1939 Washington Senators season
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.
Player stats
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 |