1956 Washington Senators Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 59-95
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 446,801, Avg. 6,770
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium II
Manager: Chuck Dressen (59-95)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1956 Washington Senators Roster
1956 Washington Senators Results

The Washington Senators of the American League ended the 1956 season with a record of 59 wins and 95 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.

The Senators scored 652 runs and surrendered 924 runs, most in the circuit. Roy Sievers led Washington with 29 home runs, and Jim Lemon walloped 20 or more as well. Jim Lemon recorded 96 runs batted in. Pete Runnels paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .310 clip. Chuck Stobbs topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.60 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Chuck Dressen coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Chuck Stobbs1515.5003.60373321511240.02641159629544971051026
Pedro Ramos1210.5455.27371810400152.017895892376054322691
Camilo Pascual618.2505.8739279602188.719413112333894162607848
Bunky Stewart57.4175.573399102105.011177651582436512501
Dean Stone57.4176.27412110203132.0148107921093086715636
Bob Chakales44.5004.034312300496.0945343357733302423
Connie Grob45.4447.833711500179.312179691426127113380
Bob Wiesler312.2006.4437219300123.0141988811112149314598
Bud Byerly24.3332.962501700451.7451917614319201207
Evelio Hernandez11.5004.7644010022.7241212280900197
Ted Abernathy13.2504.1554020030.3351614210018100132
Hal Griggs16.1436.023412610198.712082661476248106481
Tex Clevenger005.40201700031.7332219421017001149
Dick Brodowski03.0009.1773210017.73118185120800094
Totals5995.3835.33399155119361181368.7153992481117173026663336396263

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Pete Runnels14764657872179299876555864.310.372.433.805250182442
Jim Lemon14661353877146211127962465138.271.349.502.850270122262
Roy Sievers1526595509213927229950010088.253.370.467.8382571250410
Eddie Yost1526845159411917211538515182.231.412.336.74817388919
Whitey Herzog11746542149103137435853574.245.302.337.63914250810
Clint Courtney1013162833185203544052010.300.362.445.80712699134
Karl Olson1063533133477102422112841.246.305.329.635103131651
Herb Plews912852562469107125122640.270.337.375.7129661023
Jose Valdivielso90279246185882429312936.236.318.333.6518281211
Lou Berberet95256207255463427004633.261.402.377.7797873009
Ed FitzGerald64169148154580212002016.304.387.399.7865940101
Jerry Snyder4316114814403121410109.270.321.345.6655161200
Ernie Oravetz88167137203432011102720.248.370.299.6694110210
Tony Roig4414111911255207202029.210.321.286.6073460110
Lyle Luttrell381381221723532951819.189.254.328.5824073410
Harmon Killebrew4411099102220513001039.222.291.394.6853920010
Carlos Paula3392828152131302815.183.250.341.5912850020
Chuck Stobbs389284315300901215.179.205.214.4191831410
Dick Tettelbach18826410101219011415.156.304.281.5851800310
Pedro Ramos56504499020201216.205.239.295.5351310400
Camilo Pascual4367583821020026.138.180.207.3871231600
Bunky Stewart3432282700020009.250.250.250.500720400
Connie Grob3720183610050012.333.368.389.757710100
Bob Chakales4323202300000003.150.150.150.300300300
Bob Wiesler38373303100000012.091.091.121.212420400
Dean Stone42423433100100422.088.225.118.343402200
Evelio Hernandez411110200000003.182.182.182.364200000
Ted Abernathy511111200010005.182.182.182.364200000
Bud Byerly2511111100000004.091.091.091.182110000
Tex Clevenger20320000000010.000.333.000.333000000
Hal Griggs36221640000000312.000.200.000.200001200
Dick Brodowski7550000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Tom Wright2110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Totals1999604352026521302198621126123734690877.250.341.377.717196014241753542


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Pete Runnels1B8179698.069349473.9959.5679.1600000
Roy Sievers1B7673639.763851775.9909.6949.0660000
Whitey Herzog1B5331.034123.9461.1617.0000000
Pete Runnels2B6965558.71791771056.9735.7355.1590000
Herb Plews2B6656513.01371661738.9475.3164.5910000
Tony Roig2B2725213.06779425.9736.1695.4070000
Jerry Snyder2B7760.0171845.8975.2505.0000000
Harmon Killebrew2B4224.06411.9093.7502.5000000
Eddie Yost3B1351351187.31643031831.9633.5403.4590000
Harmon Killebrew3B2018157.0184033.9513.3252.9000000
Herb Plews3B2224.326001.0002.9594.0000000
Clint CourtneyC7666583.32903577.9795.0144.276320221743.6
Lou BerberetC5954461.72662816.9975.7314.983412152057.1
Ed FitzGeraldC5035323.72061965.9746.2564.5004717832.0
Jim LemonOF1411411241.330111126.9632.2622.2130000
Whitey HerzogOF10396851.7240950.9802.6312.4170000
Karl OlsonOF10180737.3192420.9902.3921.9410000
Roy SieversOF7878667.0146321.9872.0101.9100000
Ernie OravetzOF3125233.051230.9462.0471.7100000
Dick TettelbachOF1818159.0372001.0002.2082.1670000
Carlos PaulaOF2019154.037010.9742.1621.8500000
Eddie YostOF8862.7180001.0002.5852.2500000
Chuck StobbsP3733240.0193915.9832.1751.5680000
Camilo PascualP3927188.783122.9511.8601.0000000
Pedro RamosP3718151.7923021.0001.899.8650000
Dean StoneP4121132.042052.8281.636.5850000
Bob WieslerP3721123.0122435.9232.634.9730000
Bunky StewartP339105.052222.9312.314.8180000
Hal GriggsP341298.7101914.9672.645.8530000
Bob ChakalesP43196.312512.9632.429.6050000
Connie GrobP37179.361821.9232.723.6490000
Bud ByerlyP25051.7310001.0002.265.5200000
Tex ClevengerP20131.74410.8892.274.4000000
Ted AbernathyP5430.3213011.0004.4513.0000000
Evelio HernandezP4422.713001.0001.5881.0000000
Dick BrodowskiP7317.723001.0002.547.7140000
Jose ValdivielsoSS9078672.01442662358.9475.4914.5560000
Lyle LuttrellSS3736311.0691001119.9394.8914.5680000
Jerry SnyderSS3532284.347106523.9684.8434.3710000
Tony RoigSS19987.3163145.9224.8442.4740000
Herb PlewsSS508.01311.8004.500.8000000
Pete RunnelsSS306.033021.0009.0002.0000000
Totals1765139512318.041051770171469.9724.2923.3291139544545.5




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