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1955 Washington Senators

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956

53-101, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Chuck Dressen (53-101)
Scored 598 runs, Allowed 789 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-96

Ballparks: Griffith Stadium · Attendance: 425,238 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 94

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1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Ted Abernathy 22 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 6, 1933 1st 40 14 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Julio Becquer 23 L L 5' 11" 178 Dec 20, 1931 1st 10 1 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.2 $
Jim Busby 28 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 8, 1927 6 47 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 47 0 0 -0.4 $
Bob Chakales 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 10, 1927 5 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Webbo Clarke 27 L L 6' 0" 165 Jun 8, 1928 1st 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Clint Courtney 28 L R 5' 8" 180 Mar 16, 1927 5 75 61 75 67 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.4 $
Bill Currie 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 29, 1928 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Juan Delis 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 27, 1928 1st 54 29 54 33 0 0 0 1 24 0 2 0 6 8 17 6 -1.6 $
Bruce Edwards 31 R R 5' 8" 180 Jul 15, 1923 9 30 21 30 27 0 22 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.2 $
Ed Fitz Gerald 31 R R 6' 0" 170 May 21, 1924 8 74 66 74 72 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.0 $
Vince Gonzales 29 L L 6' 1" 165 Sep 28, 1925 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Johnny Groth 28 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 10 63 46 63 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 40 1 48 15 0 -1.0 $
Dick Hyde 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Aug 3, 1928 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Harmon Killebrew HOF 19 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 29, 1936 2 38 17 38 24 0 0 0 3 23 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 -0.2 $
Bobby Kline 26 R R 6' 0" 179 Jan 27, 1929 1st 77 47 77 77 1 0 0 4 3 69 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4 $
Steve Korcheck 22 R R 6' 1" 205 Aug 11, 1932 2 13 8 13 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.1 $
Jim Lemon 27 R R 6' 4" 200 Mar 23, 1928 4 10 6 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 4 0 0.0 $
Jesse Levan 28 L R 6' 0" 172 Jul 15, 1926 3 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 -0.1 $
Mickey McDermott 26 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 8 70 20 70 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 1 3.0 $
Bob Oldis 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 5, 1928 3 6 2 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Ernie Oravetz 23 B L 5' 4" 145 Jan 24, 1932 1st 100 56 100 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 42 57 44 0 -0.9 $
Camilo Pascual 21 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 20, 1934 2 43 16 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6 $
Carlos Paula 27 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 28, 1927 2 115 81 115 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 80 85 30 2 -1.0 $
Bob Porterfield 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 10, 1923 8 30 27 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Pedro Ramos 20 B R 6' 0" 175 Apr 28, 1935 1st 59 9 59 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1.7 $
Tony Roig 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 23, 1927 2 29 15 29 28 0 0 0 1 8 21 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.3 $
Pete Runnels 27 L R 6' 0" 170 Jan 28, 1928 5 134 129 134 132 0 0 0 132 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.0 $
Johnny Schmitz 34 R L 6' 0" 170 Nov 27, 1920 12 32 21 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Jerry Schoonmaker 21 R R 5' 11" 190 Dec 14, 1933 1st 20 9 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 7 15 4 2 -0.3 $
Spec Shea 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 2, 1920 8 27 4 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Roy Sievers 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 18, 1926 7 144 140 144 140 0 0 17 0 2 0 129 0 0 129 4 0 1.6 $
Jerry Snyder 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 21, 1929 4 46 27 46 40 0 0 0 22 0 20 0 0 0 0 7 1 -0.5 $
Bunky Stewart 24 L L 6' 0" 154 Jan 7, 1931 4 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Chuck Stobbs 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 2, 1929 9 41 16 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Dean Stone 24 L L 6' 4" 205 Sep 1, 1930 3 43 24 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Tom Umphlett 25 R R 6' 2" 180 May 12, 1930 3 110 83 110 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 61 23 103 8 2 -0.8 $
Jose Valdivielso 21 R R 6' 1" 175 May 22, 1934 1st 94 94 94 94 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Mickey Vernon 37 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 22, 1918 15 150 141 150 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2.3 $ All-Star
Tom Wright 31 L R 5' 11" 180 Sep 22, 1923 8 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.1 $
Eddie Yost 28 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 13, 1926 11 122 106 122 107 0 0 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 2.7 $21,500
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Eddie Yost
Roy Sievers
Mickey Vernon
Jim Busby
Johnny Groth
Pete Runnels
Jerry Snyder
Ed Fitz Gerald
Bob Oldis

Bruce Edwards
Harmon Killebrew
Clint Courtney
Jim Lemon
Ted Abernathy
Bob Chakales
Vince Gonzales
Spec Shea
Chuck Stobbs
Bob Porterfield

Johnny Schmitz
Mickey McDermott
Tom Umphlett
Webbo Clarke
Bunky Stewart
Bobby Kline
Dean Stone
Camilo Pascual
Pedro Ramos

Steve Korcheck
Jerry Schoonmaker
Tom Wright
Bill Currie
Carlos Paula
Julio Becquer
Dick Hyde
Juan Delis
Jesse Levan
Tony Roig
Jose Valdivielso
Ernie Oravetz

Bill Currie

1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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