1903 Washington Senators season


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 the American League Park I.
Washington had finished in sixth place in each of the previous two seasons. 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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C6019241.214016
1B126465111.239238
3B125473116.245131
SS9837384.225124
OF7523148.208013
OF114437109.249746
OF140533134.251349

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
4818337.202023
4215652.333121
5115439.253023
3511927.227027
217116.22518

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
3630011223.60133
36279.210224.3488
30242.17183.3156
22166.28123.0870
14108.1594.2451

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
20126.22114.7654

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Al Orth
Casey Patten