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.Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1939 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader

Batting

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

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 82 280 77 .275 8 41 Buddy Myer 83 258 78 .302 1 32 63 201 55 .274 1 33 Charlie Gelbert 68 188 48 .255 3 29 Tony Giuliani 54 172 43 .250 0 18 Jimmy Wasdell 29 109 33 .303 0 13 Bob Prichard 26 85 20 .235 0 8 Jake Early 32 84 22 .262 0 14 Ossie Bluege 18 59 9 .153 0 3 Hal Quick 12 41 10 .244 0 2 Ed Leip 9 32 11 .344 0 2 Morrie Aderholt 7 25 5 .200 1 4 Al Evans 7 21 7 .333 0 1 Elmer Gedeon 5 15 3 .200 0 1 Bob Loane 3 9 0 .000 0 1 Alex Pitko 4 8 1 .125 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 34 269.1 20 8 3.54 88 32 232.0 10 19 3.80 118 Joe Krakauskas 39 217.1 11 17 4.60 110 27 173.0 8 12 5.36 64 Jimmie DeShong 7 40.2 0 3 8.63 12 Early Wynn 3 20.1 0 2 5.75 1 1 8.0 0 1 6.75 1

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 40 159.1 5 9 4.69 41 Walt Masterson 24 58.1 2 2 5.55 12 15 53.2 4 3 4.70 20

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player 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 Bill Holland 3 0 1 0 11.25 2 Bucky Jacobs 2 0 0 0 0.00 1 Mike Palagyi 1 0 0 0 inf 0

Farm system

Notes

References 1939 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1939 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com