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1940 Washington Senators Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941)
64-90, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 665 runs, Allowed 811 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91
Manager: Bucky Harris (64-90)
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 381,241 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 95;   one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 95

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1939 / 1941 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 64-90, Final Rank:7, GB: 26.0
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind26.5last on Friday, Sep 27, for days on which they played
Most Games over .5001last on Tuesday, Apr 30
Most Games under .50026last on Sunday, Sep 29
Longest Winning Streak5Wednesday, Apr 24 to Sunday, Apr 28 and Sunday, Jul 14 to Thursday, Jul 18
Longest Losing Streak7Friday, Jun 14 to Thursday, Jun 20
Most Runs Allowed24Friday, Sep 27
Most Runs Scored14Thursday, May 30
Times Shutout by Opponent9 
Times Opponent Shutout6 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 64 90 665 811 .416
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 36 41 316 368 .468
Road 28 49 349 443 .364
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 6 5 48 51 .545
May 10 17 143 170 .370
June 11 19 131 173 .367
July 15 14 142 147 .517
August 10 16 98 115 .385
September 12 19 103 155 .387
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 30 46 357 439 .395
Second Half 34 44 308 372 .436
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 28 29 235 236 .491
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 14 24 174 277 .368
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 9 13 89 132 .409
CHW 10 12 99 117 .455
CLE 9 13 87 117 .409
DET 6 16 86 132 .273
NYY 5 17 56 108 .227
PHA 14 8 134 99 .636
SLB 11 11 114 106 .500

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 Tuesday, Apr 16 WSH BOS L 0 1 0-1 5 1.0 Grove 31,000 -
2 2 Thursday, Apr 18 WSH BOS L 0 7 0-2 8 2.0 Bagby 5,000 --
3 3 Friday, Apr 19 WSH @ NYY L 3 5 0-3 8 2.5 Gomez 15,299 ---
4 4 Tuesday, Apr 23 WSH @ BOS L 2 7 0-4 8 3.5 Harris 2,000 ----
5 5 Wednesday, Apr 24 WSH @ BOS W 9 6 1-4 7 3.0 Masterson 2,700 +
6 6 Thursday, Apr 25 WSH PHA W 7 6 2-4 6 3.0 Carrasquel 3,000 ++
7 7 Friday, Apr 26 WSH PHA W 8 6 3-4 5 2.0 Hollingsworth 10,000 +++
8 8 Saturday, Apr 27 WSH NYY W 3 2 4-4 4 2.0 Chase 15,000 ++++
9 9 Sunday, Apr 28 WSH NYY W 3 2 5-4 3 2.0 Leonard 32,000 +++++
10 10 Monday, Apr 29 WSH NYY L 4 5 5-5 4 2.0 Chandler 8,000 -
11 11 Tuesday, Apr 30 WSH DET W 9 4 6-5 3 2.0 Haynes 3,000 +
12 12 Wednesday, May 1 WSH DET L 7 10 6-6 4 2.0 Nelson 1,000 -
13 13 Thursday, May 2 WSH DET L 3 5 6-7 4 2.5 Newhouser 2,000 --
14 14 Saturday, May 4 WSH CLE L 4 12 6-8 5 4.0 Milnar 3,000 ---
15 15 Sunday, May 5 WSH SLB L 3 7 6-9 6 4.5 Kennedy 14,000 ----
16 16 Monday, May 6 WSH SLB L 9 11 6-10 7 5.0 Coffman 7,000 -----
17 17 Tuesday, May 7 WSH SLB W 6 5 7-10 5 5.0 Hudson 1,500 +
18 18 Wednesday, May 8 WSH CHW L 3 6 7-11 7 6.0 Smith 3,000 -
19 19 Thursday, May 9 WSH CHW W 8 4 8-11 5 6.0 Leonard 2,500 +
20 20 Friday, May 10 WSH @ PHA L 7 8 8-12 6 7.0 Dean 4,000 -
21 21 Saturday, May 11 WSH @ PHA W 9 6 9-12 4 7.0 Hudson 7,500 +
22 22 Sunday, May 12 WSH @ PHA L 2 4 9-13 7 7.0 Babich 12,209 -
23 23 Tuesday, May 14 WSH @ DET W 4 2 10-13 5 7.0 Leonard 5,032 +
24 24 Friday, May 17 WSH @ CLE L 1 18 10-14 5 8.0 Milnar 3,000 -
25 25 Saturday, May 18 WSH @ CLE W 3 2 11-14 5 7.5 Chase 8,000 +
26 26 Sunday, May 19 WSH @ CHW W 12 10 12-14 4 7.0 Leonard 6,700 ++
27 27 Monday, May 20 WSH @ CHW L 4 5 12-15 5 7.0 Rigney 3,134 -
28 28 Tuesday, May 21 WSH @ CHW L 8 9 12-16 5 8.0 Brown 2,000 --
29 29 Wednesday, May 22 WSH @ SLB W 9 2 13-16 4 7.0 Chase 1,074 +
30 30 Thursday, May 23 WSH @ SLB L 7 8 13-17 5 7.5 Kennedy 793 -
31 31 Saturday, May 25 WSH PHA W 4 2 14-17 4 7.0 Leonard 3,000 +
32 32 Sunday, May 26 WSH PHA W 4 3 15-17 4 6.0 Hudlin 10,000 ++
33 33 Monday, May 27 WSH @ NYY L 0 5 15-18 5 6.5 Chandler 2,269 -
34 34 Tuesday, May 28 WSH @ NYY L 4 12 15-19 7 8.0 Russo --
35 35 Tuesday, May 28 WSH @ NYY L 1 3 15-20 7 8.0 Breuer 10,466 ---
36 36 Wednesday, May 29 WSH @ NYY L 1 2 15-21 7 9.0 Donald 2,760 ----
37 37 Thursday, May 30 WSH @ PHA L 6 7 15-22 6 9.0 Heusser -----
38 38 Thursday, May 30 WSH @ PHA W 14 2 16-22 6 9.0 Masterson 23,651 +
39 39 Saturday, Jun 1 WSH DET L 3 12 16-23 6 10.0 Newsom 7,500 -
40 40 Sunday, Jun 2 WSH DET L 6 8 16-24 7 10.5 Benton 1,000 --
41 41 Monday, Jun 3 WSH DET W 9 3 17-24 6 9.5 Leonard +
42 42 Tuesday, Jun 4 WSH CLE W 7 2 18-24 6 9.0 Chase ++
43 43 Tuesday, Jun 4 WSH CLE L 2 3 18-25 6 9.0 Smith 8,000 -
44 44 Wednesday, Jun 5 WSH CLE W 6 1 19-25 6 8.0 Masterson 2,000 +
45 45 Thursday, Jun 6 WSH CLE L 4 5 19-26 6 9.0 Harder 7,500 -
46 46 Friday, Jun 7 WSH CHW W 3 2 20-26 6 8.0 Leonard 9,000 +
47 47 Saturday, Jun 8 WSH CHW L 6 12 20-27 6 8.5 Dietrich 6,000 -
48 48 Sunday, Jun 9 WSH CHW L 3 4 20-28 6 8.5 Rigney 7,000 --
49 49 Monday, Jun 10 WSH SLB L 4 7 20-29 7 9.0 Kramer 800 ---
50 50 Tuesday, Jun 11 WSH SLB L 2 5 20-30 7 10.0 Kennedy 600 ----
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Wednesday, Jun 12 WSH SLB W 3 2 21-30 7 10.0 Chase 5,000 +
52 52 Friday, Jun 14 WSH @ DET L 1 10 21-31 7 11.0 Newhouser 4,401 -
53 53 Saturday, Jun 15 WSH @ DET L 1 11 21-32 8 12.5 Newsom --
54 54 Saturday, Jun 15 WSH @ DET L 0 8 21-33 8 12.5 Gorsica 26,402 ---
55 55 Sunday, Jun 16 WSH @ DET L 7 8 21-34 8 14.0 McKain 19,760 ----
56 56 Tuesday, Jun 18 WSH @ CLE L 1 2 21-35 8 14.0 Smith 12,449 -----
57 57 Wednesday, Jun 19 WSH @ CLE L 1 4 21-36 8 14.0 Allen 2,500 ------
58 58 Thursday, Jun 20 WSH @ CLE L 1 12 21-37 8 14.5 Feller 3,000 -------
59 59 Friday, Jun 21 WSH @ SLB W 1 0 22-37 8 14.5 Hudson 12,804 +
60 60 Saturday, Jun 22 WSH @ SLB W 11 10 23-37 8 14.5 Haynes 1,869 ++
61 61 Sunday, Jun 23 WSH @ SLB W 12 5 24-37 8 14.5 Leonard +++
62 62 Sunday, Jun 23 WSH @ SLB L 2 3 24-38 8 14.5 Harris 4,447 -
63 63 Tuesday, Jun 25 WSH @ CHW W 7 6 25-38 7 15.0 Hudson 21,233 +
64 64 Wednesday, Jun 26 WSH @ CHW L 6 7 25-39 8 15.0 Dietrich 3,000 -
65 65 Friday, Jun 28 WSH @ BOS W 4 3 26-39 7 14.5 Leonard 6,100 +
66 66 Saturday, Jun 29 WSH @ BOS W 9 7 27-39 7 14.5 Hudson 5,800 ++
67 67 Sunday, Jun 30 WSH @ BOS L 5 6 27-40 7 15.5 Grove -
68 68 Sunday, Jun 30 WSH @ BOS L 4 5 27-41 7 15.5 Wagner 23,000 --
69 69 Monday, Jul 1 WSH NYY L 4 8 27-42 8 15.5 Ruffing 3,000 ---
70 70 Tuesday, Jul 2 WSH NYY L 2 6 27-43 8 15.5 Gomez 3,000 ----
71 71 Thursday, Jul 4 WSH PHA W 5 1 28-43 7 15.0 Hudson +
72 72 Thursday, Jul 4 WSH PHA W 9 5 29-43 7 15.0 Haynes 12,000 ++
73 73 Friday, Jul 5 WSH BOS L 4 9 29-44 7 15.5 Bagby 6,000 -
74 74 Saturday, Jul 6 WSH BOS L 3 5 29-45 8 16.5 Galehouse 3,500 --
75 75 Sunday, Jul 7 WSH BOS L 1 7 29-46 8 16.5 Grove ---
76 76 Sunday, Jul 7 WSH BOS W 7 4 30-46 8 16.5 Monteagudo 22,000 +
77 77 Thursday, Jul 11 WSH DET W 7 3 31-46 7 16.0 Hudson 3,500 ++
78 78 Saturday, Jul 13 WSH DET L 3 4 31-47 7 18.0 Smith -
79 79 Saturday, Jul 13 WSH DET L 0 4 31-48 7 18.0 Newsom 14,000 --
80 80 Sunday, Jul 14 WSH CLE W 6 5 32-48 7 17.0 Carrasquel 12,000 +
81 81 Monday, Jul 15 WSH CLE W 8 6 33-48 6 16.0 Hudson 3,000 ++
82 82 Tuesday, Jul 16 WSH CLE W 11 8 34-48 6 15.0 Carrasquel 2,000 +++
83 83 Wednesday, Jul 17 WSH CHW W 5 2 35-48 6 14.0 Leonard 2,500 ++++
84 84 Thursday, Jul 18 WSH CHW W 5 4 36-48 6 13.5 Carrasquel 2,000 +++++
85 85 Friday, Jul 19 WSH CHW L 1 9 36-49 6 14.5 Lee 9,000 -
86 86 Saturday, Jul 20 WSH SLB L 1 4 36-50 6 15.5 Niggeling 3,000 --
87 87 Sunday, Jul 21 WSH SLB L 4 8 36-51 6 16.5 Lawson ---
88 88 Sunday, Jul 21 WSH SLB W 5 4 37-51 6 16.5 Monteagudo 12,000 +
89 89 Tuesday, Jul 23 WSH @ DET W 6 3 38-51 6 15.5 Chase 7,239 ++
90 90 Wednesday, Jul 24 WSH @ DET L 5 7 38-52 6 16.5 Hutchinson 6,044 -
91 91 Thursday, Jul 25 WSH @ DET L 2 5 38-53 6 17.5 Newhouser 5,481 --
92 92 Friday, Jul 26 WSH @ CLE L 2 13 38-54 6 17.5 Feller 4,000 ---
93 93 Saturday, Jul 27 WSH @ CLE W 7 1 39-54 6 18.0 Chase 11,000 +
94 94 Sunday, Jul 28 WSH @ CLE L 3 6 39-55 6 17.5 Milnar -
95 95 Sunday, Jul 28 WSH @ CLE W 9 1 40-55 6 17.5 Hudson 19,849 +
96 96 Tuesday, Jul 30 WSH @ SLB W 4 0 41-55 6 16.0 Leonard 5,078 ++
97 97 Wednesday, Jul 31 WSH @ SLB W 13 5 42-55 6 16.0 Chase 591 +++
98 98 Friday, Aug 2 WSH @ CHW L 2 10 42-56 6 16.5 Lee 4,331 -
99 99 Saturday, Aug 3 WSH @ CHW L 6 7 42-57 6 18.0 Knott 4,016 --
100 100 Sunday, Aug 4 WSH @ CHW W 4 3 43-57 6 16.5 Leonard +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 4 WSH @ CHW W 1 0 44-57 6 16.5 Chase 15,866 ++
102 102 Tuesday, Aug 6 WSH PHA W 11 0 45-57 6 16.5 Hudson 3,000 +++
103 103 Thursday, Aug 8 WSH PHA L 4 6 45-58 6 17.5 Beckmann 1,500 -
104 104 Friday, Aug 9 WSH BOS W 6 5 46-58 6 16.5 Carrasquel 10,000 +
105 105 Saturday, Aug 10 WSH BOS L 0 3 46-59 6 17.5 Johnson 6,000 -
106 106 Sunday, Aug 11 WSH BOS W 2 1 47-59 6 16.0 Hudson 15,000 +
107 107 Tuesday, Aug 13 WSH @ PHA L 3 6 47-60 6 17.5 Babich 7,215 -
108 108 Wednesday, Aug 14 WSH @ PHA W 5 3 48-60 6 17.5 Chase 2,916 +
109 109 Thursday, Aug 15 WSH @ PHA W 9 4 49-60 6 18.0 Hudson ++
110 110 Thursday, Aug 15 WSH @ PHA L 5 6 49-61 6 18.0 Beckmann 14,210 -
111 111 Friday, Aug 16 WSH @ BOS L 6 7 49-62 6 19.0 Wilson 5,500 --
112 112 Saturday, Aug 17 WSH @ BOS L 9 12 49-63 6 19.0 Terry 7,800 ---
113 113 Sunday, Aug 18 WSH @ BOS L 2 4 49-64 6 19.5 Johnson 15,700 ----
114 114 Tuesday, Aug 20 WSH SLB L 3 6 49-65 6 20.0 Auker 1,500 -----
115 115 Wednesday, Aug 21 WSH SLB W 3 0 50-65 6 20.0 Leonard 1,500 +
116 116 Friday, Aug 23 WSH CHW W 3 2 51-65 6 18.5 Chase 10,000 ++
117 117 Saturday, Aug 24 WSH CHW L 2 4 51-66 6 19.0 Knott -
118 118 Saturday, Aug 24 WSH CHW L 1 2 51-67 6 19.0 Smith 9,000 --
119 119 Sunday, Aug 25 WSH CLE W 5 4 52-67 6 18.0 Hudson 12,500 +
120 120 Monday, Aug 26 WSH CLE L 3 4 52-68 6 19.0 Harder 1,500 -
121 121 Thursday, Aug 29 WSH DET L 2 3 52-69 6 20.0 Rowe --
122 122 Thursday, Aug 29 WSH DET L 0 6 52-70 6 20.0 Newsom 4,000 ---
123 123 Saturday, Aug 31 WSH @ NYY L 1 7 52-71 6 21.5 Donald 13,108 ----
124 124 Sunday, Sep 1 WSH @ NYY L 2 3 52-72 6 23.0 Ruffing -----
125 125 Sunday, Sep 1 WSH @ NYY L 0 3 52-73 6 23.0 Bonham 15,063 ------
126 126 Monday, Sep 2 WSH BOS W 1 0 53-73 6 21.0 Hudson +
127 127 Monday, Sep 2 WSH BOS W 5 4 54-73 6 21.0 Chase 23,000 ++
128 128 Wednesday, Sep 4 WSH NYY W 6 5 55-73 6 20.0 Krakauskas 5,000 +++
129 129 Thursday, Sep 5 WSH NYY L 1 2 55-74 6 20.5 Bonham -
130 130 Thursday, Sep 5 WSH NYY L 1 8 55-75 6 20.5 Donald 17,000 --
131 131 Friday, Sep 6 WSH NYY W 3 1 56-75 6 19.5 Chase 12,000 +
132 132 Saturday, Sep 7 WSH PHA L 5 8 56-76 6 19.5 Babich 2,000 -
133 133 Sunday, Sep 8 WSH PHA W 7 6 57-76 6 20.0 Hudson +
134 134 Sunday, Sep 8 WSH PHA L 0 4 57-77 6 20.0 Beckmann 6,000 -
135 135 Tuesday, Sep 10 WSH @ CHW W 5 2 58-77 6 19.0 Chase 1,276 +
136 136 Wednesday, Sep 11 WSH @ CHW L 4 7 58-78 6 20.0 Rigney 866 -
137 137 Thursday, Sep 12 WSH @ SLB W 7 2 59-78 6 20.0 Anderson 758 +
138 138 Friday, Sep 13 WSH @ SLB L 3 7 59-79 6 21.0 Trotter 562 -
139 139 Saturday, Sep 14 WSH @ SLB L 2 5 59-80 6 21.0 Harris 1,067 --
140 140 Sunday, Sep 15 WSH @ DET W 6 1 60-80 6 21.0 Leonard 21,613 +
141 141 Monday, Sep 16 WSH @ DET L 2 9 60-81 6 21.5 Newsom 3,917 -
142 142 Tuesday, Sep 17 WSH @ DET L 3 6 60-82 6 22.0 Rowe 5,655 --
143 143 Wednesday, Sep 18 WSH @ CLE L 1 3 60-83 7 23.5 Allen ---
144 144 Wednesday, Sep 18 WSH @ CLE L 1 2 60-84 7 23.5 Feller 12,000 ----
145 145 Thursday, Sep 19 WSH @ CLE L 1 3 60-85 7 24.5 Smith 3,500 -----
146 146 Sunday, Sep 22 WSH @ PHA W 5 4 61-85 7 24.0 Hudson +
147 147 Sunday, Sep 22 WSH @ PHA W 5 2 62-85 7 24.0 Chase 8,586 ++
148 148 Tuesday, Sep 24 WSH @ NYY L 5 6 62-86 7 25.0 Murphy -
149 149 Tuesday, Sep 24 WSH @ NYY L 4 9 62-87 7 25.0 Murphy 15,155 --
150 150 Thursday, Sep 26 WSH @ BOS W 6 5 63-87 7 25.5 Carrasquel 1,100 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Friday, Sep 27 WSH @ BOS L 4 24 63-88 7 26.5 Ostermueller 2,200 -
152 152 Saturday, Sep 28 WSH NYY W 4 3 64-88 7 26.0 Hudson +
153 153 Saturday, Sep 28 WSH NYY L 1 7 64-89 7 26.0 Donald 5,000 -
154 154 Sunday, Sep 29 WSH NYY L 3 4 64-90 7 26.0 Bonham 7,000 --
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.

1939 / 1941 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits