1959 Washington Senators season

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1959  Washington Senators
League American League
Ballpark Griffith Stadium
City Washington, D.C.
Record63–91 (.409)
League place8th
Owners Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General managers Calvin Griffith
Managers Cookie Lavagetto
Television WTOP
Radio WTOP
(Chuck Thompson, Bob Wolff, Jack Guinan)
  1958 Seasons 1960  

The 1959 Washington Senators won 63 games, lost 91, and finished in eighth place in the American League, 31 games behind the AL Champion Chicago White Sox in their penultimate season in The Nation's Capital. They were managed by Cookie Lavagetto and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Contents

Regular season

On September 7, Ron Samford hit a home run in the last at bat of his career. [1]

Pedro Ramos led the American League in losses. [2]

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9460.61047304730
Cleveland Indians 8965.578543344631
New York Yankees 7975.5131540373938
Detroit Tigers 7678.4941841363542
Boston Red Sox 7579.4871943343245
Baltimore Orioles 7480.4812038393641
Kansas City Athletics 6688.4292837402948
Washington Senators 6391.4093134432948

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCANYYWSH
Baltimore 8–1411–11–110–1213–98–1412–1012–10
Boston 14–88–148–1411–1111–1113–910–12
Chicago 11–11–114–815–713–912–1013–9–116–6
Cleveland 12–1014–87–1514–815–711–1116–6
Detroit 9–1311–119–138–1415–714–810–12
Kansas City 14–811–1110–127–157–155–1712–10
New York 10–129–139–13–111–118–1417–515–7
Washington 10–1212–106–166–1612–1010–127–15

Notable transactions

Roster

1959 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Hal Naragon 7119547.241011
1B Roy Sievers 11538593.2422149
2B Reno Bertoia 9030873.237829
SS Billy Consolo 7920243.213010
3B Harmon Killebrew 153546132.24242105
LF Jim Lemon 147531148.27933100
CF Bob Allison 150570149.2613085
RF Faye Throneberry 11732782.2511042

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ron Samford 9123753.224522
Ken Aspromonte 7022555.244214
Julio Bécquer 10822059.268126
Lenny Green 8819046.242215
Clint Courtney 7218944.233218
Jay Porter 3710624.226110
Albie Pearson 258015.18802
Norm Zauchin 197115.21134
Ed Fitz Gerald 196212.19405
Dan Dobbek 166015.25015
Zoilo Versalles 29599.15311
Johnny Schaive 16599.15302
Steve Korcheck 22518.15704
Herb Plews 27409.22502
José Valdivielso 24144.28600
Bobby Malkmus 600----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Camilo Pascual 32238.217102.64185
Pedro Ramos 37233.213194.1695
Russ Kemmerer 37206.08174.5089
Bill Fischer 34187.19114.2862

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Hal Griggs 3797.2285.2543
Chuck Stobbs 4190.2182.9850
John Romonosky 1238.1103.2922
Vito Valentinetti 710.20210.137
Jim Kaat 35.00212.602

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tex Clevenger 508583.9171
Dick Hyde 372554.9729
Hal Woodeshick 312403.6930
Jack Kralick 60006.577
Ralph Lumenti 20000.002
Tom McAvoy 10000.000
Murray Wall 10006.750

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Red Marion
A Charlotte Hornets Sally League Gene Verble
B Fox Cities Foxes Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Jack McKeon
C Missoula Timberjacks Pioneer League Ralph Rowe
D Fort Walton Beach Jets Alabama–Florida League Vince Magi
D Lynchburg Senators Appalachian League Chick Payne
D Sanford Greyhounds Florida State League Packy Rogers, Ed Barberito
and Joe Abernethy

Notes

  1. "Home Run in Last at Bat | Baseball Almanac".
  2. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 348, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  3. Vito Valentinetti page at Baseball-Reference
  4. Jay Porter page at Baseball-Reference

References