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1939 Washington Senators (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
Managed by Bucky Harris

Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 339,257 (7th of 8)
Park Factors
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Batting - 93, Pitching - 94
  (one-year): Batting - 90, Pitching - 92
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 Stats / Schedule (1938/1940) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   65-87 , Final Rank: 6, GB:   41.5
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:           3 (last on May 3)
Most Games under .500:          24 (last on September 28)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       42.0 (last on September 28)

Longest Winning Streak:          8 (July 30 to August 8)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (May 4 to May 10, May 26 to May 30, September 8 to September 13, and September 20 to September 28)

Most Runs Allowed:              17 (June 10)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (May 24)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       7
Times Opponent Shutout:          4

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        65  87     702     797    .428

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           37  39     326     337    .487
Road           28  48     376     460    .368

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     32  46     381     421    .410
Second Half    33  41     321     376    .446
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        20  28     218     227    .417

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        13  21     183     249    .382

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Thu, Apr 20     WSH @PHA  L   0-2        0-1     4     1.5  1:43 G Caster                    7,100 -
  2 Fri, Apr 21     WSH  NYY  L   3-6        0-2     6     2.0  2:00 L Gomez                    32,000 --
  3 Sat, Apr 22     WSH  NYY  W   3-1        1-2     6     1.5  1:41 D Leonard                         +
  4 Sun, Apr 23     WSH  NYY  L   4-7        1-3     7     2.0  1:56 S Sundra                          -
  5 Mon, Apr 24     WSH @BOS  W  10-9        2-3     4     2.0  2:53 J Haynes                    2,000 +
  6 Tue, Apr 25     WSH @BOS  L   5-6        2-4     6     3.0  2:53 J Heving                    4,000 -
  7 Thu, Apr 27     WSH  PHA  W   6-3        3-4     6     2.5  1:56 D Leonard                   2,000 +
  8 Sat, Apr 29     WSH @NYY  W   3-1        4-4     4     1.5  1:58 K Chase                    11,473 ++
  9 Sun, Apr 30     WSH @NYY  W   3-2        5-4     4     0.5  2:17 J Krakauskas               23,712 +++
 10 Tue, May  2     WSH @SLB  W   9-7        6-4     3     0.5  1:53 H Kelley                    1,431 ++++
 11 Wed, May  3     WSH @SLB  W  11-10       7-4     2     0.5  2:56 A Carrasquel                1,355 +++++
 12 Thu, May  4     WSH @CHW  L   3-4        7-5     4     1.5  1:49 J Rigney                    2,500 -
 13 Fri, May  5     WSH @CHW  L   1-2        7-6     4     2.0  1:35 T Lee                       4,000 --
 14 Sat, May  6     WSH @CHW  L  12-14       7-7     4     3.0  2:34 C Brown                     7,500 ---
 15 Sun, May  7     WSH @CLE  L   7-8        7-8     4     3.5  3:05 B Feller                   10,000 ----
 16 Mon, May  8     WSH @CLE  L   2-6        7-9     5     3.5  1:57 W Hudlin                    1,500 -----
 17 Wed, May 10     WSH @DET  L   1-5        7-10    5     5.0  2:03 T Bridges                   4,072 ------
 18 Thu, May 11     WSH @DET  W   4-2        8-10    5     5.0  2:03 J Haynes                    4,294 +
 19 Sun, May 14     WSH  BOS  L   4-5        8-11    5     6.0  2:56 L Grove                    17,000 -
 20 Mon, May 15     WSH  BOS  L   2-9        8-12    5     7.0  1:56 F Ostermuell                3,000 --
 21 Tue, May 16     WSH  DET  L   2-6        8-13    5     8.0  2:00 T Bridges                   2,000 ---
 22 Wed, May 17     WSH  DET  W   4-1        9-13    5     8.0  2:16 W Masterson                 4,000 +
 23 Thu, May 18     WSH  DET  W   3-2       10-13    5     8.0  1:47 A Carrasquel                3,500 ++
 24 Fri, May 19     WSH  CLE  L   4-8       10-14    5     9.0  2:11 W Hudlin                   10,000 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May 20     WSH  CLE  W   6-3       11-14    5     9.0  2:17 D Leonard                  10,000 +
 26 Sun, May 21     WSH  CHW  L   2-3       11-15    5    10.0  2:13 T Lyons                    13,000 -
 27 Tue, May 23     WSH  CHW  L   4-5       11-16    5    11.0  2:10 C Brown                     3,000 --
 28 Wed, May 24     WSH  SLB  W  16-6       12-16    5    10.0  2:17 K Chase                     7,000 +
 29 Thu, May 25     WSH  SLB  W   4-1       13-16    5    10.0  1:45 A Carrasquel                6,000 ++
 30 Fri, May 26     WSH @BOS  L   2-4       13-17    5    11.0  1:46 W Rich                      4,800 -
 31 Sat, May 27     WSH @BOS  L   4-11      13-18    5    13.0  2:00 L Grove                         0 --
 32                 WSH @BOS  L   6-7       13-19    5    13.0  1:53 J Wilson                   12,000 ---
 33 Sun, May 28     WSH @BOS  L   7-12      13-20    5    14.0  1:59 D Galehouse                12,000 ----
 34 Mon, May 29     WSH  PHA  L   4-5       13-21    6    15.0  2:12 C Dean                      1,500 -----
 35 Tue, May 30     WSH  PHA  L   1-3       13-22    6    15.0  1:57 N Potter                        0 ------
 36                 WSH  PHA  W   8-4       14-22    6    15.0  2:15 K Chase                    16,000 +
 37 Thu, Jun  1     WSH @CHW  W  10-7       15-22    5    15.0  2:35 D Leonard                   3,000 ++
 38 Fri, Jun  2     WSH @CHW  L   5-7       15-23    6    16.0  2:14 T Lee                       2,000 -
 39 Sat, Jun  3     WSH @CHW  L   7-8       15-24    7    17.0  2:37 C Brown                     5,000 --
 40 Sun, Jun  4     WSH @SLB  L   4-5       15-25    7    18.5  2:22 L Mills                         0 ---
 41                 WSH @SLB  L   3-11      15-26    7    18.5  2:06 V Kennedy                   5,001 ----
 42 Tue, Jun  6     WSH @SLB  W  10-7       16-26    7    17.0  2:15 D Leonard                     676 +
 43 Wed, Jun  7     WSH @CLE  W  10-4       17-26    7    16.5  2:05 J Haynes                        0 ++
 44                 WSH @CLE  W  13-9       18-26    7    16.5  2:48 W Masterson                 7,500 +++
 45 Thu, Jun  8     WSH @CLE  L   5-7       18-27    7    17.5  2:26 M Harder                    1,500 -
 46 Fri, Jun  9     WSH @CLE  L   2-3       18-28    7    18.0  2:07 J Broaca                    5,000 --
 47 Sat, Jun 10     WSH @DET  L   5-6       18-29    7    19.0  2:20 S Coffman                       0 ---
 48                 WSH @DET  L   5-17      18-30    7    19.0  2:11 H Eisenstat                14,833 ----
 49 Sun, Jun 11     WSH @DET  L   3-6       18-31    7    20.5  2:14 B Newsom                   10,229 -----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Wed, Jun 14     WSH  CHW  W   3-0       19-31    6    19.5  2:40 D Leonard                   3,500 +
 51 Thu, Jun 15     WSH  CHW  L   1-5       19-32    7    21.0  1:54 J Knott                         0 -
 52                 WSH  CHW  L   2-4       19-33    7    21.0  1:50 T Lee                       5,000 --
 53 Fri, Jun 16     WSH  CHW  W   5-2       20-33    7    21.0  1:54 H Kelley                    6,000 +
 54 Sat, Jun 17     WSH  SLB  W   4-3       21-33    7    21.0  2:31 P Appleton                  1,500 ++
 55 Mon, Jun 19     WSH  SLB  L   1-2       21-34    7    21.0  2:26 V Kennedy                       0 -
 56                 WSH  SLB  W   6-1       22-34    7    21.0  1:52 J Krakauskas                3,500 +
 57 Tue, Jun 20     WSH  CLE  L   3-4       22-35    7    22.0  1:52 H Eisenstat                 2,500 -
 58 Wed, Jun 21     WSH  CLE  L   8-9       22-36    7    23.0  2:56 B Zuber                     2,000 --
 59 Thu, Jun 22     WSH  CLE  W   8-5       23-36    7    23.0  2:01 H Kelley                    3,500 +
 60 Fri, Jun 23     WSH  DET  L   4-7       23-37    7    23.5  2:16 A Benton                   10,000 -
 61 Sat, Jun 24     WSH  DET  W  12-4       24-37    7    23.5  2:10 A Carrasquel                8,000 +
 62 Sun, Jun 25     WSH  DET  L   5-6       24-38    7    24.0  2:17 B Thomas                   12,000 -
 63 Mon, Jun 26     WSH  BOS  L   0-3       24-39    7    24.0  1:42 L Grove                     3,500 --
 64 Tue, Jun 27     WSH  BOS  L   0-8       24-40    7    24.5  2:30 E Auker                     1,500 ---
 65 Thu, Jun 29     WSH  NYY  W   2-1       25-40    7    25.5  2:32 D Leonard                       0 +
 66                 WSH  NYY  L   0-7       25-41    7    25.5  1:30 A Donald                    6,500 -
 67 Fri, Jun 30     WSH  NYY  L   2-10      25-42    7    26.5  1:59 O Hildebrand                6,000 --
 68 Sat, Jul  1     WSH  PHA  W   9-4       26-42    7    25.5  1:58 J Haynes                    2,500 +
 69 Sun, Jul  2     WSH  PHA  W   4-3       27-42    6    24.5  2:12 P Appleton                      0 ++
 70                 WSH  PHA  W  13-2       28-42    6    24.5  2:00 J Krakauskas               15,000 +++
 71 Tue, Jul  4     WSH @NYY  W   3-2       29-42    6    24.5  1:58 D Leonard                       0 ++++
 72                 WSH @NYY  L   1-11      29-43    6    24.5  1:48 S Sundra                   41,808 -
 73 Wed, Jul  5     WSH @NYY  L   4-6       29-44    6    25.5  2:05 A Donald                    3,874 --
 74 Thu, Jul  6     WSH @PHA  L   3-9       29-45    6    26.0  1:59 G Caster                    8,732 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sat, Jul  8     WSH @PHA  L   5-6       29-46    6    24.5  1:56 B Beckmann                  5,000 ----
 76                 WSH @PHA  W   6-3       30-46    6    24.5  2:04 J Krakauskas                6,523 +
 77 Sun, Jul  9     WSH @PHA  W   5-4       31-46    6    22.5  1:54 D Leonard                       0 ++
 78                 WSH @PHA  W  10-3       32-46    6    22.5  1:59 K Chase                     8,292 +++
 79 Thu, Jul 13     WSH @SLB  L   3-4       32-47    6    22.5  1:48 V Kennedy                     728 -
 80 Fri, Jul 14     WSH @SLB  W  11-9       33-47    6    22.5  2:12 J Haynes                      621 +
 81 Sat, Jul 15     WSH @SLB  L   7-8       33-48    6    23.5  2:10 R Lawson                      867 -
 82 Sun, Jul 16     WSH @CHW  L   2-3       33-49    6    25.5  1:29 T Lyons                         0 --
 83                 WSH @CHW  L   3-6       33-50    6    25.5  1:46 T Lee                      16,000 ---
 84 Tue, Jul 18     WSH @DET  W  10-2       34-50    6    26.5  2:03 J Krakauskas                4,620 +
 85 Wed, Jul 19     WSH @DET  L   0-11      34-51    6    27.0  1:50 S Rowe                      5,626 -
 86 Thu, Jul 20     WSH @DET  W   8-7       35-51    6    27.0  1:58 H Kelley                    5,234 +
 87 Fri, Jul 21     WSH @CLE  L   2-5       35-52    6    27.0  1:44 A Milnar                    5,000 -
 88 Sat, Jul 22     WSH @CLE  W  11-3       36-52    6    26.5  2:02 J Krakauskas                3,500 +
 89 Sun, Jul 23     WSH @CLE  L   2-11      36-53    6    27.5  2:23 B Feller                        0 -
 90                 WSH @CLE  L   3-4       36-54    6    27.5  2:00 H Eisenstat                12,000 --
 91 Tue, Jul 25     WSH  DET  W   5-3       37-54    6    27.5  1:57 D Leonard                   2,500 +
 92 Wed, Jul 26     WSH  DET  L   1-3       37-55    6    28.5  1:54 B Newsom                    4,000 -
 93 Thu, Jul 27     WSH  DET  L   1-8       37-56    6    29.0  1:39 D Trout                     1,200 --
 94 Fri, Jul 28     WSH  CLE  W   2-0       38-56    6    29.0  2:10 K Chase                     5,000 +
 95 Sat, Jul 29     WSH  CLE  L   2-5       38-57    6    29.5  1:56 J Allen                     3,500 -
 96 Sun, Jul 30     WSH  CLE  W   5-2       39-57    6    29.0  1:50 J Krakauskas               10,000 +
 97 Tue, Aug  1     WSH  SLB  W   7-5       40-57    6    28.0  2:05 K Chase                       800 ++
 98 Wed, Aug  2     WSH  SLB  W   2-1       41-57    6    27.0  1:47 D Leonard                     500 +++
 99 Thu, Aug  3     WSH  SLB  W   9-5       42-57    6    27.0  2:17 J Krakauskas                  350 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Fri, Aug  4     WSH  CHW  W   6-5       43-57    6    27.0  2:22 P Appleton                  8,000 +++++
101 Sat, Aug  5     WSH  CHW  W  10-1       44-57    6    27.0  2:05 K Chase                     5,000 ++++++
102 Sun, Aug  6     WSH  CHW  W   4-3       45-57    6    25.5  1:45 D Leonard                  12,000 +++++++
103 Tue, Aug  8     WSH  NYY  W   7-4       46-57    6    24.5  2:27 J Krakauskas               12,000 ++++++++
104 Wed, Aug  9     WSH  NYY  L   8-13      46-58    6    25.5  2:30 R Ruffing                  14,000 -
105 Thu, Aug 10     WSH  NYY  W   7-5       47-58    6    24.5  2:15 D Leonard                  14,000 +
106 Sat, Aug 12     WSH @BOS  L   5-9       47-59    6    26.0  2:15 E Dickman                   9,500 -
107 Sun, Aug 13     WSH @BOS  L   1-9       47-60    6    26.0  2:15 F Ostermuell                    0 --
108                 WSH @BOS  W   6-3       48-60    6    26.0  2:10 A Carrasquel               30,000 +
109 Tue, Aug 15     WSH @NYY  L   2-3       48-61    6    27.0  1:56 L Gomez                     8,049 -
110 Wed, Aug 16     WSH @NYY  L   0-4       48-62    6    28.0  1:37 M Russo                     6,607 --
111 Thu, Aug 17     WSH @NYY  L   8-9       48-63    6    29.0  2:43 J Murphy                    6,704 ---
112 Fri, Aug 18     WSH  BOS  L   2-6       48-64    6    30.0  1:55 F Ostermuell               10,000 ----
113 Sat, Aug 19     WSH  BOS  L   6-8       48-65    6    30.0  2:00 J Heving                          -----
114                 WSH  BOS  W   2-1       49-65    6    30.0  1:40 K Chase                     7,000 +
115 Sun, Aug 20     WSH  BOS  W   2-0       50-65    6    30.0  1:44 D Leonard                       0 ++
116                 WSH  BOS  L   5-10      50-66    6    30.0  1:55 C Wagner                   25,000 -
117 Tue, Aug 22     WSH @CLE  L   4-6       50-67    6    31.0  2:07 B Feller                   14,000 --
118 Thu, Aug 24     WSH @DET  L   1-8       50-68    6    33.0  1:41 D Trout                     6,265 ---
119 Fri, Aug 25     WSH @DET  L   2-5       50-69    6    34.5  2:07 B Newsom                    5,693 ----
120 Sat, Aug 26     WSH @DET  L   3-6       50-70    6    35.5  1:49 A McKain                    9,838 -----
121 Sun, Aug 27     WSH @SLB  W   8-7       51-70    6    35.0  2:17 D Leonard                       0 +
122                 WSH @SLB  W   4-3       52-70    6    35.0  2:05 K Chase                     3,435 ++
123 Mon, Aug 28     WSH @SLB  L   2-12      52-71    6    36.0  1:59 B Trotter                     453 -
124 Wed, Aug 30     WSH @CHW  L   2-5       52-72    6    35.0  1:53 T Lyons                         0 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 WSH @CHW  W   4-3       53-72    6    35.0  2:15 J Krakauskas                7,000 +
126 Thu, Aug 31     WSH @CHW  W   4-3       54-72    6    34.5  1:58 D Leonard                  25,000 ++
127 Sat, Sep  2     WSH  PHA  L   0-3       54-73    6    35.0  1:32 B Beckmann                  2,000 -
128 Sun, Sep  3     WSH  PHA  W   6-1       55-73    6    34.0  1:40 J Krakauskas                4,000 +
129 Mon, Sep  4     WSH @BOS  W   7-6       56-73    6    34.0  2:00 J Haynes                        0 ++
130                 WSH @BOS  W   6-4       57-73    6    34.0  2:00 P Appleton                      0 +++
131 Wed, Sep  6     WSH @PHA  W   6-3       58-73    6    34.0  1:46 D Leonard                   1,000 ++++
132 Thu, Sep  7     WSH @PHA  W  10-1       59-73    6    34.0  1:48 K Chase                     5,000 +++++
133 Fri, Sep  8     WSH @PHA  L   4-5       59-74    6    35.0  2:13 C Pippen                    1,500 -
134 Sat, Sep  9     WSH @NYY  L   2-5       59-75    6    36.0  1:45 S Sundra                    7,401 --
135 Sun, Sep 10     WSH @NYY  L   3-4       59-76    6    38.0  1:50 M Russo                         0 ---
136                 WSH @NYY  L   2-6       59-77    6    38.0  1:45 B Hadley                   12,088 ----
137 Tue, Sep 12     WSH  CHW  -*T 2-3       59-77    6    37.5  1:35                             1,500 ----
138 Wed, Sep 13     WSH  CHW  L   1-3       59-78    6    38.0  2:25 T Lyons                         0 -----
139                 WSH  CHW  L   2-4       59-79    6    38.0  1:45 J Knott                       500 ------
140 Thu, Sep 14     WSH  SLB  W   5-1       60-79    6    37.0  1:43 D Leonard                     700 +
141 Fri, Sep 15     WSH  SLB  L   5-9       60-80    6    38.0  2:22 V Kennedy                   5,000 -
142 Sat, Sep 16     WSH  SLB  W   4-0       61-80    6    38.0  1:47 J Haynes                        0 +
143 Sun, Sep 17     WSH  DET  L   2-3       61-81    6    37.5  2:35 A McKain                   15,000 -
144 Mon, Sep 18     WSH  DET  W   4-2       62-81    6    37.5  1:47 D Leonard                     600 +
145 Tue, Sep 19     WSH  CLE  W  10-9       63-81    6    37.5  2:22 P Appleton                    500 ++
146 Wed, Sep 20     WSH  CLE  L   2-7       63-82    6    38.5  2:00 M Harder                      300 -
147 Thu, Sep 21     WSH  CLE  L   3-6       63-83    6    39.5  2:00 A Milnar                    5,000 --
148 Sat, Sep 23     WSH  NYY  L   1-7       63-84    6    40.5  1:49 M Pearson                   8,000 ---
149 Sun, Sep 24     WSH  NYY  L   2-3       63-85    6    41.5  1:55 S Chandler                 12,000 ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Tue, Sep 26     WSH  PHA  L   4-15      63-86    6    42.0  1:47 B Beckmann                    600 -----
151 Thu, Sep 28     WSH  BOS  L   2-4       63-87    6    42.0  1:40 L Grove                           ------
152                 WSH  BOS  W   6-1       64-87    6    42.0  1:30 D Leonard                   5,000 +
153 Sat, Sep 30     WSH @PHA  W   9-5       65-87    6    41.5  2:04 J Haynes                    1,000 ++

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