# 1938 Washington Senators season

The 1938 Washington Senators won 75 games, lost 76, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## Offseason

* December 1, 1937: Ed Linke was traded by the Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Elon Hogsett.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 99 | 53 | .651 | — | 55‍–‍22 | 44‍–‍31 |
| Boston Red Sox | 88 | 61 | .591 | 9½ | 52‍–‍23 | 36‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Indians | 86 | 66 | .566 | 13 | 46‍–‍30 | 40‍–‍36 |
| Detroit Tigers | 84 | 70 | .545 | 16 | 48‍–‍31 | 36‍–‍39 |
| Washington Senators | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23½ | 44‍–‍33 | 31‍–‍43 |
| Chicago White Sox | 65 | 83 | .439 | 32 | 33‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Browns | 55 | 97 | .362 | 44 | 31‍–‍43 | 24‍–‍54 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 99 | .349 | 46 | 28‍–‍47 | 25‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1938 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 12–6 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 12–9 |
| Chicago | 6–12 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 13–8–1 | 10–11 |
| Cleveland | 10–12 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 8–13 | 18–4 | 13–9–1 | 12–9 |
| Detroit | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | — | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10–1 | 13–9 |
| New York | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | 13–8 | 14–8 | — | 16–5–2 | 15–7–1 | 16–6–1 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 4–18 | 8–14 | 5–16–2 | — | 12–9 | 6–16 |
| St. Louis | 5–17 | 8–13–1 | 9–13–1 | 10–12–1 | 7–15–1 | 9–12 | — | 7–15 |
| Washington | 9–12 | 11–10 | 9–12 | 9–13 | 6–16–1 | 16–6 | 15–7 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 4, 1938: Harry Kelley was selected off waivers by the Senators from the Philadelphia Athletics.

### Roster
## 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 | 135 | 411 | 120 | .292 | 1 | 58 |
| 1B | Zeke Bonura | 137 | 540 | 156 | .289 | 22 | 114 |
| 2B | Buddy Myer | 127 | 437 | 147 | .336 | 6 | 71 |
| SS | Cecil Travis | 146 | 567 | 190 | .335 | 5 | 67 |
| 3B | Buddy Lewis | 151 | 656 | 194 | .296 | 12 | 91 |
| OF | Al Simmons | 125 | 470 | 142 | .302 | 21 | 95 |
| OF | George Case | 107 | 433 | 132 | .305 | 2 | 40 |
| OF | Sam West | 92 | 344 | 104 | .302 | 5 | 47 |

#### 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 |
| Taffy Wright | 100 | 263 | 92 | .350 | 2 | 36 |
| John Stone | 56 | 213 | 52 | .244 | 3 | 28 |
| Mel Almada | 47 | 197 | 48 | .244 | 1 | 15 |
| Ossie Bluege | 58 | 184 | 48 | .261 | 0 | 21 |
| Jimmy Wasdell | 53 | 140 | 33 | .236 | 2 | 16 |
| Tony Giuliani | 46 | 115 | 25 | .217 | 0 | 15 |
| Goose Goslin | 38 | 57 | 9 | .158 | 2 | 8 |
| Mickey Livingston | 2 | 4 | 3 | .750 | 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 | 33 | 223.1 | 12 | 15 | 3.43 | 68 |
| Wes Ferrell | 23 | 149.0 | 13 | 8 | 5.92 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Pete Appleton | 43 | 164.1 | 7 | 9 | 4.60 | 62 |
| Ken Chase | 32 | 150.0 | 9 | 10 | 5.58 | 64 |
| Harry Kelley | 38 | 148.1 | 9 | 8 | 4.49 | 44 |
| Monte Weaver | 31 | 139.0 | 7 | 6 | 5.24 | 43 |
| Jimmie DeShong | 31 | 131.1 | 5 | 8 | 6.58 | 41 |
| Joe Krakauskas | 29 | 121.1 | 7 | 5 | 3.12 | 104 |
| Elon Hogsett | 31 | 91.0 | 5 | 6 | 6.03 | 33 |
| René Monteagudo | 5 | 22.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.73 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Kohlman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.28 | 5 |
| Bill Phebus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.37 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A1 | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Wally Millies and Rogers Hornsby |
| A | Trenton Senators | Eastern League | Spencer Abbott |
| B | Charlotte Hornets | Piedmont League | Calvin Griffith |
| B | Greenville Spinners | Sally League | E. A. Donahue |
| D | Salisbury Indians | Eastern Shore League | Jake Flowers |
| D | Saint Augustine Saints | Florida State League | Lyle Judy |
| D | Sanford Lookouts | Florida State League | Guy Lacy and Bill Rodgers |
| D | Americus Cardinals | Georgia–Florida League | Alex McColl |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte, Salisbury