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1938 Washington Senators season

Field	Value
name	Washington Senators
season	1938
image	Washington Senators Primary Logo (1938 to 1947).svg
league	American League
ballpark	Griffith Stadium
city	Washington, D.C.
record
league_place	5th
owners	Clark Griffith and William Richardson
managers	Bucky Harris
radio	WJSV
(Arch McDonald)
season_list	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

(Arch McDonald)

The 1938 Washington Senators won 75 games, lost 76, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Offseason

December 1, 1937: Ed Linke was traded by the Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Elon Hogsett.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 4, 1938: Harry Kelley was selected off waivers by the Senators from the Philadelphia Athletics.

Roster

1938 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	135	411	120	.292	1	58
1B	137	540	156	.289	22	114
2B	127	437	147	.336	6	71
SS	146	567	190	.335	5	67
3B	151	656	194	.296	12	91
OF	125	470	142	.302	21	95
OF	107	433	132	.305	2	40
OF	92	344	104	.302	5	47

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
Taffy Wright	100	263	92	.350	2	36
	56	213	52	.244	3	28
Mel Almada	47	197	48	.244	1	15
Ossie Bluege	58	184	48	.261	0	21
Jimmy Wasdell	53	140	33	.236	2	16
Tony Giuliani	46	115	25	.217	0	15
	38	57	9	.158	2	8
Mickey Livingston	2	4	3	.750	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
Dutch Leonard	33	223.1	12	15	3.43	68
	23	149.0	13	8	5.92	36

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
	43	164.1	7	9	4.60	62
	32	150.0	9	10	5.58	64
Harry Kelley	38	148.1	9	8	4.49	44
Monte Weaver	31	139.0	7	6	5.24	43
	31	131.1	5	8	6.58	41
Joe Krakauskas	29	121.1	7	5	3.12	104
	31	91.0	5	6	6.03	33
	5	22.0	1	1	5.73	13

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
Joe Kohlman	7	0	0	0	6.28	5
	5	0	0	1	11.37	2

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte, Salisbury

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/linkeed01.shtml Ed Linke page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kelleha01.shtml Harry Kelley page at Baseball Reference]

Wikipedia Source

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