1939 Washington Senators Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 65-87
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 339,257, Avg. 6,692
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I
Manager: Bucky Harris (65-87)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

1939 Washington Senators Roster
1939 Washington Senators Results

The Washington Senators of the American League ended the 1939 season with a record of 65 wins and 87 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

The Senators scored 702 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 797 runs. Buddy Lewis led Washington with 10 home runs Taffy Wright drove in 93 runs. Buddy Lewis paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .319 clip. Dutch Leonard topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.54 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Bucky Harris coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Dutch Leonard	20	8	.714	3.54	34	34	0	21	2	0	269.3	273	124	106	16	59	88	5	0	6	1133
Joe Krakauskas	11	17	.393	4.60	39	29	8	12	0	1	217.3	230	125	111	13	114	110	1	1	5	966
Ken Chase	10	19	.345	3.80	32	31	1	15	1	0	232.0	215	116	98	10	114	118	1	0	11	1019
Joe Haynes	8	12	.400	5.36	27	20	3	10	1	0	173.0	186	118	103	10	78	64	1	2	6	768
Alex Carrasquel	5	9	.357	4.69	40	17	14	7	0	2	159.3	165	89	83	7	68	41	1	1	2	702
Pete Appleton	5	10	.333	4.56	40	4	27	2	0	6	102.7	104	62	52	7	48	50	4	0	2	459
Harry Kelley	4	3	.571	4.70	15	3	7	2	0	1	53.7	69	32	28	2	14	20	3	0	3	241
Walt Masterson	2	2	.500	5.55	24	5	14	1	0	0	58.3	66	44	36	2	48	12	2	0	2	287
Mike Palagyi	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	4
Bucky Jacobs	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10
Bud Thomas	0	0		6.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	11	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	2	39
Lou Thuman	0	0		9.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	5	6	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	21
Dick Bass	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	6	6	0	6	1	1	0	1	37
Bill Holland	0	1	.000	11.25	3	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	5	1	5	2	0	0	1	21
Early Wynn	0	2	.000	5.75	3	3	0	1	0	0	20.3	26	15	13	0	10	1	0	0	2	97
Jimmie DeShong	0	3	.000	8.63	7	6	1	1	0	0	40.7	56	45	39	7	31	12	0	0	1	206
Totals	65	87	.428	4.60	275	153	81	72	4	10	1354.7	1420	797	693	75	602	521	20	4	44	6010

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Buddy Lewis	140	629	536	87	171	23	16	10	75	10	9	72	27	.319	.402	.478	.879	256	7	2	19
George Case	128	593	530	103	160	20	7	2	35	51	17	56	36	.302	.369	.377	.746	200	6	0	7
Taffy Wright	129	547	499	77	154	29	11	4	93	1	2	38	19	.309	.359	.435	.794	217	7	1	9
Cecil Travis	130	522	476	55	139	20	9	5	63	0	3	34	25	.292	.342	.403	.745	192	9	2	10
Sam West	115	471	390	52	110	20	8	3	52	1	1	67	29	.282	.387	.397	.785	155	5	0	14
Jimmy Bloodworth	83	334	318	34	92	24	1	4	40	3	1	10	26	.289	.313	.409	.722	130	13	1	5
Buddy Myer	83	300	258	33	78	10	3	1	32	4	1	40	18	.302	.396	.376	.772	97	3	0	2
Rick Ferrell	87	323	274	32	77	13	1	0	31	1	1	41	12	.281	.377	.336	.712	92	4	1	7
Bobby Estalella	82	324	280	51	77	18	6	8	41	2	3	40	27	.275	.368	.468	.835	131	8	1	3
Mickey Vernon	76	309	276	23	71	15	4	1	30	1	1	24	28	.257	.317	.351	.668	97	5	0	9
Johnny Welaj	63	219	201	23	55	11	2	1	33	13	2	13	20	.274	.318	.363	.681	73	2	0	5
Charlie Gelbert	68	222	188	36	48	7	5	3	29	2	0	30	11	.255	.361	.394	.754	74	5	1	3
Tony Giuliani	54	181	172	20	43	6	2	0	18	0	1	4	7	.250	.267	.308	.575	53	6	0	5
Jimmy Wasdell	29	121	109	12	33	5	1	0	13	3	1	9	16	.303	.361	.367	.728	40	1	1	2
Jake Early	32	91	84	8	22	7	2	0	14	0	0	5	14	.262	.303	.393	.696	33	1	0	2
Dutch Leonard	34	109	95	2	21	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	.221	.229	.253	.482	24	2	0	13
Bob Prichard	26	106	85	8	20	5	0	0	8	0	2	19	16	.235	.375	.294	.669	25	0	0	2
Joe Krakauskas	39	88	77	6	16	3	1	0	8	0	0	8	24	.208	.282	.273	.555	21	3	0	3
Ken Chase	32	90	89	6	15	3	0	0	7	0	0	1	21	.169	.178	.202	.380	18	4	0	0
Joe Haynes	27	72	67	6	14	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	16	.209	.243	.224	.467	15	1	0	2
Ed Leip	9	35	32	4	11	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	.344	.382	.375	.757	12	1	0	1
Hal Quick	12	43	41	3	10	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	.244	.279	.268	.547	11	2	1	0
Ossie Bluege	18	66	59	5	9	0	0	0	3	1	0	7	2	.153	.242	.153	.395	9	2	0	0
Al Evans	7	26	21	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	.333	.462	.333	.795	7	0	0	0
Alex Carrasquel	40	50	42	3	7	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	14	.167	.222	.286	.508	12	0	0	5
Morrie Aderholt	7	27	25	5	5	0	0	1	4	0	1	2	6	.200	.259	.320	.579	8	0	0	0
Harry Kelley	15	18	15	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.313	.267	.579	4	1	0	2
Pete Appleton	40	29	25	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.160	.192	.200	.392	5	2	0	3
Jimmie DeShong	7	17	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.200	.294	.200	.494	3	1	0	0
Elmer Gedeon	5	17	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.200	.294	.200	.494	3	0	0	0
Walt Masterson	24	13	13	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.154	.154	.231	.385	3	1	0	0
Early Wynn	3	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	1
Alex Pitko	4	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	1	0	0
Bud Thomas	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Bass	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bob Loane	3	13	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.000	.308	.000	.308	0	0	0	0
Bucky Jacobs	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Bill Holland	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Mike Palagyi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Lou Thuman	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1665	6026	5334	702	1483	249	79	44	647	94	47	547	458	.278	.346	.379	.725	2022	103	11	134

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Sam West	1B	17	133	6	4	9	.972	8.176	0
Jimmy Wasdell	1B	28	255	15	10	24	.964	9.643	0
Mickey Vernon	1B	75	690	40	11	75	.985	9.733	0
Bob Prichard	1B	26	251	13	2	30	.992	1.154	0
Ossie Bluege	1B	11	86	7	1	9	.989	8.455	0
Buddy Myer	2B	65	175	188	12	48	.968	5.585	0
Ed Leip	2B	8	15	24	2	5	.951	4.875	0
Charlie Gelbert	2B	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Ossie Bluege	2B	2	7	5	0	0	1.000	6.000	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	2B	73	226	219	13	66	.972	6.096	0
Morrie Aderholt	2B	7	22	19	6	3	.872	5.857	0
Buddy Lewis	3B	134	122	326	32	31	.933	3.343	0
Charlie Gelbert	3B	20	19	32	3	3	.944	2.550	0
Ossie Bluege	3B	2	3	4	1	0	.875	3.500	0
Tony Giuliani	C	50	201	28	5	3	.979	4.580	6
Rick Ferrell	C	83	327	46	9	9	.976	4.494	19
Al Evans	C	6	21	6	1	0	.964	4.500	0
Jake Early	C	24	95	9	4	1	.963	4.333	1
Taffy Wright	OF	123	236	10	13	4	.950	2.000	0
Sam West	OF	89	232	7	2	3	.992	2.685	0
Johnny Welaj	OF	55	113	2	3	1	.975	2.091	0
Alex Pitko	OF	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Bob Loane	OF	3	8	2	1	1	.909	3.333	0
Elmer Gedeon	OF	5	17	0	0	0	1.000	3.400	0
Bobby Estalella	OF	74	157	3	6	1	.964	2.162	0
George Case	OF	123	332	7	16	2	.955	2.756	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	OF	5	11	1	0	0	1.000	2.400	0
Early Wynn	P	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Lou Thuman	P	3	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.333	0
Bud Thomas	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Mike Palagyi	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Walt Masterson	P	24	2	9	2	0	.846	.458	0
Dutch Leonard	P	34	10	56	2	3	.971	1.941	0
Joe Krakauskas	P	39	6	26	3	2	.914	.821	0
Harry Kelley	P	15	1	9	1	0	.909	.667	0
Bucky Jacobs	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bill Holland	P	3	0	1	0	1	1.000	.333	0
Joe Haynes	P	27	10	23	1	1	.971	1.222	0
Jimmie DeShong	P	7	1	14	1	0	.938	2.143	0
Ken Chase	P	32	11	39	3	2	.943	1.563	0
Alex Carrasquel	P	40	5	30	1	3	.972	.875	0
Dick Bass	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Pete Appleton	P	40	4	17	1	2	.955	.525	0
Cecil Travis	SS	118	194	359	24	74	.958	4.686	0
Hal Quick	SS	10	18	33	4	6	.927	5.100	0
Charlie Gelbert	SS	28	41	90	4	17	.970	4.679	0
Ossie Bluege	SS	2	7	6	1	4	.929	6.500	0
Totals		1545	4071	1737	205	444	.966	3.759	26

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