The 1939 Washington Senators won 65 games, lost 87, and finished in sixth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
1939 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |
Managers | Bucky Harris | |
Radio | WJSV (Walter Johnson, Harry McTigue) | |
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Offseason edit
- December 29, 1938: Al Simmons was purchased from the Senators by the Boston Bees for $3,000.[1]
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 106 | 45 | 0.702 | — | 52–25 | 54–20 |
Boston Red Sox | 89 | 62 | 0.589 | 17 | 42–32 | 47–30 |
Cleveland Indians | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 20½ | 44–33 | 43–34 |
Chicago White Sox | 86 | 69 | 0.555 | 22 | 50–27 | 36–42 |
Detroit Tigers | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 26½ | 42–35 | 39–38 |
Washington Senators | 65 | 87 | 0.428 | 41½ | 37–39 | 28–48 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 97 | 0.362 | 51½ | 28–48 | 27–49 |
St. Louis Browns | 43 | 111 | 0.279 | 64½ | 18–59 | 25–52 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 11–8–1 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 14–8 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 4–18 | 11–11 | 18–4 | 14–8–1 | |||||
Cleveland | 11–11 | 10–12 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 14–8 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 14–8 | |||||
New York | 8–11–1 | 18–4 | 15–7 | 13–9 | — | 18–4 | 19–3 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4–18 | 11–11 | 4–18 | 11–11 | 4–18 | — | 13–9–1 | 8–12 | |||||
St. Louis | 6–16 | 4–18 | 6–16 | 8–14–1 | 3–19 | 9–13–1 | — | 7–15 | |||||
Washington | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 7–15 | 12–8 | 15–7 | — |
Roster edit
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Rick Ferrell | 87 | 274 | 77 | .281 | 0 | 31 |
1B | Mickey Vernon | 76 | 276 | 71 | .257 | 1 | 30 |
2B | Jimmy Bloodworth | 83 | 318 | 92 | .289 | 4 | 40 |
SS | Cecil Travis | 130 | 476 | 139 | .292 | 5 | 63 |
3B | Buddy Lewis | 140 | 536 | 171 | .319 | 10 | 75 |
OF | Taffy Wright | 129 | 499 | 154 | .309 | 4 | 93 |
OF | Sam West | 115 | 390 | 110 | .282 | 3 | 52 |
OF | George Case | 128 | 530 | 160 | .302 | 2 | 35 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Bobby Estalella | 82 | 280 | 77 | .275 | 8 | 41 |
Buddy Myer | 83 | 258 | 78 | .302 | 1 | 32 |
Johnny Welaj | 63 | 201 | 55 | .274 | 1 | 33 |
Charlie Gelbert | 68 | 188 | 48 | .255 | 3 | 29 |
Tony Giuliani | 54 | 172 | 43 | .250 | 0 | 18 |
Jimmy Wasdell | 29 | 109 | 33 | .303 | 0 | 13 |
Bob Prichard | 26 | 85 | 20 | .235 | 0 | 8 |
Jake Early | 32 | 84 | 22 | .262 | 0 | 14 |
Ossie Bluege | 18 | 59 | 9 | .153 | 0 | 3 |
Hal Quick | 12 | 41 | 10 | .244 | 0 | 2 |
Ed Leip | 9 | 32 | 11 | .344 | 0 | 2 |
Morrie Aderholt | 7 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 4 |
Al Evans | 7 | 21 | 7 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Elmer Gedeon | 5 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Loane | 3 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Alex Pitko | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dutch Leonard | 34 | 269.1 | 20 | 8 | 3.54 | 88 |
Ken Chase | 32 | 232.0 | 10 | 19 | 3.80 | 118 |
Joe Krakauskas | 39 | 217.1 | 11 | 17 | 4.60 | 110 |
Joe Haynes | 27 | 173.0 | 8 | 12 | 5.36 | 64 |
Jimmie DeShong | 7 | 40.2 | 0 | 3 | 8.63 | 12 |
Early Wynn | 3 | 20.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.75 | 1 |
Dick Bass | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 1 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Alex Carrasquel | 40 | 159.1 | 5 | 9 | 4.69 | 41 |
Walt Masterson | 24 | 58.1 | 2 | 2 | 5.55 | 12 |
Harry Kelley | 15 | 53.2 | 4 | 3 | 4.70 | 20 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Pete Appleton | 40 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4.56 | 50 |
Bud Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 |
Lou Thuman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Bill Holland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.25 | 2 |
Bucky Jacobs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Mike Palagyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |