1940 Washington Senators season

The 1940 Washington Senators won 64 games, lost 90, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Regular season

Notable transactions

May 18, 1940: Willis Hudlin was signed as a free agent by the Senators.

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		103	326	89	.273	0	28
1B	Zeke Bonura	79	311	85	.273	3	45
2B	Jimmy Bloodworth	119	469	115	.245	11	70
SS	Jimmy Pofahl	119	406	95	.234	2	36
3B	Cecil Travis	136	528	170	.322	2	76
OF	Gee Walker	140	595	175	.294	13	96
OF	Buddy Lewis	148	600	190	.317	6	63
OF	George Case	154	656	192	.293	5	56

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
	88	215	55	.256	3	21
Buddy Myer	71	210	61	.290	0	29
Jake Early	80	206	53	.257	5	14
	34	122	24	.197	0	10
Sam West	57	99	25	.253	1	18
Charlie Gelbert	22	54	20	.370	0	7
Jimmy Wasdell	10	35	3	.086	0	0
Sherry Robertson	10	33	7	.212	0	0
Al Evans	14	25	8	.320	0	7
Mickey Vernon	5	19	3	.158	0	0
	4	12	2	.167	0	0
Dick Hahn	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Morrie Aderholt	1	2	0	.000	0	0

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	35	289.0	14	19	3.49	124
Ken Chase	35	261.2	15	17	3.23	129
Sid Hudson	38	252.0	17	16	4.57	96
	8	37.1	1	2	6.51	9
	2	14.0	1	1	3.86	3

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
Walt Masterson	31	130.1	3	13	4.90	68
Joe Krakauskas	32	109.0	1	6	6.44	68
	27	100.2	2	6	6.08	64
Joe Haynes	22	63.1	3	6	6.54	23
Al Hollingsworth	3	18.0	1	0	5.50	7

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
	28	6	2	0	4.88	19
Bucky Jacobs	9	0	1	0	6.00	6
Lou Thuman	2	0	0	0	14.40	0
Charlie Gelbert	2	0	0	0	9.00	1
Gil Torres	2	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Orlando
Newport club played in Maryville, July 31 to August 11, 1940; Shelby club folded, July 19