1939 Washington Senators season
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Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and George H. 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.
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
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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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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 |
Johnny Welaj | 63 | 201 | 55 | .274 | 1 | 33 |
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 | 10 | 19 | 3.80 | 118 |
Joe Haynes | 27 | 173 | 8 | 12 | 5.36 | 64 |
Dick Bass | 1 | 8 | 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 |
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 |