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1956 Washington Senators Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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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 Clint Courtney* 29 101 316 283 31 85 20 3 5 44 0 5 20 10 .300 .362 .445 .807 116 126 9 9 1 3 4
2 1B Pete Runnels* 28 147 646 578 72 179 29 9 8 76 5 5 58 64 .310 .372 .433 .805 116 250 18 2 4 4 2
3 2B Herb Plews* 28 91 285 256 24 69 10 7 1 25 1 2 26 40 .270 .337 .375 .712 92 96 6 1 0 2 3
4 SS Jose Valdivielso 22 90 279 246 18 58 8 2 4 29 3 1 29 36 .236 .318 .333 .651 76 82 8 1 2 1 1
5 3B Eddie Yost 29 152 684 515 94 119 17 2 11 53 8 5 151 82 .231 .412 .336 .748 104 173 8 8 9 1 9
6 LF Roy Sievers 29 152 659 550 92 139 27 2 29 95 0 0 100 88 .253 .370 .467 .838 124 257 12 5 0 4 10
7 CF Whitey Herzog* 24 117 465 421 49 103 13 7 4 35 8 5 35 74 .245 .302 .337 .639 72 142 5 0 8 1 0
8 RF Jim Lemon 28 146 613 538 77 146 21 11 27 96 2 4 65 138 .271 .349 .502 .850 127 270 12 2 2 6 2
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 CF Karl Olson 25 106 353 313 34 77 10 2 4 22 1 1 28 41 .246 .305 .329 .635 71 103 13 1 6 5 1
10 C Lou Berberet* 26 95 256 207 25 54 6 3 4 27 0 0 46 33 .261 .402 .377 .779 111 78 7 3 0 0 9
11 C Ed Fitz Gerald 32 64 169 148 15 45 8 0 2 12 0 0 20 16 .304 .387 .399 .786 112 59 4 0 1 0 1
12 OF Ernie Oravetz# 24 88 167 137 20 34 3 2 0 11 1 0 27 20 .248 .370 .299 .669 82 41 1 0 2 1 0
13 SS Jerry Snyder 26 43 161 148 14 40 3 1 2 14 1 0 10 9 .270 .321 .345 .665 79 51 6 1 2 0 0
14 2B Tony Roig 28 44 141 119 11 25 5 2 0 7 2 0 20 29 .210 .321 .286 .607 65 34 6 0 1 1 0
15 SS Lyle Luttrell 26 38 138 122 17 23 5 3 2 9 5 1 8 19 .189 .254 .328 .582 56 40 7 3 4 1 0
16 3B Harmon Killebrew 20 44 110 99 10 22 2 0 5 13 0 0 10 39 .222 .291 .394 .685 83 39 2 0 0 1 0
17 OF Carlos Paula 28 33 92 82 8 15 2 1 3 13 0 2 8 15 .183 .250 .341 .591 58 28 5 0 0 2 0
18 LF Dick Tettelbach 27 18 82 64 10 10 1 2 1 9 0 1 14 15 .156 .304 .281 .585 59 18 0 0 3 1 0
19 Tom Wright* 32 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .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
20 P Chuck Stobbs* 26 38 92 84 3 15 3 0 0 9 0 1 2 15 .179 .205 .214 .419 13 18 3 1 4 1 0
21 P Camilo Pascual 22 43 67 58 3 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 6 .138 .180 .207 .387 4 12 3 1 6 0 0
22 P Pedro Ramos# 21 56 50 44 9 9 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 16 .205 .239 .295 .535 43 13 1 0 4 0 0
23 P Dean Stone* 25 42 42 34 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 22 .088 .225 .118 .343 -5 4 0 2 2 0 0
24 P Bob Wiesler# 25 38 37 33 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .091 .091 .121 .212 -43 4 2 0 4 0 0
25 P Bunky Stewart* 25 34 32 28 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 7 2 0 4 0 0
26 P Bob Chakales 28 43 23 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .150 .150 .150 .300 -19 3 0 0 3 0 0
27 P Hal Griggs 27 36 22 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 .000 .200 .000 .200 -42 0 0 1 2 0 0
28 P Connie Grob* 23 37 20 18 3 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 2 .333 .368 .389 .757 104 7 1 0 1 0 0
29 P Ted Abernathy 23 5 11 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .182 .182 .182 .364 -2 2 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Evelio Hernandez 24 4 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 -2 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Bud Byerly 35 25 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 1 0 0 0 0
32 P Dick Brodowski 23 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Tex Clevenger 23 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.9 155 6043 5202 652 1302 198 62 112 612 37 34 690 877 .250 .341 .377 .717 93 1960 142 41 75 35 42
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 6 6 6 1 6 7 3 2 1 6 5 6 5 5
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 Chuck Stobbs* 26 15 15 .500 3.60 37 33 2 15 1 1 240.0 264 115 96 29 54 4 97 1 0 5 1026 116 1.325 9.9 1.1 2.0 3.6 1.80
2 SP Camilo Pascual 22 6 18 .250 5.87 39 27 9 6 0 2 188.2 194 131 123 33 89 4 162 6 0 7 848 71 1.500 9.3 1.6 4.2 7.7 1.82
3 SP Dean Stone* 25 5 7 .417 6.27 41 21 10 2 0 3 132.0 148 107 92 10 93 0 86 7 1 5 636 66 1.826 10.1 0.7 6.3 5.9 0.92
4 SP Bob Wiesler* 25 3 12 .200 6.44 37 21 9 3 0 0 123.0 141 98 88 11 112 1 49 3 1 4 598 65 2.057 10.3 0.8 8.2 3.6 0.44
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 RP Pedro Ramos 21 12 10 .545 5.27 37 18 10 4 0 0 152.0 178 95 89 23 76 0 54 3 2 2 691 79 1.671 10.5 1.4 4.5 3.2 0.71
6 RP Hal Griggs 27 1 6 .143 6.02 34 12 6 1 0 1 98.2 120 82 66 14 76 2 48 1 0 6 481 69 1.986 10.9 1.3 6.9 4.4 0.63
7 RP Bob Chakales 28 4 4 .500 4.03 43 1 23 0 0 4 96.0 94 53 43 3 57 7 33 3 0 2 423 103 1.573 8.8 0.3 5.3 3.1 0.58
8 RP Connie Grob 23 4 5 .444 7.83 37 1 15 0 0 1 79.1 121 79 69 14 26 1 27 1 1 3 380 53 1.853 13.7 1.6 2.9 3.1 1.04
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
9 Bunky Stewart* 25 5 7 .417 5.57 33 9 9 1 0 2 105.0 111 77 65 15 82 4 36 5 1 2 501 75 1.838 9.5 1.3 7.0 3.1 0.44
10 Bud Byerly 35 2 4 .333 2.96 25 0 17 0 0 4 51.2 45 19 17 6 14 3 19 2 0 1 207 140 1.142 7.8 1.0 2.4 3.3 1.36
11 Tex Clevenger 23 0 0 5.40 20 1 7 0 0 0 31.2 33 22 19 4 21 0 17 0 0 1 149 77 1.705 9.4 1.1 6.0 4.8 0.81
12 Ted Abernathy 23 1 3 .250 4.15 5 4 0 2 0 0 30.1 35 16 14 2 10 0 18 1 0 0 132 100 1.484 10.4 0.6 3.0 5.3 1.80
13 Evelio Hernandez 24 1 1 .500 4.76 4 4 0 1 0 0 22.2 24 12 12 2 8 0 9 0 0 1 97 87 1.412 9.5 0.8 3.2 3.6 1.13
14 Dick Brodowski 23 0 3 .000 9.17 7 3 2 1 0 0 17.2 31 18 18 5 12 0 8 0 0 0 94 45 2.434 15.8 2.5 6.1 4.1 0.67
Team Totals 24.8 59 95 .383 5.33 155 155 119 36 1 18 1368.2 1539 924 811 171 730 26 663 33 6 39 6263 78 1.658 10.1 1.1 4.8 4.4 0.91
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 7 8 5 7 8 8 8 7 8 7
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 23 5 4 30.1 15 2 13 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.45 3.00 P
Lou Berberet 26 59 54 461.2 295 266 28 1 6 .997 5.0 13.0 5 5.73 4.98 4 12 15 20 57% C
Dick Brodowski 23 7 3 17.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.55 0.71 P
Bud Byerly 35 25 0 51.2 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.26 0.52 P
Bob Chakales 28 43 1 96.1 27 1 25 1 2 .963 0.0 0.0 2.43 0.60 P
Tex Clevenger 23 20 1 31.2 9 4 4 1 0 .889 0.0 0.0 2.27 0.40 P
Clint Courtney 29 76 66 583.1 332 290 35 7 7 .979 -2.0 -4.1 -2 5.01 4.28 3 20 22 17 44% C
Ed Fitz Gerald 32 50 35 323.2 231 206 19 6 5 .974 -2.0 -7.4 -2 6.26 4.50 4 7 17 8 32% C
Hal Griggs 27 34 12 98.2 30 10 19 1 4 .967 0.0 0.0 2.65 0.85 P
Connie Grob 23 37 1 79.1 26 6 18 2 1 .923 0.0 0.0 2.72 0.65 P
Evelio Hernandez 24 4 4 22.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.59 1.00 P
Whitey Herzog 24 111 99 882.2 293 276 10 7 3 .976 -13.0 -17.7 -12.0 -6.3 -5.9 -1 0 2.92 2.58 CF-LF-RF-1B
Harmon Killebrew 20 24 20 181.0 72 24 44 4 4 .944 -5.0 -33.1 -4.0 -3.7 -0.3 -1 3.38 2.83 3B-2B
Jim Lemon 28 143 141 1241.1 326 303 11 12 6 .963 -11.0 -10.6 -4.0 -4.7 0.7 -7 2.28 2.20 RF-LF
Lyle Luttrell 26 37 36 311.0 180 69 100 11 19 .939 -10.8 -41.7 -8.8 -6.6 -2.2 -2 4.89 4.57 SS
Karl Olson 25 103 80 737.1 195 189 4 2 0 .990 -11.2 -18.2 -10.2 -4.0 -6.2 -1 2.36 1.87 CF-LF-RF
Ernie Oravetz 24 34 25 233.0 56 51 2 3 0 .946 -7.0 -36.1 -5.0 -4.2 -0.9 -2 2.05 1.56 LF-RF-CF
Camilo Pascual 22 39 27 188.2 41 8 31 2 2 .951 0.0 0.0 1.86 1.00 P
Carlos Paula 28 20 19 154.0 38 37 0 1 0 .974 1.5 11.7 0.5 0.7 -0.3 1 2.16 1.85 RF-LF
Herb Plews 28 73 58 545.1 333 140 175 18 39 .946 -7.5 -16.5 -5.5 -4.6 -0.9 -2 5.20 4.32 2B-3B-SS
Pedro Ramos 21 37 18 151.2 32 9 23 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.90 0.86 P
Tony Roig 28 46 34 300.1 201 83 110 8 30 .960 -3.8 -15.2 -0.8 0.8 -1.6 -3 5.78 4.20 2B-SS
Pete Runnels 28 153 144 1262.2 1118 875 229 14 131 .987 -3.2 -3.0 -3.2 0.5 -3.5 0 7.87 7.22 1B-2B-SS
Roy Sievers 29 154 151 1306.2 849 786 54 9 76 .989 -7.3 -6.7 -3.3 1.0 -4.3 -5 1 5.79 5.45 LF-1B
Jerry Snyder 26 42 39 344.1 197 64 124 9 28 .954 -0.5 -1.7 0.5 0.9 -0.3 -1 4.91 4.48 SS-2B
Bunky Stewart 25 33 9 105.0 29 5 22 2 2 .931 0.0 0.0 2.31 0.82 P
Chuck Stobbs 26 37 33 240.0 59 19 39 1 5 .983 0.0 0.0 2.17 1.57 P
Dean Stone 25 41 21 132.0 29 4 20 5 2 .828 0.0 0.0 1.64 0.59 P
Dick Tettelbach 27 18 18 159.0 38 36 2 0 0 1.000 1.4 10.6 1.4 1.0 0.4 0 2.15 2.11 LF
Jose Valdivielso 22 90 78 672.0 433 144 266 23 58 .947 -7.6 -13.6 -5.6 -5.8 0.2 -2 5.49 4.56 SS
Bob Wiesler 25 37 21 123.0 39 12 24 3 5 .923 0.0 0.0 2.63 0.97 P
Eddie Yost 29 143 143 1250.0 503 182 303 18 31 .964 -8.4 -8.1 -7.4 -2.4 -4.9 0 -1 3.49 3.39 3B-RF
Team Totals 26.6 155 1395 12318.0 6046 4105 1770 171 469 .972 -92.4 -9.0 -67.4 -37.4 -30.0 -15 -11 1 4.29 3.33 11 39 54 45 45%
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

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics