
1956 Washington Senators Statistics
Team Record: 59-95
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 431,647, Avg. 6,770
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium II
Manager: Chuck Dressen (59-95)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1956 Washington Senators Results
The Washington Senators of the American League ended the 1956 season with a record of 59 wins and 95 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.
The Senators scored 652 runs and surrendered 924 runs, most in the circuit. Roy Sievers led Washington with 29 home runs, and Jim Lemon walloped 20 or more as well. Jim Lemon recorded 96 runs batted in. Pete Runnels paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .310 clip. Chuck Stobbs topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.60 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Chuck Dressen coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chuck Stobbs | 15 | 15 | .500 | 3.60 | 37 | 33 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 240.0 | 264 | 115 | 96 | 29 | 54 | 4 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1026 |
Pedro Ramos | 12 | 10 | .545 | 5.27 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 152.0 | 178 | 95 | 89 | 23 | 76 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 691 |
Camilo Pascual | 6 | 18 | .250 | 5.87 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 188.7 | 194 | 131 | 123 | 33 | 89 | 4 | 162 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 848 |
Bunky Stewart | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.57 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 105.0 | 111 | 77 | 65 | 15 | 82 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 501 |
Dean Stone | 5 | 7 | .417 | 6.27 | 41 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 132.0 | 148 | 107 | 92 | 10 | 93 | 0 | 86 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 636 |
Bob Chakales | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.03 | 43 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 96.0 | 94 | 53 | 43 | 3 | 57 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 423 |
Connie Grob | 4 | 5 | .444 | 7.83 | 37 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79.3 | 121 | 79 | 69 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 380 |
Bob Wiesler | 3 | 12 | .200 | 6.44 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 123.0 | 141 | 98 | 88 | 11 | 112 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 598 |
Bud Byerly | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.96 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 51.7 | 45 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 207 |
Evelio Hernandez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.76 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 97 |
Ted Abernathy | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 35 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
Hal Griggs | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.02 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 98.7 | 120 | 82 | 66 | 14 | 76 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 481 |
Tex Clevenger | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 33 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 149 | |
Dick Brodowski | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 31 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
Totals | 59 | 95 | .383 | 5.33 | 399 | 155 | 119 | 36 | 1 | 18 | 1368.7 | 1539 | 924 | 811 | 171 | 730 | 26 | 663 | 33 | 6 | 39 | 6263 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Runnels | 147 | 646 | 578 | 72 | 179 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 76 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 64 | .310 | .372 | .433 | .805 | 250 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Jim Lemon | 146 | 613 | 538 | 77 | 146 | 21 | 11 | 27 | 96 | 2 | 4 | 65 | 138 | .271 | .349 | .502 | .850 | 270 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Roy Sievers | 152 | 659 | 550 | 92 | 139 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 88 | .253 | .370 | .467 | .838 | 257 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
Eddie Yost | 152 | 684 | 515 | 94 | 119 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 151 | 82 | .231 | .412 | .336 | .748 | 173 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
Whitey Herzog | 117 | 465 | 421 | 49 | 103 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 74 | .245 | .302 | .337 | .639 | 142 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Clint Courtney | 101 | 316 | 283 | 31 | 85 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 10 | .300 | .362 | .445 | .807 | 126 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Karl Olson | 106 | 353 | 313 | 34 | 77 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 41 | .246 | .305 | .329 | .635 | 103 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Herb Plews | 91 | 285 | 256 | 24 | 69 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 40 | .270 | .337 | .375 | .712 | 96 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Jose Valdivielso | 90 | 279 | 246 | 18 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 36 | .236 | .318 | .333 | .651 | 82 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Lou Berberet | 95 | 256 | 207 | 25 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 33 | .261 | .402 | .377 | .779 | 78 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Ed FitzGerald | 64 | 169 | 148 | 15 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | .304 | .387 | .399 | .786 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jerry Snyder | 43 | 161 | 148 | 14 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .270 | .321 | .345 | .665 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Oravetz | 88 | 167 | 137 | 20 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 20 | .248 | .370 | .299 | .669 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Tony Roig | 44 | 141 | 119 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 29 | .210 | .321 | .286 | .607 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lyle Luttrell | 38 | 138 | 122 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | .189 | .254 | .328 | .582 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Harmon Killebrew | 44 | 110 | 99 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 39 | .222 | .291 | .394 | .685 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Carlos Paula | 33 | 92 | 82 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 | .183 | .250 | .341 | .591 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Chuck Stobbs | 38 | 92 | 84 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | .179 | .205 | .214 | .419 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Dick Tettelbach | 18 | 82 | 64 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 15 | .156 | .304 | .281 | .585 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Pedro Ramos | 56 | 50 | 44 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .205 | .239 | .295 | .535 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Camilo Pascual | 43 | 67 | 58 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .138 | .180 | .207 | .387 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Bunky Stewart | 34 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Connie Grob | 37 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .368 | .389 | .757 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Chakales | 43 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Wiesler | 38 | 37 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .091 | .091 | .121 | .212 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Dean Stone | 42 | 42 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .088 | .225 | .118 | .343 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Evelio Hernandez | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Abernathy | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bud Byerly | 25 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tex Clevenger | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Griggs | 36 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Brodowski | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Wright | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1999 | 6043 | 5202 | 652 | 1302 | 198 | 62 | 112 | 612 | 37 | 34 | 690 | 877 | .250 | .341 | .377 | .717 | 1960 | 142 | 41 | 75 | 35 | 42 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Runnels | 1B | 81 | 79 | 698.0 | 693 | 49 | 4 | 73 | .995 | 9.567 | 9.160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roy Sievers | 1B | 76 | 73 | 639.7 | 638 | 51 | 7 | 75 | .990 | 9.694 | 9.066 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Whitey Herzog | 1B | 5 | 3 | 31.0 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .946 | 1.161 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pete Runnels | 2B | 69 | 65 | 558.7 | 179 | 177 | 10 | 56 | .973 | 5.735 | 5.159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Herb Plews | 2B | 66 | 56 | 513.0 | 137 | 166 | 17 | 38 | .947 | 5.316 | 4.591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Roig | 2B | 27 | 25 | 213.0 | 67 | 79 | 4 | 25 | .973 | 6.169 | 5.407 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Snyder | 2B | 7 | 7 | 60.0 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 5 | .897 | 5.250 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Harmon Killebrew | 2B | 4 | 2 | 24.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 3.750 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eddie Yost | 3B | 135 | 135 | 1187.3 | 164 | 303 | 18 | 31 | .963 | 3.540 | 3.459 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Harmon Killebrew | 3B | 20 | 18 | 157.0 | 18 | 40 | 3 | 3 | .951 | 3.325 | 2.900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Herb Plews | 3B | 2 | 2 | 24.3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.959 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Clint Courtney | C | 76 | 66 | 583.3 | 290 | 35 | 7 | 7 | .979 | 5.014 | 4.276 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 43.6 |
Lou Berberet | C | 59 | 54 | 461.7 | 266 | 28 | 1 | 6 | .997 | 5.731 | 4.983 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 57.1 |
Ed FitzGerald | C | 50 | 35 | 323.7 | 206 | 19 | 6 | 5 | .974 | 6.256 | 4.500 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 32.0 |
Jim Lemon | OF | 141 | 141 | 1241.3 | 301 | 11 | 12 | 6 | .963 | 2.262 | 2.213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Whitey Herzog | OF | 103 | 96 | 851.7 | 240 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .980 | 2.631 | 2.417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Karl Olson | OF | 101 | 80 | 737.3 | 192 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .990 | 2.392 | 1.941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roy Sievers | OF | 78 | 78 | 667.0 | 146 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 2.010 | 1.910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ernie Oravetz | OF | 31 | 25 | 233.0 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .946 | 2.047 | 1.710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Tettelbach | OF | 18 | 18 | 159.0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.208 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carlos Paula | OF | 20 | 19 | 154.0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 2.162 | 1.850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eddie Yost | OF | 8 | 8 | 62.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.585 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chuck Stobbs | P | 37 | 33 | 240.0 | 19 | 39 | 1 | 5 | .983 | 2.175 | 1.568 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Camilo Pascual | P | 39 | 27 | 188.7 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 2 | .951 | 1.860 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pedro Ramos | P | 37 | 18 | 151.7 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.899 | .865 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dean Stone | P | 41 | 21 | 132.0 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 2 | .828 | 1.636 | .585 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Wiesler | P | 37 | 21 | 123.0 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 5 | .923 | 2.634 | .973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bunky Stewart | P | 33 | 9 | 105.0 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 2.314 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hal Griggs | P | 34 | 12 | 98.7 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 4 | .967 | 2.645 | .853 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Chakales | P | 43 | 1 | 96.3 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 2.429 | .605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Connie Grob | P | 37 | 1 | 79.3 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 2.723 | .649 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bud Byerly | P | 25 | 0 | 51.7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.265 | .520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tex Clevenger | P | 20 | 1 | 31.7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.274 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ted Abernathy | P | 5 | 4 | 30.3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.451 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Evelio Hernandez | P | 4 | 4 | 22.7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Brodowski | P | 7 | 3 | 17.7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.547 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jose Valdivielso | SS | 90 | 78 | 672.0 | 144 | 266 | 23 | 58 | .947 | 5.491 | 4.556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lyle Luttrell | SS | 37 | 36 | 311.0 | 69 | 100 | 11 | 19 | .939 | 4.891 | 4.568 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Snyder | SS | 35 | 32 | 284.3 | 47 | 106 | 5 | 23 | .968 | 4.843 | 4.371 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Roig | SS | 19 | 9 | 87.3 | 16 | 31 | 4 | 5 | .922 | 4.844 | 2.474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Herb Plews | SS | 5 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 4.500 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pete Runnels | SS | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1765 | 1395 | 12318.0 | 4105 | 1770 | 171 | 469 | .972 | 4.292 | 3.329 | 11 | 39 | 54 | 45 | 45.5 |
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