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The 1959 Washington Senators won 63 games, lost 91, and finished in eighth place in the American League, 31 games behind the AL Champion Chicago White Sox in their penultimate season in The Nation's Capital. They were managed by Cookie Lavagetto and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
1959 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes) | |
General managers | Calvin Griffith | |
Managers | Cookie Lavagetto | |
Television | WTOP | |
Radio | WTOP (Chuck Thompson, Bob Wolff, Jack Guinan) | |
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On September 7, Ron Samford hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.[1]
Pedro Ramos led the American League in losses.[2]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Sox | 94 | 60 | .610 | — | 47–30 | 47–30 |
Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | .578 | 5 | 43–34 | 46–31 |
New York Yankees | 79 | 75 | .513 | 15 | 40–37 | 39–38 |
Detroit Tigers | 76 | 78 | .494 | 18 | 41–36 | 35–42 |
Boston Red Sox | 75 | 79 | .487 | 19 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 80 | .481 | 20 | 38–39 | 36–41 |
Kansas City Athletics | 66 | 88 | .429 | 28 | 37–40 | 29–48 |
Washington Senators | 63 | 91 | .409 | 31 | 34–43 | 29–48 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 8–14 | 11–11–1 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 12–10 | |||||
Boston | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 13–9–1 | 16–6 | |||||
Cleveland | 12–10 | 14–8 | 7–15 | — | 14–8 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 16–6 | |||||
Detroit | 9–13 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 8–14 | — | 15–7 | 14–8 | 10–12 | |||||
Kansas City | 14–8 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 7–15 | — | 5–17 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 10–12 | 9–13 | 9–13–1 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 17–5 | — | 15–7 | |||||
Washington | 10–12 | 12–10 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — |
1959 Washington Senators | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Hal Naragon | 71 | 195 | 47 | .241 | 0 | 11 |
1B | Roy Sievers | 115 | 385 | 93 | .242 | 21 | 49 |
2B | Reno Bertoia | 90 | 308 | 73 | .237 | 8 | 29 |
SS | Billy Consolo | 79 | 202 | 43 | .213 | 0 | 10 |
3B | Harmon Killebrew | 153 | 546 | 132 | .242 | 42 | 105 |
LF | Jim Lemon | 147 | 531 | 148 | .279 | 33 | 100 |
CF | Bob Allison | 150 | 570 | 149 | .261 | 30 | 85 |
RF | Faye Throneberry | 117 | 327 | 82 | .251 | 10 | 42 |
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 |
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Ron Samford | 91 | 237 | 53 | .224 | 5 | 22 |
Ken Aspromonte | 70 | 225 | 55 | .244 | 2 | 14 |
Julio Bécquer | 108 | 220 | 59 | .268 | 1 | 26 |
Lenny Green | 88 | 190 | 46 | .242 | 2 | 15 |
Clint Courtney | 72 | 189 | 44 | .233 | 2 | 18 |
Jay Porter | 37 | 106 | 24 | .226 | 1 | 10 |
Albie Pearson | 25 | 80 | 15 | .188 | 0 | 2 |
Norm Zauchin | 19 | 71 | 15 | .211 | 3 | 4 |
Ed Fitz Gerald | 19 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 0 | 5 |
Dan Dobbek | 16 | 60 | 15 | .250 | 1 | 5 |
Zoilo Versalles | 29 | 59 | 9 | .153 | 1 | 1 |
Johnny Schaive | 16 | 59 | 9 | .153 | 0 | 2 |
Steve Korcheck | 22 | 51 | 8 | .157 | 0 | 4 |
Herb Plews | 27 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 0 | 2 |
José Valdivielso | 24 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Malkmus | 6 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Camilo Pascual | 32 | 238.2 | 17 | 10 | 2.64 | 185 |
Pedro Ramos | 37 | 233.2 | 13 | 19 | 4.16 | 95 |
Russ Kemmerer | 37 | 206.0 | 8 | 17 | 4.50 | 89 |
Bill Fischer | 34 | 187.1 | 9 | 11 | 4.28 | 62 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Hal Griggs | 37 | 97.2 | 2 | 8 | 5.25 | 43 |
Chuck Stobbs | 41 | 90.2 | 1 | 8 | 2.98 | 50 |
John Romonosky | 12 | 38.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.29 | 22 |
Vito Valentinetti | 7 | 10.2 | 0 | 2 | 10.13 | 7 |
Jim Kaat | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 2 | 12.60 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tex Clevenger | 50 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3.91 | 71 |
Dick Hyde | 37 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4.97 | 29 |
Hal Woodeshick | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.69 | 30 |
Jack Kralick | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.57 | 7 |
Ralph Lumenti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Tom McAvoy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Murray Wall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Red Marion |
A | Charlotte Hornets | Sally League | Gene Verble |
B | Fox Cities Foxes | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Jack McKeon |
C | Missoula Timberjacks | Pioneer League | Ralph Rowe |
D | Fort Walton Beach Jets | Alabama–Florida League | Vince Magi |
D | Lynchburg Senators | Appalachian League | Chick Payne |
D | Sanford Greyhounds | Florida State League | Packy Rogers, Ed Barberito and Joe Abernethy |
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