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1939 Washington Senators

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940

65-87, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bucky Harris (65-87)
Scored 702 runs, Allowed 797 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-85

Ballparks: Griffith Stadium · Attendance: 339,257 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 92, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 90, Pitching - 91


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1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Morrie Aderholt 23 L R 6' 1" 188 Sep 13, 1915 1st 7 6 7 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3
Pete Appleton 35 R R 5' 11" 180 May 20, 1904 10 40 4 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Dick Bass 32 R R 6' 2" 175 Jul 7, 1906 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Jimmy Bloodworth 21 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 26, 1917 2 83 77 83 78 0 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0.5
Ossie Bluege 38 R R 5' 11" 162 Oct 24, 1900 18 18 16 18 17 0 0 11 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.7
Alex Carrasquel 26 R R 6' 1" 182 Jul 24, 1912 1st 40 17 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
George Case 23 R R 6' 0" 183 Nov 11, 1915 3 128 123 128 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 78 39 123 2 3 2.2 All-Star
Ken Chase 25 L L 6' 2" 210 Oct 6, 1913 4 32 31 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7
Jimmie DeShong 29 R R 5' 11" 165 Nov 30, 1909 7 7 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9
Jake Early 24 L R 5' 11" 168 May 19, 1915 1st 32 22 32 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0.0
Bobby Estalella 28 R R 5' 8" 180 Apr 25, 1911 3 82 71 82 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 5 74 11 0 1.3
Al Evans 22 R R 5' 11" 190 Sep 28, 1916 1st 7 6 7 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2
Rick Ferrell HOF 33 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 12, 1905 11 87 81 87 83 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.6
Elmer Gedeon 22 R R 6' 4" 196 Apr 15, 1917 1st 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 0 -0.1
Charlie Gelbert 33 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 26, 1906 8 68 45 68 49 0 0 0 1 20 28 0 0 0 0 21 0 1.3
Tony Giuliani 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 24, 1912 4 54 44 54 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 -0.6
Joe Haynes 21 R R 6' 2" 190 Sep 21, 1917 1st 27 20 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Bill Holland 24 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 4, 1915 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Bucky Jacobs 26 R R 5' 11" 155 Mar 21, 1913 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Harry Kelley 33 R R 5' 9" 170 Feb 13, 1906 6 15 3 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Joe Krakauskas 24 L L 6' 1" 203 Mar 28, 1915 3 39 29 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Ed Leip 28 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 29, 1910 1st 9 8 9 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1
Dutch Leonard 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 25, 1909 6 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5
Buddy Lewis 22 L R 6' 1" 175 Aug 10, 1916 5 140 134 140 134 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 5.3
Bob Loane 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 5, 1914 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 -0.2
Walt Masterson 19 R R 6' 2" 189 Jun 22, 1920 1st 24 5 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Buddy Myer 35 L R 5' 10" 163 Mar 16, 1904 15 83 65 83 65 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 1.6
Mike Palagyi 21 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 4, 1917 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Alex Pitko 24 R R 5' 10" 180 Nov 22, 1914 2 4 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 -0.1
Bob Prichard 21 L L 6' 1" 195 Oct 21, 1917 1st 26 25 26 26 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Hal Quick 21 R R 5' 10" 163 Oct 4, 1917 1st 12 9 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Bud Thomas 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 9, 1910 5 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Lou Thuman 22 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 13, 1916 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Cecil Travis 25 L R 6' 1" 185 Aug 8, 1913 7 130 115 130 118 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 12 0 2.3
Mickey Vernon 21 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 22, 1918 1st 76 75 76 75 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.9
Jimmy Wasdell 25 L L 5' 11" 185 May 15, 1914 3 29 27 29 28 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2
Johnny Welaj 25 R R 6' 0" 164 May 27, 1914 1st 63 46 63 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 17 26 55 8 1 0.0
Sam West 34 L L 5' 11" 165 Oct 5, 1904 13 115 100 115 106 0 0 17 0 0 0 26 53 10 89 9 1 1.7
Taffy Wright 27 L R 5' 10" 180 Aug 10, 1911 2 129 120 129 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 80 123 6 0 1.5
Early Wynn HOF 19 B R 6' 0" 190 Jan 6, 1920 1st 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Buddy Myer

Buddy Lewis

Bobby Estalella

Taffy Wright

Cecil Travis

George Case

Jimmy Bloodworth
Jimmy Wasdell

Rick Ferrell

Jake Early

Tony Giuliani
Ed Leip

Ken Chase

Joe Krakauskas

Alex Carrasquel

Jimmie DeShong

Dutch Leonard

Bob Loane
Bob Prichard

Pete Appleton

Joe Haynes

Bucky Jacobs

Charlie Gelbert

Harry Kelley

Sam West

Johnny Welaj

Ossie Bluege

Bud Thomas

Walt Masterson

Elmer Gedeon
Mickey Vernon

Mike Palagyi

Dick Bass
Alex Pitko

Bill Holland

Hal Quick

Morrie Aderholt

Al Evans
Lou Thuman

Early Wynn

1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers