1940 Washington Senators Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 381,241, Avg. 7,339
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I
Manager: Bucky Harris (64-90)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

1940 Washington Senators Roster
1940 Washington Senators Results

The Washington Senators of the American League ended the 1940 season with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.

The Senators scored 665 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 811 runs. Gee Walker paced Washington with 13 home runs and drove in 96 runs. Cecil Travis led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .322 clip. Sid Hudson topped the team with 17 wins, while Ken Chase added 15 or more victories as well Ken Chase earned a 3.23 ERA, tops 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
Sid Hudson	17	16	.515	4.57	38	31	3	19	3	1	252.0	272	149	128	20	81	96	3	1	6	1090
Ken Chase	15	17	.469	3.23	35	34	1	20	1	0	261.7	260	120	94	14	143	129	5	1	12	1165
Dutch Leonard	14	19	.424	3.49	35	35	0	23	2	0	289.0	328	136	112	19	78	124	2	1	10	1245
Alex Carrasquel	6	2	.750	4.88	28	0	17	0	0	0	48.0	42	26	26	4	29	19	0	0	1	208
Joe Haynes	3	6	.333	6.54	22	7	6	1	0	0	63.3	85	50	46	4	34	23	1	0	3	298
Walt Masterson	3	13	.188	4.90	31	19	9	3	0	2	130.3	128	92	71	6	88	68	3	0	5	601
Rene Monteagudo	2	6	.250	6.08	27	8	15	3	0	2	100.7	128	70	68	7	52	64	3	1	0	468
Al Hollingsworth	1	0	1.000	5.50	3	2	1	0	0	0	18.0	18	12	11	0	11	7	0	0	0	81
Red Anderson	1	1	.500	3.86	2	2	0	2	0	0	14.0	12	6	6	0	5	3	0	0	2	55
Willis Hudlin	1	2	.333	6.51	8	6	1	1	0	0	37.3	50	33	27	9	5	9	2	0	1	169
Joe Krakauskas	1	6	.143	6.44	32	10	16	2	0	2	109.0	137	90	78	7	73	68	0	0	7	527
Gil Torres	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.7	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11
Charlie Gelbert	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	5	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	21
Bucky Jacobs	0	1	.000	6.00	9	0	8	0	0	0	15.0	16	11	10	1	9	6	2	0	0	72
Lou Thuman	0	1	.000	14.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	10	11	8	0	7	0	0	0	0	33
Totals	64	90	.416	4.59	276	154	80	74	6	7	1350.0	1494	811	689	93	618	618	21	4	47	6044

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
George Case	154	720	656	109	192	29	5	5	56	35	10	52	39	.293	.349	.375	.724	246	5	5	7
Buddy Lewis	148	679	600	101	190	38	10	6	63	15	10	74	36	.317	.393	.443	.836	266	10	1	4
Gee Walker	140	622	595	87	175	29	7	13	96	21	4	24	58	.294	.325	.432	.757	257	12	3	0
Cecil Travis	136	584	528	60	170	37	11	2	76	0	1	48	23	.322	.381	.445	.826	235	5	2	6
Jimmy Bloodworth	119	495	469	47	115	17	8	11	70	3	1	16	71	.245	.272	.386	.658	181	15	1	9
Jimmy Pofahl	119	447	406	34	95	23	5	2	36	2	0	37	55	.234	.298	.330	.628	134	11	0	4
Rick Ferrell	103	375	326	35	89	18	2	0	28	1	1	47	15	.273	.365	.340	.705	111	7	0	2
Zeke Bonura	79	352	311	41	85	16	3	3	45	2	0	40	13	.273	.358	.373	.731	116	6	1	0
Buddy Myer	71	245	210	28	61	14	4	0	29	6	3	34	10	.290	.389	.395	.785	83	6	0	1
Johnny Welaj	88	239	215	31	55	9	0	3	21	8	7	19	20	.256	.322	.340	.662	73	4	2	3
Jake Early	80	231	206	26	53	8	4	5	14	0	1	23	22	.257	.335	.408	.743	84	3	1	1
Sam West	57	117	99	7	25	6	1	1	18	0	2	16	13	.253	.357	.364	.720	36	0	0	2
Jack Sanford	34	128	122	5	24	4	2	0	10	0	0	6	17	.197	.234	.262	.497	32	0	0	0
Sid Hudson	38	96	93	8	22	2	1	0	10	0	0	1	6	.237	.245	.280	.524	26	4	0	2
Charlie Gelbert	22	59	54	7	20	7	1	0	7	0	0	4	3	.370	.424	.537	.961	29	1	1	0
Dutch Leonard	35	110	101	6	16	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	11	.158	.167	.158	.325	16	4	0	8
Ken Chase	35	101	92	8	15	2	1	1	9	0	0	4	22	.163	.198	.239	.437	22	1	0	5
Al Evans	14	31	25	1	8	2	0	0	7	1	0	6	7	.320	.452	.400	.852	10	0	0	0
Joe Krakauskas	32	32	32	3	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.250	.250	.313	.563	10	3	0	0
Sherry Robertson	10	38	33	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	6	.212	.316	.273	.589	9	0	0	0
Walt Masterson	31	45	38	6	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	.184	.262	.211	.472	8	1	0	3
Rene Monteagudo	27	34	33	4	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	.182	.206	.273	.479	9	0	0	0
Red Anderson	2	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	.600	1.200	3	0	0	0
Mickey Vernon	5	19	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.158	.158	.158	.316	3	1	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	10	37	35	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.086	.135	.114	.249	4	0	0	0
Jim Mallory	4	13	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	0
Joe Haynes	22	20	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.105	.105	.105	.211	2	0	0	1
Al Hollingsworth	3	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	1	0
Willis Hudlin	8	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	2
Lou Thuman	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Hahn	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Alex Carrasquel	28	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bucky Jacobs	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Morrie Aderholt	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Gil Torres	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1669	5909	5365	665	1453	266	67	52	602	94	40	465	504	.271	.331	.374	.706	2009	99	18	61

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Sam West	1B	12	95	7	1	13	.990	8.500	0
Jimmy Wasdell	1B	8	76	2	0	8	1.000	9.750	0
Mickey Vernon	1B	4	41	2	0	5	1.000	1.750	0
Jack Sanford	1B	34	282	15	2	38	.993	8.735	0
Zeke Bonura	1B	79	712	42	14	70	.982	9.544	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	1B	17	191	21	3	17	.986	12.471	0
Jimmy Pofahl	2B	4	9	15	0	4	1.000	6.000	0
Buddy Myer	2B	54	119	176	10	34	.967	5.463	0
Charlie Gelbert	2B	1	4	3	1	0	.875	7.000	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	2B	96	260	274	12	74	.978	5.563	0
Morrie Aderholt	2B	1	2	1	0	1	1.000	3.000	0
Cecil Travis	3B	113	116	265	27	30	.934	3.372	0
Buddy Lewis	3B	36	42	72	6	11	.950	3.167	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	3B	6	5	9	0	3	1.000	2.333	0
Dick Hahn	C	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Rick Ferrell	C	99	427	67	10	5	.980	4.990	17
Al Evans	C	9	34	2	0	0	1.000	4.000	1
Jake Early	C	56	276	41	10	5	.969	5.661	5
Sam West	OF	9	18	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Johnny Welaj	OF	53	132	1	3	0	.978	2.509	0
Gee Walker	OF	140	285	10	10	2	.967	2.107	0
Jim Mallory	OF	3	10	0	0	0	1.000	3.333	0
Buddy Lewis	OF	112	206	11	9	1	.960	1.938	0
George Case	OF	154	384	10	12	0	.970	2.558	0
Gil Torres	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Lou Thuman	P	2	1	1	1	0	.667	1.000	0
Rene Monteagudo	P	27	5	11	1	1	.941	.593	0
Walt Masterson	P	31	5	16	1	0	.955	.677	0
Dutch Leonard	P	35	15	72	4	7	.956	2.486	0
Joe Krakauskas	P	32	2	24	2	3	.929	.813	0
Bucky Jacobs	P	9	1	9	0	1	1.000	1.111	0
Sid Hudson	P	38	14	50	4	1	.941	1.684	0
Willis Hudlin	P	8	1	9	1	0	.909	1.250	0
Al Hollingsworth	P	3	1	7	0	1	1.000	2.667	0
Joe Haynes	P	22	2	9	2	1	.846	.500	0
Charlie Gelbert	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Ken Chase	P	35	7	44	3	1	.944	1.457	0
Alex Carrasquel	P	28	1	10	0	2	1.000	.393	0
Red Anderson	P	2	0	3	0	1	1.000	1.500	0
Cecil Travis	SS	23	48	75	11	20	.918	5.348	0
Sherry Robertson	SS	10	17	30	3	9	.940	4.700	0
Jimmy Pofahl	SS	112	191	302	25	69	.952	4.402	0
Charlie Gelbert	SS	12	20	26	4	3	.920	3.833	0
Totals		1534	4058	1748	192	441	.968	3.785	23

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