11 double plays turned for a .950 fielding percentage. 1941 was the last year of his first tenure with Washington. He played in 149 games while having 169 hits, 97 runs, 29 doubles, nine home runs and 72 RBIs on a .297 batting average with a .820 OPS. He walked a career high 82 times while having just 30 strikeouts. He played 96 games in right field for a total of 836 innings, having 229 putouts, 17 assists (a league high), 7 errors (5th in the league) and three double plays turned for a .972 fielding percentage. He also played 49 games at third base for 433 innings, having 51 putouts, 87 assists, 17 errors and 10 double plays for a .890 fielding percentage. On June 4, 1941, he logged in his 1,000th career hit, singling off St. Louis Browns pitcher Fritz Ostermueller in the top of the 5th inning. In the seven seasons of his first tenure with the Senators, the team never finished above 4th place, having a high of 82-71 in 1936, with their worst mark being a 64-90 record in 1940. Before he had turned 26, Lewis compiled 1,112 hits, 10th most for any player, having more than Hall of Famers such as Orlando Cepeda while being behind others such as Ty Cobb and Mel Ott. During World War II, Lewis served in the United States Army Air Forces as a transport pilot. He flew more than 500 missions in the China Burma India Theater and won the Distinguished Flying Cross before returning to the Major Leagues in 1945. Lewis was released by the army on July 20, 1945. One week later, he was back playing baseball with the Senators, playing right field and batting third. He went 0-for-2 with two walks, although he scored a run in the team's 3-1 win over the Boston Red Sox. The Senators that season went on a run to the pennant, losing to the Detroit Tigers by 1.5 games, although they went 87-67. This was the second and final season that Lewis played on a winning team. The following year, he played in 150 games, having 170 hits, 82 runs, 28 doubles, 13 triples (2nd in the league), seven home runs, 45 RBIs and a .292 batting average with a .780 OPS. He played 145 games in the outfield, primarily in right field. In 145 games and 1,291 total