Minnesota Twins History - 1939 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1939 Washington Senators	65	87	.425	6^th	41.5	68-85	-3	.278	4.60			339,257	$0	$0

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
3B	Buddy Lewis	22	140	536	171	23	16	10	75	87	72	2	19	0	27	10	9	.319	.402	.478	.879	0.0
CF	George Case	23	128	530	160	20	7	2	35	103	56	0	7	0	36	51	17	.302	.369	.377	.746	0.0
RF	Taffy Wright	27	129	499	154	29	11	4	93	77	38	1	9	0	19	1	2	.309	.359	.435	.794	0.0
SS	Cecil Travis	25	130	476	139	20	9	5	63	55	34	2	10	0	25	0	3	.292	.342	.403	.745	0.0
CF	Sam West	34	115	390	110	20	8	3	52	52	67	0	14	0	29	1	1	.282	.387	.397	.785	0.0
2B	Jimmy Bloodworth	21	83	318	92	24	1	4	40	34	10	1	5	0	26	3	1	.289	.313	.409	.722	0.0
LF	Bobby Estalella	28	82	280	77	18	6	8	41	51	40	1	3	0	27	2	3	.275	.368	.468	.835	0.0
C	Rick Ferrell	33	87	274	77	13	1	0	31	32	41	1	7	0	12	1	1	.281	.377	.336	.712	0.0
1B	Mickey Vernon	21	76	276	71	15	4	1	30	23	24	0	9	0	28	1	1	.257	.317	.351	.668	0.0
2B	Buddy Myer	35	83	258	78	10	3	1	32	33	40	0	2	0	18	4	1	.302	.396	.376	.772	0.0
SS	Charlie Gelbert	33	68	188	48	7	5	3	29	36	30	1	3	0	11	2	0	.255	.361	.394	.754	0.0
RF	Johnny Welaj	25	63	201	55	11	2	1	33	23	13	0	5	0	20	13	2	.274	.318	.363	.681	0.0
C	Tony Giuliani	26	54	172	43	6	2	0	18	20	4	0	5	0	7	0	1	.250	.267	.308	.575	0.0
1B	Jimmy Wasdell	25	29	109	33	5	1	0	13	12	9	1	2	0	16	3	1	.303	.361	.367	.728	0.0
P	Dutch Leonard	30	34	95	21	3	0	0	2	2	1	0	13	0	12	0	0	.221	.229	.253	.482	0.0
1B	Bob Prichard	21	26	85	20	5	0	0	8	8	19	0	2	0	16	0	2	.235	.375	.294	.669	0.0
C	Jake Early	24	32	84	22	7	2	0	14	8	5	0	2	0	14	0	0	.262	.303	.393	.696	0.0
P	Ken Chase	25	32	89	15	3	0	0	7	6	1	0	0	0	21	0	0	.169	.178	.202	.380	0.0
P	Joe Krakauskas	24	39	77	16	3	1	0	8	6	8	0	3	0	24	0	0	.208	.282	.273	.555	0.0
P	Joe Haynes	21	27	67	14	1	0	0	4	6	3	0	2	0	16	0	0	.209	.243	.224	.467	0.0
1B	Ossie Bluege	38	18	59	9	0	0	0	3	5	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	.153	.242	.153	.395	0.0
P	Alex Carrasquel	26	40	42	7	2	0	1	1	3	3	0	5	0	14	0	0	.167	.222	.286	.508	0.0
SS	Hal Quick	21	12	41	10	1	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	.244	.279	.268	.547	0.0
2B	Ed Leip	28	9	32	11	1	0	0	2	4	2	0	1	0	4	0	1	.344	.382	.375	.757	0.0
P	Pete Appleton	35	40	25	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	.160	.192	.200	.392	0.0
2B	Morrie Aderholt	23	7	25	5	0	0	1	4	5	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	.200	.259	.320	.579	0.0
C	Al Evans	22	7	21	7	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.462	.333	.795	0.0
P	Harry Kelley	33	15	15	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.267	.312	.267	.579	0.0
P	Jimmie DeShong	29	7	15	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.294	.200	.494	0.0
CF	Elmer Gedeon	22	5	15	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	.200	.294	.200	.494	0.0
P	Walt Masterson	19	24	13	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	0.0
CF	Bob Loane	24	3	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.308	.000	.308	0.0
LF	Alex Pitko	24	4	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	0.0
P	Early Wynn	19	3	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	0.0
P	Bud Thomas	28	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Dick Bass	32	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
36 Players		26.5	1656	5334	1483	249	79	44	647	702	547	11	134	0	458	94	47	.278	.346	.379	.725	0.0

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP
Dutch Leonard	30	34	34	20	8	0	3.54	269.3	273	124	106	16	59	88	0	21	2	1.23	.266	0.0
Ken Chase	25	32	31	10	19	0	3.80	232.0	215	116	98	10	114	118	0	15	1	1.42	.264	0.0
Joe Krakauskas	24	39	29	11	17	1	4.60	217.3	230	125	111	13	114	110	0	12	0	1.58	.298	0.0
Joe Haynes	21	27	20	8	12	0	5.36	173.0	186	118	103	10	78	64	0	10	1	1.53	.286	0.0
Alex Carrasquel	26	40	17	5	9	2	4.69	159.3	165	89	83	7	68	41	0	7	0	1.46	.270	0.0
Pete Appleton	35	40	4	5	10	6	4.56	102.7	104	62	52	7	48	50	0	2	0	1.48	.277	0.0
Walt Masterson	19	24	5	2	2	0	5.55	58.3	66	44	36	2	48	12	0	1	0	1.95	.287	0.0
Harry Kelley	33	15	3	4	3	1	4.70	53.7	69	32	28	2	14	20	0	2	0	1.55	.332	0.0
Jimmie DeShong	29	7	6	0	3	0	8.63	40.7	56	45	39	7	31	12	0	1	0	2.14	.314	0.0
Early Wynn	19	3	3	0	2	0	5.75	20.3	26	15	13	0	10	1	0	1	0	1.77	.302	0.0
Bud Thomas	28	4	0	0	0	0	6.00	9.0	11	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.44	.297	0.0
Dick Bass	32	1	1	0	1	0	6.75	8.0	7	6	6	0	6	1	0	0	0	1.62	.241	0.0
Bill Holland	24	3	0	0	1	0	11.25	4.0	6	5	5	1	5	2	0	0	0	2.75	.385	0.0
Lou Thuman	22	3	0	0	0	0	9.00	4.0	5	6	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	1.75	.278	0.0
Bucky Jacobs	26	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.33	.111	0.0
Mike Palagyi	21	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	.00	.000	0.0
16 Pitchers	26.3	275	153	65	87	10	4.60	1354.7	1420	797	693	75	602	521	0	72	4	1.49	.281	0.0

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Dutch Leonard	34	34	10	56	3	68	2	.971	269.3	2.21
Ken Chase	32	31	11	39	2	53	3	.943	232.0	1.94
Joe Krakauskas	39	29	6	26	2	35	3	.914	217.3	1.33
Joe Haynes	27	20	10	23	1	34	1	.971	173.0	1.72
Alex Carrasquel	40	17	5	30	3	36	1	.972	159.3	1.98
Pete Appleton	40	4	4	17	2	22	1	.955	102.7	1.84
Walt Masterson	24	5	2	9	0	13	2	.846	58.3	1.70
Harry Kelley	15	3	1	9	0	11	1	.909	53.7	1.68
Jimmie DeShong	7	6	1	14	0	16	1	.938	40.7	3.32
Early Wynn	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	20.3	0.44
Bud Thomas	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00
Mike Palagyi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00
Dick Bass	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12
Bill Holland	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000	4.0	2.25
Lou Thuman	3	0	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	4.0	9.00
Bucky Jacobs	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00
Totals	275	153	53	229	14	297	15	.949	1362.7	1.86

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range	PB	RTO%
Rick Ferrell	83	0	327	46	9	382	9	.976	664.0	5.06	19	0.0
Tony Giuliani	50	0	201	28	3	234	5	.979	400.0	5.15	6	0.0
Jake Early	24	0	95	9	1	108	4	.963	192.0	4.88	1	0.0
Al Evans	6	0	21	6	0	28	1	.964	48.0	5.06	0	0.0
Totals	163	0	644	89	13	752	19	.975	1304.0	5.06	26	0.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Mickey Vernon	75	0	690	40	75	741	11	.985	600.0	10.95
Jimmy Wasdell	28	0	255	15	24	280	10	.964	224.0	10.85
Bob Prichard	26	0	251	13	30	266	2	.992	208.0	11.42
Sam West	17	0	133	6	9	143	4	.972	136.0	9.20
Ossie Bluege	11	0	86	7	9	94	1	.989	88.0	9.51
Totals	157	0	1415	81	147	1524	28	.982	1256.0	10.72

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Jimmy Bloodworth	73	0	226	219	66	458	13	.972	584.0	6.86
Buddy Myer	65	0	175	188	48	375	12	.968	520.0	6.28
Ed Leip	8	0	15	24	5	41	2	.951	64.0	5.48
Morrie Aderholt	7	0	22	19	3	47	6	.872	56.0	6.59
Ossie Bluege	2	0	7	5	0	12	0	1.000	16.0	6.75
Charlie Gelbert	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25
Totals	156	0	446	456	123	935	33	.965	1248.0	6.50

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Buddy Lewis	134	0	122	326	31	480	32	.933	1072.0	3.76
Charlie Gelbert	20	0	19	32	3	54	3	.944	160.0	2.87
Ossie Bluege	2	0	3	4	0	8	1	.875	16.0	3.94
Totals	156	0	144	362	34	542	36	.934	1248.0	3.65

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Cecil Travis	118	0	194	359	74	577	24	.958	944.0	5.27
Charlie Gelbert	28	0	41	90	17	135	4	.970	224.0	5.26
Hal Quick	10	0	18	33	6	55	4	.927	80.0	5.74
Ossie Bluege	2	0	7	6	4	14	1	.929	16.0	7.31
Totals	158	0	260	488	101	781	33	.958	1264.0	5.33

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Bobby Estalella	70	0	149	3	1	158	6	.962	560.0	2.44
Taffy Wright	39	0	75	3	1	82	4	.951	312.0	2.25
Sam West	23	0	60	2	1	63	1	.984	184.0	3.03
Johnny Welaj	13	0	27	0	0	28	1	.964	104.0	2.34
George Case	7	0	19	0	0	20	1	.950	56.0	3.05
Alex Pitko	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	16.0	1.12
Totals	154	0	332	8	3	353	13	.963	1232.0	2.48

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
George Case	79	0	213	4	1	227	10	.956	632.0	3.09
Sam West	55	0	143	4	2	148	1	.993	440.0	3.01
Johnny Welaj	17	0	35	1	0	37	1	.973	136.0	2.38
Elmer Gedeon	4	0	14	0	0	14	0	1.000	32.0	3.94
Bob Loane	3	0	8	2	1	11	1	.909	24.0	3.75
Totals	158	0	413	11	4	437	13	.970	1264.0	3.02

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Taffy Wright	84	0	161	7	3	177	9	.949	672.0	2.25
George Case	38	0	103	2	1	110	5	.955	304.0	3.11
Johnny Welaj	26	0	53	1	0	55	1	.982	208.0	2.34
Sam West	11	0	29	1	0	30	0	1.000	88.0	3.07
Jimmy Bloodworth	5	0	11	1	0	12	0	1.000	40.0	2.70
Bobby Estalella	4	0	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	32.0	2.25
Alex Pitko	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12
Elmer Gedeon	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	8.0	3.38
Totals	170	0	369	12	4	396	15	.962	1360.0	2.52

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Buddy Lewis	.319
On-Base Percentage	Buddy Lewis	.402
Slugging Percentage	Buddy Lewis	.478
OPS	Buddy Lewis	.879
Games	Buddy Lewis	140
At-Bats	Buddy Lewis	536
Runs	George Case	103
Hits	Buddy Lewis	171
Doubles	Taffy Wright	29
Triples	Buddy Lewis	16
Home Runs	Buddy Lewis	10
Runs Batted In	Taffy Wright	93
Stolen Bases	George Case	51
Caught Stealing	George Case	17
Walks	Buddy Lewis	72
Strikeouts	George Case	36

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Dutch Leonard	20
Losses	Ken Chase	19
Saves	Pete Appleton	6
Games	Alex Carrasquel, Pete Appleton	40
Games Started	Dutch Leonard	34
Complete Games	Dutch Leonard	21
Shutouts	Dutch Leonard	2
Innings Pitched	Dutch Leonard	269.3
Hits Allowed	Dutch Leonard	273
Home Runs Allowed	Dutch Leonard	16
Strikeouts	Ken Chase	118
Walks Allowed	Ken Chase, Joe Krakauskas	114
Earned Run Average	Dutch Leonard	3.54
Walks + Hits per IP	Dutch Leonard	1.23
BABIP	Ken Chase	.264