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1938 Washington Senators Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 75-76, Final Rank:5, GB: 23.5
Days in First10last on Friday, May 13, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 11last on May 13, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead1last on Thursday, May 12, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind27.5last on Saturday, Sep 10, for days on which they played
Most Games over .5008last on Thursday, May 12
Most Games under .5004last on Saturday, Sep 10
Longest Winning Streak7Wednesday, May 4 to Tuesday, May 10
Longest Losing Streak5Wednesday, Jun 29 to Sunday, Jul 3 and Tuesday, Jul 26 to Saturday, Jul 30
Most Runs Allowed18Sunday, Jun 12
Most Runs Scored14Sunday, Jul 3
Times Shutout by Opponent7 
Times Opponent Shutout6 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 75 76 814 873 .497
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 44 33 412 413 .571
Road 31 43 402 460 .419
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 7 5 62 55 .583
May 15 13 138 167 .536
June 12 15 161 173 .444
July 12 14 134 162 .462
August 15 15 178 176 .500
September 13 13 134 134 .500
October 1 1 7 6 .500
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 35 37 386 434 .486
Second Half 40 39 428 439 .506
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 20 20 206 206 .500
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 23 32 305 384 .418
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 9 12 99 127 .429
CHW 11 10 101 118 .524
CLE 9 12 100 140 .429
DET 9 13 131 149 .409
NYY 6 16 87 141 .273
PHA 16 6 134 78 .727
SLB 15 7 162 120 .682

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Monday, Apr 18 WSH PHA W 12 8 1-0 1 Tied Ferrell +
2 2 Tuesday, Apr 19 WSH PHA W 9 2 2-0 1 up 0.5 Weaver 1:58 7,000 ++
3 3 Wednesday, Apr 20 WSH PHA W 3 0 3-0 1 up 0.5 Leonard 1:51 6,500 +++
4 4 Friday, Apr 22 WSH @ NYY L 0 7 3-1 1 Tied Ruffing 1:51 25,000 -
5 5 Saturday, Apr 23 WSH @ NYY W 7 4 4-1 1 Tied Ferrell 2:25 +
6 6 Sunday, Apr 24 WSH @ NYY L 3 4 4-2 2 1.0 Wicker 2:18 32,969 -
7 7 Monday, Apr 25 WSH BOS L 0 7 4-3 3 1.5 Ostermueller 1:44 8,000 --
8 8 Tuesday, Apr 26 WSH BOS W 6 4 5-3 2 1.5 Appleton 2:17 6,000 +
9 9 Wednesday, Apr 27 WSH BOS W 5 2 6-3 2 0.5 DeShong 2:14 6,000 ++
10 10 Thursday, Apr 28 WSH @ PHA W 7 2 7-3 2 0.5 Ferrell 9,100 +++
11 11 Friday, Apr 29 WSH @ PHA L 6 7 7-4 2 1.5 Smith 2:29 9,100 -
12 12 Saturday, Apr 30 WSH NYY L 4 8 7-5 2 1.5 Chandler 2:03 16,000 --
13 13 Sunday, May 1 WSH NYY W 4 3 8-5 2 1.5 Hogsett 1:28 32,000 +
14 14 Monday, May 2 WSH NYY L 2 3 8-6 2 2.5 Pearson 2:08 10,000 -
15 15 Tuesday, May 3 WSH CLE L 9 10 8-7 4 3.5 Heving 2:45 8,000 --
16 16 Wednesday, May 4 WSH CLE W 1 0 9-7 3 2.5 Leonard 3:10 10,000 +
17 17 Thursday, May 5 WSH CLE W 8 6 10-7 3 1.5 Hogsett 2:55 5,000 ++
18 18 Friday, May 6 WSH CHW W 4 3 11-7 2 1.5 Appleton 3:00 16,000 +++
19 19 Saturday, May 7 WSH CHW W 5 4 12-7 2 1.5 Chase 2:25 11,000 ++++
20 20 Sunday, May 8 WSH SLB W 9 7 13-7 2 0.5 Ferrell 2:05 16,000 +++++
21 21 Monday, May 9 WSH SLB W 7 1 14-7 1 up 0.5 Leonard 1:55 3,000 ++++++
22 22 Tuesday, May 10 WSH SLB W 8 6 15-7 1 up 1.0 Weaver 2:30 3,000 +++++++
23 23 Wednesday, May 11 WSH DET L 1 4 15-8 1 Tied Kennedy 6,500 -
24 24 Thursday, May 12 WSH DET W 7 6 16-8 1 up 1.0 DeShong 2:16 7,000 +
25 25 Friday, May 13 WSH @ BOS L 0 10 16-9 1 up 0.5 Wilson 2:15 9,500 -
26 26 Saturday, May 14 WSH @ BOS L 9 10 16-10 2 0.5 Rogers 2:50 15,000 --
27 27 Sunday, May 15 WSH @ BOS L 3 4 16-11 2 1.5 Grove 2:16 26,000 ---
28 28 Monday, May 16 WSH @ DET L 7 13 16-12 4 2.0 Kennedy 2:35 8,000 ----
29 29 Wednesday, May 18 WSH @ DET W 5 1 17-12 4 1.5 Ferrell 1:46 4,700 +
30 30 Thursday, May 19 WSH @ CLE L 3 15 17-13 4 2.5 Hudlin 2:05 0 -
31 31 Friday, May 20 WSH @ CLE L 3 6 17-14 4 3.5 Allen 1:58 19,000 --
32 32 Saturday, May 21 WSH @ CLE W 5 4 18-14 4 2.5 Chase 2:55 13,000 +
33 33 Sunday, May 22 WSH @ CHW L 2 9 18-15 4 3.5 Lyons 1:57 20,000 -
34 34 Tuesday, May 24 WSH @ CHW L 3 10 18-16 4 4.5 Stratton 2:00 2,500 --
35 35 Wednesday, May 25 WSH @ SLB L 3 4 18-17 4 5.5 Mills 2:57 1,248 ---
36 36 Thursday, May 26 WSH @ SLB W 12 10 19-17 4 4.5 Ferrell 2:47 1,508 +
37 37 Saturday, May 28 WSH BOS W 3 2 20-17 4 4.0 Leonard 1:56 6,000 ++
38 38 Sunday, May 29 WSH BOS W 5 3 21-17 3 3.0 Ferrell 2:00 14,000 +++
39 39 Monday, May 30 WSH @ PHA W 9 4 22-17 3 4.0 Appleton 2:31 0 ++++
40 40 Monday, May 30 WSH @ PHA L 1 9 22-18 3 4.0 Caster 2:05 33,000 -
41 41 Wednesday, Jun 1 WSH CHW W 5 4 23-18 2 3.0 Weaver 2:08 5,000 +
42 42 Thursday, Jun 2 WSH CHW W 7 1 24-18 3 3.0 Leonard 1:48 9,000 ++
43 43 Friday, Jun 3 WSH CHW W 5 1 25-18 3 3.0 Ferrell 1:30 10,000 +++
44 44 Saturday, Jun 4 WSH CLE L 4 11 25-19 3 4.0 Galehouse 2:24 20,000 -
45 45 Sunday, Jun 5 WSH CLE L 4 5 25-20 3 5.0 Hudlin 2:45 22,000 --
46 46 Monday, Jun 6 WSH CLE W 5 4 26-20 3 4.0 Krakauskas 2:43 +
47 47 Tuesday, Jun 7 WSH SLB L 8 11 26-21 3 5.0 Bonetti -
48 48 Wednesday, Jun 8 WSH SLB L 5 11 26-22 4 5.0 Hildebrand 2:28 600 --
49 49 Thursday, Jun 9 WSH SLB W 6 4 27-22 4 4.0 DeShong 2:14 500 +
50 50 Friday, Jun 10 WSH DET L 6 7 27-23 4 4.0 Eisenstat 2:24 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Saturday, Jun 11 WSH DET L 2 7 27-24 4 4.5 Lawson 1:38 10,000 --
52 52 Sunday, Jun 12 WSH DET L 12 18 27-25 4 4.5 Bridges 2:47 18,000 ---
53 53 Tuesday, Jun 14 WSH @ CLE W 7 6 28-25 4 3.5 DeShong 3:00 6,000 +
54 54 Wednesday, Jun 15 WSH @ CLE L 4 6 28-26 4 4.5 Whitehill 2:22 5,000 -
55 55 Thursday, Jun 16 WSH @ CLE L 1 4 28-27 4 5.5 Feller 2:22 --
56 56 Friday, Jun 17 WSH @ DET W 12 10 29-27 4 6.0 Ferrell 2:20 0 +
57 57 Friday, Jun 17 WSH @ DET L 3 4 29-28 4 6.0 Lawson 1:42 -
58 58 Saturday, Jun 18 WSH @ DET L 3 5 29-29 5 6.0 Eisenstat 1:51 9,200 --
59 59 Sunday, Jun 19 WSH @ DET W 10 6 30-29 4 6.0 Appleton 2:23 22,200 +
60 60 Tuesday, Jun 21 WSH @ CHW W 7 0 31-29 4 6.0 Kelley 1:30 3,000 ++
61 61 Wednesday, Jun 22 WSH @ CHW L 3 16 31-30 4 7.5 Stratton 2:16 500 -
62 62 Thursday, Jun 23 WSH @ CHW W 12 0 32-30 4 6.5 Leonard 1:52 2,000 +
63 63 Saturday, Jun 25 WSH @ SLB L 9 12 32-31 5 7.5 Hildebrand 2:11 1,222 -
64 64 Sunday, Jun 26 WSH @ SLB W 9 1 33-31 4 6.5 Kelley 1:50 0 +
65 65 Sunday, Jun 26 WSH @ SLB W 7 2 34-31 4 6.5 Ferrell 2:03 5,928 ++
66 66 Wednesday, Jun 29 WSH @ BOS L 4 6 34-32 4 7.5 Marcum 1:41 3,500 -
67 67 Thursday, Jun 30 WSH @ BOS L 1 11 34-33 4 8.5 Bagby 1:51 4,400 --
68 68 Friday, Jul 1 WSH @ NYY L 0 8 34-34 4 9.0 Chandler 1:40 ---
69 69 Saturday, Jul 2 WSH @ NYY L 2 12 34-35 4 9.5 Pearson 2:13 10,514 ----
70 70 Sunday, Jul 3 WSH @ PHA L 0 3 34-36 4 9.5 Caster 1:26 0 -----
71 71 Sunday, Jul 3 WSH @ PHA W 14 2 35-36 4 9.5 Weaver 2:27 +
72 72 Monday, Jul 4 WSH NYY L 5 10 35-37 5 9.0 Ruffing 2:02 0 -
73 73 Monday, Jul 4 WSH NYY T 4 4 35-37 5 9.0 3:05 31,000 -
74 74 Friday, Jul 8 WSH PHA W 11 0 36-37 4 9.0 Kelley 1:53 7,000 +
75 75 Saturday, Jul 9 WSH PHA W 7 4 37-37 4 9.0 Ferrell 2:03 3,000 ++
76 76 Sunday, Jul 10 WSH PHA W 5 2 38-37 4 8.5 Leonard 1:42 0 +++
77 77 Sunday, Jul 10 WSH PHA W 8 7 39-37 4 8.5 DeShong 2:35 18,000 ++++
78 78 Tuesday, Jul 12 WSH CLE W 9 8 40-37 4 7.5 Hogsett 2:21 8,000 +++++
79 79 Wednesday, Jul 13 WSH CLE W 4 3 41-37 4 7.0 Kelley 2:09 10,000 ++++++
80 80 Thursday, Jul 14 WSH CLE L 1 5 41-38 4 8.0 Harder 2:05 6,000 -
81 81 Friday, Jul 15 WSH CHW L 3 11 41-39 4 9.0 Lee 1:53 --
82 82 Saturday, Jul 16 WSH CHW W 3 2 42-39 4 9.0 Weaver 1:57 6,000 +
83 83 Sunday, Jul 17 WSH CHW L 1 12 42-40 4 10.0 Stratton 1:57 15,000 -
84 84 Tuesday, Jul 19 WSH DET W 4 3 43-40 4 9.0 Hogsett 2:32 5,000 +
85 85 Wednesday, Jul 20 WSH DET W 7 2 44-40 4 8.5 Ferrell 3,000 ++
86 86 Thursday, Jul 21 WSH DET W 4 3 45-40 4 8.0 Leonard 2:13 4,000 +++
87 87 Friday, Jul 22 WSH SLB L 7 9 45-41 4 8.5 Mills 2:08 9,000 -
88 88 Sunday, Jul 24 WSH SLB L 2 4 45-42 4 8.5 Hildebrand 2:08 0 --
89 89 Sunday, Jul 24 WSH SLB W 11 1 46-42 4 8.5 Leonard 1:43 20,000 +
90 90 Tuesday, Jul 26 WSH @ DET L 5 6 46-43 4 10.0 Eisenstat 2:00 68,000 -
91 91 Wednesday, Jul 27 WSH @ DET L 4 9 46-44 4 11.0 Lawson 2:12 6,500 --
92 92 Thursday, Jul 28 WSH @ DET L 4 12 46-45 4 11.0 Gill 1:55 5,200 ---
93 93 Friday, Jul 29 WSH @ CLE L 4 12 46-46 4 12.0 Allen 1:59 15,000 ----
94 94 Saturday, Jul 30 WSH @ CLE L 5 8 46-47 5 13.0 Harder 2:15 -----
95 95 Monday, Aug 1 WSH @ CLE W 11 8 47-47 4 13.5 Hogsett 3:15 5,000 +
96 96 Tuesday, Aug 2 WSH @ SLB W 5 3 48-47 4 12.5 Ferrell 2:17 1,218 ++
97 97 Wednesday, Aug 3 WSH @ SLB L 3 5 48-48 4 13.5 Newsom 2:12 1,010 -
98 98 Thursday, Aug 4 WSH @ SLB W 10 4 49-48 4 13.5 Kelley 2:10 949 +
99 99 Saturday, Aug 6 WSH @ CHW W 7 1 50-48 4 14.0 Leonard 1:36 4,000 ++
100 100 Sunday, Aug 7 WSH @ CHW L 5 14 50-49 4 14.5 Stratton 2:15 0 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 7 WSH @ CHW W 12 5 51-49 4 14.5 Weaver 2:29 15,000 +
102 102 Tuesday, Aug 9 WSH @ NYY W 4 2 52-49 4 13.5 Chase 2:23 7,167 ++
103 103 Wednesday, Aug 10 WSH @ NYY L 11 12 52-50 4 14.5 Murphy 3:05 8,100 -
104 104 Thursday, Aug 11 WSH @ NYY L 6 9 52-51 4 15.5 Gomez 2:18 5,965 --
105 105 Friday, Aug 12 WSH BOS W 13 1 53-51 4 15.0 Leonard 2:08 15,000 +
106 106 Saturday, Aug 13 WSH BOS W 4 1 54-51 4 15.0 Weaver 1:48 10,000 ++
107 107 Sunday, Aug 14 WSH BOS W 7 1 55-51 4 15.5 Kelley 1:41 15,000 +++
108 108 Tuesday, Aug 16 WSH NYY L 1 16 55-52 4 17.5 Gomez 2:00 0 -
109 109 Tuesday, Aug 16 WSH NYY L 2 6 55-53 4 17.5 Ruffing 2:38 23,000 --
110 110 Thursday, Aug 18 WSH NYY L 5 6 55-54 4 17.5 Ferrell 2:17 ---
111 111 Thursday, Aug 18 WSH NYY W 6 3 56-54 4 17.5 Kelley 2:00 12,000 +
112 112 Friday, Aug 19 WSH @ BOS L 3 4 56-55 4 18.5 Ostermueller 2:29 4,700 -
113 113 Saturday, Aug 20 WSH @ BOS L 7 10 56-56 4 19.5 McKain 2:07 6,200 --
114 114 Sunday, Aug 21 WSH @ BOS W 5 4 57-56 4 20.5 Appleton 2:10 0 +
115 115 Sunday, Aug 21 WSH @ BOS L 2 7 57-57 4 20.5 Heving 1:48 -
116 116 Tuesday, Aug 23 WSH SLB W 6 5 58-57 4 20.0 Krakauskas 2:55 1,000 +
117 117 Wednesday, Aug 24 WSH SLB W 8 6 59-57 4 19.5 Chase 2:15 1,000 ++
118 118 Thursday, Aug 25 WSH DET W 8 2 60-57 4 20.0 Appleton 1:50 4,000 +++
119 119 Friday, Aug 26 WSH DET L 3 9 60-58 4 20.5 Benton 2:10 10,000 -
120 120 Saturday, Aug 27 WSH DET L 11 12 60-59 4 22.0 Wade 2:45 7,000 --
121 121 Sunday, Aug 28 WSH CLE L 5 6 60-60 5 23.0 Harder 2:20 12,000 ---
122 122 Monday, Aug 29 WSH CLE W 6 4 61-60 5 23.0 Chase 1:57 0 +
123 123 Tuesday, Aug 30 WSH CHW L 2 3 61-61 5 24.0 Rigney 1:39 2,000 -
124 124 Wednesday, Aug 31 WSH CHW L 0 7 61-62 5 24.0 Whitehead 1:49 1,500 --
125 125 Thursday, Sep 1 WSH CHW L 6 11 61-63 5 24.0 Lee 1:55 ---
126 126 Friday, Sep 2 WSH @ PHA W 4 2 62-63 5 24.0 Chase 2:24 1,000 +
127 127 Saturday, Sep 3 WSH @ PHA W 7 0 63-63 5 23.0 Krakauskas 2:00 3,000 ++
128 128 Sunday, Sep 4 WSH @ NYY L 4 7 63-64 5 24.0 Hadley 1:34 14,107 -
129 129 Monday, Sep 5 WSH BOS L 4 14 63-65 5 26.0 Ostermueller 2:17 0 --
130 130 Monday, Sep 5 WSH BOS L 6 8 63-66 5 26.0 McKain 2:05 ---
131 131 Tuesday, Sep 6 WSH BOS W 7 5 64-66 5 25.5 Monteagudo 2:12 400 +
132 132 Wednesday, Sep 7 WSH PHA L 2 5 64-67 5 25.5 Caster 1:43 800 -
133 133 Thursday, Sep 8 WSH PHA W 5 2 65-67 5 25.5 Chase 1:38 800 +
134 134 Friday, Sep 9 WSH NYY L 0 2 65-68 5 26.5 Hadley 1:38 16,000 -
135 135 Saturday, Sep 10 WSH NYY L 5 6 65-69 5 27.5 Pearson 2:09 7,000 --
136 136 Sunday, Sep 11 WSH NYY W 6 3 66-69 5 26.5 Krakauskas 2:14 9,000 +
137 137 Tuesday, Sep 13 WSH @ CHW W 7 1 67-69 5 27.0 Chase 1:54 0 ++
138 138 Tuesday, Sep 13 WSH @ CHW L 2 3 67-70 5 27.0 Lee 1:50 5,000 -
139 139 Thursday, Sep 15 WSH @ SLB W 6 4 68-70 5 26.0 Leonard 1:43 +
140 140 Saturday, Sep 17 WSH @ SLB W 10 9 69-70 5 25.0 Kelley 2:10 0 ++
141 141 Saturday, Sep 17 WSH @ SLB W 11 1 70-70 5 25.0 Krakauskas 1:34 +++
142 142 Sunday, Sep 18 WSH @ DET L 1 8 70-71 5 24.5 Bridges 2:06 15,700 -
143 143 Monday, Sep 19 WSH @ DET W 12 2 71-71 5 23.5 Appleton 1:48 2,700 +
144 144 Tuesday, Sep 20 WSH @ CLE L 1 9 71-72 5 23.5 Galehouse 1:40 -
145 145 Saturday, Sep 24 WSH @ PHA W 7 3 72-72 5 22.5 Kelley 2:12 2,500 +
146 146 Sunday, Sep 25 WSH @ PHA L 5 6 72-73 5 22.0 Smith 2:06 0 -
147 147 Sunday, Sep 25 WSH @ PHA W 5 4 73-73 5 22.0 Chase 1:45 8,000 +
148 148 Tuesday, Sep 27 WSH @ NYY L 2 5 73-74 5 23.5 Gomez 1:32 2,773 -
149 149 Wednesday, Sep 28 WSH @ NYY W 4 1 74-74 5 22.5 Krakauskas 1:43 2,195 +
150 150 Thursday, Sep 29 WSH @ BOS L 5 13 74-75 5 23.5 Ostermueller 1:45 1,800 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Sunday, Oct 2 WSH PHA W 5 2 75-75 5 23.5 Krakauskas 1:50 0 +
152 152 Sunday, Oct 2 WSH PHA L 2 4 75-76 5 23.5 Caster 1:55 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1937 / 1939 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits