1939 Washington Senators season

March 2026 November 2013 Washington Senators 1939 Washington Senators Primary Logo (1938 to 1947).svg American League Griffith Stadium Washington, D.C. 65 78 y 6th Clark Griffith and William Richardson Bucky Harris WJSV(Walter Johnson, Harry McTigue) List of Minnesota Twins seasons 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.Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference Season standings Washington Senators Record vs. opponents WSH 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 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 baseball 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 Bobby Estalella (outfielder) 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 Dutch Leonard (right-handed pitcher) 34 269.1 20 8 3.54 88 Ken Chase baseball 32 232.0 10 19 3.80 118 Joe Krakauskas 39 217.1 11 17 4.60 110 Joe Haynes Joe Haynes (baseball) 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 Dick Bass (baseball) 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 Harry Kelley (baseball) 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 Bud Thomas (pitcher) 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 Minor League Baseball 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 Notes 2 References 1939 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1939 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) seasons Washington Senators season Washing