1956 Washington Senators season explained

Washington Senators
Season:	1956
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Griffith Stadium
City:	Washington, D.C.
Owners:	Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General Managers:	Calvin Griffith
Managers:	Chuck Dressen
Television:	WTTG
Radio:	WWDC (FM) (Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff)
Season List:	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

The 1956 Washington Senators won 59 games, lost 95, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Chuck Dressen and played home games at Griffith Stadium, where they attracted 431,647 spectators, eighth and last in AL attendance.^[1]

Offseason

November 8, 1955: Mickey Vernon, Bob Porterfield, Johnny Schmitz, and Tom Umphlett were traded by the Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Karl Olson, Dick Brodowski, Tex Clevenger, Neil Chrisley, and Al Curtis (minors).^[2]
February 8, 1956: Mickey McDermott and Bobby Kline were traded by the Senators to the New York Yankees for Lou Berberet, Bob Wiesler, Herb Plews, Dick Tettelbach, and a player to be named later. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Whitey Herzog to the Senators on April 2.^[3]

Regular season

April 18, 1956: Umpire Ed Rommell was the first umpire to wear glasses in a major league game. The game was played between the Senators and the New York Yankees.^[4]

Opening Day lineup

1		3B
32	Dick Tettelbach	LF
30		RF
2		1B
5		2B
10		C
3		CF
36		SS
27		P

Roster

1956 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers	CatchersInfielders	OutfieldersOther batters	ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	101	283	85	.300	5	44
1B	147	578	179	.310	8	76
2B	91	256	69	.270	1	25
SS	90	246	58	.236	4	29
3B	152	515	119	.231	11	53
LF	152	550	139	.253	29	95
CF	117	421	103	.245	4	35
RF	146	538	146	.271	27	96

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
106	313	77	.246	4	22
95	207	54	.261	4	27
64	148	45	.304	2	12
43	148	40	.270	2	14
88	137	34	.248	0	11
38	122	23	.189	2	9
44	119	25	.210	0	7
44	99	22	.222	5	13
33	82	15	.183	3	13
18	64	10	.156	1	9
2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	240.0	15	15	3.60	97
39	188.2	6	18	5.87	162
5	30.1	1	3	4.15	18
4	22.2	1	1	4.76	9

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	152.0	12	10	5.27	54
41	132.0	5	7	6.27	86
37	123.0	3	12	6.44	49
33	105.0	5	7	5.57	36
34	98.2	1	6	6.02	48
7	17.2	0	3	9.17	8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
43	4	4	4	4.03	33
37	4	5	1	7.83	27
25	2	4	4	2.96	19
20	0	0	0	5.40	17

Farm system

References

Notes and References

Web site: 1956 Washington Nationals season . . baseball-reference.com . . 20 January 2024 .
https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vernomi01.shtml Mickey Vernon page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/herzowh01.shtml Whitey Herzog page at Baseball Reference
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 43, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007