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1956 Washington Senators

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

59-95, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Chuck Dressen (59-95)
Scored 652 runs, Allowed 924 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-101

Ballparks: Griffith Stadium · 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 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 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 0.2 $
Lou Berberet 26 L R 5' 11" 200 Nov 20, 1929 3 95 54 95 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 1.6 $
Dick Brodowski 23 R R 6' 1" 182 Jul 26, 1932 3 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Bud Byerly 35 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 26, 1920 7 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
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 0.5 $
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 -0.1 $
Clint Courtney 29 L R 5' 8" 180 Mar 16, 1927 6 101 66 101 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 1.1 $
Ed Fitz Gerald 32 R R 6' 0" 170 May 21, 1924 9 64 35 64 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 0.6 $
Hal Griggs 27 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 24, 1928 1st 36 12 36 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1.2 $
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 -2.6 $
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 0.1 $
Whitey Herzog HOF 24 L L 5' 11" 182 Nov 9, 1931 1st 117 99 117 106 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 82 7 103 12 1 -2.3 $
Harmon Killebrew HOF 20 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 29, 1936 3 44 20 44 24 0 0 0 4 20 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 -0.5 $
Jim Lemon 28 R R 6' 4" 200 Mar 23, 1928 5 146 141 146 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 127 141 5 0 1.5 $
Lyle Luttrell 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 22, 1930 1st 38 36 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.0 $
Karl Olson 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 6, 1930 5 106 80 106 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 85 3 101 10 2 -1.8 $
Ernie Oravetz 24 B L 5' 4" 145 Jan 24, 1932 2 88 25 88 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 3 10 33 59 2 -0.4 $
Camilo Pascual 22 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 20, 1934 3 43 27 43 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -0.8 $
Carlos Paula 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 28, 1927 3 33 19 33 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 11 20 13 1 -0.7 $
Herb Plews 28 L R 5' 11" 160 Jun 14, 1928 1st 91 58 91 72 0 0 0 66 2 5 0 0 0 0 25 2 0.0 $
Pedro Ramos 21 B R 6' 0" 175 Apr 28, 1935 2 56 18 56 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0.9 $
Tony Roig 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 23, 1927 3 44 34 44 42 0 0 0 27 0 19 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.7 $
Pete Runnels 28 L R 6' 0" 170 Jan 28, 1928 6 147 144 147 145 0 0 81 69 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.9 $
Roy Sievers 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 18, 1926 8 152 151 152 151 0 0 76 0 0 0 78 0 0 78 1 0 2.0 $ All-Star
Jerry Snyder 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 21, 1929 5 43 39 43 42 0 0 0 7 0 35 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 $
Bunky Stewart 25 L L 6' 0" 154 Jan 7, 1931 5 34 9 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.6 $
Chuck Stobbs 26 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 2, 1929 10 38 33 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.9 $
Dean Stone 25 L L 6' 4" 205 Sep 1, 1930 4 42 21 42 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2.1 $
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 -0.1 $
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 -0.3 $
Bob Wiesler 25 B L 6' 3" 188 Aug 13, 1930 4 38 21 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.8 $
Tom Wright 32 L R 5' 11" 180 Sep 22, 1923 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 $
Eddie Yost 29 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 13, 1926 12 152 143 152 143 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 8 8 9 0 2.0 $20,000
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

Eddie Yost

Roy Sievers

Karl Olson

Tony Roig

Pete Runnels

Jerry Snyder

Ed Fitz Gerald

Lou Berberet

Lou Berberet
Tex Clevenger

Bud Byerly
Tex Clevenger

Harmon Killebrew

Bud Byerly
Tex Clevenger
Clint Courtney

Ted Abernathy

Bob Chakales

Dick Brodowski

Chuck Stobbs

Bob Wiesler

Lyle Luttrell
Jose Valdivielso

Jim Lemon

Bunky Stewart

Herb Plews

Dean Stone

Camilo Pascual

Pedro Ramos

Evelio Hernandez

Whitey Herzog

Carlos Paula

Dick Tettelbach

Dick Tettelbach

Ernie Oravetz

Connie Grob

Hal Griggs

Bud Byerly

Connie Grob
Tom Wright

1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers