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

Roster

1939 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 18 Pete Appleton -- Dick Bass 14 Alex Carrasquel 11 Ken Chase 15 Jimmie DeShong 19 Joe Haynes 50 Bill Holland 20 Bucky Jacobs 22 Harry Kelley 12 Joe Krakauskas 16 Dutch Leonard 33 Walt Masterson 35 Mike Palagyi 31 Bud Thomas 44 Lou Thuman 44 Early Wynn		Catchers  9 Jake Early 43 Al Evans  8 Rick Ferrell 10 Tony Giuliani Infielders 40 Morrie Aderholt  7 Jimmy Bloodworth 27 Ossie Bluege 21 Charlie Gelbert 10 Ed Leip  2 Buddy Lewis  1 Buddy Myer 17 Bob Prichard 39 Hal Quick  5 Cecil Travis 34 Mickey Vernon  7 Jimmy Wasdell		Outfielders  6 George Case  3 Bobby Estalella 34 Elmer Gedeon 17 Bob Loane 36 Alex Pitko 24 Johnny Welaj 23 Sam West  4 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		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

References

• 1939 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1939 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com