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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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.
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Offseason
- December 29, 1938: Al Simmons was purchased from the Senators by the Boston Bees for $3,000.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
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
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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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
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
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
Starting pitchers
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
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
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 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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
References
- 1939 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
- 1939 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com