1939 Washington Senators

65-87 • 0.428 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

65 Wins
87 Losses
0.428 Win %
6th Rank
702 R 797 RA
Diff -95

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⚡ Quick Stats

702 Runs Scored
797 Runs Allowed
-95 Run Diff
455K Attendance

📈 vs. 1939 AL Average

Batting Avg .278 equal to the 1939 league average (.278)
OBP .345 1% below the 1939 league average (.349)
SLG .302 10% below the 1939 league average (.334)
Team ERA 4.60 equal to the 1939 league average (4.62)
Runs Scored 702 12% below the 1939 league average (800 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumGriffith Stadium I
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 455,050
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Avg per Game 5,909

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Buddy Lewis 0.319 2 Taffy Wright 0.309 3 Jimmy Wasdell 0.303 4 Buddy Myer 0.302 5 George Case 0.302

Home Runs

1 Buddy Lewis 10 2 Bobby Estalella 8 3 Cecil Travis 5 4 Jimmy Bloodworth 4 5 Taffy Wright 4

RBI

1 Taffy Wright 93 2 Buddy Lewis 75 3 Cecil Travis 63 4 Sam West 52 5 Bobby Estalella 41
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Buddy Lewis 140 536 87 171 0 0 10 75 72 27 10 0.319
George Case 128 530 103 160 0 0 2 35 56 36 51 0.302
Taffy Wright 129 499 77 154 0 0 4 93 38 19 1 0.309
Cecil Travis 130 476 55 139 0 0 5 63 34 25 0 0.292
Sam West 115 390 52 110 0 0 3 52 67 29 1 0.282
Jimmy Bloodworth 83 318 34 92 0 0 4 40 10 26 3 0.289
Bobby Estalella 82 280 51 77 0 0 8 41 40 27 2 0.275
Mickey Vernon 76 276 23 71 0 0 1 30 24 28 1 0.257
Rick Ferrell 87 274 32 77 0 0 0 31 41 12 1 0.281
Buddy Myer 83 258 33 78 0 0 1 32 40 18 4 0.302
Johnny Welaj 63 201 23 55 0 0 1 33 13 20 13 0.274
Charlie Gelbert 68 188 36 48 0 0 3 29 30 11 2 0.255
Tony Giuliani 54 172 20 43 0 0 0 18 4 7 0 0.250
Jimmy Wasdell 29 109 12 33 0 0 0 13 9 16 3 0.303
Dutch Leonard 34 95 2 21 0 0 0 2 1 12 0 0.221
Ken Chase 32 89 6 15 0 0 0 7 1 21 0 0.169
Bob Prichard 26 85 8 20 0 0 0 8 19 16 0 0.235
Jake Early 32 84 8 22 0 0 0 14 5 14 0 0.262
Joe Krakauskas 39 77 6 16 0 0 0 8 8 24 0 0.208
Joe Haynes 27 67 6 14 0 0 0 4 3 16 0 0.209
Ossie Bluege 18 59 5 9 0 0 0 3 7 2 1 0.153
Alex Carrasquel 40 42 3 7 0 0 1 1 3 14 0 0.167
Hal Quick 12 41 3 10 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0.244
Ed Leip 9 32 4 11 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0.344
Morrie Aderholt 7 25 5 5 0 0 1 4 2 6 0 0.200
Pete Appleton 40 25 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.160
Al Evans 7 21 2 7 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 0.333
Jimmie DeShong 7 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.200
Elmer Gedeon 5 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0.200
Harry Kelley 15 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.267
Walt Masterson 24 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.154
Bob Loane 3 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0.000
Alex Pitko 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.125
Early Wynn 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.167
Dick Bass 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bud Thomas 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Holland 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bucky Jacobs 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Palagyi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lou Thuman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dutch Leonard 3.54 2 Ken Chase 3.80 3 Pete Appleton 4.56 4 Joe Krakauskas 4.60 5 Alex Carrasquel 4.69

Wins

1 Dutch Leonard 20 2 Joe Krakauskas 11 3 Ken Chase 10 4 Joe Haynes 8 5 Pete Appleton 5

Strikeouts

1 Ken Chase 118 2 Joe Krakauskas 110 3 Dutch Leonard 88 4 Joe Haynes 64 5 Pete Appleton 50
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dutch Leonard 20 8 3.54 34 34 0 269.1 59 88
Ken Chase 10 19 3.80 32 31 0 232.0 114 118
Joe Krakauskas 11 17 4.60 39 29 1 217.1 114 110
Joe Haynes 8 12 5.36 27 20 0 173.0 78 64
Alex Carrasquel 5 9 4.69 40 17 2 159.1 68 41
Pete Appleton 5 10 4.56 40 4 6 102.2 48 50
Walt Masterson 2 2 5.55 24 5 0 58.1 48 12
Harry Kelley 4 3 4.70 15 3 1 53.2 14 20
Jimmie DeShong 0 3 8.63 7 6 0 40.2 31 12
Early Wynn 0 2 5.75 3 3 0 20.1 10 1
Bud Thomas 0 0 6.00 4 0 0 9.0 2 0
Dick Bass 0 1 6.75 1 1 0 8.0 6 1
Bill Holland 0 1 11.25 3 0 0 4.0 5 2
Lou Thuman 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 4.0 2 1
Bucky Jacobs 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 0 1
Mike Palagyi 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 3 0

👥 Roster (40)

Morrie Aderholt Pete Appleton Dick Bass Jimmy Bloodworth Ossie Bluege Alex Carrasquel George Case Ken Chase Jimmie DeShong Jake Early Bobby Estalella Al Evans +28 more

40 players

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