1939 Washington Senators season

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1939  Washington Senators
League American League
Ballpark Griffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
Owners Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Managers Bucky Harris
Radio WJSV
(Walter Johnson, Harry McTigue)
  1938 Seasons 1940  

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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 106450.70252–2554–20
Boston Red Sox 89620.5891742–3247–30
Cleveland Indians 87670.56520½44–3343–34
Chicago White Sox 86690.5552250–2736–42
Detroit Tigers 81730.52626½42–3539–38
Washington Senators 65870.42841½37–3928–48
Philadelphia Athletics 55970.36251½28–4827–49
St. Louis Browns 431110.27964½18–5925–52

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 8–1411–1110–1211–8–118–416–615–7
Chicago 14–812–1012–104–1811–1118–414–8–1
Cleveland 11–1110–1211–117–1518–416–614–8
Detroit 12–1010–1211–119–1311–1114–8–114–8
New York 8–11–118–415–713–918–419–315–7
Philadelphia 4–1811–114–1811–114–1813–9–18–12
St. Louis 6–164–186–168–14–13–199–13–17–15
Washington 7–158–14–18–148–147–1512–815–7

Roster

1939 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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
C Rick Ferrell 8727477.281031
1B Mickey Vernon 7627671.257130
2B Jimmy Bloodworth 8331892.289440
SS Cecil Travis 130476139.292563
3B Buddy Lewis 140536171.3191075
OF Taffy Wright 129499154.309493
OF Sam West 115390110.282352
OF George Case 128530160.302235

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Bobby Estalella 8228077.275841
Buddy Myer 8325878.302132
Johnny Welaj 6320155.274133
Charlie Gelbert 6818848.255329
Tony Giuliani 5417243.250018
Jimmy Wasdell 2910933.303013
Bob Prichard 268520.23508
Jake Early 328422.262014
Ossie Bluege 18599.15303
Hal Quick 124110.24402
Ed Leip 93211.34402
Morrie Aderholt 7255.20014
Al Evans 7217.33301
Elmer Gedeon 5153.20001
Bob Loane 390.00001
Alex Pitko 481.12501

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dutch Leonard 34269.12083.5488
Ken Chase 32232.010193.80118
Joe Krakauskas 39217.111174.60110
Joe Haynes 27173.08125.3664
Jimmie DeShong 740.2038.6312
Early Wynn 320.1025.751
Dick Bass 18.0016.751

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Alex Carrasquel 40159.1594.6941
Walt Masterson 2458.1225.5512
Harry Kelley 1553.2434.7020

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Pete Appleton 4051064.5650
Bud Thomas 40006.000
Lou Thuman 30009.001
Bill Holland 301011.252
Bucky Jacobs 20000.001
Mike Palagyi 1000inf0

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
A1 Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Kiki Cuyler
A Springfield Nationals Eastern League Spencer Abbott
B Charlotte Hornets Piedmont League Calvin Griffith
B Greenville Spinners Sally League Alex McColl
C Oswego Netherlands Canadian–American League Art Funk and Blaine Kunes
D Salisbury Indians Eastern Shore League Vic Keen and Spud Nachand
D Orlando Senators Florida State League John Ganzel
D Shelby Nationals Tar Heel League Ed Montague

Notes

  1. Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference

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