The 1923 Washington Senators won 75 games, lost 78, and finished in fourth place in the American League. They were managed by Donie Bush and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
We let Smiles touch on developments in 1923: Griffith spent $100,000 on young players in the offseason and for 1923 had the largest crop of young players in camp in club history with 13. Among them were six pitchers, only two of which, Cy Warmoth and Bonnie Hollingsworth would go north. They didn't do much pitching, only 177 innings between them with a combined 10-12 record. Of the position players Pinky Hargrave stuck as a back-up catcher and Ossie Bluege took over at third base. On February 10 the final pieces of the team to come in 1924 were put in place when Griffith traded Howard Shanks, Val Picinich and Ed Goebel to the Red Sox for catcher Muddy Ruel and pitcher Allen Russell. . . .
. . . On September 21, with the Senators owning a 68-71 record and residing in fifth place, a game out of fourth and 3 1/2 out of third, Washington Post writer Frank Young wrote that Bush was out at the end of the season. "Despite the fact that President Griffith persists in denying the report that Donnie Bush would be deposed as a manager of Washington at the end of the season, . . .". Bush had his supporters who noted that even with the Senators pitching their worst in years and the team batting average ranking seventh in the league, the team was within a few games of third place. Injuries and suspensions didn't help Bush. Johnson, Mogridge, Rice, Judge, Bluege and (Harris) missed time. . . .
. . . With the exception of a seven-game losing streak in late May and early June, . . . The Senators didn't go through dramatic hot and cold stretches in 1923. They played most of the season like what they were, a .500 team. They finished the season in fourth place at 75-78.
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