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1939 Washington Senators (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938/1940) 65-87, Finished 6th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 702 runs, Allowed 797 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-85 Managed by Bucky Harris Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I (ballparks.com) Attendance: 339,257 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 94   (one-year): Batting - 90, Pitching - 92   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Rick Ferrell        33   87  274   32   77  13  1   0   31  41   12  .281  .377  .336   1   1   4   1   7           89
1B *Mickey Vernon       21   76  276   23   71  15  4   1   30  24   28  .257  .317  .351   1   1   5   0   9           76
2B  Jimmy Bloodworth    21   83  318   34   92  24  1   4   40  10   26  .289  .313  .409   3   1  13   1   5           89
3B *Buddy Lewis         22  140  536   87  171  23 16  10   75  72   27  .319  .402  .478  10   9   7   2  19          131
SS *Cecil Travis        25  130  476   55  139  20  9   5   63  34   25  .292  .342  .403   0   3   9   2  10           96
OF  George Case         23  128  530  103  160  20  7   2   35  56   36  .302  .369  .377  51  17   6   0   7           97
OF *Taffy Wright        27  129  499   77  154  29 11   4   93  38   19  .309  .359  .435   1   2   7   1   9          108
OF *Sam West            34  115  390   52  110  20  8   3   52  67   29  .282  .387  .397   1   1   5   0  14          107
    Bobby Estalella     28   82  280   51   77  18  6   8   41  40   27  .275  .368  .468   2   3   8   1   3          119
   *Buddy Myer          35   83  258   33   78  10  3   1   32  40   18  .302  .396  .376   4   1   3   0   2          104
    Johnny Welaj        25   63  201   23   55  11  2   1   33  13   20  .274  .318  .363  13   2   2   0   5           79
    Charlie Gelbert     33   68  188   36   48   7  5   3   29  30   11  .255  .361  .394   2   0   5   1   3           99
    Tony Giuliani       26   54  172   20   43   6  2   0   18   4    7  .250  .267  .308   0   1   6   0   5           51
   *Jimmy Wasdell       25   29  109   12   33   5  1   0   13   9   16  .303  .361  .367   3   1   1   1   2           92
   *Bob Prichard        21   26   85    8   20   5  0   0    8  19   16  .235  .375  .294   0   2   0   0   2           78
   *Jake Early          24   32   84    8   22   7  2   0   14   5   14  .262  .303  .393   0   0   1   0   2           82
    Ossie Bluege        38   18   59    5    9   0  0   0    3   7    2  .153  .242  .153   1   0   2   0   0            6
    Hal Quick           21   12   41    3   10   1  0   0    2   1    1  .244  .279  .268   1   0   2   1   0           45
    Ed Leip             28    9   32    4   11   1  0   0    2   2    4  .344  .382  .375   0   1   1   0   1          100
   *Morrie Aderholt     23    7   25    5    5   0  0   1    4   2    6  .200  .259  .320   0   1   0   0   0           52
    Al Evans            22    7   21    2    7   0  0   0    1   5    2  .333  .462  .333   0   0   0   0   0          113
    Elmer Gedeon        22    5   15    1    3   0  0   0    1   2    5  .200  .294  .200   0   0   0   0   0           32
    Bob Loane           24    3    9    2    0   0  0   0    1   4    4  .000  .308  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -12
    Alex Pitko          24    4    8    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    3  .125  .222  .125   0   0   1   0   0           -6

    Dutch Leonard       30   34   95    2   21   3  0   0    2   1   12  .221  .229  .253   0   0   2   0  13           27
   *Ken Chase           25   32   89    6   15   3  0   0    7   1   21  .169  .178  .202   0   0   4   0   0            0
   *Joe Krakauskas      24   39   77    6   16   3  1   0    8   8   24  .208  .282  .273   0   0   3   0   3           47
    Joe Haynes          21   27   67    6   14   1  0   0    4   3   16  .209  .243  .224   0   0   1   0   2           24
    Alex Carrasquel     26   40   42    3    7   2  0   1    1   3   14  .167  .222  .286   0   0   0   0   5           33
    Pete Appleton       35   40   25    1    4   1  0   0    0   1    3  .160  .192  .200   0   0   2   0   3            3
    Jimmie DeShong      29    7   15    1    3   0  0   0    1   2    1  .200  .294  .200   0   0   1   0   0           32
    Harry Kelley        33   15   15    1    4   0  0   0    0   1    0  .267  .313  .267   0   0   1   0   2           54
    Walt Masterson      19   24   13    0    2   1  0   0    1   0    7  .154  .154  .231   0   0   1   0   0            0
   #Early Wynn          19    3    6    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    1  .167  .286  .167   0   0   0   0   1           22
    Dick Bass           32    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Bud Thomas          28    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.5  153 5334  702 1483 249 79  44  647 547  460  .278  .345  .379  94  47 103  11 134           97
    Rank among 8 AL teams          2    8    5   6  1   8        7    8     5     6     7   2   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Dutch Leonard       30  34   3.54  20   8  0  34   0  21   2  269.3  273  124  106  16   59   88 1133   6   5  0     123
SP *Ken Chase           25  32   3.80  10  19  0  31   1  15   1  232.0  215  116   98  10  114  118 1019  11   1  0     114
SP *Joe Krakauskas      24  39   4.60  11  17  1  29   8  12   0  217.3  230  125  111  13  114  110  966   5   1  1      94
SP  Joe Haynes          21  27   5.36   8  12  0  20   3  10   1  173.0  186  118  103  10   78   64  768   6   1  2      81
SP  Jimmie DeShong      29   7   8.63   0   3  0   6   1   1   0   40.7   56   45   39   7   31   12  206   1   0  0      50

CL  Pete Appleton       35  40   4.56   5  10  6   4  27   2   0  102.7  104   62   52   7   48   50  459   2   4  0      95
RP  Alex Carrasquel     26  40   4.69   5   9  2  17  14   7   0  159.3  165   89   83   7   68   41  702   2   1  1      93
RP  Walt Masterson      19  24   5.55   2   2  0   5  14   1   0   58.3   66   44   36   2   48   12  287   2   2  0      78
RP  Harry Kelley        33  15   4.70   4   3  1   3   7   2   0   53.7   69   32   28   2   14   20  241   3   3  0      92

    Early Wynn          19   3   5.75   0   2  0   3   0   1   0   20.3   26   15   13   0   10    1   97   2   0  0      75
    Bud Thomas          28   4   6.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    9.0   11    7    6   0    2    0   39   2   0  0      72
    Dick Bass           32   1   6.75   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    8.0    7    6    6   0    6    1   37   1   1  0      64
   *Bill Holland        24   3  11.25   0   1  0   0   3   0   0    4.0    6    5    5   1    5    2   21   1   0  0      39
    Lou Thuman          22   3   9.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    4.0    5    6    4   0    2    1   21   0   0  0      48
    Bucky Jacobs        26   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    1    0    0   0    0    1   10   0   0  0        
    Mike Palagyi        21   1          0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.0    0    3    3   0    3    0    4   0   1  0       0
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.2 153   4.60  65  87 10 153  81  72   4 1354.0 1420  797  692  75  602  521 6010  44  20  4      94
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   6   3  7           2   6      5    3    6        1    6    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RFerrell 83 327 46 9 9 .976 19 TGiuliani 50 201 28 5 3 .979 6 JEarly 24 95 9 4 1 .963 1 AEvans 6 21 6 1 0 .964 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 153 644 89 19 13 .975 26 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MVernon 75 690 40 11 75 .985 9.73 JWasdell 28 255 15 10 24 .964 9.64 BPrichard 26 251 13 2 30 .992 10.15 SWest 17 133 6 4 9 .972 8.18 OBluege 11 86 7 1 9 .989 8.45 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 1415 81 28 147 .982 9.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .965 5.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBloodworth 73 226 219 13 66 .972 6.10 BMyer 65 175 188 12 48 .968 5.58 ELeip 8 15 24 2 5 .951 4.88 MAderholt 7 22 19 6 3 .872 5.86 OBluege 2 7 5 0 0 1.000 6.00 CGelbert 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 446 456 33 123 .965 6.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .943 3.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BLewis 134 122 326 32 31 .933 3.34 CGelbert 20 19 32 3 3 .944 2.55 OBluege 2 3 4 1 0 .875 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 144 362 36 34 .934 3.36 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 4.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CTravis 118 194 359 24 74 .958 4.69 CGelbert 28 41 90 4 17 .970 4.68 HQuick 10 18 33 4 6 .927 5.10 OBluege 2 7 6 1 4 .929 6.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 260 488 33 101 .958 4.97 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .969 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GCase 123 332 7 16 2 .955 2.76 7 79 38 TWright 123 236 10 13 4 .950 2.00 39 0 84 SWest 89 232 7 2 3 .992 2.69 23 55 11 BEstalella 74 157 3 6 1 .964 2.16 70 0 4 JWelaj 55 113 2 3 1 .975 2.09 13 17 26 JBloodworth 5 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 5 EGedeon 5 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.40 0 4 1 BLoane 3 8 2 1 1 .909 3.33 0 3 0 APitko 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 2 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 153 1109 32 41 12 .965 2.53 153 153 153 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .951 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLeonard 34 10 56 2 3 .971 2.21 KChase 32 11 39 3 2 .943 1.94 JKrakauskas 39 6 26 3 2 .914 1.33 JHaynes 27 10 23 1 1 .971 1.72 ACarrasquel 40 5 30 1 3 .972 1.98 PAppleton 40 4 17 1 2 .955 1.84 WMasterson 24 2 9 2 0 .846 1.70 HKelley 15 1 9 1 0 .909 1.68 JDeShong 7 1 14 1 0 .937 3.32 EWynn 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.44 BThomas 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 DBass 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 BHolland 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 LThuman 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 BJacobs 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MPalagyi 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 53 229 15 14 .949 1.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Lewis .319 On-base % Lewis .402 Slugging % Lewis .478 OPS Lewis .880 Games Lewis 140 At Bats Lewis 536 Plate Appearances (approx.) Lewis 629 Runs Case 103 Hits Lewis 171 Total Bases Lewis 256 Doubles Wright 29 Triples Lewis 16 Home Runs Lewis 10 RBI Wright 93 Bases on Balls Lewis 72 Strikeouts Case 36 Stolen Bases Case 51 Singles Case 131 Adjusted OPS+ Lewis 131 Runs Created Lewis 101 Adjusted Batting Runs Lewis 26 Batting Wins Lewis 2.4 Extra-Base Hits Lewis 49 Times on Base Lewis 245 Offensive Win% Lewis .625 Hit By Pitch Lewis and Travis 2 Sac. Hits Lewis 19 Grounded into Double Plays Bloodworth 13 Caught Stealing Case 17 Power/Speed Number Lewis 10.0 At Bats per Strikeout Wright 26.3 At Bats per Home Run Lewis 53.6 Outs Case and Lewis 400

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Leonard 3.54 Wins Leonard 20 Won-Loss % Leonard .714 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Leonard 1.233 Hits Allowed/9IP Chase 8.34 Bases on Balls/9IP Leonard 1.97 Strikeouts/9IP Chase 4.58 Games Appleton and Carrasquel 40 Saves Appleton 6 Innings Leonard 269.3 Strikeouts Chase 118 Games Started Leonard 34 Comp. Games Leonard 21 Shutouts Leonard 2 Home Runs Allow. Leonard 16 Bases On Balls Allow. Chase and Krakauskas 114 Hits Allowed Leonard 273 SO to Walk Leonard 1.49 Losses Chase 19 Earned Runs Allow. Krakauskas 111 Wild Pitches Chase 11 Hit Batsmen Leonard 5 Batters Faced Leonard 1133 Games Finished Appleton 27 Adjusted ERA+ Leonard 123

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