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1903 Washington Senators season

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Manager(s)
  
Tom Loftus

Owner(s)
  
Ban Johnson and Fred Postal

The 1903 Washington Senators won 43 games, lost 94, and finished in eighth place in the American League. They were managed by Tom Loftus and played home games at National Park.

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Washington had finished in sixth place in each of the previous two seasons (the first two seasons of the American League's existence). However, they fell to eighth and last in 1903. Their only star player, Big Ed Delahanty, got drunk and fell off a bridge into Niagara Falls midway through the season.

The Senators' pitching had always been bad, and indeed, they would allow the most runs in the AL, but without Delahanty the offense sputtered to a halt. Their collective batting average was .231, bad even for the dead-ball era, and no one drove in more than 49 runs.

Notable transactions

  • June 13, 1903: The Senators traded Ducky Holmes to the Chicago White Stockings for a player to be named later. The White Stockings completed the deal by sending Davey Dunkle to the Senators on July 20.
  • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

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

    Other pitchers

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

    League top five finishers

    Al Orth

  • AL leader in earned runs allowed (135)
  • #2 in AL in losses (22)
  • #2 in AL in hits allowed (326)
  • Casey Patten

  • AL leader in home runs allowed (11)
  • #2 in AL in losses (22)
  • #3 in AL in earned runs allowed (120)
  • #4 in AL in hits allowed (313)
  • #4 in AL in walks allowed (80)
  • References

    1903 Washington Senators season Wikipedia