1955 Washington Senators Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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
38	P	Vince Gonzales*	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Dick Hyde	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Bill Currie	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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		7				6	5	7	8	7	7	7	1	6		5406
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

* - 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									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									2.14	0.45						P
Webbo Clarke	27	7	2	21.1	5	1	4	0	0	1.000									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									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										0.00	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										0.00	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									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									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									1.82	1.20						P
Pedro Ramos	20	45	9	130.0	28	7	20	1	1	.964									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									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									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									1.76	0.43						P
Chuck Stobbs	25	41	16	140.1	40	12	28	0	1	1.000									2.57	0.98						P
Dean Stone	24	43	24	180.0	27	4	23	0	2	1.000									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

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