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1939 Washington Senators Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
65-87, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 702 runs, Allowed 797 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-85
Manager: Bucky Harris (65-87)
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 339,257 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 93, Pitching - 94;   one-year: Batting - 90, Pitching - 92

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1938 / 1940 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 65-87, Final Rank:6, GB: 41.5
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind42last on Thursday, Sep 28, for days on which they played
Most Games over .5003last on Wednesday, May 3
Most Games under .50024last on Thursday, Sep 28
Longest Winning Streak8Sunday, Jul 30 to Tuesday, Aug 8
Longest Losing Streak6Thursday, May 4 to Wednesday, May 10, Friday, May 26 to Tuesday, May 30, Friday, Sep 8 to Wednesday, Sep 13 and Wednesday, Sep 20 to Thursday, Sep 28
Most Runs Allowed17Saturday, Jun 10
Most Runs Scored16Wednesday, May 24
Times Shutout by Opponent7 
Times Opponent Shutout4 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 65 87 702 797 .428
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 37 39 326 337 .487
Road 28 48 376 460 .368
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 5 4 37 37 .556
May 9 18 133 153 .333
June 11 20 148 178 .355
July 14 15 141 147 .483
August 15 15 133 162 .500
September 11 15 110 120 .423
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 32 46 381 421 .410
Second Half 33 41 321 376 .446
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 20 28 218 227 .417
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 13 21 183 249 .382
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 7 15 90 135 .318
CHW 8 14 95 100 .364
CLE 8 14 114 124 .364
DET 8 14 85 120 .364
NYY 7 15 70 117 .318
PHA 12 8 113 84 .600
SLB 15 7 135 117 .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 Thursday, Apr 20 WSH @ PHA L 0 2 0-1 6 1.5 Caster 1:43 7,100 -
2 2 Friday, Apr 21 WSH NYY L 3 6 0-2 7 2.0 Gomez 2:00 32,000 --
3 3 Saturday, Apr 22 WSH NYY W 3 1 1-2 6 1.5 Leonard 1:41 +
4 4 Sunday, Apr 23 WSH NYY L 4 7 1-3 7 2.0 Sundra 1:56 -
5 5 Monday, Apr 24 WSH @ BOS W 10 9 2-3 4 2.0 Haynes 2:53 2,000 +
6 6 Tuesday, Apr 25 WSH @ BOS L 5 6 2-4 6 3.0 Heving 2:53 4,000 -
7 7 Thursday, Apr 27 WSH PHA W 6 3 3-4 6 2.5 Leonard 1:56 2,000 +
8 8 Saturday, Apr 29 WSH @ NYY W 3 1 4-4 4 1.5 Chase 1:58 11,473 ++
9 9 Sunday, Apr 30 WSH @ NYY W 3 2 5-4 4 0.5 Krakauskas 2:17 23,712 +++
10 10 Tuesday, May 2 WSH @ SLB W 9 7 6-4 3 0.5 Kelley 1:53 1,431 ++++
11 11 Wednesday, May 3 WSH @ SLB W 11 10 7-4 2 0.5 Carrasquel 2:56 1,355 +++++
12 12 Thursday, May 4 WSH @ CHW L 3 4 7-5 4 1.5 Rigney 1:49 2,500 -
13 13 Friday, May 5 WSH @ CHW L 1 2 7-6 4 2.0 Lee 1:35 4,000 --
14 14 Saturday, May 6 WSH @ CHW L 12 14 7-7 4 3.0 Brown 2:34 7,500 ---
15 15 Sunday, May 7 WSH @ CLE L 7 8 7-8 4 3.5 Feller 3:05 10,000 ----
16 16 Monday, May 8 WSH @ CLE L 2 6 7-9 5 3.5 Hudlin 1:57 1,500 -----
17 17 Wednesday, May 10 WSH @ DET L 1 5 7-10 5 5.0 Bridges 2:03 4,072 ------
18 18 Thursday, May 11 WSH @ DET W 4 2 8-10 5 5.0 Haynes 2:03 4,294 +
19 19 Sunday, May 14 WSH BOS L 4 5 8-11 5 6.0 Grove 2:56 17,000 -
20 20 Monday, May 15 WSH BOS L 2 9 8-12 5 7.0 Ostermueller 1:56 3,000 --
21 21 Tuesday, May 16 WSH DET L 2 6 8-13 5 8.0 Bridges 2:00 2,000 ---
22 22 Wednesday, May 17 WSH DET W 4 1 9-13 5 8.0 Masterson 2:16 4,000 +
23 23 Thursday, May 18 WSH DET W 3 2 10-13 5 8.0 Carrasquel 1:47 3,500 ++
24 24 Friday, May 19 WSH CLE L 4 8 10-14 5 9.0 Hudlin 2:11 10,000 -
25 25 Saturday, May 20 WSH CLE W 6 3 11-14 5 9.0 Leonard 2:17 10,000 +
26 26 Sunday, May 21 WSH CHW L 2 3 11-15 5 10.0 Lyons 2:13 13,000 -
27 27 Tuesday, May 23 WSH CHW L 4 5 11-16 5 11.0 Brown 2:10 3,000 --
28 28 Wednesday, May 24 WSH SLB W 16 6 12-16 5 10.0 Chase 2:17 7,000 +
29 29 Thursday, May 25 WSH SLB W 4 1 13-16 5 10.0 Carrasquel 1:45 6,000 ++
30 30 Friday, May 26 WSH @ BOS L 2 4 13-17 5 11.0 Rich 1:46 4,800 -
31 31 Saturday, May 27 WSH @ BOS L 4 11 13-18 5 13.0 Grove 2:00 0 --
32 32 Saturday, May 27 WSH @ BOS L 6 7 13-19 5 13.0 Wilson 1:53 12,000 ---
33 33 Sunday, May 28 WSH @ BOS L 7 12 13-20 5 14.0 Galehouse 1:59 12,000 ----
34 34 Monday, May 29 WSH PHA L 4 5 13-21 6 15.0 Dean 2:12 1,500 -----
35 35 Tuesday, May 30 WSH PHA L 1 3 13-22 6 15.0 Potter 1:57 0 ------
36 36 Tuesday, May 30 WSH PHA W 8 4 14-22 6 15.0 Chase 2:15 16,000 +
37 37 Thursday, Jun 1 WSH @ CHW W 10 7 15-22 5 15.0 Leonard 2:35 3,000 ++
38 38 Friday, Jun 2 WSH @ CHW L 5 7 15-23 6 16.0 Lee 2:14 2,000 -
39 39 Saturday, Jun 3 WSH @ CHW L 7 8 15-24 7 17.0 Brown 2:37 5,000 --
40 40 Sunday, Jun 4 WSH @ SLB L 4 5 15-25 7 18.5 Mills 2:22 0 ---
41 41 Sunday, Jun 4 WSH @ SLB L 3 11 15-26 7 18.5 Kennedy 2:06 5,001 ----
42 42 Tuesday, Jun 6 WSH @ SLB W 10 7 16-26 7 17.0 Leonard 2:15 676 +
43 43 Wednesday, Jun 7 WSH @ CLE W 10 4 17-26 7 16.5 Haynes 2:05 0 ++
44 44 Wednesday, Jun 7 WSH @ CLE W 13 9 18-26 7 16.5 Masterson 2:48 7,500 +++
45 45 Thursday, Jun 8 WSH @ CLE L 5 7 18-27 7 17.5 Harder 2:26 1,500 -
46 46 Friday, Jun 9 WSH @ CLE L 2 3 18-28 7 18.0 Broaca 2:07 5,000 --
47 47 Saturday, Jun 10 WSH @ DET L 5 6 18-29 7 19.0 Coffman 2:20 0 ---
48 48 Saturday, Jun 10 WSH @ DET L 5 17 18-30 7 19.0 Eisenstat 2:11 14,833 ----
49 49 Sunday, Jun 11 WSH @ DET L 3 6 18-31 7 20.5 Newsom 2:14 10,229 -----
50 50 Wednesday, Jun 14 WSH CHW W 3 0 19-31 6 19.5 Leonard 2:40 3,500 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Thursday, Jun 15 WSH CHW L 1 5 19-32 7 21.0 Knott 1:54 0 -
52 52 Thursday, Jun 15 WSH CHW L 2 4 19-33 7 21.0 Lee 1:50 5,000 --
53 53 Friday, Jun 16 WSH CHW W 5 2 20-33 7 21.0 Kelley 1:54 6,000 +
54 54 Saturday, Jun 17 WSH SLB W 4 3 21-33 7 21.0 Appleton 2:31 1,500 ++
55 55 Monday, Jun 19 WSH SLB L 1 2 21-34 7 21.0 Kennedy 2:26 0 -
56 56 Monday, Jun 19 WSH SLB W 6 1 22-34 7 21.0 Krakauskas 1:52 3,500 +
57 57 Tuesday, Jun 20 WSH CLE L 3 4 22-35 7 22.0 Eisenstat 1:52 2,500 -
58 58 Wednesday, Jun 21 WSH CLE L 8 9 22-36 7 23.0 Zuber 2:56 2,000 --
59 59 Thursday, Jun 22 WSH CLE W 8 5 23-36 7 23.0 Kelley 2:01 3,500 +
60 60 Friday, Jun 23 WSH DET L 4 7 23-37 7 23.5 Benton 2:16 10,000 -
61 61 Saturday, Jun 24 WSH DET W 12 4 24-37 7 23.5 Carrasquel 2:10 8,000 +
62 62 Sunday, Jun 25 WSH DET L 5 6 24-38 7 24.0 Thomas 2:17 12,000 -
63 63 Monday, Jun 26 WSH BOS L 0 3 24-39 7 24.0 Grove 1:42 3,500 --
64 64 Tuesday, Jun 27 WSH BOS L 0 8 24-40 7 24.5 Auker 2:30 1,500 ---
65 65 Thursday, Jun 29 WSH NYY W 2 1 25-40 7 25.5 Leonard 2:32 0 +
66 66 Thursday, Jun 29 WSH NYY L 0 7 25-41 7 25.5 Donald 1:30 6,500 -
67 67 Friday, Jun 30 WSH NYY L 2 10 25-42 7 26.5 Hildebrand 1:59 6,000 --
68 68 Saturday, Jul 1 WSH PHA W 9 4 26-42 7 25.5 Haynes 1:58 2,500 +
69 69 Sunday, Jul 2 WSH PHA W 4 3 27-42 6 24.5 Appleton 2:12 0 ++
70 70 Sunday, Jul 2 WSH PHA W 13 2 28-42 6 24.5 Krakauskas 2:00 15,000 +++
71 71 Tuesday, Jul 4 WSH @ NYY W 3 2 29-42 6 24.5 Leonard 1:58 0 ++++
72 72 Tuesday, Jul 4 WSH @ NYY L 1 11 29-43 6 24.5 Sundra 1:48 41,808 -
73 73 Wednesday, Jul 5 WSH @ NYY L 4 6 29-44 6 25.5 Donald 2:05 3,874 --
74 74 Thursday, Jul 6 WSH @ PHA L 3 9 29-45 6 26.0 Caster 1:59 8,732 ---
75 75 Saturday, Jul 8 WSH @ PHA L 5 6 29-46 6 24.5 Beckmann 1:56 5,000 ----
76 76 Saturday, Jul 8 WSH @ PHA W 6 3 30-46 6 24.5 Krakauskas 2:04 6,523 +
77 77 Sunday, Jul 9 WSH @ PHA W 5 4 31-46 6 22.5 Leonard 1:54 0 ++
78 78 Sunday, Jul 9 WSH @ PHA W 10 3 32-46 6 22.5 Chase 1:59 8,292 +++
79 79 Thursday, Jul 13 WSH @ SLB L 3 4 32-47 6 22.5 Kennedy 1:48 728 -
80 80 Friday, Jul 14 WSH @ SLB W 11 9 33-47 6 22.5 Haynes 2:12 621 +
81 81 Saturday, Jul 15 WSH @ SLB L 7 8 33-48 6 23.5 Lawson 2:10 867 -
82 82 Sunday, Jul 16 WSH @ CHW L 2 3 33-49 6 25.5 Lyons 1:29 0 --
83 83 Sunday, Jul 16 WSH @ CHW L 3 6 33-50 6 25.5 Lee 1:46 16,000 ---
84 84 Tuesday, Jul 18 WSH @ DET W 10 2 34-50 6 26.5 Krakauskas 2:03 4,620 +
85 85 Wednesday, Jul 19 WSH @ DET L 0 11 34-51 6 27.0 Rowe 1:50 5,626 -
86 86 Thursday, Jul 20 WSH @ DET W 8 7 35-51 6 27.0 Kelley 1:58 5,234 +
87 87 Friday, Jul 21 WSH @ CLE L 2 5 35-52 6 27.0 Milnar 1:44 5,000 -
88 88 Saturday, Jul 22 WSH @ CLE W 11 3 36-52 6 26.5 Krakauskas 2:02 3,500 +
89 89 Sunday, Jul 23 WSH @ CLE L 2 11 36-53 6 27.5 Feller 2:23 0 -
90 90 Sunday, Jul 23 WSH @ CLE L 3 4 36-54 6 27.5 Eisenstat 2:00 12,000 --
91 91 Tuesday, Jul 25 WSH DET W 5 3 37-54 6 27.5 Leonard 1:57 2,500 +
92 92 Wednesday, Jul 26 WSH DET L 1 3 37-55 6 28.5 Newsom 1:54 4,000 -
93 93 Thursday, Jul 27 WSH DET L 1 8 37-56 6 29.0 Trout 1:39 1,200 --
94 94 Friday, Jul 28 WSH CLE W 2 0 38-56 6 29.0 Chase 2:10 5,000 +
95 95 Saturday, Jul 29 WSH CLE L 2 5 38-57 6 29.5 Allen 1:56 3,500 -
96 96 Sunday, Jul 30 WSH CLE W 5 2 39-57 6 29.0 Krakauskas 1:50 10,000 +
97 97 Tuesday, Aug 1 WSH SLB W 7 5 40-57 6 28.0 Chase 2:05 800 ++
98 98 Wednesday, Aug 2 WSH SLB W 2 1 41-57 6 27.0 Leonard 1:47 500 +++
99 99 Thursday, Aug 3 WSH SLB W 9 5 42-57 6 27.0 Krakauskas 2:17 350 ++++
100 100 Friday, Aug 4 WSH CHW W 6 5 43-57 6 27.0 Appleton 2:22 8,000 +++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Saturday, Aug 5 WSH CHW W 10 1 44-57 6 27.0 Chase 2:05 5,000 ++++++
102 102 Sunday, Aug 6 WSH CHW W 4 3 45-57 6 25.5 Leonard 1:45 12,000 +++++++
103 103 Tuesday, Aug 8 WSH NYY W 7 4 46-57 6 24.5 Krakauskas 2:27 12,000 ++++++++
104 104 Wednesday, Aug 9 WSH NYY L 8 13 46-58 6 25.5 Ruffing 2:30 14,000 -
105 105 Thursday, Aug 10 WSH NYY W 7 5 47-58 6 24.5 Leonard 2:15 14,000 +
106 106 Saturday, Aug 12 WSH @ BOS L 5 9 47-59 6 26.0 Dickman 2:15 9,500 -
107 107 Sunday, Aug 13 WSH @ BOS L 1 9 47-60 6 26.0 Ostermueller 2:15 0 --
108 108 Sunday, Aug 13 WSH @ BOS W 6 3 48-60 6 26.0 Carrasquel 2:10 30,000 +
109 109 Tuesday, Aug 15 WSH @ NYY L 2 3 48-61 6 27.0 Gomez 1:56 8,049 -
110 110 Wednesday, Aug 16 WSH @ NYY L 0 4 48-62 6 28.0 Russo 1:37 6,607 --
111 111 Thursday, Aug 17 WSH @ NYY L 8 9 48-63 6 29.0 Murphy 2:43 6,704 ---
112 112 Friday, Aug 18 WSH BOS L 2 6 48-64 6 30.0 Ostermueller 1:55 10,000 ----
113 113 Saturday, Aug 19 WSH BOS L 6 8 48-65 6 30.0 Heving 2:00 -----
114 114 Saturday, Aug 19 WSH BOS W 2 1 49-65 6 30.0 Chase 1:40 7,000 +
115 115 Sunday, Aug 20 WSH BOS W 2 0 50-65 6 30.0 Leonard 1:44 0 ++
116 116 Sunday, Aug 20 WSH BOS L 5 10 50-66 6 30.0 Wagner 1:55 25,000 -
117 117 Tuesday, Aug 22 WSH @ CLE L 4 6 50-67 6 31.0 Feller 2:07 14,000 --
118 118 Thursday, Aug 24 WSH @ DET L 1 8 50-68 6 33.0 Trout 1:41 6,265 ---
119 119 Friday, Aug 25 WSH @ DET L 2 5 50-69 6 34.5 Newsom 2:07 5,693 ----
120 120 Saturday, Aug 26 WSH @ DET L 3 6 50-70 6 35.5 McKain 1:49 9,838 -----
121 121 Sunday, Aug 27 WSH @ SLB W 8 7 51-70 6 35.0 Leonard 2:17 0 +
122 122 Sunday, Aug 27 WSH @ SLB W 4 3 52-70 6 35.0 Chase 2:05 3,435 ++
123 123 Monday, Aug 28 WSH @ SLB L 2 12 52-71 6 36.0 Trotter 1:59 453 -
124 124 Wednesday, Aug 30 WSH @ CHW L 2 5 52-72 6 35.0 Lyons 1:53 0 --
125 125 Wednesday, Aug 30 WSH @ CHW W 4 3 53-72 6 35.0 Krakauskas 2:15 7,000 +
126 126 Thursday, Aug 31 WSH @ CHW W 4 3 54-72 6 34.5 Leonard 1:58 25,000 ++
127 127 Saturday, Sep 2 WSH PHA L 0 3 54-73 6 35.0 Beckmann 1:32 2,000 -
128 128 Sunday, Sep 3 WSH PHA W 6 1 55-73 6 34.0 Krakauskas 1:40 4,000 +
129 129 Monday, Sep 4 WSH @ BOS W 7 6 56-73 6 34.0 Haynes 2:00 0 ++
130 130 Monday, Sep 4 WSH @ BOS W 6 4 57-73 6 34.0 Appleton 2:00 0 +++
131 131 Wednesday, Sep 6 WSH @ PHA W 6 3 58-73 6 34.0 Leonard 1:46 1,000 ++++
132 132 Thursday, Sep 7 WSH @ PHA W 10 1 59-73 6 34.0 Chase 1:48 5,000 +++++
133 133 Friday, Sep 8 WSH @ PHA L 4 5 59-74 6 35.0 Pippen 2:13 1,500 -
134 134 Saturday, Sep 9 WSH @ NYY L 2 5 59-75 6 36.0 Sundra 1:45 7,401 --
135 135 Sunday, Sep 10 WSH @ NYY L 3 4 59-76 6 38.0 Russo 1:50 0 ---
136 136 Sunday, Sep 10 WSH @ NYY L 2 6 59-77 6 38.0 Hadley 1:45 12,088 ----
137 137 Tuesday, Sep 12 WSH CHW T *T 2 3 59-77 6 37.5 1:35 1,500 ----
138 138 Wednesday, Sep 13 WSH CHW L 1 3 59-78 6 38.0 Lyons 2:25 0 -----
139 139 Wednesday, Sep 13 WSH CHW L 2 4 59-79 6 38.0 Knott 1:45 500 ------
140 140 Thursday, Sep 14 WSH SLB W 5 1 60-79 6 37.0 Leonard 1:43 700 +
141 141 Friday, Sep 15 WSH SLB L 5 9 60-80 6 38.0 Kennedy 2:22 5,000 -
142 142 Saturday, Sep 16 WSH SLB W 4 0 61-80 6 38.0 Haynes 1:47 0 +
143 143 Sunday, Sep 17 WSH DET L 2 3 61-81 6 37.5 McKain 2:35 15,000 -
144 144 Monday, Sep 18 WSH DET W 4 2 62-81 6 37.5 Leonard 1:47 600 +
145 145 Tuesday, Sep 19 WSH CLE W 10 9 63-81 6 37.5 Appleton 2:22 500 ++
146 146 Wednesday, Sep 20 WSH CLE L 2 7 63-82 6 38.5 Harder 2:00 300 -
147 147 Thursday, Sep 21 WSH CLE L 3 6 63-83 6 39.5 Milnar 2:00 5,000 --
148 148 Saturday, Sep 23 WSH NYY L 1 7 63-84 6 40.5 Pearson 1:49 8,000 ---
149 149 Sunday, Sep 24 WSH NYY L 2 3 63-85 6 41.5 Chandler 1:55 12,000 ----
150 150 Tuesday, Sep 26 WSH PHA L 4 15 63-86 6 42.0 Beckmann 1:47 600 -----
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Thursday, Sep 28 WSH BOS L 2 4 63-87 6 42.0 Grove 1:40 ------
152 152 Thursday, Sep 28 WSH BOS W 6 1 64-87 6 42.0 Leonard 1:30 5,000 +
153 153 Saturday, Sep 30 WSH @ PHA W 9 5 65-87 6 41.5 Haynes 2:04 1,000 ++
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.

1938 / 1940 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits