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1939 Washington Senators season

Field	Value
name	Washington Senators
season	1939
image	Washington Senators Primary Logo (1938 to 1947).svg
league	American League
ballpark	Griffith Stadium
city	Washington, D.C.
record
league_place	6th
owners	Clark Griffith and William Richardson
managers	Bucky Harris
radio	WJSV
(Walter Johnson, Harry McTigue)
season_list	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

(Walter Johnson, Harry McTigue)

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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1939 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	87	274	77	.281	0	31
1B	76	276	71	.257	1	30
2B	83	318	92	.289	4	40
SS	130	476	139	.292	5	63
3B	140	536	171	.319	10	75
OF	129	499	154	.309	4	93
OF	115	390	110	.282	3	52
OF	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
	82	280	77	.275	8	41
Buddy Myer	83	258	78	.302	1	32
	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
	34	269.1	20	8	3.54	88
	32	232.0	10	19	3.80	118
Joe Krakauskas	39	217.1	11	17	4.60	110
	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
	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
	40	159.1	5	9	4.69	41
Walt Masterson	24	58.1	2	2	5.55	12
	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
	40	5	10	6	4.56	50
	4	0	0	0	6.00	0
	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

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmoal01.shtml Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference]

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