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

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1938 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 18 Pete Appleton 11 Ken Chase 15 Jimmie DeShong 10 Wes Ferrell 14 Elon Hogsett 22 Harry Kelley 33 Joe Kohlman 12 Joe Krakauskas 16 Dutch Leonard -- René Monteagudo 19 Bill Phebus 17 Monte Weaver		Catchers  8 Rick Ferrell  9 Tony Giuliani 21 Mickey Livingston Infielders 27 Ossie Bluege  3 Zeke Bonura  2 Buddy Lewis  1 Buddy Myer  5 Cecil Travis 19,22,24 Jimmy Wasdell		Outfielders  4 Mel Almada 25 George Case 20 Goose Goslin  3 Al Simmons  6 John Stone  4 Sam West 23 Taffy Wright		Manager 30 Bucky Harris Coaches 28 Nick Altrock 29 Clyde Milan

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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		135	411	120	.292	1	58
1B		137	540	156	.289	22	114
2B		127	437	147	.336	6	71
SS		146	567	190	.335	5	67
3B		151	656	194	.296	12	91
OF		125	470	142	.302	21	95
OF		107	433	132	.305	2	40
OF		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
	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
	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
	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
	43	164.1	7	9	4.60	62
	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
	31	131.1	5	8	6.58	41
Joe Krakauskas	29	121.1	7	5	3.12	104
	31	91.0	5	6	6.03	33
	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
	5	0	0	1	11.37	2

Farm system

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References

• 1938 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1938 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com