1938 Washington Senators season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Washington Senators
Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...

won 75 games, lost 76, and finished in fifth place in the American League

American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

. They were managed by Bucky Harris

Bucky Harris

Stanley Raymond "Bucky" Harris was a Major League Baseball player, manager and executive. In 1975, the Veterans Committee elected Harris, as a manager, to the Baseball Hall of Fame.-Biography:...

and played home games at Griffith Stadium

Griffith Stadium

Griffith Stadium was a sports stadium that stood in Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street, and between W Street and Florida Avenue, NW. An earlier wooden baseball park had been built on the same site in 1891...

Offseason

December 1, 1937: Ed Linke
Ed Linke
Edward Karl Linke was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, from until , for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns.-External links:...

was traded by the Senators to the St. Louis Browns
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...

for Chief Hogsett
Chief Hogsett
Elon Chester "Chief" Hogsett was a sub-marining left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played 11 seasons in the American League with the Detroit Tigers , St...

.

Notable transactions

May 4, 1938: Harry Kelley
Harry Kelley (baseball)
Harry Leroy Kelley was a Major League Baseball pitcher from through and again from until . In between, he pitched mainly for the Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association. He was born in 1906 in the town of Parkin, Arkansas, and died there in 1958....

was selected off waivers by the Senators from the Philadelphia Athletics
Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....

.

Roster

1938 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		135	411	120	.292	1	58
OF		125	470	142	.302	21	92

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
	56	213	52	.244	3	28
	38	57	9	.158	2	8

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
	23	149	13	8	5.92	36

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
43	164.1	7	9	4.60	62
32	150	9	10	5.58	64
31	131.1	5	8	6.58	41
38	148.1	9	8	4.49	44
31	91	5	6	6.03	33
5	22	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
	5	0	0	1	11.37	2

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte, Salisbury

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.