1956 Washington Senators

59-95 • 0.383 Win% • 7th in AL

📊 Season Record

59 Wins
95 Losses
0.383 Win %
7th Rank
652 R 924 RA
Diff -272

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⚡ Quick Stats

652 Runs Scored
924 Runs Allowed
-272 Run Diff
446K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 AL Average

Batting Avg .250 4% below the 1956 league average (.260)
OBP .338 equal to the 1956 league average (.339)
SLG .314 7% below the 1956 league average (.337)
Team ERA 5.33 28% worse than the 1956 league average (4.16)
Runs Scored 652 9% below the 1956 league average (720 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumGriffith Stadium II
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 446,801
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Avg per Game 5,802

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Pete Runnels 0.310 2 Ed FitzGerald 0.304 3 Clint Courtney 0.300 4 Jim Lemon 0.271 5 Jerry Snyder 0.270

Home Runs

1 Roy Sievers 29 2 Jim Lemon 27 3 Eddie Yost 11 4 Pete Runnels 8 5 Clint Courtney 5

RBI

1 Jim Lemon 96 2 Roy Sievers 95 3 Pete Runnels 76 4 Eddie Yost 53 5 Clint Courtney 44
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Pete Runnels 147 578 72 179 0 0 8 76 58 64 5 0.310
Roy Sievers 152 550 92 139 0 0 29 95 100 88 0 0.253
Jim Lemon 146 538 77 146 0 0 27 96 65 138 2 0.271
Eddie Yost 152 515 94 119 0 0 11 53 151 82 8 0.231
Whitey Herzog 117 421 49 103 0 0 4 35 35 74 8 0.245
Karl Olson 106 313 34 77 0 0 4 22 28 41 1 0.246
Clint Courtney 101 283 31 85 0 0 5 44 20 10 0 0.300
Herb Plews 91 256 24 69 0 0 1 25 26 40 1 0.270
Jose Valdivielso 90 246 18 58 0 0 4 29 29 36 3 0.236
Lou Berberet 95 207 25 54 0 0 4 27 46 33 0 0.261
Ed FitzGerald 64 148 15 45 0 0 2 12 20 16 0 0.304
Jerry Snyder 43 148 14 40 0 0 2 14 10 9 1 0.270
Ernie Oravetz 88 137 20 34 0 0 0 11 27 20 1 0.248
Lyle Luttrell 38 122 17 23 0 0 2 9 8 19 5 0.189
Tony Roig 44 119 11 25 0 0 0 7 20 29 2 0.210
Harmon Killebrew 44 99 10 22 0 0 5 13 10 39 0 0.222
Chuck Stobbs 38 84 3 15 0 0 0 9 2 15 0 0.179
Carlos Paula 33 82 8 15 0 0 3 13 8 15 0 0.183
Dick Tettelbach 18 64 10 10 0 0 1 9 14 15 0 0.156
Camilo Pascual 43 58 3 8 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0.138
Pedro Ramos 56 44 9 9 0 0 0 2 2 16 0 0.205
Dean Stone 42 34 3 3 0 0 0 1 4 22 0 0.088
Bob Wiesler 38 33 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.091
Bunky Stewart 34 28 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0.250
Bob Chakales 43 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.150
Connie Grob 37 18 3 6 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 0.333
Hal Griggs 36 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 0 0.000
Ted Abernathy 5 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.182
Bud Byerly 25 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.091
Evelio Hernandez 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.182
Dick Brodowski 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tex Clevenger 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Tom Wright 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bud Byerly 2.96 2 Chuck Stobbs 3.60 3 Bob Chakales 4.03 4 Ted Abernathy 4.15 5 Pedro Ramos 5.27

Wins

1 Chuck Stobbs 15 2 Pedro Ramos 12 3 Camilo Pascual 6 4 Bunky Stewart 5 5 Dean Stone 5

Strikeouts

1 Camilo Pascual 162 2 Chuck Stobbs 97 3 Dean Stone 86 4 Pedro Ramos 54 5 Bob Wiesler 49
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Chuck Stobbs 15 15 3.60 37 33 1 240.0 54 97
Camilo Pascual 6 18 5.87 39 27 2 188.2 89 162
Pedro Ramos 12 10 5.27 37 18 0 152.0 76 54
Dean Stone 5 7 6.27 41 21 3 132.0 93 86
Bob Wiesler 3 12 6.44 37 21 0 123.0 112 49
Bunky Stewart 5 7 5.57 33 9 2 105.0 82 36
Hal Griggs 1 6 6.02 34 12 1 98.2 76 48
Bob Chakales 4 4 4.03 43 1 4 96.0 57 33
Connie Grob 4 5 7.83 37 1 1 79.1 26 27
Bud Byerly 2 4 2.96 25 0 4 51.2 14 19
Tex Clevenger 0 0 5.40 20 1 0 31.2 21 17
Ted Abernathy 1 3 4.15 5 4 0 30.1 10 18
Evelio Hernandez 1 1 4.76 4 4 0 22.2 8 9
Dick Brodowski 0 3 9.17 7 3 0 17.2 12 8

👥 Roster (33)

Ted Abernathy Lou Berberet Dick Brodowski Bud Byerly Bob Chakales Tex Clevenger Clint Courtney Ed FitzGerald Hal Griggs Connie Grob Evelio Hernandez Whitey Herzog +21 more

33 players

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