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1956 Washington Senators Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
59-95, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 652 runs, Allowed 924 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-101
Manager: Chuck Dressen (59-95)
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 431,647 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 106
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1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Ted Abernathy 23 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 6, 1933 2 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Berberet 26 L R 5' 11" 212 Nov 20, 1929 3 95 54 95 95 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
Dick Brodowski 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 26, 1932 3 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bud Byerly 35 R R 185 Oct 26, 1920 7 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Chakales 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 10, 1927 6 43 1 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tex Clevenger 23 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 9, 1932 2 20 1 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clint Courtney 29 L R 5' 8" 180 Mar 16, 1927 6 101 66 101 101 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
Ed Fitz Gerald 32 R R May 21, 1924 9 64 35 64 64 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
Hal Griggs 27 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 24, 1928 1st 36 12 36 36 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Connie Grob 23 L R 6' 0" 180 Nov 9, 1932 1st 37 1 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Evelio Hernandez 24 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 24, 1931 1st 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitey Herzog 24 L L 5' 11" 182 Nov 9, 1931 1st 117 99 117 117 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 82 7 103 12 1
Harmon Killebrew HOF 20 R R 5' 11" 213 Jun 29, 1936 3 44 20 44 44 0 0 0 4 20 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
Jim Lemon 28 R R 6' 4" 200 Mar 23, 1928 5 146 141 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 127 141 5 0
Lyle Luttrell 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 22, 1930 1st 38 36 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 1 0
Karl Olson 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 6, 1930 5 106 80 106 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 85 3 101 10 2
Ernie Oravetz 24 B L 5' 4" 145 Jan 24, 1932 2 88 25 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 3 10 31 59 2
Camilo Pascual 22 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 20, 1934 3 43 27 43 43 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Carlos Paula 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 28, 1927 3 33 19 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 11 20 13 1
Herb Plews 28 L R 5' 11" 160 Jun 14, 1928 1st 91 58 91 91 0 0 0 66 2 5 0 0 0 0 25 2
Pedro Ramos 21 B R 6' 0" 185 Apr 28, 1935 2 56 18 56 56 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
Tony Roig 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 23, 1927 3 44 34 44 44 0 0 0 27 0 19 0 0 0 0 4 0
Pete Runnels 28 L R 6' 0" 170 Jan 28, 1928 6 147 144 147 147 0 0 81 69 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0
Roy Sievers 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 18, 1926 8 152 151 152 152 0 0 76 0 0 0 78 0 0 78 1 0 All-Star
Jerry Snyder 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 21, 1929 5 43 39 43 43 0 0 0 7 0 35 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bunky Stewart 25 L L 6' 0" 155 Jan 7, 1931 5 34 9 34 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chuck Stobbs 26 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 2, 1929 10 38 33 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dean Stone 25 L L 6' 4" 205 Sep 1, 1930 4 42 21 42 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dick Tettelbach 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 26, 1929 2 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0
Jose Valdivielso 22 R R 6' 1" 175 May 22, 1934 2 90 78 90 90 0 0 0 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bob Wiesler 25 B L 6' 2" 195 Aug 13, 1930 4 38 21 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Wright 32 L R 180 Sep 22, 1923 9 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Eddie Yost 29 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 13, 1926 12 152 143 152 152 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 8 8 9 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played