1939 Washington Senators season

1939 Washington Senators
1939 Washington Senators
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)

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

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1939 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1939 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

30 Bucky Harris

Coaches

28 Nick Altrock
29 Clyde Milan

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
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
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
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