1956 WASHINGTON SENATORS I

| Level: MLB

Location: Washington,DC
Team Record: 59-95 .383
Result: 7th in American League
Manager(s): Chuck Dressen
General Manager: Calvin Griffith
Stadium: Griffith Stadium
Attendance: 431,647
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Washington Senators I affiliate history

Oldest Player: Bud Byerly (35)
Youngest Player: Harmon Killebrew (20)
Longest Tenure: Eddie Yost (12)
Top Hitter: Roy Sievers (9)
Top Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs (13)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 61.96%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Cleveland	88	66	.571	9.0
Chi White Sox	85	69	.552	12.0
Boston	84	70	.545	13.0
Detroit	82	72	.532	15.0
Baltimore	69	85	.448	28.0
Washington	59	95	.383	38.0
KC Athletics	52	102	.338	45.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
5	Pete Runnels	1b-2b	19	28	-	MLB	147	578	72	179	29	9	8	76	5	5	58	64	2	2	4	4	18	.310	.372	.433	805	250	646	430	100	6.3	.335
2	Roy Sievers	1b-of	9	29	-	MLB	152	550	92	139	27	2	29	95	0	0	100	88	5	10	0	4	12	.253	.370	.467	838	257	659	427	106	6.7	.252
14,23	Jim Lemon	of	14	28	-	MLB	146	538	77	146	21	11	27	96	2	4	65	138	2	2	2	6	12	.271	.349	.502	850	270	613	416	96	6.2	.314
1	Eddie Yost	3b	10	29	-	MLB	152	515	94	119	17	2	11	53	8	5	151	82	8	9	9	1	8	.231	.412	.336	748	173	684	419	91	5.9	.255
30	Whitey Herzog	of	31	24	-	MLB	117	421	49	103	13	7	4	35	8	5	35	74	0	0	8	1	5	.245	.302	.337	639	142	465	337	45	3.6	.288
3	Karl Olson	of	74	25	-	MLB	106	313	34	77	10	2	4	22	1	1	28	41	1	1	6	5	13	.246	.305	.329	635	103	353	261	31	3.3	.267
14	Clint Courtney	c	42	29	-	MLB	101	283	31	85	20	3	5	44	0	5	20	10	9	4	1	3	9	.300	.362	.445	807	126	316	216	51	6.3	.295
25	Herb Plews	2b-3b	60	28	-	MLB	91	256	24	69	10	7	1	25	1	2	26	40	1	3	0	2	6	.270	.337	.375	712	96	285	197	34	4.7	.313
22	Jose Valdivielso	ss	-	22	-	MLB	90	246	18	58	8	2	4	29	3	1	29	36	1	1	2	1	8	.236	.318	.333	651	82	279	200	27	3.7	.261
9,10	Lou Berberet	c	44	26	-	MLB	95	207	25	54	6	3	4	27	0	0	46	33	3	9	0	0	7	.261	.402	.377	779	78	256	160	35	5.9	.294
6	Jerry Snyder	ss-2b	-	26	-	MLB	43	148	14	40	3	1	2	14	1	0	10	9	1	0	2	0	6	.270	.321	.345	665	51	161	116	17	4.0	.277
8	Ed Fitz Gerald	c	-	32	-	MLB	64	148	15	45	8	0	2	12	0	0	20	16	0	1	1	0	4	.304	.387	.399	786	59	169	108	25	6.3	.331
37	Ernie Oravetz	of	-	24	-	MLB	88	137	20	34	3	2	0	11	1	0	27	20	0	0	2	1	1	.248	.370	.299	669	41	167	107	19	4.8	.288
22	Lyle Luttrell	ss	-	26	-	MLB	38	122	17	23	5	3	2	9	5	1	8	19	3	0	4	1	7	.189	.254	.328	582	40	138	112	10	2.3	.206
4,36	Tony Roig	ss-2b	-	28	-	MLB	44	119	11	25	5	2	0	7	2	0	20	29	0	0	1	1	6	.210	.321	.286	607	34	141	102	10	2.8	.275
12	Harmon Killebrew	1b-3b	-	20	UDFA: 1954	MLB	44	99	10	22	2	0	5	13	0	0	10	39	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.291	.394	685	39	110	80	9	3.1	.304
18	Chuck Stobbs	p	-	26	-	MLB	38	84	3	15	3	0	0	9	0	1	2	15	1	0	4	1	3	.179	.205	.214	419	18	92	78	1	0.3	.214
31,32	Carlos Paula	of	-	28	-	MLB	33	82	8	15	2	1	3	13	0	2	8	15	0	0	0	2	5	.183	.250	.341	591	28	92	76	5	1.9	.182
32,34	Dick Tettelbach	of	-	27	-	MLB	18	64	10	10	1	2	1	9	0	1	14	15	0	0	3	1	0	.156	.304	.281	585	18	82	59	6	2.9	.184
27	Camilo Pascual	p	-	22	-	MLB	43	58	3	8	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	6	1	0	6	0	3	.138	.180	.207	387	12	67	59	1	0.3	.154
28	Pedro Ramos	p	-	21	-	MLB	56	44	9	9	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	16	0	0	4	0	1	.205	.239	.295	535	13	50	41	2	1.0	.321
26	Dean Stone	p	-	25	-	MLB	42	34	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	22	2	0	2	0	0	.088	.225	.118	343	4	42	33	-1	-1.2	.250
21	Bob Wiesler	p	-	25	-	MLB	38	33	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	4	0	2	.091	.091	.121	212	4	37	36	-3	-2.1	.143
24	Bunky Stewart	p	-	25	-	MLB	34	28	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	4	0	2	.250	.250	.250	500	7	32	27	0	0.2	.368
16	Bob Chakales	p	-	28	-	MLB	43	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	.150	.150	.150	300	3	23	20	0	-0.4	.176
38	Connie Grob	p	-	23	-	MLB	37	18	3	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.368	.389	757	7	20	14	3	4.9	.375
39	Hal Griggs	p	-	27	-	MLB	36	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	0	22	18	-2	-2.4	.000
8	Bud Byerly	p	-	35	-	MLB	25	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.091	.091	182	1	11	11	-	-	.143
29	Evelio Hernandez	p	-	24	-	MLB	4	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	364	2	11	9	0	-0.4	.250
15	Ted Abernathy	p	-	23	UDFA: 1952	MLB	5	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	364	2	11	9	0	-1.1	.333
17	Dick Brodowski	p	-	23	-	MLB	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
10,11	Tex Clevenger	p	-	23	-	MLB	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	0	3	2	0	1.6	.000
41	Tom Wright	of	-	32	-	MLB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (33 players)							154	5202	652	1302	198	62	112	612	37	34	690	877	41	42	75	35	142	.250	.341	.377	718	1960	6043	4186	714	4.6	.280

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
18	Chuck Stobbs	13	26	-	MLB	15	15	3.60	37	33	15	1	2	1	240.0	264	115	96	29	54	97	5	0	1.33	9.90	1.09	2.03	3.64	0.56	--	0.72
27	Camilo Pascual	18	22	-	MLB	6	18	5.87	39	27	6	0	9	2	188.2	194	131	123	33	89	162	7	0	1.50	9.25	1.57	4.25	7.73	0.55	--	1.25
28	Pedro Ramos	39	21	-	MLB	12	10	5.27	37	18	4	0	10	0	152.0	178	95	89	23	76	54	2	2	1.67	10.54	1.36	4.50	3.20	1.41	--	0.91
26	Dean Stone	42	25	-	MLB	5	7	6.27	41	21	2	0	10	3	132.0	148	107	92	10	93	86	5	1	1.83	10.09	0.68	6.34	5.86	1.08	--	0.68
21	Bob Wiesler	46	25	-	MLB	3	12	6.44	37	21	3	0	9	0	123.0	141	98	88	11	112	49	4	1	2.06	10.32	0.80	8.20	3.59	2.29	--	1.40
24	Bunky Stewart	-	25	-	MLB	5	7	5.57	33	9	1	0	9	2	105.0	111	77	65	15	82	36	2	1	1.84	9.51	1.29	7.03	3.09	2.28	--	1.53
39	Hal Griggs	-	27	-	MLB	1	6	6.02	34	12	1	0	6	1	98.2	120	82	66	14	76	48	6	0	1.99	10.95	1.28	6.93	4.38	1.58	--	1.15
16	Bob Chakales	31	28	-	MLB	4	4	4.03	43	1	0	0	23	4	96.0	94	53	43	3	57	33	2	0	1.57	8.81	0.28	5.34	3.09	1.73	--	1.17
38	Connie Grob	57	23	-	MLB	4	5	7.83	37	1	0	0	15	1	79.1	121	79	69	14	26	27	3	1	1.85	13.73	1.59	2.95	3.06	0.96	--	1.30
8	Bud Byerly	40	35	-	MLB	2	4	2.96	25	0	0	0	17	4	51.2	45	19	17	6	14	19	1	0	1.14	7.84	1.05	2.44	3.31	0.74	--	1.37
10,11	Tex Clevenger	-	23	-	MLB	0	0	5.40	20	1	0	0	7	0	31.2	33	22	19	4	21	17	1	0	1.71	9.38	1.14	5.97	4.83	1.24	--	1.45
15	Ted Abernathy	-	23	UDFA: 1952	MLB	1	3	4.15	5	4	2	0	0	0	30.1	35	16	14	2	10	18	0	0	1.48	10.38	0.59	2.97	5.34	0.56	--	1.81
29	Evelio Hernandez	-	24	-	MLB	1	1	4.76	4	4	1	0	0	0	22.2	24	12	12	2	8	9	1	0	1.41	9.53	0.79	3.18	3.57	0.89	--	0.87
17	Dick Brodowski	-	23	-	MLB	0	3	9.17	7	3	1	0	2	0	17.2	31	18	18	5	12	8	0	0	2.43	15.79	2.55	6.11	4.08	1.50	--	1.00
Totals: (33 players)						59	95	5.33	154	154	36	1	118	18	1,369	1539	924	811	112	730	663	39	6	1.46	10.12	1.12	4.80	4.36	1.10	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Clint Courtney	C	76		290	35	7	7	.979	0.00
Lou Berberet	C	59		266	28	1	6	.997	0.00
Ed Fitz Gerald	C	50		206	19	6	5	.974	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pete Runnels	1B	81		693	49	4	73	.995	0.00
Roy Sievers	1B	76		638	51	7	75	.990	0.00
Whitey Herzog	1B	5		34	1	2	3	.946	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pete Runnels	2B	69		179	177	10	56	.973	0.00
Herb Plews	2B	66		137	166	17	38	.947	0.00
Tony Roig	2B	27		67	79	4	25	.973	0.00
Jerry Snyder	2B	7		17	18	4	5	.897	0.00
Harmon Killebrew	2B	4		6	4	1	1	.909	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Yost	3B	135		164	303	18	31	.963	0.00
Harmon Killebrew	3B	20		18	40	3	3	.951	0.00
Herb Plews	3B	2		2	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Valdivielso	SS	90		144	266	23	58	.947	0.00
Lyle Luttrell	SS	37		69	100	11	19	.939	0.00
Jerry Snyder	SS	35		47	106	5	23	.968	0.00
Tony Roig	SS	19		16	31	4	5	.922	0.00
Herb Plews	SS	5		1	3	1	1	.800	0.00
Pete Runnels	SS	3		3	3	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Lemon	OF	141		301	11	12	6	.963	0.00
Whitey Herzog	OF	103		240	9	5	0	.980	0.00
Karl Olson	OF	101		192	4	2	0	.990	0.00
Roy Sievers	OF	78		146	3	2	1	.987	0.00
Ernie Oravetz	OF	31		51	2	3	0	.946	0.00
Carlos Paula	OF	20		37	0	1	0	.974	0.00
Dick Tettelbach	OF	18		37	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Eddie Yost	OF	8		18	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Chakales	P	43	96	1	25	1	2	.963	2.44
Dean Stone	P	41	132	4	20	5	2	.828	1.64
Camilo Pascual	P	39	188	8	31	2	2	.951	1.87
Connie Grob	P	37	79	6	18	2	1	.923	2.73
Pedro Ramos	P	37	152	9	23	0	2	1.000	1.89
Chuck Stobbs	P	37	240	19	39	1	5	.983	2.18
Bob Wiesler	P	37	123	12	24	3	5	.923	2.63
Hal Griggs	P	34	98	10	19	1	4	.967	2.66
Bunky Stewart	P	33	105	5	22	2	2	.931	2.31
Bud Byerly	P	25	51	3	10	0	0	1.000	2.29
Tex Clevenger	P	20	31	4	4	1	0	.889	2.31
Dick Brodowski	P	7	17	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.62
Ted Abernathy	P	5	30	2	13	0	1	1.000	4.49
Evelio Hernandez	P	4	22	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.62

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