1959 Washington Senators

63-91 • 0.409 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

63 Wins
91 Losses
0.409 Win %
8th Rank
619 R 701 RA
Diff -82

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⚡ Quick Stats

619 Runs Scored
701 Runs Allowed
-82 Run Diff
615K Attendance

📈 vs. 1959 AL Average

Batting Avg .236 7% below the 1959 league average (.253)
OBP .307 4% below the 1959 league average (.321)
SLG .332 equal to the 1959 league average (.331)
Team ERA 4.01 4% worse than the 1959 league average (3.86)
Runs Scored 619 8% below the 1959 league average (674 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumGriffith Stadium II
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 615,890
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Avg per Game 7,998

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Camilo Pascual 0.302 2 Jim Lemon 0.279 3 Julio Becquer 0.268 4 Bob Allison 0.261 5 Faye Throneberry 0.251

Home Runs

1 Harmon Killebrew 42 2 Jim Lemon 33 3 Bob Allison 30 4 Roy Sievers 21 5 Faye Throneberry 10

RBI

1 Harmon Killebrew 105 2 Jim Lemon 100 3 Bob Allison 85 4 Roy Sievers 49 5 Faye Throneberry 42
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bob Allison 150 570 83 149 0 0 30 85 60 92 13 0.261
Harmon Killebrew 153 546 98 132 0 0 42 105 90 116 3 0.242
Jim Lemon 147 531 73 148 0 0 33 100 46 99 5 0.279
Roy Sievers 115 385 55 93 0 0 21 49 53 62 1 0.242
Faye Throneberry 117 327 36 82 0 0 10 42 33 61 6 0.251
Reno Bertoia 90 308 33 73 0 0 8 29 29 48 2 0.237
Ron Samford 91 237 23 53 0 0 5 22 11 29 1 0.224
Ken Aspromonte 70 225 31 55 0 0 2 14 26 39 2 0.244
Julio Becquer 108 220 20 59 0 0 1 26 8 17 3 0.268
Billy Consolo 79 202 25 43 0 0 0 10 36 54 1 0.213
Hal Naragon 71 195 12 47 0 0 0 11 8 9 0 0.241
Lenny Green 88 190 29 46 0 0 2 15 20 15 9 0.242
Clint Courtney 72 189 19 44 0 0 2 18 20 19 0 0.233
Jay Porter 37 106 8 24 0 0 1 10 11 16 0 0.226
Camilo Pascual 32 86 10 26 0 0 0 3 5 11 0 0.302
Albie Pearson 25 80 9 15 0 0 0 2 14 3 1 0.188
Pedro Ramos 45 75 7 11 0 0 1 2 4 38 1 0.147
Norm Zauchin 19 71 11 15 0 0 3 4 7 14 2 0.211
Ed FitzGerald 19 62 5 12 0 0 0 5 4 8 0 0.194
Dan Dobbek 16 60 8 15 0 0 1 5 5 13 0 0.250
Russ Kemmerer 37 60 1 8 0 0 0 5 6 25 0 0.133
Johnny Schaive 16 59 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0.153
Zoilo Versalles 29 59 4 9 0 0 1 1 4 15 1 0.153
Bill Fischer 34 54 2 7 0 0 0 3 2 13 0 0.130
Steve Korcheck 22 51 3 8 0 0 0 4 5 13 0 0.157
Herb Plews 27 40 4 9 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 0.225
Tex Clevenger 50 23 2 4 0 0 0 4 5 9 0 0.174
Chuck Stobbs 41 19 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.105
Hal Griggs 37 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.056
Jose Valdivielso 24 14 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.286
John Romonosky 20 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.182
Hal Woodeshick 32 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
Dick Hyde 37 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Jack Kralick 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Kaat 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tom McAvoy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Murray Wall 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ralph Lumenti 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bobby Malkmus 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Vito Valentinetti 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Camilo Pascual 2.64 2 Chuck Stobbs 2.98 3 John Romonosky 3.29 4 Hal Woodeshick 3.69 5 Tex Clevenger 3.91

Wins

1 Camilo Pascual 17 2 Pedro Ramos 13 3 Bill Fischer 9 4 Tex Clevenger 8 5 Russ Kemmerer 8

Strikeouts

1 Camilo Pascual 185 2 Pedro Ramos 95 3 Russ Kemmerer 89 4 Tex Clevenger 71 5 Bill Fischer 62
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Camilo Pascual 17 10 2.64 32 30 0 238.2 69 185
Pedro Ramos 13 19 4.16 37 35 0 233.2 52 95
Russ Kemmerer 8 17 4.50 37 28 0 206.0 71 89
Bill Fischer 9 11 4.28 34 29 0 187.1 43 62
Tex Clevenger 8 5 3.91 50 7 8 117.1 51 71
Hal Griggs 2 8 5.25 37 10 2 97.2 52 43
Chuck Stobbs 1 8 2.98 41 7 7 90.2 24 50
Hal Woodeshick 2 4 3.69 31 3 0 61.0 36 30
Dick Hyde 2 5 4.97 37 0 4 54.1 27 29
John Romonosky 1 0 3.29 12 2 0 38.1 19 22
Jack Kralick 0 0 6.57 6 0 0 12.1 6 7
Vito Valentinetti 0 2 10.13 7 1 0 10.2 10 7
Jim Kaat 0 2 12.60 3 2 0 5.0 4 2
Ralph Lumenti 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 1 2
Tom McAvoy 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.2 2 0
Murray Wall 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 1.1 0 0

👥 Roster (40)

Bob Allison Ken Aspromonte Julio Becquer Reno Bertoia Tex Clevenger Billy Consolo Clint Courtney Dan Dobbek Bill Fischer Ed FitzGerald Lenny Green Hal Griggs +28 more

40 players

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