1939 Washington Senators season

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.

1939 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Manager(s)Bucky Harris
Local radioWJSV
(Walter Johnson, Harry McTigue)
< Previous season     Next season >

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
New York Yankees 10645 0.702 — 52–25 54–20
Boston Red Sox 8962 0.589 17 42–32 47–30
Cleveland Indians 8767 0.565 20½ 44–33 43–34
Chicago White Sox 8669 0.555 22 50–27 36–42
Detroit Tigers 8173 0.526 26½ 42–35 39–38
Washington Senators 6588 0.425 42 37–40 28–48
Philadelphia Athletics 5597 0.362 51½ 28–48 27–49
St. Louis Browns 43111 0.279 64½ 18–59 25–52

Record vs. opponents
1939 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —8–1411–1110–1211–8–118–416–615–7
Chicago 14–8—12–1012–104–1811–1118–414–8–1
Cleveland 11–1110–12—11–117–1518–416–614–8
Detroit 12–1010–1211–11—9–1311–1114–8–114–8
New York 8–11–118–415–713–9—18–419–315–7
Philadelphia 4–1811–114–1811–114–18—13–9–18–12
St. Louis 6–164–186–168–14–13–199–13–1—7–15
Washington 7–158–14–18–148–147–1512–815–7—

Roster
1939 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers
  • 50 Bill Holland
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CRick Ferrell8727477.281031
1BMickey Vernon7627671.257130
2BJimmy Bloodworth8331892.289440
SSCecil Travis130476139.292563
3BBuddy Lewis140536171.3191075
OFTaffy Wright129499154.309493
OFSam West115390110.282352
OFGeorge Case128530160.302235

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 Estalella8228077.275841
Johnny Welaj6320155.274133

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 Leonard34269.12083.5488
Ken Chase3223210193.80118
Joe Haynes271738125.3664
Dick Bass18016.751

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
Alex Carrasquel40159.1594.6941
Harry Kelley1553.2434.7020

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
Pete Appleton4051064.5650
Bud Thomas40006.000
Lou Thuman30009.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A1 Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Kiki Cuyler
A Springfield Nationals Eastern League Spencer Abbott
B Charlotte Hornets Piedmont League Calvin Griffith
B Greenville Spinners Sally League Alex McColl
C Oswego Netherlands Canadian–American League Art Funk and Blaine Kunes
D Salisbury Indians Eastern Shore League Vic Keen and Spud Nachand
D Orlando Senators Florida State League John Ganzel
D Shelby Nationals Tar Heel League Ed Montague

Notes
  1. Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference

References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.