1956 Washington Senators Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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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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

* - 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	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

* - 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									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									2.55	0.71						P
Bud Byerly	35	25	0	51.2	13	3	10	0	0	1.000									2.26	0.52						P
Bob Chakales	28	43	1	96.1	27	1	25	1	2	.963									2.43	0.60						P
Tex Clevenger	23	20	1	31.2	9	4	4	1	0	.889									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									2.65	0.85						P
Connie Grob	23	37	1	79.1	26	6	18	2	1	.923									2.72	0.65						P
Evelio Hernandez	24	4	4	22.2	4	1	3	0	0	1.000									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									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									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									2.31	0.82						P
Chuck Stobbs	26	37	33	240.0	59	19	39	1	5	.983									2.17	1.57						P
Dean Stone	25	41	21	132.0	29	4	20	5	2	.828									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									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

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