1938 Washington Senators Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 75-76
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 522,694, Avg. 9,645
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I
Manager: Bucky Harris (75-76)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1938 Washington Senators RosterTeam Record: 75-76
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 522,694, Avg. 9,645
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I
Manager: Bucky Harris (75-76)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1938 Washington Senators Results
The Washington Senators of the American League ended the 1938 season with a record of 75 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.
The Senators scored 814 runs and surrendered 873 runs. Zeke Bonura led Washington with 22 home runs, while Al Simmons walloped 20 or more, too. Zeke Bonura drove in 114 runs. Buddy Myer paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .336 clip. Wes Ferrell topped the squad with 13 wins, and Joe Krakauskas registered a 3.12 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Bucky Harris coached the team.
Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Ferrell | 13 | 8 | .619 | 5.92 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 149.0 | 193 | 111 | 98 | 12 | 68 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 694 |
| Dutch Leonard | 12 | 15 | .444 | 3.43 | 33 | 31 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 223.3 | 221 | 109 | 85 | 11 | 53 | 0 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 939 |
| Harry Kelley | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.49 | 38 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 148.3 | 162 | 90 | 74 | 12 | 46 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 641 |
| Ken Chase | 9 | 10 | .474 | 5.58 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 150.0 | 151 | 99 | 93 | 4 | 113 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 689 |
| Joe Krakauskas | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.12 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 121.3 | 99 | 61 | 42 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 551 |
| Monte Weaver | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.24 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 139.0 | 157 | 93 | 81 | 9 | 74 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 645 |
| Pete Appleton | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.60 | 43 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 164.3 | 175 | 99 | 84 | 12 | 61 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 722 |
| Elon Hogsett | 5 | 6 | .455 | 6.03 | 31 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 91.0 | 107 | 73 | 61 | 12 | 36 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 418 |
| Jimmie DeShong | 5 | 8 | .385 | 6.58 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 131.3 | 160 | 104 | 96 | 11 | 83 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 613 |
| Rene Monteagudo | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.73 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| Joe Kohlman | 0 | 0 | 6.28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | |
| Bill Phebus | 0 | 0 | 11.37 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |
| Totals | 75 | 76 | .497 | 4.94 | 308 | 152 | 93 | 59 | 6 | 11 | 1360.3 | 1472 | 873 | 746 | 92 | 655 | 0 | 515 | 29 | 3 | 47 | 6115 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Lewis | 151 | 724 | 656 | 122 | 194 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 91 | 17 | 9 | 58 | 35 | .296 | .354 | .431 | .785 | 283 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Cecil Travis | 146 | 642 | 567 | 96 | 190 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 67 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 22 | .335 | .401 | .432 | .833 | 245 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeke Bonura | 137 | 589 | 540 | 72 | 156 | 27 | 3 | 22 | 114 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 29 | .289 | .346 | .472 | .818 | 255 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Myer | 127 | 534 | 437 | 79 | 147 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 71 | 9 | 5 | 93 | 32 | .336 | .454 | .465 | .918 | 203 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Simmons | 125 | 512 | 470 | 79 | 142 | 23 | 6 | 21 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 40 | .302 | .357 | .511 | .868 | 240 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Case | 107 | 479 | 433 | 69 | 132 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 39 | 28 | .305 | .362 | .395 | .757 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Ferrell | 135 | 495 | 411 | 55 | 120 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 17 | .292 | .401 | .382 | .783 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam West | 92 | 386 | 344 | 51 | 104 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 21 | .302 | .363 | .430 | .794 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Taffy Wright | 100 | 281 | 263 | 37 | 92 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 17 | .350 | .389 | .517 | .906 | 136 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Stone | 56 | 244 | 213 | 24 | 52 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 16 | .244 | .337 | .380 | .718 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ossie Bluege | 58 | 209 | 184 | 25 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | .261 | .340 | .337 | .677 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Almada | 47 | 211 | 197 | 24 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | .244 | .277 | .335 | .612 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Wasdell | 53 | 154 | 140 | 19 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | .236 | .296 | .307 | .603 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Giuliani | 46 | 128 | 115 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | .217 | .268 | .252 | .520 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Leonard | 33 | 86 | 82 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .232 | .250 | .317 | .567 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Appleton | 43 | 62 | 59 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .254 | .267 | .356 | .623 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Monte Weaver | 31 | 53 | 45 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .267 | .353 | .311 | .664 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmie DeShong | 31 | 48 | 46 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .261 | .277 | .348 | .624 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Kelley | 38 | 50 | 48 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | .265 | .250 | .515 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Ferrell | 26 | 70 | 49 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | .224 | .406 | .327 | .733 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Chase | 32 | 56 | 48 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .208 | .269 | .208 | .478 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Goose Goslin | 38 | 65 | 57 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .158 | .262 | .316 | .577 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elon Hogsett | 32 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .304 | .360 | .478 | .838 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Krakauskas | 29 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .182 | .270 | .242 | .513 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Livingston | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .750 | .750 | 1.250 | 2.000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rene Monteagudo | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Kohlman | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Phebus | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1732 | 6158 | 5474 | 814 | 1602 | 278 | 72 | 85 | 768 | 65 | 37 | 573 | 374 | .293 | .362 | .416 | .778 | 2279 | 0 | 18 | 93 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Wasdell | 1B | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 220 | 12 | 1 | 26 | .996 | 8.923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zeke Bonura | 1B | 129 | 0 | 0.0 | 1209 | 93 | 9 | 132 | .993 | 1.093 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ossie Bluege | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Myer | 2B | 121 | 0 | 0.0 | 308 | 355 | 12 | 91 | .982 | 5.479 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ossie Bluege | 2B | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 85 | 110 | 2 | 26 | .990 | 5.132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Lewis | 3B | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 161 | 329 | 47 | 32 | .912 | 3.245 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ossie Bluege | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Livingston | C | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Giuliani | C | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 138 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.370 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Ferrell | C | 131 | 0 | 0.0 | 512 | 69 | 11 | 15 | .981 | 4.435 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Taffy Wright | OF | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 107 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .982 | 1.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam West | OF | 85 | 0 | 0.0 | 221 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .983 | 2.647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Wasdell | OF | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stone | OF | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 107 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .974 | 2.113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Simmons | OF | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 232 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .983 | 2.017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Goose Goslin | OF | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Case | OF | 101 | 0 | 0.0 | 207 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .964 | 2.119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Almada | OF | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 147 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .968 | 3.234 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Monte Weaver | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Phebus | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rene Monteagudo | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dutch Leonard | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 46 | 4 | 3 | .932 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Krakauskas | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .655 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Kohlman | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Kelley | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 2 | .911 | 1.079 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elon Hogsett | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .926 | .806 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wes Ferrell | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 1.739 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie DeShong | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 4 | .919 | 1.097 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Chase | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 36 | 6 | 0 | .870 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Appleton | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 4 | .905 | .884 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Travis | SS | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 304 | 457 | 40 | 113 | .950 | 5.322 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ossie Bluege | SS | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 6 | .936 | 4.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1589 | 0 | 0.0 | 4080 | 1769 | 179 | 475 | .970 | 3.681 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
