1959 Washington Senators
63 - 91
1958 / 1960 (Organization)
8th place in the AL (31 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		34 - 43 (.442)
29 - 48 (.377)		 -7.6 wins
-6.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 619 / 677 ( -58 )
Allowed/Expected: 701 / 670 ( -31 )
Pyth Record: 68 - 86 (-5)
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Griffith Stadium II
Attendance: 615,372 Avg Att: 7,992 (0.54)
Att Rank: 8 / 8 Lg Avg: 14,805
       
Park Factor: 1.01    
HR Factor: 1.04 R/L HR: 1.09 / 0.87
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Ed Fitz Gerald
C
35.1
0.0
0.2
-1.3
7
N
5
13
1953
 Purchased PIT NL
2 Camilo Pascual
SP
25.4
8.5
22.9
14.7
6
Y
1
1
1952
 Free Agency (Amateur)
3 Roy Sievers
1B
32.6
1.0
12.0
4.3
6
N
2
18
1954
 Trade BAL AL
4 Jim Lemon
LF
31.3
3.2
19.7
9.1
6
N
5
12
1954
 Purchased CLE AL
5 Harmon Killebrew
3B
23.0
4.2
23.2
10.2
6
Y
6
19
1954
 Free Agency (Bonus Baby)
6 Pedro Ramos
SP
24.2
2.4
10.4
2.4
5
Y
1
1
1953
 Free Agency (Amateur)
7 Clint Courtney
C
32.3
-0.9
2.0
-2.9
5
N
6
7
1955
 Trade CHA AL
8 Julio Becquer
1B
27.5
0.3
3.4
-0.5
4
Y
1
1
1952
 Free Agency (Amateur)
9 Hal Griggs
SP
30.9
-0.2
1.4
-2.2
4
Y
1
1
1952
 Unknown Newton-Conover (Western Carol
10 Steve Korcheck
C
26.9
-0.4
0.2
-1.3
4
Y
1
1
1954
 Free Agency (Amateur)
11 Tex Clevenger
SW
27.0
2.2
8.7
4.1
4
N
11
8
1955
 Trade BOS AL
12 Herb Plews
2B
31.0
-0.4
0.3
-0.5
4
N
2
8
1956
 Trade NYA AL
13 Dick Hyde
RP
30.9
-0.3
1.7
-0.6
4
Y
6
14
1959
 Returned after Trade BOS AL
14 Jose Valdivielso
SS
25.1
-0.1
0.5
0.0
3
Y
1
1
1954
 Unknown Lubbock (West Texas-Ne
15 Faye Throneberry
RF
28.0
-0.8
7.6
1.0
3
N
4
29
1957
 Trade BOS AL
16 Russ Kemmerer
SP
27.7
1.2
7.1
-0.1
3
N
4
29
1957
 Trade BOS AL
17 Ralph Lumenti
RP
22.5
0.1
0.4
0.3
3
Y
9
2
1957
 Free Agency (Bonus Baby)
18 Johnny Schaive
2B
25.4
-0.4
0.6
-0.7
2
N
1
1
1955
 Unknown Decatur (Mississippi-O
19 Bob Allison
CF
25.0
1.4
18.6
5.7
2
Y
1
24
1955
 Free Agency (Amateur)
20 Bobby Malkmus
-
28.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2
N
12
2
1957
 Draft (Rule 5) ML1 NL
21 John Romonosky
SW
30.0
0.8
2.7
1.2
2
N
1
1
1958
 Unknown Syracuse (Eastern)
22 Norm Zauchin
1B
29.6
-0.1
0.9
-0.4
2
N
1
23
1958
 Trade BOS AL
23 Albie Pearson
CF
24.8
-0.9
0.5
-1.4
2
N
1
23
1958
 Trade BOS AL
24 Ken Aspromonte
2B
27.8
0.1
4.3
-1.2
2
N
5
1
1958
 Trade BOS AL
25 Bill Fischer
SP
28.7
2.0
8.5
2.0
2
N
9
11
1958
 Waivers DET AL
26 Vito Valentinetti
SW
30.8
-0.4
0.1
-0.3
2
N
4
8
1959
 Trade Voided BAL AL
27 Dan Dobbek
RF
24.6
-0.0
1.4
0.2
1
Y
1
1
1955
 Free Agency (Amateur)
28 Tom McAvoy
RP
22.9
0.1
0.4
0.3
1
Y
1
1
1956
 Free Agency (Amateur)
29 Jim Kaat
SP
20.7
-0.5
0.0
-0.2
1
Y
6
17
1957
 Free Agency (Amateur)
30 Zoilo Versalles
SS
19.5
-0.5
0.9
-0.7
1
Y
1
1
1958
 Free Agency (Amateur)
31 Jack Kralick
RP
24.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.5
1
N
9
12
1958
 Free Agency
32 Jay Porter
C
26.5
-0.3
1.0
-1.9
1
N
10
27
1958
 Trade CLE AL
33 Reno Bertoia
2B
24.5
-0.2
5.2
-2.0
1
N
12
6
1958
 Trade DET AL
34 Ron Samford
SS
29.3
-0.8
3.5
-2.5
1
N
12
6
1958
 Trade DET AL
35 Chuck Stobbs
SW
30.0
1.3
6.9
3.4
1
N
4
3
1959
 Free Agency
36 Hal Naragon
C
30.8
-1.2
0.7
-4.2
1
N
5
25
1959
 Trade CLE AL
37 Hal Woodeshick
RP
26.9
-0.2
2.2
-0.2
1
N
5
25
1959
 Trade CLE AL
38 Lenny Green
RF
26.5
0.0
3.3
-0.6
1
N
5
26
1959
 Trade BAL AL
39 Murray Wall
RP
32.8
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
1
N
6
11
1959
 Trade BOS AL
40 Billy Consolo
SS
24.9
0.6
5.5
-0.3
1
N
6
11
1959
 Trade BOS AL
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Player Pos Hometown
Bob Allison CF Raytown, MO (US)
Ken Aspromonte 2B Brooklyn, NY (US)
Julio Becquer 1B Havana (Cuba)
Reno Bertoia 2B Windsor, ON (CA)
Tex Clevenger SW Visalia, CA (USA)
Billy Consolo SS Los Angeles, CA (US)
Clint Courtney C Hall Summit, LA (US)
Dan Dobbek RF Ontonagon, MI (US)
Bill Fischer SP Wausau, WI (USA)
Ed Fitz Gerald C
Lenny Green RF Detroit, MI (US)
Hal Griggs SP Shannon, GA (USA)
Dick Hyde RP Hindsboro, IL (USA)
Jim Kaat SP Zeeland, MI (US)
Russ Kemmerer SP Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
Harmon Killebrew 3B Payette, ID (US)
Steve Korcheck C McClellandtown, PA (USA)
Jack Kralick RP Youngstown, OH (USA)
Jim Lemon LF Covington, VA (US)
Ralph Lumenti RP Milford, MA (USA)
Bobby Malkmus - Newark, NJ (USA)
Tom McAvoy RP Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Hal Naragon C Barberton, OH (US)
Camilo Pascual SP Havana (Cuba)
Albie Pearson CF Alhambra, CA (USA)
Herb Plews 2B Helena, MT (USA)
Jay Porter C Oakland, CA (US)
Pedro Ramos SP Pinar Del Rio (Cuba)
John Romonosky SW Harrisburg, IL (US)
Ron Samford SS Dallas, TX (US)
Johnny Schaive 2B Springfield, IL (US)
Roy Sievers 1B St. Louis, MO (US)
Chuck Stobbs SW Norfolk, VA (US)
Faye Throneberry RF Collierville, TN (US)
Jose Valdivielso SS Matanzas (Cuba)
Vito Valentinetti SW New York, NY (US)
Zoilo Versalles SS Veldado (Cuba)
Murray Wall RP Dallas, TX (USA)
Hal Woodeshick RP Monaca, PA (US)
Norm Zauchin 1B Royal Oak, MI (US)

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