# 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.

## Offseason

* December 29, 1938: Al Simmons was purchased from the Senators by the Boston Bees for $3,000.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 106 | 45 | .702 | — | 52‍–‍25 | 54‍–‍20 |
| Boston Red Sox | 89 | 62 | .589 | 17 | 42‍–‍32 | 47‍–‍30 |
| Cleveland Indians | 87 | 67 | .565 | 20½ | 44‍–‍33 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Chicago White Sox | 86 | 69 | .555 | 22 | 50‍–‍27 | 36‍–‍42 |
| Detroit Tigers | 81 | 73 | .526 | 26½ | 42‍–‍35 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Washington Senators | 65 | 87 | .428 | 41½ | 37‍–‍39 | 28‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 97 | .362 | 51½ | 28‍–‍48 | 27‍–‍49 |
| St. Louis Browns | 43 | 111 | .279 | 64½ | 18‍–‍59 | 25‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1939 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 8–14 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 11–8–1 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 15–7 |
| Chicago | 14–8 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 4–18 | 11–11 | 18–4 | 14–8–1 |
| Cleveland | 11–11 | 10–12 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 14–8 |
| Detroit | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 14–8 |
| New York | 8–11–1 | 18–4 | 15–7 | 13–9 | — | 18–4 | 19–3 | 15–7 |
| Philadelphia | 4–18 | 11–11 | 4–18 | 11–11 | 4–18 | — | 13–9–1 | 8–12 |
| St. Louis | 6–16 | 4–18 | 6–16 | 8–14–1 | 3–19 | 9–13–1 | — | 7–15 |
| Washington | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 7–15 | 12–8 | 15–7 | — |

### 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 | 87 | 274 | 77 | .281 | 0 | 31 |
| 1B | Mickey Vernon | 76 | 276 | 71 | .257 | 1 | 30 |
| 2B | Jimmy Bloodworth | 83 | 318 | 92 | .289 | 4 | 40 |
| SS | Cecil Travis | 130 | 476 | 139 | .292 | 5 | 63 |
| 3B | Buddy Lewis | 140 | 536 | 171 | .319 | 10 | 75 |
| OF | Taffy Wright | 129 | 499 | 154 | .309 | 4 | 93 |
| OF | Sam West | 115 | 390 | 110 | .282 | 3 | 52 |
| OF | George Case | 128 | 530 | 160 | .302 | 2 | 35 |

#### 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 Estalella | 82 | 280 | 77 | .275 | 8 | 41 |
| Buddy Myer | 83 | 258 | 78 | .302 | 1 | 32 |
| Johnny Welaj | 63 | 201 | 55 | .274 | 1 | 33 |
| Charlie Gelbert | 68 | 188 | 48 | .255 | 3 | 29 |
| Tony Giuliani | 54 | 172 | 43 | .250 | 0 | 18 |
| Jimmy Wasdell | 29 | 109 | 33 | .303 | 0 | 13 |
| Bob Prichard | 26 | 85 | 20 | .235 | 0 | 8 |
| Jake Early | 32 | 84 | 22 | .262 | 0 | 14 |
| Ossie Bluege | 18 | 59 | 9 | .153 | 0 | 3 |
| Hal Quick | 12 | 41 | 10 | .244 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Leip | 9 | 32 | 11 | .344 | 0 | 2 |
| Morrie Aderholt | 7 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 4 |
| Al Evans | 7 | 21 | 7 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Elmer Gedeon | 5 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Loane | 3 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Pitko | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 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 | 34 | 269.1 | 20 | 8 | 3.54 | 88 |
| Ken Chase | 32 | 232.0 | 10 | 19 | 3.80 | 118 |
| Joe Krakauskas | 39 | 217.1 | 11 | 17 | 4.60 | 110 |
| Joe Haynes | 27 | 173.0 | 8 | 12 | 5.36 | 64 |
| Jimmie DeShong | 7 | 40.2 | 0 | 3 | 8.63 | 12 |
| Early Wynn | 3 | 20.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.75 | 1 |
| Dick Bass | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 1 |

#### 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 Carrasquel | 40 | 159.1 | 5 | 9 | 4.69 | 41 |
| Walt Masterson | 24 | 58.1 | 2 | 2 | 5.55 | 12 |
| Harry Kelley | 15 | 53.2 | 4 | 3 | 4.70 | 20 |

#### 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 Appleton | 40 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4.56 | 50 |
| Bud Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 |
| Lou Thuman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Bill Holland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.25 | 2 |
| Bucky Jacobs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Mike Palagyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |

## Farm system

| 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 |