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1940 Washington Senators (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
Managed by Bucky Harris

Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 381,241 (7th of 8)
Park Factors
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Batting - 94, Pitching - 95
  (one-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 Stats / Schedule (1939/1941) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   64-90 , Final Rank: 7, GB:   26.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:           1 (last on April 30)
Most Games under .500:          26 (last on September 29)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       26.5 (last on September 27)

Longest Winning Streak:          5 (April 24 to April 28 and July 14 to July 18)
Longest Losing Streak:           7 (June 14 to June 20)

Most Runs Allowed:              24 (September 27)
Most Runs Scored:               14 (May 30)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       9
Times Opponent Shutout:          6

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        64  90     665     811    .416

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           36  41     316     368    .468
Road           28  49     349     443    .364

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     30  46     357     439    .395
Second Half    34  44     308     372    .436
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        28  29     235     236    .491

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        14  24     174     277    .368

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 16     WSH  BOS  L   0-1        0-1     5     1.0       L Grove                    31,000 -
  2 Thu, Apr 18     WSH  BOS  L   0-7        0-2     8     2.0       J Bagby                     5,000 --
  3 Fri, Apr 19     WSH @NYY  L   3-5        0-3     8     2.5       L Gomez                    15,299 ---
  4 Tue, Apr 23     WSH @BOS  L   2-7        0-4     8     3.5       M Harris                    2,000 ----
  5 Wed, Apr 24     WSH @BOS  W   9-6        1-4     7     3.0       W Masterson                 2,700 +
  6 Thu, Apr 25     WSH  PHA  W   7-6        2-4     6     3.0       A Carrasquel                3,000 ++
  7 Fri, Apr 26     WSH  PHA  W   8-6        3-4     5     2.0       A Hollingswo               10,000 +++
  8 Sat, Apr 27     WSH  NYY  W   3-2        4-4     4     2.0       K Chase                    15,000 ++++
  9 Sun, Apr 28     WSH  NYY  W   3-2        5-4     3     2.0       D Leonard                  32,000 +++++
 10 Mon, Apr 29     WSH  NYY  L   4-5        5-5     4     2.0       S Chandler                  8,000 -
 11 Tue, Apr 30     WSH  DET  W   9-4        6-5     3     2.0       J Haynes                    3,000 +
 12 Wed, May  1     WSH  DET  L   7-10       6-6     4     2.0       L Nelson                    1,000 -
 13 Thu, May  2     WSH  DET  L   3-5        6-7     4     2.5       H Newhouser                 2,000 --
 14 Sat, May  4     WSH  CLE  L   4-12       6-8     5     4.0       A Milnar                    3,000 ---
 15 Sun, May  5     WSH  SLB  L   3-7        6-9     6     4.5       V Kennedy                  14,000 ----
 16 Mon, May  6     WSH  SLB  L   9-11       6-10    7     5.0       S Coffman                   7,000 -----
 17 Tue, May  7     WSH  SLB  W   6-5        7-10    5     5.0       S Hudson                    1,500 +
 18 Wed, May  8     WSH  CHW  L   3-6        7-11    7     6.0       E Smith                     3,000 -
 19 Thu, May  9     WSH  CHW  W   8-4        8-11    5     6.0       D Leonard                   2,500 +
 20 Fri, May 10     WSH @PHA  L   7-8        8-12    6     7.0       C Dean                      4,000 -
 21 Sat, May 11     WSH @PHA  W   9-6        9-12    4     7.0       S Hudson                    7,500 +
 22 Sun, May 12     WSH @PHA  L   2-4        9-13    7     7.0       J Babich                   12,209 -
 23 Tue, May 14     WSH @DET  W   4-2       10-13    5     7.0       D Leonard                   5,032 +
 24 Fri, May 17     WSH @CLE  L   1-18      10-14    5     8.0       A Milnar                    3,000 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May 18     WSH @CLE  W   3-2       11-14    5     7.5       K Chase                     8,000 +
 26 Sun, May 19     WSH @CHW  W  12-10      12-14    4     7.0       D Leonard                   6,700 ++
 27 Mon, May 20     WSH @CHW  L   4-5       12-15    5     7.0       J Rigney                    3,134 -
 28 Tue, May 21     WSH @CHW  L   8-9       12-16    5     8.0       C Brown                     2,000 --
 29 Wed, May 22     WSH @SLB  W   9-2       13-16    4     7.0       K Chase                     1,074 +
 30 Thu, May 23     WSH @SLB  L   7-8       13-17    5     7.5       V Kennedy                     793 -
 31 Sat, May 25     WSH  PHA  W   4-2       14-17    4     7.0       D Leonard                   3,000 +
 32 Sun, May 26     WSH  PHA  W   4-3       15-17    4     6.0       W Hudlin                   10,000 ++
 33 Mon, May 27     WSH @NYY  L   0-5       15-18    5     6.5       S Chandler                  2,269 -
 34 Tue, May 28     WSH @NYY  L   4-12      15-19    7     8.0       M Russo                           --
 35                 WSH @NYY  L   1-3       15-20    7     8.0       M Breuer                   10,466 ---
 36 Wed, May 29     WSH @NYY  L   1-2       15-21    7     9.0       A Donald                    2,760 ----
 37 Thu, May 30     WSH @PHA  L   6-7       15-22    6     9.0       E Heusser                         -----
 38                 WSH @PHA  W  14-2       16-22    6     9.0       W Masterson                23,651 +
 39 Sat, Jun  1     WSH  DET  L   3-12      16-23    6    10.0       B Newsom                    7,500 -
 40 Sun, Jun  2     WSH  DET  L   6-8       16-24    7    10.5       A Benton                    1,000 --
 41 Mon, Jun  3     WSH  DET  W   9-3       17-24    6     9.5       D Leonard                         +
 42 Tue, Jun  4     WSH  CLE  W   7-2       18-24    6     9.0       K Chase                           ++
 43                 WSH  CLE  L   2-3       18-25    6     9.0       A Smith                     8,000 -
 44 Wed, Jun  5     WSH  CLE  W   6-1       19-25    6     8.0       W Masterson                 2,000 +
 45 Thu, Jun  6     WSH  CLE  L   4-5       19-26    6     9.0       M Harder                    7,500 -
 46 Fri, Jun  7     WSH  CHW  W   3-2       20-26    6     8.0       D Leonard                   9,000 +
 47 Sat, Jun  8     WSH  CHW  L   6-12      20-27    6     8.5       B Dietrich                  6,000 -
 48 Sun, Jun  9     WSH  CHW  L   3-4       20-28    6     8.5       J Rigney                    7,000 --
 49 Mon, Jun 10     WSH  SLB  L   4-7       20-29    7     9.0       J Kramer                      800 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Tue, Jun 11     WSH  SLB  L   2-5       20-30    7    10.0       V Kennedy                     600 ----
 51 Wed, Jun 12     WSH  SLB  W   3-2       21-30    7    10.0       K Chase                     5,000 +
 52 Fri, Jun 14     WSH @DET  L   1-10      21-31    7    11.0       H Newhouser                 4,401 -
 53 Sat, Jun 15     WSH @DET  L   1-11      21-32    8    12.5       B Newsom                          --
 54                 WSH @DET  L   0-8       21-33    8    12.5       J Gorsica                  26,402 ---
 55 Sun, Jun 16     WSH @DET  L   7-8       21-34    8    14.0       A McKain                   19,760 ----
 56 Tue, Jun 18     WSH @CLE  L   1-2       21-35    8    14.0       A Smith                    12,449 -----
 57 Wed, Jun 19     WSH @CLE  L   1-4       21-36    8    14.0       J Allen                     2,500 ------
 58 Thu, Jun 20     WSH @CLE  L   1-12      21-37    8    14.5       B Feller                    3,000 -------
 59 Fri, Jun 21     WSH @SLB  W   1-0       22-37    8    14.5       S Hudson                   12,804 +
 60 Sat, Jun 22     WSH @SLB  W  11-10      23-37    8    14.5       J Haynes                    1,869 ++
 61 Sun, Jun 23     WSH @SLB  W  12-5       24-37    8    14.5       D Leonard                         +++
 62                 WSH @SLB  L   2-3       24-38    8    14.5       B Harris                    4,447 -
 63 Tue, Jun 25     WSH @CHW  W   7-6       25-38    7    15.0       S Hudson                   21,233 +
 64 Wed, Jun 26     WSH @CHW  L   6-7       25-39    8    15.0       B Dietrich                  3,000 -
 65 Fri, Jun 28     WSH @BOS  W   4-3       26-39    7    14.5       D Leonard                   6,100 +
 66 Sat, Jun 29     WSH @BOS  W   9-7       27-39    7    14.5       S Hudson                    5,800 ++
 67 Sun, Jun 30     WSH @BOS  L   5-6       27-40    7    15.5       L Grove                           -
 68                 WSH @BOS  L   4-5       27-41    7    15.5       C Wagner                   23,000 --
 69 Mon, Jul  1     WSH  NYY  L   4-8       27-42    8    15.5       R Ruffing                   3,000 ---
 70 Tue, Jul  2     WSH  NYY  L   2-6       27-43    8    15.5       L Gomez                     3,000 ----
 71 Thu, Jul  4     WSH  PHA  W   5-1       28-43    7    15.0       S Hudson                          +
 72                 WSH  PHA  W   9-5       29-43    7    15.0       J Haynes                   12,000 ++
 73 Fri, Jul  5     WSH  BOS  L   4-9       29-44    7    15.5       J Bagby                     6,000 -
 74 Sat, Jul  6     WSH  BOS  L   3-5       29-45    8    16.5       D Galehouse                 3,500 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul  7     WSH  BOS  L   1-7       29-46    8    16.5       L Grove                           ---
 76                 WSH  BOS  W   7-4       30-46    8    16.5       R Monteagudo               22,000 +
 77 Thu, Jul 11     WSH  DET  W   7-3       31-46    7    16.0       S Hudson                    3,500 ++
 78 Sat, Jul 13     WSH  DET  L   3-4       31-47    7    18.0       C Smith                           -
 79                 WSH  DET  L   0-4       31-48    7    18.0       B Newsom                   14,000 --
 80 Sun, Jul 14     WSH  CLE  W   6-5       32-48    7    17.0       A Carrasquel               12,000 +
 81 Mon, Jul 15     WSH  CLE  W   8-6       33-48    6    16.0       S Hudson                    3,000 ++
 82 Tue, Jul 16     WSH  CLE  W  11-8       34-48    6    15.0       A Carrasquel                2,000 +++
 83 Wed, Jul 17     WSH  CHW  W   5-2       35-48    6    14.0       D Leonard                   2,500 ++++
 84 Thu, Jul 18     WSH  CHW  W   5-4       36-48    6    13.5       A Carrasquel                2,000 +++++
 85 Fri, Jul 19     WSH  CHW  L   1-9       36-49    6    14.5       T Lee                       9,000 -
 86 Sat, Jul 20     WSH  SLB  L   1-4       36-50    6    15.5       J Niggeling                 3,000 --
 87 Sun, Jul 21     WSH  SLB  L   4-8       36-51    6    16.5       R Lawson                          ---
 88                 WSH  SLB  W   5-4       37-51    6    16.5       R Monteagudo               12,000 +
 89 Tue, Jul 23     WSH @DET  W   6-3       38-51    6    15.5       K Chase                     7,239 ++
 90 Wed, Jul 24     WSH @DET  L   5-7       38-52    6    16.5       F Hutchinson                6,044 -
 91 Thu, Jul 25     WSH @DET  L   2-5       38-53    6    17.5       H Newhouser                 5,481 --
 92 Fri, Jul 26     WSH @CLE  L   2-13      38-54    6    17.5       B Feller                    4,000 ---
 93 Sat, Jul 27     WSH @CLE  W   7-1       39-54    6    18.0       K Chase                    11,000 +
 94 Sun, Jul 28     WSH @CLE  L   3-6       39-55    6    17.5       A Milnar                          -
 95                 WSH @CLE  W   9-1       40-55    6    17.5       S Hudson                   19,849 +
 96 Tue, Jul 30     WSH @SLB  W   4-0       41-55    6    16.0       D Leonard                   5,078 ++
 97 Wed, Jul 31     WSH @SLB  W  13-5       42-55    6    16.0       K Chase                       591 +++
 98 Fri, Aug  2     WSH @CHW  L   2-10      42-56    6    16.5       T Lee                       4,331 -
 99 Sat, Aug  3     WSH @CHW  L   6-7       42-57    6    18.0       J Knott                     4,016 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Aug  4     WSH @CHW  W   4-3       43-57    6    16.5       D Leonard                         +
101                 WSH @CHW  W   1-0       44-57    6    16.5       K Chase                    15,866 ++
102 Tue, Aug  6     WSH  PHA  W  11-0       45-57    6    16.5       S Hudson                    3,000 +++
103 Thu, Aug  8     WSH  PHA  L   4-6       45-58    6    17.5       B Beckmann                  1,500 -
104 Fri, Aug  9     WSH  BOS  W   6-5       46-58    6    16.5       A Carrasquel               10,000 +
105 Sat, Aug 10     WSH  BOS  L   0-3       46-59    6    17.5       E Johnson                   6,000 -
106 Sun, Aug 11     WSH  BOS  W   2-1       47-59    6    16.0       S Hudson                   15,000 +
107 Tue, Aug 13     WSH @PHA  L   3-6       47-60    6    17.5       J Babich                    7,215 -
108 Wed, Aug 14     WSH @PHA  W   5-3       48-60    6    17.5       K Chase                     2,916 +
109 Thu, Aug 15     WSH @PHA  W   9-4       49-60    6    18.0       S Hudson                          ++
110                 WSH @PHA  L   5-6       49-61    6    18.0       B Beckmann                 14,210 -
111 Fri, Aug 16     WSH @BOS  L   6-7       49-62    6    19.0       J Wilson                    5,500 --
112 Sat, Aug 17     WSH @BOS  L   9-12      49-63    6    19.0       Y Terry                     7,800 ---
113 Sun, Aug 18     WSH @BOS  L   2-4       49-64    6    19.5       E Johnson                  15,700 ----
114 Tue, Aug 20     WSH  SLB  L   3-6       49-65    6    20.0       E Auker                     1,500 -----
115 Wed, Aug 21     WSH  SLB  W   3-0       50-65    6    20.0       D Leonard                   1,500 +
116 Fri, Aug 23     WSH  CHW  W   3-2       51-65    6    18.5       K Chase                    10,000 ++
117 Sat, Aug 24     WSH  CHW  L   2-4       51-66    6    19.0       J Knott                           -
118                 WSH  CHW  L   1-2       51-67    6    19.0       E Smith                     9,000 --
119 Sun, Aug 25     WSH  CLE  W   5-4       52-67    6    18.0       S Hudson                   12,500 +
120 Mon, Aug 26     WSH  CLE  L   3-4       52-68    6    19.0       M Harder                    1,500 -
121 Thu, Aug 29     WSH  DET  L   2-3       52-69    6    20.0       S Rowe                            --
122                 WSH  DET  L   0-6       52-70    6    20.0       B Newsom                    4,000 ---
123 Sat, Aug 31     WSH @NYY  L   1-7       52-71    6    21.5       A Donald                   13,108 ----
124 Sun, Sep  1     WSH @NYY  L   2-3       52-72    6    23.0       R Ruffing                         -----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 WSH @NYY  L   0-3       52-73    6    23.0       T Bonham                   15,063 ------
126 Mon, Sep  2     WSH  BOS  W   1-0       53-73    6    21.0       S Hudson                          +
127                 WSH  BOS  W   5-4       54-73    6    21.0       K Chase                    23,000 ++
128 Wed, Sep  4     WSH  NYY  W   6-5       55-73    6    20.0       J Krakauskas                5,000 +++
129 Thu, Sep  5     WSH  NYY  L   1-2       55-74    6    20.5       T Bonham                          -
130                 WSH  NYY  L   1-8       55-75    6    20.5       A Donald                   17,000 --
131 Fri, Sep  6     WSH  NYY  W   3-1       56-75    6    19.5       K Chase                    12,000 +
132 Sat, Sep  7     WSH  PHA  L   5-8       56-76    6    19.5       J Babich                    2,000 -
133 Sun, Sep  8     WSH  PHA  W   7-6       57-76    6    20.0       S Hudson                          +
134                 WSH  PHA  L   0-4       57-77    6    20.0       B Beckmann                  6,000 -
135 Tue, Sep 10     WSH @CHW  W   5-2       58-77    6    19.0       K Chase                     1,276 +
136 Wed, Sep 11     WSH @CHW  L   4-7       58-78    6    20.0       J Rigney                      866 -
137 Thu, Sep 12     WSH @SLB  W   7-2       59-78    6    20.0       R Anderson                    758 +
138 Fri, Sep 13     WSH @SLB  L   3-7       59-79    6    21.0       B Trotter                     562 -
139 Sat, Sep 14     WSH @SLB  L   2-5       59-80    6    21.0       B Harris                    1,067 --
140 Sun, Sep 15     WSH @DET  W   6-1       60-80    6    21.0       D Leonard                  21,613 +
141 Mon, Sep 16     WSH @DET  L   2-9       60-81    6    21.5       B Newsom                    3,917 -
142 Tue, Sep 17     WSH @DET  L   3-6       60-82    6    22.0       S Rowe                      5,655 --
143 Wed, Sep 18     WSH @CLE  L   1-3       60-83    7    23.5       J Allen                           ---
144                 WSH @CLE  L   1-2       60-84    7    23.5       B Feller                   12,000 ----
145 Thu, Sep 19     WSH @CLE  L   1-3       60-85    7    24.5       A Smith                     3,500 -----
146 Sun, Sep 22     WSH @PHA  W   5-4       61-85    7    24.0       S Hudson                          +
147                 WSH @PHA  W   5-2       62-85    7    24.0       K Chase                     8,586 ++
148 Tue, Sep 24     WSH @NYY  L   5-6       62-86    7    25.0       J Murphy                          -
149                 WSH @NYY  L   4-9       62-87    7    25.0       J Murphy                   15,155 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Thu, Sep 26     WSH @BOS  W   6-5       63-87    7    25.5       A Carrasquel                1,100 +
151 Fri, Sep 27     WSH @BOS  L   4-24      63-88    7    26.5       F Ostermuell                2,200 -
152 Sat, Sep 28     WSH  NYY  W   4-3       64-88    7    26.0       S Hudson                          +
153                 WSH  NYY  L   1-7       64-89    7    26.0       A Donald                    5,000 -
154 Sun, Sep 29     WSH  NYY  L   3-4       64-90    7    26.0       T Bonham                    7,000 --

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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