1938 Washington Senators

75-76 • 0.497 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

75 Wins
76 Losses
0.497 Win %
5th Rank
814 R 873 RA
Diff -59

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814 Runs Scored
873 Runs Allowed
-59 Run Diff
684K Attendance

📈 vs. 1938 AL Average

Batting Avg .292 4% above the 1938 league average (.280)
OBP .359 1% above the 1938 league average (.355)
SLG .339 1% below the 1938 league average (.341)
Team ERA 4.94 3% worse than the 1938 league average (4.79)
Runs Scored 814 1% below the 1938 league average (823 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumGriffith Stadium I
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 684,800
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Avg per Game 8,779

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Taffy Wright 0.350 2 Buddy Myer 0.336 3 Cecil Travis 0.335 4 George Case 0.305 5 Sam West 0.302

Home Runs

1 Zeke Bonura 22 2 Al Simmons 21 3 Buddy Lewis 12 4 Buddy Myer 6 5 Cecil Travis 5

RBI

1 Zeke Bonura 114 2 Al Simmons 95 3 Buddy Lewis 91 4 Buddy Myer 71 5 Cecil Travis 67
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Buddy Lewis 151 656 122 194 0 0 12 91 58 35 17 0.296
Cecil Travis 146 567 96 190 0 0 5 67 58 22 6 0.335
Zeke Bonura 137 540 72 156 0 0 22 114 44 29 2 0.289
Al Simmons 125 470 79 142 0 0 21 95 38 40 2 0.302
Buddy Myer 127 437 79 147 0 0 6 71 93 32 9 0.336
George Case 107 433 69 132 0 0 2 40 39 28 11 0.305
Rick Ferrell 135 411 55 120 0 0 1 58 75 17 1 0.292
Sam West 92 344 51 104 0 0 5 47 33 21 1 0.302
Taffy Wright 100 263 37 92 0 0 2 36 13 17 1 0.350
John Stone 56 213 24 52 0 0 3 28 30 16 2 0.244
Mel Almada 47 197 24 48 0 0 1 15 8 16 4 0.244
Ossie Bluege 58 184 25 48 0 0 0 21 21 11 3 0.261
Jimmy Wasdell 53 140 19 33 0 0 2 16 12 12 5 0.236
Tony Giuliani 46 115 10 25 0 0 0 15 8 3 1 0.217
Dutch Leonard 33 82 10 19 0 0 0 5 2 12 0 0.232
Pete Appleton 43 59 4 15 0 0 0 9 1 8 0 0.254
Goose Goslin 38 57 6 9 0 0 2 8 8 5 0 0.158
Wes Ferrell 26 49 6 11 0 0 1 6 15 7 0 0.224
Ken Chase 32 48 2 10 0 0 0 5 4 13 0 0.208
Harry Kelley 38 48 4 12 0 0 0 8 1 4 0 0.250
Jimmie DeShong 31 46 5 12 0 0 0 7 1 4 0 0.261
Monte Weaver 31 45 5 12 0 0 0 2 5 6 0 0.267
Joe Krakauskas 29 33 7 6 0 0 0 1 4 12 0 0.182
Elon Hogsett 32 23 3 7 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.304
Rene Monteagudo 5 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Mickey Livingston 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.750
Joe Kohlman 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Phebus 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Joe Krakauskas 3.12 2 Dutch Leonard 3.43 3 Harry Kelley 4.49 4 Pete Appleton 4.60 5 Monte Weaver 5.24

Wins

1 Wes Ferrell 13 2 Dutch Leonard 12 3 Ken Chase 9 4 Harry Kelley 9 5 Pete Appleton 7

Strikeouts

1 Joe Krakauskas 104 2 Dutch Leonard 68 3 Ken Chase 64 4 Pete Appleton 62 5 Harry Kelley 44
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dutch Leonard 12 15 3.43 33 31 0 223.1 53 68
Pete Appleton 7 9 4.60 43 10 5 164.1 61 62
Ken Chase 9 10 5.58 32 21 1 150.0 113 64
Wes Ferrell 13 8 5.92 23 22 0 149.0 68 36
Harry Kelley 9 8 4.49 38 14 1 148.1 46 44
Monte Weaver 7 6 5.24 31 18 0 139.0 74 43
Jimmie DeShong 5 8 6.58 31 14 0 131.1 83 41
Joe Krakauskas 7 5 3.12 29 10 0 121.1 88 104
Elon Hogsett 5 6 6.03 31 9 3 91.0 36 33
Rene Monteagudo 1 1 5.73 5 3 0 22.0 15 13
Joe Kohlman 0 0 6.28 7 0 0 14.1 11 5
Bill Phebus 0 0 11.37 5 0 1 6.1 7 2

👥 Roster (28)

Mel Almada Pete Appleton Ossie Bluege Zeke Bonura George Case Ken Chase Jimmie DeShong Rick Ferrell Wes Ferrell Tony Giuliani Goose Goslin Elon Hogsett +16 more

28 players

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