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1940 Washington Senators

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941

64-90, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bucky Harris (64-90)
Scored 665 runs, Allowed 811 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91

Ballparks: Griffith Stadium · Attendance: 381,241 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 93, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 95


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1939 / 1941 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 24 L R 6' 1" 188 Sep 13, 1915 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Red Anderson 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Jun 19, 1912 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Jimmy Bloodworth 22 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 26, 1917 3 119 118 119 119 0 0 17 96 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Zeke Bonura 31 R R 6' 0" 210 Sep 20, 1908 7 79 79 79 79 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Alex Carrasquel 27 R R 6' 1" 182 Jul 24, 1912 2 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
George Case 24 R R 6' 0" 183 Nov 11, 1915 4 154 153 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 116 36 154 0 0 1.1
Ken Chase 26 L L 6' 2" 210 Oct 6, 1913 5 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7
Jake Early 25 L R 5' 11" 168 May 19, 1915 2 80 51 80 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0.5
Al Evans 23 R R 5' 11" 190 Sep 28, 1916 2 14 6 14 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.2
Rick Ferrell HOF 34 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 12, 1905 12 103 97 103 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.4
Charlie Gelbert 34 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 26, 1906 9 22 11 22 15 2 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.4
Dick Hahn 23 R R 5' 11" 176 Jul 24, 1916 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Joe Haynes 22 R R 6' 2" 190 Sep 21, 1917 2 22 7 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Al Hollingsworth 32 L L 6' 0" 174 Feb 25, 1908 6 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Willis Hudlin 34 R R 6' 0" 190 May 23, 1906 15 8 6 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Sid Hudson 25 R R 6' 4" 180 Jan 3, 1915 1st 38 31 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Bucky Jacobs 27 R R 5' 11" 155 Mar 21, 1913 3 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Joe Krakauskas 25 L L 6' 1" 203 Mar 28, 1915 4 32 10 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9
Dutch Leonard 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 25, 1909 7 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 All-Star
Buddy Lewis 23 L R 6' 1" 175 Aug 10, 1916 6 148 147 148 148 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 112 112 0 0 2.6
Jim Mallory 21 R R 6' 1" 170 Sep 1, 1918 1st 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 -0.2
Walt Masterson 20 R R 6' 2" 189 Jun 22, 1920 2 31 19 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Rene Monteagudo 24 L L 5' 7" 165 Mar 12, 1916 2 27 8 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Buddy Myer 36 L R 5' 10" 163 Mar 16, 1904 16 71 54 71 54 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 1.3
Jimmy Pofahl 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Jun 18, 1917 1st 119 114 119 116 0 0 0 4 0 112 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1.1
Sherry Robertson 21 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 1, 1919 1st 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Jack Sanford 23 R R 6' 3" 195 Jun 23, 1917 1st 34 34 34 34 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3
Lou Thuman 23 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 13, 1916 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Gil Torres 24 R R 6' 0" 155 Aug 23, 1915 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Cecil Travis 26 L R 6' 1" 185 Aug 8, 1913 8 136 135 136 136 0 0 0 0 113 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 All-Star
Mickey Vernon 22 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 22, 1918 2 5 4 5 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2
Gee Walker 32 R R 5' 11" 188 Mar 19, 1908 10 140 140 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 140 0 0 0.4
Jimmy Wasdell 26 L L 5' 11" 185 May 15, 1914 4 10 8 10 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.7
Johnny Welaj 26 R R 6' 0" 164 May 27, 1914 2 88 48 88 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 35 3 53 25 11 -0.3
Sam West 35 L L 5' 11" 165 Oct 5, 1904 14 57 19 57 21 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 4 5 9 36 0 -0.1
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
Lou Thuman

Buddy Myer

Buddy Lewis

Red Anderson
Zeke Bonura
Jimmy Wasdell

Gee Walker

Cecil Travis

George Case

Jimmy Pofahl

Rick Ferrell

Jimmy Bloodworth

Ken Chase

Joe Krakauskas

Alex Carrasquel

Sid Hudson

Dutch Leonard

Bucky Jacobs

Zeke Bonura
Willis Hudlin

Joe Haynes

Jake Early

Charlie Gelbert
Jim Mallory

Walt Masterson

Sam West

Johnny Welaj

Rene Monteagudo

Sherry Robertson

Dick Hahn

Al Evans

Willis Hudlin
Gil Torres
Mickey Vernon

Al Hollingsworth
Jack Sanford

1939 / 1941 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers