The 1958 Washington Senators won 61 games, lost 93, and finished in eighth place in the American League, 31 games behind the New York Yankees. They were managed by Cookie Lavagetto and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
1958 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes) | |
General managers | Calvin Griffith | |
Managers | Cookie Lavagetto | |
Television | WTTG | |
Radio | WWDC (FM) (Chuck Thompson, Bob Wolff, Bailey Goss) | |
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Offseason edit
- January 23, 1958: Pete Runnels was traded by the Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Norm Zauchin and Albie Pearson.[1]
- February 25, 1958: Milt Bolling was traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Pete Mesa (minors).[2]
Regular season edit
Pedro Ramos led the American League in losses.[3]
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | — | 44–33 | 48–29 |
Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 10 | 47–30 | 35–42 |
Boston Red Sox | 79 | 75 | 0.513 | 13 | 49–28 | 30–47 |
Cleveland Indians | 77 | 76 | 0.503 | 14½ | 42–34 | 35–42 |
Detroit Tigers | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 15 | 43–34 | 34–43 |
Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 79 | 0.484 | 17½ | 46–31 | 28–48 |
Kansas City Athletics | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 19 | 43–34 | 30–47 |
Washington Senators | 61 | 93 | 0.396 | 31 | 33–44 | 28–49 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | 10–11 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 15–7 | |||||
Boston | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 9–13–1 | 14–8 | |||||
Chicago | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | — | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 7–15 | 16–6 | |||||
Cleveland | 11–10 | 10–12 | 10–12 | — | 14–8 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 15–7 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 9–13 | |||||
Kansas City | 10–12 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — | 9–13 | 12–10–2 | |||||
New York | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | |||||
Washington | 7–15 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 13–9 | 10–12–2 | 10–12 | — |
Opening Day lineup edit
Notable transactions edit
- May 14, 1958: Whitey Herzog was purchased from the Senators by the Kansas City Athletics.[4]
- May 14, 1958: Al Cicotte was purchased by the Senators from the New York Yankees.[5]
- June 23, 1958: Al Cicotte was traded by the Senators to the Detroit Tigers for Vito Valentinetti.[6]
Roster edit
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Clint Courtney | 134 | 450 | 113 | .251 | 8 | 62 |
1B | Norm Zauchin | 96 | 303 | 69 | .228 | 15 | 37 |
2B | Ken Aspromonte | 92 | 253 | 57 | .225 | 5 | 27 |
SS | Rocky Bridges | 116 | 377 | 99 | .263 | 5 | 28 |
3B | Eddie Yost | 134 | 406 | 91 | .224 | 8 | 37 |
LF | Roy Sievers | 148 | 550 | 162 | .295 | 39 | 108 |
CF | Albie Pearson | 146 | 530 | 146 | .275 | 3 | 33 |
RF | Jim Lemon | 142 | 501 | 123 | .246 | 26 | 75 |
Other batters edit
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Herb Plews | 111 | 380 | 98 | .258 | 2 | 29 |
Neil Chrisley | 105 | 233 | 50 | .215 | 5 | 26 |
Ossie Álvarez | 87 | 196 | 41 | .209 | 0 | 5 |
Julio Bécquer | 86 | 164 | 39 | .238 | 0 | 12 |
Ed Fitz Gerald | 58 | 114 | 30 | .263 | 0 | 11 |
Faye Throneberry | 44 | 87 | 16 | .184 | 4 | 7 |
Bobby Malkmus | 41 | 70 | 13 | .186 | 0 | 3 |
Steve Korcheck | 21 | 51 | 4 | .078 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Allison | 11 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Harmon Killebrew | 13 | 31 | 6 | .194 | 0 | 2 |
Johnny Schaive | 7 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Jerry Snyder | 6 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
Lou Berberet | 5 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Whitey Herzog | 8 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Pedro Ramos | 43 | 259.1 | 14 | 18 | 4.23 | 132 |
Russ Kemmerer | 40 | 224.1 | 6 | 15 | 4.61 | 111 |
Camilo Pascual | 31 | 177.1 | 8 | 12 | 3.15 | 146 |
Bill Fischer | 3 | 21.0 | 0 | 3 | 3.86 | 10 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Hal Griggs | 32 | 137.0 | 3 | 11 | 5.52 | 69 |
Vito Valentinetti | 23 | 95.2 | 4 | 6 | 5.08 | 33 |
Chuck Stobbs | 19 | 56.2 | 2 | 6 | 6.04 | 23 |
John Romonosky | 18 | 55.1 | 2 | 4 | 6.51 | 38 |
Al Cicotte | 8 | 28.0 | 0 | 3 | 4.82 | 14 |
Jim Constable | 15 | 27.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.88 | 25 |
Ralph Lumenti | 8 | 21.0 | 1 | 2 | 8.57 | 20 |
Jack Spring | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 14.14 | 1 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dick Hyde | 53 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 1.75 | 49 |
Tex Clevenger | 55 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4.35 | 70 |
Bud Byerly | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 13 |
Joe Albanese | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |
Bob Wiesler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5 |
Farm system edit
References edit
- ^ Senators, Bosox trade 3 players
- ^ Milt Bolling page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ 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
- ^ Whitey Herzog page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Al Cicotte page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Vito Valentinetti page at Baseball Reference