1939 Washington Senators season explained

Washington Senators
Season:	1939
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Griffith Stadium
City:	Washington, D.C.
Owners:	Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Managers:	Bucky Harris
Radio:	WJSV (Walter Johnson, Harry McTigue)
Season List:	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

The 1939 Washington Senators won 65 games, lost 87, and finished in sixth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Offseason

December 29, 1938: Al Simmons was purchased from the Senators by the Boston Bees for $3,000.^[1]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	87	274	77	.281	0	31
1B	76	276	71	.257	1	30
2B	83	318	92	.289	4	40
SS	130	476	139	.292	5	63
3B	140	536	171	.319	10	75
OF	129	499	154	.309	4	93
OF	115	390	110	.282	3	52
OF	128	530	160	.302	2	35

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
82	280	77	.275	8	41
83	258	78	.302	1	32
63	201	55	.274	1	33
68	188	48	.255	3	29
54	172	43	.250	0	18
29	109	33	.303	0	13
26	85	20	.235	0	8
32	84	22	.262	0	14
18	59	9	.153	0	3
12	41	10	.244	0	2
9	32	11	.344	0	2
7	25	5	.200	1	4
7	21	7	.333	0	1
5	15	3	.200	0	1
3	9	0	.000	0	1
4	8	1	.125	0	1

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	269.1	20	8	3.54	88
32	232.0	10	19	3.80	118
39	217.1	11	17	4.60	110
27	173.0	8	12	5.36	64
7	40.2	0	3	8.63	12
3	20.1	0	2	5.75	1
1	8.0	0	1	6.75	1

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
40	159.1	5	9	4.69	41
24	58.1	2	2	5.55	12
15	53.2	4	3	4.70	20

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
40	5	10	6	4.56	50
4	0	0	0	6.00	0
3	0	0	0	9.00	1
3	0	1	0	11.25	2
2	0	0	0	0.00	1
1	0	0	0	inf	0