser $ 350,000
Nemo Leibold $ 300,000
Dave Bancroft $ 300,000
Biz Mackey $ 300,000
Jim Nealon $ 300,000
Luke Nelson $ 300,000
Ralph Comstock $ 300,000
Milt Reed $ 300,000
Oscar Charleston $ 300,000
Hugh Canavan $ 300,000
Jimmy Ring $ 300,000
Dave Brown $ 300,000
Walter Schmidt $ 300,000
Charlie See $ 300,000
Joe Gedeon $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/15 Signed     Ed Kinsella
2/19 Released Ed Kinsella    
2/19 Signed     George Daly
2/25 Signed     Joe Birmingham
3/1 Signed     Jay Kirke
3/2 Signed     Bill Killefer
3/16 Released Nig Clarke    
3/16 Released Tiny Graham    
3/16 Released Queenie O'Rourke    
3/16 Released Jack Lelivelt    
3/16 Released Cad Coles    
3/16 Released Bill Davidson    
5/16 Released Drummond Brown    
6/16 Signed     Joe Connolly