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1955 Washington Senators Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956)
53-101, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 598 runs, Allowed 789 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-96
Manager: Chuck Dressen (53-101)
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Ed Fitz Gerald 31 74 270 236 28 56 3 1 4 19 0 1 25 23 .237 .317 .309 .626 72 73 8 3 5 1 0
2 1B Mickey Vernon* 37 150 627 538 74 162 23 8 14 85 0 4 74 50 .301 .384 .452 .835 128 243 17 3 4 8 9
3 2B Pete Runnels* 27 134 567 503 66 143 16 4 2 49 3 9 55 51 .284 .353 .344 .697 91 173 14 1 4 4 2
4 SS Jose Valdivielso 21 94 325 294 32 65 12 5 2 28 1 2 21 38 .221 .277 .316 .594 62 93 6 3 4 3 1
5 3B Eddie Yost 28 122 490 375 64 91 17 5 7 48 4 3 95 54 .243 .407 .371 .778 114 139 7 11 6 3 0
6 LF Roy Sievers 28 144 591 509 74 138 20 8 25 106 1 2 73 66 .271 .364 .489 .853 131 249 17 4 0 5 3
7 CF Tom Umphlett 25 110 351 323 34 70 10 0 2 19 2 1 24 35 .217 .271 .266 .537 47 86 5 0 4 0 0
8 RF Carlos Paula 27 115 374 351 34 105 20 7 6 45 2 3 17 43 .299 .332 .447 .779 111 157 9 2 0 4 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Ernie Oravetz# 23 100 296 263 24 71 5 1 0 25 1 2 26 19 .270 .336 .297 .632 74 78 5 1 4 2 0
10 C Clint Courtney* 28 75 264 238 26 71 8 4 2 30 0 0 19 9 .298 .349 .391 .739 102 93 4 1 3 3 4
11 CF Jim Busby 28 47 208 191 23 44 6 2 6 14 5 0 13 22 .230 .279 .377 .656 78 72 4 0 4 0 1
12 CF Johnny Groth 28 63 205 183 22 40 4 5 2 17 2 0 18 18 .219 .286 .328 .614 67 60 5 0 2 2 0
13 SS Bobby Kline 26 77 156 140 12 31 5 0 0 9 0 0 11 27 .221 .288 .257 .545 50 36 3 2 3 0 0
14 3B Juan Delis 27 54 139 132 12 25 3 1 0 11 1 2 3 15 .189 .219 .227 .446 22 30 2 2 2 0 0
15 2B Jerry Snyder 25 46 117 107 7 24 5 0 0 5 1 1 6 6 .224 .265 .271 .537 47 29 4 0 4 0 0
16 3B Harmon Killebrew 19 38 89 80 12 16 1 0 4 7 0 0 9 31 .200 .281 .363 .643 75 29 3 0 0 0 0
17 C Bruce Edwards 31 30 73 57 5 10 2 0 0 3 0 1 16 6 .175 .356 .211 .567 58 12 3 0 0 0 0
18 IF Tony Roig 27 29 60 57 3 13 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 15 .228 .254 .281 .535 46 16 2 0 1 0 0
19 OF Jerry Schoonmaker 21 20 52 46 5 7 0 1 1 4 1 0 5 11 .152 .235 .261 .496 36 12 1 0 1 0 0
20 C Steve Korcheck 22 13 38 36 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .278 .297 .333 .631 72 12 0 1 1 0 0
21 OF Jim Lemon 27 10 28 25 3 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 4 .200 .286 .400 .686 86 10 0 0 0 0 0
22 Jesse Levan* 28 16 16 16 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .188 .188 .375 .563 51 6 1 0 0 0 0
23 1B Julio Becquer* 23 10 14 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .214 .214 .214 .429 17 3 0 0 0 0 0
24 C Bob Oldis 27 6 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 1 0 1 0 0
25 Tom Wright* 31 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
26 P Mickey McDermott* 26 70 104 95 10 25 4 0 1 10 1 0 6 16 .263 .311 .337 .648 77 32 1 1 1 1 0
27 P Bob Porterfield 31 30 70 63 3 12 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 15 .190 .185 .270 .454 23 17 3 0 5 2 0
28 P Dean Stone* 24 43 60 46 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23 .043 .120 .043 .163 -54 2 0 1 10 0 0
29 P Johnny Schmitz 34 32 58 54 5 10 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 7 .185 .200 .241 .441 20 13 1 0 3 0 0
30 P Chuck Stobbs* 25 41 44 35 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 7 .171 .326 .200 .526 46 7 0 0 1 0 0
31 P Pedro Ramos# 20 59 40 38 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18 .079 .125 .079 .204 -43 3 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Camilo Pascual 21 43 35 32 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .219 .242 .219 .461 27 7 0 0 2 0 0
33 P Ted Abernathy 22 40 30 26 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .154 .154 .154 .308 -16 4 1 0 4 0 0
34 P Spec Shea 34 27 10 10 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .400 .400 .600 1.000 170 6 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Bob Chakales 27 29 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Webbo Clarke* 27 7 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -9 1 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Bunky Stewart* 24 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.6 154 5832 5142 598 1277 178 54 80 566 25 32 537 651 .248 .322 .351 .672 84 1803 127 36 79 38 23
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 7 7 7 2 7 7 4 7 6 7 6 7 7 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Dean Stone* 24 6 13 .316 4.15 43 24 5 5 1 1 180.0 180 98 83 14 114 5 84 3 0 9 814 95 1.633 9.0 0.7 5.7 4.2 0.74
2 SP Bob Porterfield 31 10 17 .370 4.45 30 27 2 8 2 0 178.0 197 103 88 14 54 5 74 2 0 0 770 89 1.410 10.0 0.7 2.7 3.7 1.37
3 SP Johnny Schmitz* 34 7 10 .412 3.71 32 21 6 6 1 1 165.0 187 76 68 8 54 4 49 7 0 2 723 107 1.461 10.2 0.4 2.9 2.7 0.91
4 SP Mickey McDermott* 26 10 10 .500 3.75 31 20 7 8 1 1 156.0 140 75 65 9 100 2 78 9 0 4 700 106 1.538 8.1 0.5 5.8 4.5 0.78
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Pedro Ramos 20 5 11 .313 3.88 45 9 22 3 1 5 130.0 121 62 56 13 39 3 34 11 1 2 548 102 1.231 8.4 0.9 2.7 2.4 0.87
6 RP Chuck Stobbs* 25 4 14 .222 5.00 41 16 13 2 0 3 140.1 169 90 78 13 57 8 60 1 0 2 634 79 1.610 10.8 0.8 3.7 3.8 1.05
7 RP Camilo Pascual 21 2 12 .143 6.14 43 16 12 1 0 3 129.0 158 94 88 5 70 6 82 6 1 2 605 65 1.767 11.0 0.3 4.9 5.7 1.17
8 RP Ted Abernathy 22 5 9 .357 5.96 40 14 12 3 2 0 119.1 136 87 79 9 67 1 79 7 0 2 553 66 1.701 10.3 0.7 5.1 6.0 1.18
9 RP Bob Chakales 27 2 3 .400 5.27 29 0 11 0 0 0 54.2 55 38 32 4 25 3 28 1 1 2 242 75 1.463 9.1 0.7 4.1 4.6 1.12
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Spec Shea 34 2 2 .500 3.99 27 4 16 1 1 2 56.1 53 31 25 4 27 0 16 1 0 2 246 99 1.420 8.5 0.6 4.3 2.6 0.59
11 Webbo Clarke* 27 0 0 4.64 7 2 5 0 0 0 21.1 17 11 11 2 14 0 9 0 0 0 93 85 1.453 7.2 0.8 5.9 3.8 0.64
12 Bunky Stewart* 24 0 0 4.11 7 1 2 0 0 0 15.1 18 7 7 0 6 1 10 0 0 0 69 96 1.565 10.6 0.0 3.5 5.9 1.67
13 Bill Currie 26 0 0 12.46 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 7 7 6 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 24 32 2.077 14.5 6.2 4.2 4.2 1.00
14 Vince Gonzales* 29 0 0 27.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 6 6 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 15 15 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
15 Dick Hyde 26 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 88 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
16 Bobby Kline 26 0 0 27.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 15 5.000 36.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 26.2 53 101 .344 4.62 154 154 117 37 9 16 1354.2 1450 789 696 99 634 39 607 49 3 28 6053 86 1.538 9.6 0.7 4.2 4.0 0.96
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 6 5 7 8 7 7 7 1 6 6
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Ted Abernathy 22 40 14 119.1 31 8 22 1 2 .968 0.0 0.0 2.26 0.75 P
Julio Becquer 23 2 1 11.0 17 15 2 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -10.9 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 0 13.91 8.50 1B
Jim Busby 28 47 47 415.2 135 133 1 1 0 .993 -1.8 -5.2 -0.8 -5.7 4.9 -1 2.90 2.85 CF
Bob Chakales 27 29 0 54.2 13 1 12 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.14 0.45 P
Webbo Clarke 27 7 2 21.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.11 0.71 P
Clint Courtney 28 67 61 530.1 286 252 29 5 4 .983 0.0 0.0 0 4.77 4.19 4 15 22 17 44% C
Bill Currie 26 3 0 4.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.15 0.67 P
Juan Delis 27 33 29 245.2 76 25 45 6 6 .921 -4.3 -21.0 -4.3 -3.6 -0.8 0 0 2.56 2.12 3B-RF-LF-2B
Bruce Edwards 31 27 21 178.2 115 93 19 3 5 .974 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 -1 5.64 4.15 3 6 10 6 38% C-3B
Ed Fitz Gerald 31 72 66 572.1 340 304 30 6 5 .982 1.0 2.1 1 5.25 4.64 8 5 16 17 52% C
Vince Gonzales 29 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Johnny Groth 28 52 46 403.2 125 121 2 2 1 .984 -5.6 -16.6 -3.6 -1.4 -2.2 -2 2.74 2.37 CF-LF-RF
Dick Hyde 26 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Harmon Killebrew 19 26 17 171.1 78 24 49 5 3 .936 -0.6 -4.2 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 0 3.83 2.81 3B-2B
Bobby Kline 26 77 47 423.2 287 107 164 16 38 .944 -1.3 -3.7 -2.3 -1.5 -0.8 1 5.76 3.52 SS-2B-3B-P
Steve Korcheck 22 12 8 80.2 53 46 7 0 2 1.000 1.0 14.9 1 5.91 4.42 2 0 0 3 100% C
Jim Lemon 27 6 6 53.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 0.6 13.6 -0.4 -0.7 0.3 1 2.04 2.00 RF-LF
Mickey McDermott 26 31 20 156.0 35 3 30 2 1 .943 0.0 0.0 1.90 1.06 P
Bob Oldis 27 6 2 26.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 2.17 0 1 0 1 100% C
Ernie Oravetz 23 59 56 482.0 121 116 1 4 0 .967 -5.9 -14.7 -2.9 -6.6 3.7 -3 2.18 1.98 RF-CF
Camilo Pascual 21 43 16 129.0 41 8 31 2 1 .951 0.0 0.0 2.72 0.91 P
Carlos Paula 27 86 81 713.2 166 151 5 10 3 .940 -18.0 -30.3 -12.0 -5.2 -6.7 -6 1.97 1.81 RF-LF
Bob Porterfield 31 30 27 178.0 37 8 28 1 2 .973 0.0 0.0 1.82 1.20 P
Pedro Ramos 20 45 9 130.0 28 7 20 1 1 .964 0.0 0.0 1.87 0.60 P
Tony Roig 27 30 15 155.2 80 21 52 7 11 .913 -0.4 -3.1 -0.4 -1.4 1.1 0 4.22 2.43 SS-3B-2B
Pete Runnels 27 134 129 1139.2 707 349 340 18 107 .975 -9.3 -9.8 -8.3 -5.6 -2.7 -1 5.44 5.14 2B-SS
Johnny Schmitz 34 32 21 165.0 48 8 40 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.62 1.50 P
Jerry Schoonmaker 21 15 9 102.0 26 23 2 1 0 .962 -1.3 -15.3 -0.3 1.0 -1.2 -1 2.21 1.67 RF-CF-LF
Spec Shea 34 27 4 56.1 12 3 7 2 0 .833 0.0 0.0 1.60 0.37 P
Roy Sievers 28 148 140 1205.0 383 361 18 4 16 .990 -19.0 -18.9 -12.0 -6.0 -5.9 -7 0 2.83 2.56 LF-1B-3B
Jerry Snyder 25 42 27 248.1 150 78 68 4 24 .973 -2.1 -10.1 -3.1 -2.0 -1.1 1 5.29 3.48 2B-SS
Bunky Stewart 24 7 1 15.1 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.76 0.43 P
Chuck Stobbs 25 41 16 140.1 40 12 28 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.57 0.98 P
Dean Stone 24 43 24 180.0 27 4 23 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.35 0.63 P
Tom Umphlett 25 103 83 758.0 250 240 7 3 1 .988 1.6 2.5 0.6 -0.5 1.2 1 2.93 2.40 CF-RF-LF
Jose Valdivielso 21 94 94 794.2 499 160 317 22 69 .956 -6.0 -9.1 -6.0 0.3 -6.3 0 5.40 5.07 SS
Mickey Vernon 37 144 141 1228.1 1335 1258 69 8 137 .994 -6.6 -6.4 -6.6 -4.0 -2.6 0 9.72 9.22 1B
Eddie Yost 28 107 106 899.0 336 100 217 19 22 .943 -5.8 -7.7 -5.8 -4.2 -1.7 0 3.17 2.96 3B
Team Totals 27.1 154 1386 12192.0 5915 4066 1695 154 471 .974 -83.9 -8.3 -67.9 -45.4 -22.2 -18 1 1 4.25 3.27 17 27 48 44 48%
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 3 7
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1954 / 1956 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics