1939 Washington Nationals Statistics

1938 Season 1940 Season

Record: 65-87-1, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bucky Harris (65-87-1)

Ballpark: Griffith Stadium

Attendance: 339,257 (7th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 93
One-year: Batting - 90, Pitching - 91

Pythagorean W-L: 67-85, 702 Runs, 797 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Rick Ferrell	33	87	323	274	32	77	13	1	0	31	1	1	41	12	.281	.377	.336	.712	90	92	4	1	7		5
2	1B	Mickey Vernon*	21	76	310	276	23	71	15	4	1	30	1	1	24	28	.257	.317	.351	.668	77	97	5	0	9		0
3	2B	Jimmy Bloodworth	21	83	334	318	34	92	24	1	4	40	3	1	10	26	.289	.313	.409	.722	90	130	13	1	5		1
4	SS	Cecil Travis*	25	130	523	476	55	139	20	9	5	63	0	3	34	25	.292	.342	.403	.745	97	192	9	2	10		3
5	3B	Buddy Lewis*	22	140	629	536	87	171	23	16	10	75	10	9	72	27	.319	.402	.478	.879	132	256	7	2	19		2
6	OF	Taffy Wright*	27	129	547	499	77	154	29	11	4	93	1	2	38	19	.309	.359	.435	.794	109	217	7	1	9		2
7	OF	Sam West*	34	115	472	390	52	110	20	8	3	52	1	1	67	29	.282	.387	.397	.785	108	155	5	0	14		2
8	OF	George Case	23	128	593	530	103	160	20	7	2	35	51	17	56	36	.302	.369	.377	.746	98	200	6	0	7		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Bobby Estalella	28	82	324	280	51	77	18	6	8	41	2	3	40	27	.275	.368	.468	.835	120	131	8	1	3		1
10	2B	Buddy Myer*	35	83	301	258	33	78	10	3	1	32	4	1	40	18	.302	.396	.376	.772	105	97	3	0	3		4
11	IF	Charlie Gelbert	33	68	222	188	36	48	7	5	3	29	2	0	30	11	.255	.361	.394	.754	100	74	5	1	3		1
12	OF	Johnny Welaj	25	63	219	201	23	55	11	2	1	33	13	2	13	20	.274	.318	.363	.681	80	73	2	0	5		0
13	C	Tony Giuliani	26	54	181	172	20	43	6	2	0	18	0	1	4	7	.250	.267	.308	.575	52	53	6	0	5		2
14	1B	Jimmy Wasdell*	25	29	121	109	12	33	5	1	0	13	3	1	9	16	.303	.361	.367	.728	93	40	1	1	2		0
15	1B	Bob Prichard*	21	26	106	85	8	20	5	0	0	8	0	2	19	16	.235	.375	.294	.669	79	25	0	0	2		0
16	C	Jake Early*	24	32	91	84	8	22	7	2	0	14	0	0	5	14	.262	.303	.393	.696	83	33	1	0	2		0
17	IF	Ossie Bluege	38	18	66	59	5	9	0	0	0	3	1	0	7	2	.153	.242	.153	.395	7	9	2	0	0		0
18	SS	Hal Quick	21	12	43	41	3	10	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	.244	.279	.268	.547	46	11	2	1	0		0
19	2B	Ed Leip	28	9	35	32	4	11	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	.344	.382	.375	.757	101	12	1	0	1		0
20	2B	Morrie Aderholt*	23	7	27	25	5	5	0	0	1	4	0	1	2	6	.200	.259	.320	.579	53	8	0	0	0		0
21	C	Al Evans	22	7	26	21	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	.333	.462	.333	.795	114	7	0	0	0		0
22	OF	Elmer Gedeon	22	5	17	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.200	.294	.200	.494	33	3	0	0	0		0
23	OF	Bob Loane	24	3	13	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.000	.308	.000	.308	-12	0	0	0	0		0
24	OF	Alex Pitko	24	4	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	-6	1	1	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
25	P	Dutch Leonard	30	34	109	95	2	21	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	.221	.229	.253	.482	27	24	2	0	13		0
26	P	Ken Chase*	25	32	90	89	6	15	3	0	0	7	0	0	1	21	.169	.178	.202	.380	0	18	4	0	0		0
27	P	Joe Krakauskas*	24	39	88	77	6	16	3	1	0	8	0	0	8	24	.208	.282	.273	.555	48	21	3	0	3		0
28	P	Joe Haynes	21	27	72	67	6	14	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	16	.209	.243	.224	.467	24	15	1	0	2		0
29	P	Alex Carrasquel	26	40	50	42	3	7	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	14	.167	.222	.286	.508	34	12	0	0	5		0
30	P	Pete Appleton	35	40	29	25	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.160	.192	.200	.392	4	5	2	0	3		0
31	P	Harry Kelley	33	15	18	15	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.313	.267	.579	55	4	1	0	2		0
32	P	Jimmie DeShong	29	7	17	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.200	.294	.200	.494	33	3	1	0	0		0
33	P	Walt Masterson	19	24	13	13	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.154	.154	.231	.385	1	3	1	0	0		0
34	P	Early Wynn#	19	3	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	22	1	0	0	1		0
35	P	Dick Bass	32	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
36	P	Bud Thomas	28	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
37	P	Lou Thuman	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
38	P	Bucky Jacobs	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
39	P	Bill Holland*	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
40	P	Mike Palagyi	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	26.6	153	6030	5334	702	1483	249	79	44	647	94	47	547	458	.278	.346	.379	.725	92	2022	103	11	135		23
		Rank in 8 AL teams				2	8	5	6	1	8		2	7	7	1	5	6	7	6		7		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.6	153	5532	4886	676	1396	235	78	43	622	94	47	526	358	.286	.356	.392	.749	98	1916	88	11	106		23
		Pitcher Totals	26.3	153	498	448	26	87	14	1	1	25	0	0	21	100	.194	.230	.237	.467	24	106	15	0	29		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Dutch Leonard	30	20	8	.714	3.54	34	34	0	21	2	0	269.1	273	124	106	16	59	3	88	5	0	6	1133	121	3.42	1.233	9.1	0.5	2.0	2.9	1.49
2	SP	Ken Chase*	25	10	19	.345	3.80	32	31	1	15	1	0	232.0	215	116	98	10	114	4	118	1	0	11	1019	113	3.62	1.418	8.3	0.4	4.4	4.6	1.04
3	SP	Joe Krakauskas*	24	11	17	.393	4.60	39	29	8	12	0	1	217.1	230	125	111	13	114	3	110	1	1	5	966	94	3.95	1.583	9.5	0.5	4.7	4.6	0.96
4	SP	Joe Haynes	21	8	12	.400	5.36	27	20	3	10	1	0	173.0	186	118	103	10	78	3	64	1	2	6	768	80	3.97	1.526	9.7	0.5	4.1	3.3	0.82
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Pete Appleton	35	5	10	.333	4.56	40	4	27	2	0	7	102.2	104	62	52	7	48	3	50	4	0	2	459	95	4.02	1.481	9.1	0.6	4.2	4.4	1.04
6	RP	Alex Carrasquel	26	5	9	.357	4.69	40	17	14	7	0	2	159.1	165	89	83	7	68	4	41	1	1	2	702	92	3.95	1.462	9.3	0.4	3.8	2.3	0.60
7	RP	Walt Masterson	19	2	2	.500	5.55	24	5	14	1	0	0	58.1	66	44	36	2	48	1	12	2	0	2	287	78	5.20	1.954	10.2	0.3	7.4	1.9	0.25
8	RP	Harry Kelley	33	4	3	.571	4.70	15	3	7	2	0	1	53.2	69	32	28	2	14	3	20	3	0	3	241	92	3.28	1.547	11.6	0.3	2.3	3.4	1.43
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
9		Jimmie DeShong	29	0	3	.000	8.63	7	6	1	1	0	0	40.2	56	45	39	7	31	1	12	0	0	1	206	50	6.53	2.139	12.4	1.5	6.9	2.7	0.39
10		Early Wynn	19	0	2	.000	5.75	3	3	0	1	0	0	20.1	26	15	13	0	10	0	1	0	0	2	97	76	3.97	1.770	11.5	0.0	4.4	0.4	0.10
11		Bud Thomas	28	0	0		6.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	11	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	39	74	3.26	1.444	11.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.00
12		Dick Bass	32	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	6	6	0	6	1	1	1	0	1	37	66	4.97	1.625	7.9	0.0	6.8	1.1	0.17
13		Lou Thuman	22	0	0		9.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	5	6	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	21	52	3.59	1.750	11.3	0.0	4.5	2.3	0.50
14		Bill Holland*	24	0	1	.000	11.25	3	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	5	1	5	0	2	0	0	1	21	42	8.59	2.750	13.5	2.3	11.3	4.5	0.40
15		Bucky Jacobs	26	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10		1.93	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
16		Mike Palagyi	21	0	0		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	6							0.00
		Team Totals	26.3	65	87	.428	4.60	153	153	81	72	4	11	1354.2	1420	797	693	75	602	26	521	20	4	44	6010	94	3.91	1.493	9.4	0.5	4.0	3.5	0.87
		Rank in 8 AL teams		6	3		6				2	6	7	5	3	6	6	1	6		6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W