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1938 Washington Senators Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939)
75-76, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 814 runs, Allowed 873 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-80
Manager: Bucky Harris (75-76)
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 522,694 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 93, Pitching - 94;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 96

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1937 / 1939 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Rick Ferrell 32 135 495 411 55 120 24 5 1 58 1 0 75 17 .292 .401 .382 .783 103 157 0 9
2 1B Zeke Bonura 29 137 589 540 72 156 27 3 22 114 2 2 44 29 .289 .346 .472 .818 109 255 3 2
3 2B Buddy Myer* 34 127 534 437 79 147 22 8 6 71 9 5 93 32 .336 .454 .465 .918 137 203 1 3
4 SS Cecil Travis* 24 146 642 567 96 190 30 5 5 67 6 5 58 22 .335 .401 .432 .833 115 245 4 13
5 3B Buddy Lewis* 21 151 724 656 122 194 35 9 12 91 17 9 58 35 .296 .354 .431 .785 102 283 1 9
6 OF Al Simmons 36 125 512 470 79 142 23 6 21 95 2 1 38 40 .302 .357 .511 .868 121 240 2 2
7 OF Sam West* 33 92 386 344 51 104 19 5 5 47 1 1 33 21 .302 .363 .430 .794 104 148 0 9
8 OF George Case 22 107 479 433 69 132 27 3 2 40 11 6 39 28 .305 .362 .395 .757 95 171 0 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Taffy Wright* 26 100 281 263 37 92 18 10 2 36 1 2 13 17 .350 .389 .517 .906 132 136 4 1
10 OF John Stone* 32 56 244 213 24 52 12 4 3 28 2 1 30 16 .244 .337 .380 .718 85 81 0 1
11 OF Mel Almada* 25 47 211 197 24 48 7 4 1 15 4 1 8 16 .244 .277 .335 .612 57 66 1 5
12 2B Ossie Bluege 37 58 209 184 25 48 12 1 0 21 3 1 21 11 .261 .340 .337 .677 75 62 1 3
13 1B Jimmy Wasdell* 24 53 154 140 19 33 2 1 2 16 5 2 12 12 .236 .296 .307 .603 56 43 0 2
14 C Tony Giuliani 25 46 128 115 10 25 4 0 0 15 1 0 8 3 .217 .268 .252 .520 35 29 0 5
15 OF Goose Goslin* 37 38 65 57 6 9 3 0 2 8 0 0 8 5 .158 .262 .316 .577 48 18 0 0
16 C Mickey Livingston 23 2 4 4 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .750 .750 1.250 2.000 407 5 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
17 P Dutch Leonard 29 33 86 82 10 19 3 2 0 5 0 0 2 12 .232 .250 .317 .567 45 26 0 2
18 P Wes Ferrell 30 26 70 49 6 11 2 0 1 6 0 0 15 7 .224 .406 .327 .733 91 16 0 6
19 P Pete Appleton 34 43 62 59 4 15 2 2 0 9 0 1 1 8 .254 .267 .356 .623 59 21 0 2
20 P Ken Chase* 24 32 56 48 2 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 13 .208 .269 .208 .478 25 10 0 4
21 P Monte Weaver* 32 31 53 45 5 12 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 6 .267 .353 .311 .664 73 14 1 2
22 P Harry Kelley 32 38 50 48 4 12 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 4 .250 .265 .250 .515 34 12 0 1
23 P Jimmie DeShong 28 31 48 46 5 12 0 2 0 7 0 0 1 4 .261 .277 .348 .624 60 16 0 1
24 P Joe Krakauskas* 23 29 40 33 7 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 12 .182 .270 .242 .513 33 8 0 3
25 P Chief Hogsett* 34 32 25 23 3 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 .304 .360 .478 .838 115 11 0 0
26 P Rene Monteagudo* 22 5 7 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 159 3 0 1
27 P Joe Kohlman 25 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
28 P Bill Phebus 28 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.5 152 6158 5474 814 1602 278 72 85 768 65 37 573 374 .293 .362 .416 .778 100 2279 18 93
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 5 1 4 2 7 4 6 6 8 2 3 4 4 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
*Mel Almada 25 211 155 18 3.0 112 .261 .244 .281 .277 .359 .335 .419 .612 .778 57 .269 -13.6 -1.3 .520 .147 .091 1.6 O
Pete Appleton 34 62 47 5 2.8 112 .294 .254 .281 .267 .359 .356 .419 .623 .778 59 .239 -4.0 -0.4 .467 .102 .102 1
Ossie Bluege 37 209 140 21 3.9 112 .277 .261 .281 .340 .359 .337 .419 .677 .778 75 .370 -6.0 -0.5 .628 .201 .076 .0 46/35
Zeke Bonura 29 589 388 87 5.9 112 .274 .289 .281 .346 .359 .472 .419 .818 .778 109 .551 5.8 0.5 .782 .265 .183 3.7 *3
George Case 22 479 314 62 5.2 112 .323 .305 .281 .362 .359 .395 .419 .757 .778 95 .493 -1.6 -0.1 .700 .192 .090 3.4 O
*Ken Chase 24 56 42 3 1.9 112 .286 .208 .281 .269 .359 .208 .419 .478 .778 25 .132 -5.4 -0.5 .368 .083 .000 1
Jimmie DeShong 28 48 35 4 3.0 112 .286 .261 .281 .277 .359 .348 .419 .624 .778 60 .263 -3.2 -0.3 .500 .109 .087 1
Rick Ferrell 32 495 300 63 5.5 112 .303 .292 .281 .401 .359 .382 .419 .783 .778 103 .521 7.0 0.6 .801 .275 .090 1.0 *2
Wes Ferrell 30 70 44 7 4.2 112 .244 .224 .281 .406 .359 .327 .419 .733 .778 91 .396 0.5 0.0 .816 .408 .102 .0 1
Tony Giuliani 25 128 95 8 2.2 112 .223 .217 .281 .268 .359 .252 .419 .520 .778 35 .169 -11.2 -1.0 .422 .113 .035 .0 2
*Goose Goslin 37 65 48 5 2.7 112 .140 .158 .281 .262 .359 .316 .419 .577 .778 48 .232 -4.6 -0.4 .542 .298 .158 .0 O
*Chief Hogsett 34 25 16 4 6.6 112 .350 .304 .281 .360 .359 .478 .419 .838 .778 115 .600 0.5 0.0 .813 .261 .174 1
Harry Kelley 32 50 37 3 2.1 112 .273 .250 .281 .265 .359 .250 .419 .515 .778 34 .160 -4.9 -0.5 .361 .021 .000 1
Joe Kohlman 25 3 3 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .281 .000 .359 .000 .419 .000 .778 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Joe Krakauskas 23 40 30 2 1.8 112 .286 .182 .281 .270 .359 .242 .419 .513 .778 33 .117 -3.2 -0.3 .444 .182 .061 1
Dutch Leonard 29 86 65 7 2.8 112 .271 .232 .281 .250 .359 .317 .419 .567 .778 45 .243 -7.2 -0.7 .444 .110 .085 1
*Buddy Lewis 21 724 480 99 5.4 112 .299 .296 .281 .354 .359 .431 .419 .785 .778 102 .513 1.4 0.1 .743 .236 .136 14.1 *5
Mickey Livingston 23 4 1 4 105.2 112 1.000 .750 .281 .750 .359 1.250 .419 2.000 .778 407 .996 1.9 0.2 5.000 .500 .500 /2
*Rene Monteagudo 22 7 4 2 13.1 112 .500 .500 .281 .500 .359 .500 .419 1.000 .778 159 .842 0.5 0.0 1.000 .000 .000 /1
*Buddy Myer 34 534 298 92 8.1 112 .353 .336 .281 .454 .359 .465 .419 .918 .778 137 .688 32.2 2.9 1.020 .350 .128 7.2 *4
Bill Phebus 28 1 1 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .281 .000 .359 .000 .419 .000 .778 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Al Simmons 36 512 331 85 6.8 112 .296 .302 .281 .357 .359 .511 .419 .868 .778 121 .611 13.0 1.2 .854 .291 .209 3.7 *O
*John Stone 32 244 163 27 4.4 112 .253 .244 .281 .337 .359 .380 .419 .718 .778 85 .413 -4.5 -0.4 .691 .282 .136 2.4 O
*Cecil Travis 24 642 395 97 6.5 112 .343 .335 .281 .401 .359 .432 .419 .833 .778 115 .592 15.9 1.4 .806 .201 .097 5.5 *6
*Jimmy Wasdell 24 154 111 13 3.1 112 .246 .236 .281 .296 .359 .307 .419 .603 .778 56 .272 -9.6 -0.9 .532 .179 .071 2.9 3/O
*Monte Weaver 32 53 35 5 3.8 112 .308 .267 .281 .353 .359 .311 .419 .664 .778 73 .350 -1.7 -0.2 .606 .156 .044 1
*Sam West 33 386 250 54 5.7 112 .311 .302 .281 .363 .359 .430 .419 .794 .778 104 .534 2.4 0.2 .751 .224 .128 1.7 O
*Taffy Wright 26 281 174 51 7.7 112 .369 .350 .281 .389 .359 .517 .419 .906 .778 132 .667 11.8 1.1 .879 .213 .167 1.3 O
League Average 5.4 118 .296 .281 .290 .357 .369 .414 .432 .771 .802 92 .507 .740 .253 .133
Team Total 6158 4002 828 5.4 112 .302 .293 .281 .362 .359 .416 .419 .778 .778 100 .514 10.6 0.6 .741 .233 .124 73.7
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
*Mel Almada 25 158 699 651 89 189 28 6 4 46 12 44 40 .290 .339 .370 .709 80 149 149
Pete Appleton 34 46 63 62 4 15 2 2 0 9 0 1 8 .242 .254 .339 .593 5 43 43
Ossie Bluege 37 61 214 192 24 48 12 1 0 20 3 21 12 .250 .327 .323 .650 20 58 58
Zeke Bonura 29 145 606 560 68 153 26 3 22 107 2 43 31 .273 .328 .448 .777 82 137 137
George Case 22 113 487 449 65 130 27 3 2 38 11 38 30 .290 .345 .376 .721 58 107 107
*Ken Chase 24 34 53 49 2 9 0 0 0 4 0 4 14 .184 .245 .184 .429 2 32 32
Jimmie DeShong 28 33 49 48 5 12 0 2 0 7 0 1 4 .250 .265 .333 .599 4 31 31
Rick Ferrell 32 143 500 426 52 118 24 5 1 54 1 74 18 .277 .384 .364 .748 59 135 135
Wes Ferrell 30 33 78 63 6 12 3 0 1 6 0 15 12 .190 .346 .286 .632 6 31 31
Tony Giuliani 25 49 128 120 9 25 4 0 0 14 1 8 3 .208 .258 .242 .499 7 46 46
*Goose Goslin 37 40 68 60 5 9 3 0 2 7 0 8 5 .150 .250 .300 .550 4 38 38
*Chief Hogsett 34 34 26 24 3 7 2 1 0 1 0 2 3 .292 .346 .458 .804 4 32 32
Harry Kelley 32 44 54 53 4 13 0 0 0 8 0 1 4 .245 .259 .245 .505 3 42 42
Joe Kohlman 25 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7 7
*Joe Krakauskas 23 31 39 35 7 6 2 0 0 1 0 4 13 .171 .256 .229 .485 2 29 29
Dutch Leonard 29 35 88 86 10 19 3 2 0 5 0 2 13 .221 .239 .302 .541 6 33 33
*Buddy Lewis 21 160 737 679 114 190 34 9 12 85 17 57 37 .280 .336 .409 .746 93 151 151
Mickey Livingston 23 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 2 2
*Rene Monteagudo 22 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 5 5
*Buddy Myer 34 134 545 452 74 145 22 8 6 67 9 92 34 .321 .437 .445 .881 87 127 127
Bill Phebus 28 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
Al Simmons 36 132 525 486 74 139 23 6 21 89 2 37 42 .286 .339 .488 .827 79 125 125
*John Stone 32 59 250 221 22 51 12 4 3 26 2 29 17 .231 .320 .362 .682 25 56 56
*Cecil Travis 24 155 644 584 89 185 29 5 5 62 6 56 23 .317 .380 .409 .790 90 146 146
*Jimmy Wasdell 24 56 157 145 17 32 2 1 2 14 5 12 13 .221 .280 .290 .570 12 53 53
*Monte Weaver 32 33 52 46 4 11 0 1 0 2 0 5 6 .239 .327 .283 .610 4 31 31
*Sam West 33 144 570 525 62 150 26 7 6 68 2 45 32 .286 .342 .396 .738 71 136 136
*Taffy Wright 26 106 287 270 35 89 17 10 2 34 1 13 18 .330 .369 .489 .858 48 100 100
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
*Mel Almada 25 6 2470 565 2470 2237 335 650 101 26 14 187 53 27 195 125 .291 .349 .378 .727 83 845 5 33
Pete Appleton 34 9 330 239 330 317 26 77 7 6 0 32 0 1 5 56 .243 .255 .303 .557 42 96 0 0 8 0 0
Ossie Bluege 37 17 7386 1849 7386 6381 878 1742 276 67 43 845 139 87 716 513 .273 .353 .357 .710 85 2281 71 218
Zeke Bonura 29 5 2964 666 2964 2634 464 820 176 20 101 554 15 7 308 141 .311 .386 .508 .894 124 1339 12 10
George Case 22 2 572 129 572 523 83 158 33 5 2 51 13 7 42 33 .302 .354 .396 .750 93 207 0 7
*Ken Chase 24 3 87 47 87 78 3 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 23 .154 .195 .154 .349 -9 12 0 5
Jimmie DeShong 28 6 328 169 328 278 34 55 2 4 0 24 1 0 30 40 .198 .278 .234 .512 33 65 1 19
Rick Ferrell 32 10 4522 1173 4522 3835 493 1116 227 36 25 518 20 26 606 164 .291 .389 .389 .777 98 1490 6 75
Wes Ferrell 30 12 1330 539 1330 1162 173 326 56 12 37 205 2 0 128 180 .281 .352 .445 .797 100 517 0 0 40 0 0
Tony Giuliani 25 3 397 136 397 366 33 84 8 0 0 31 1 0 22 19 .230 .273 .251 .525 32 92 0 9
*Goose Goslin 37 18 9822 2287 9822 8656 1483 2735 500 173 248 1609 175 89 949 585 .316 .387 .500 .887 128 4325 55 162
*Chief Hogsett 34 10 427 336 427 401 46 91 11 2 6 26 0 0 18 99 .227 .264 .309 .573 45 124 2 6
Harry Kelley 32 5 231 132 231 217 15 46 9 0 0 25 0 0 4 14 .212 .230 .253 .483 22 55 1 9
Joe Kohlman 25 2 8 9 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -36 1 0 0
*Joe Krakauskas 23 2 57 34 57 49 9 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 5 19 .163 .241 .245 .486 25 12 0 3
Dutch Leonard 29 5 218 146 218 204 16 34 7 3 0 11 0 0 3 39 .167 .179 .230 .409 9 47 7 0 11
*Buddy Lewis 21 4 2142 458 2142 1953 329 582 88 28 28 239 34 20 157 130 .298 .353 .415 .767 95 810 8 24
Mickey Livingston 23 1 4 2 4 4 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .750 .750 1.250 2.000 407 5 0 0
*Rene Monteagudo 22 1 7 5 7 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 159 3 0 1
*Buddy Myer 34 14 7517 1716 7517 6463 1099 1965 326 122 37 780 144 105 873 390 .304 .390 .409 .799 108 2646 33 148
Bill Phebus 28 3 18 13 18 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 5 .000 .412 .000 .412 14 0 0 1
Al Simmons 36 15 8877 2023 8877 8164 1450 2773 512 144 298 1749 88 63 578 663 .340 .385 .547 .932 135 4467 28 107
*John Stone 32 11 5006 1200 5006 4494 739 1391 268 105 77 707 45 40 463 352 .310 .376 .467 .843 116 2100 12 37
*Cecil Travis 24 6 2845 684 2845 2579 385 843 141 34 11 341 18 18 203 147 .327 .381 .421 .802 107 1085 22 41
*Jimmy Wasdell 24 2 272 85 272 250 32 61 6 5 4 28 5 3 19 25 .244 .297 .356 .653 67 89 0 3
*Monte Weaver 32 8 406 193 406 374 43 79 10 4 0 30 0 0 14 72 .211 .249 .259 .509 32 97 5 13
*Sam West 33 12 6147 1506 6147 5471 858 1658 316 92 71 737 49 53 571 478 .303 .369 .433 .803 104 2371 5 100
*Taffy Wright 26 1 281 100 281 263 37 92 18 10 2 36 1 2 13 17 .350 .389 .517 .906 132 136 4 1
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1937 / 1939 Batting Statistics