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1956 Washington Senators season

Field	Value
name	Washington Senators
season	1956
league	American League
ballpark	Griffith Stadium
city	Washington, D.C.
record
league_place	7th
owners	Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
general_managers	Calvin Griffith
managers	Chuck Dressen
television	WTTG
radio	WWDC (FM)
(Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff)
season_list	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

(Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff) The 1956 Washington Senators won 59 games, lost 95, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Chuck Dressen and played home games at Griffith Stadium, where they attracted 431,647 spectators, eighth and last in AL attendance.

Offseason

November 8, 1955: Mickey Vernon, Bob Porterfield, Johnny Schmitz, and Tom Umphlett were traded by the Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Karl Olson, Dick Brodowski, Tex Clevenger, Neil Chrisley, and Al Curtis (minors).
February 8, 1956: Mickey McDermott and Bobby Kline were traded by the Senators to the New York Yankees for Lou Berberet, Bob Wiesler, Herb Plews, Dick Tettelbach, and a player to be named later. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Whitey Herzog to the Senators on April 2.

Regular season

April 18, 1956: Umpire Ed Rommell was the first umpire to wear glasses in a major league game. The game was played between the Senators and the New York Yankees.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1956 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Clint Courtney	101	283	85	.300	5	44
1B	Pete Runnels	147	578	179	.310	8	76
2B	Herb Plews	91	256	69	.270	1	25
SS		90	246	58	.236	4	29
3B	Eddie Yost	152	515	119	.231	11	53
LF	Roy Sievers	152	550	139	.253	29	95
CF	Whitey Herzog	117	421	103	.245	4	35
RF	Jim Lemon	146	538	146	.271	27	96

Other batters

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
	106	313	77	.246	4	22
Lou Berberet	95	207	54	.261	4	27
Ed Fitz Gerald	64	148	45	.304	2	12
Jerry Snyder	43	148	40	.270	2	14
Ernie Oravetz	88	137	34	.248	0	11
Lyle Luttrell	38	122	23	.189	2	9
Tony Roig	44	119	25	.210	0	7
Harmon Killebrew	44	99	22	.222	5	13
Carlos Paula	33	82	15	.183	3	13
Dick Tettelbach	18	64	10	.156	1	9
Tom Wright	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chuck Stobbs	37	240.0	15	15	3.60	97
Camilo Pascual	39	188.2	6	18	5.87	162
	5	30.1	1	3	4.15	18
Evelio Hernández	4	22.2	1	1	4.76	9

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pedro Ramos	37	152.0	12	10	5.27	54
Dean Stone	41	132.0	5	7	6.27	86
Bob Wiesler	37	123.0	3	12	6.44	49
Bunky Stewart	33	105.0	5	7	5.57	36
Hal Griggs	34	98.2	1	6	6.02	48
	7	17.2	0	3	9.17	8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bob Chakales	43	4	4	4	4.03	33
Connie Grob	37	4	5	1	7.83	27
Bud Byerly	25	2	4	4	2.96	19
	20	0	0	0	5.40	17

Farm system

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Thibodaux

Notes

References

. ["1956 Washington Nationals season"](https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSH/1956.shtml). *[[Baseball Reference]]*.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vernomi01.shtml Mickey Vernon page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/herzowh01.shtml Whitey Herzog page at Baseball Reference]
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 43, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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