1940 Washington Senators

64-90 • 0.416 Win% • 7th in AL

📊 Season Record

64 Wins
90 Losses
0.416 Win %
7th Rank
665 R 811 RA
Diff -146

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⚡ Quick Stats

665 Runs Scored
811 Runs Allowed
-146 Run Diff
484K Attendance

📈 vs. 1940 AL Average

Batting Avg .270 equal to the 1940 league average (.271)
OBP .329 3% below the 1940 league average (.340)
SLG .299 10% below the 1940 league average (.332)
Team ERA 4.59 5% worse than the 1940 league average (4.39)
Runs Scored 665 13% below the 1940 league average (768 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumGriffith Stadium I
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 484,400
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Avg per Game 6,290

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Charlie Gelbert 0.370 2 Cecil Travis 0.322 3 Buddy Lewis 0.317 4 Gee Walker 0.294 5 George Case 0.293

Home Runs

1 Gee Walker 13 2 Jimmy Bloodworth 11 3 Buddy Lewis 6 4 George Case 5 5 Jake Early 5

RBI

1 Gee Walker 96 2 Cecil Travis 76 3 Jimmy Bloodworth 70 4 Buddy Lewis 63 5 George Case 56
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
George Case 154 656 109 192 0 0 5 56 52 39 35 0.293
Buddy Lewis 148 600 101 190 0 0 6 63 74 36 15 0.317
Gee Walker 140 595 87 175 0 0 13 96 24 58 21 0.294
Cecil Travis 136 528 60 170 0 0 2 76 48 23 0 0.322
Jimmy Bloodworth 119 469 47 115 0 0 11 70 16 71 3 0.245
Jimmy Pofahl 119 406 34 95 0 0 2 36 37 55 2 0.234
Rick Ferrell 103 326 35 89 0 0 0 28 47 15 1 0.273
Zeke Bonura 79 311 41 85 0 0 3 45 40 13 2 0.273
Johnny Welaj 88 215 31 55 0 0 3 21 19 20 8 0.256
Buddy Myer 71 210 28 61 0 0 0 29 34 10 6 0.290
Jake Early 80 206 26 53 0 0 5 14 23 22 0 0.257
Jack Sanford 34 122 5 24 0 0 0 10 6 17 0 0.197
Dutch Leonard 35 101 6 16 0 0 0 4 1 11 0 0.158
Sam West 57 99 7 25 0 0 1 18 16 13 0 0.253
Sid Hudson 38 93 8 22 0 0 0 10 1 6 0 0.237
Ken Chase 35 92 8 15 0 0 1 9 4 22 0 0.163
Charlie Gelbert 22 54 7 20 0 0 0 7 4 3 0 0.370
Walt Masterson 31 38 6 7 0 0 0 1 4 17 0 0.184
Jimmy Wasdell 10 35 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0.086
Rene Monteagudo 27 33 4 6 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.182
Sherry Robertson 10 33 4 7 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 0.212
Joe Krakauskas 32 32 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0.250
Al Evans 14 25 1 8 0 0 0 7 6 7 1 0.320
Joe Haynes 22 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.105
Mickey Vernon 5 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.158
Jim Mallory 4 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.167
Willis Hudlin 8 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.100
Alex Carrasquel 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Al Hollingsworth 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.167
Red Anderson 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.600
Dick Hahn 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Morrie Aderholt 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lou Thuman 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bucky Jacobs 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Gil Torres 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ken Chase 3.23 2 Dutch Leonard 3.49 3 Sid Hudson 4.57 4 Alex Carrasquel 4.88 5 Walt Masterson 4.90

Wins

1 Sid Hudson 17 2 Ken Chase 15 3 Dutch Leonard 14 4 Alex Carrasquel 6 5 Joe Haynes 3

Strikeouts

1 Ken Chase 129 2 Dutch Leonard 124 3 Sid Hudson 96 4 Joe Krakauskas 68 5 Walt Masterson 68
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dutch Leonard 14 19 3.49 35 35 0 289.0 78 124
Ken Chase 15 17 3.23 35 34 0 261.2 143 129
Sid Hudson 17 16 4.57 38 31 1 252.0 81 96
Walt Masterson 3 13 4.90 31 19 2 130.1 88 68
Joe Krakauskas 1 6 6.44 32 10 2 109.0 73 68
Rene Monteagudo 2 6 6.08 27 8 2 100.2 52 64
Joe Haynes 3 6 6.54 22 7 0 63.1 34 23
Alex Carrasquel 6 2 4.88 28 0 0 48.0 29 19
Willis Hudlin 1 2 6.51 8 6 0 37.1 5 9
Al Hollingsworth 1 0 5.50 3 2 0 18.0 11 7
Bucky Jacobs 0 1 6.00 9 0 0 15.0 9 6
Red Anderson 1 1 3.86 2 2 0 14.0 5 3
Lou Thuman 0 1 14.40 2 0 0 5.0 7 0
Charlie Gelbert 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 4.0 3 1
Gil Torres 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.2 0 1

👥 Roster (35)

Morrie Aderholt Red Anderson Jimmy Bloodworth Zeke Bonura Alex Carrasquel George Case Ken Chase Jake Early Al Evans Rick Ferrell Charlie Gelbert Dick Hahn +23 more

35 players

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