1959 Washington Senators season

March 2026 November 2013 Washington Senators 1959 American League Griffith Stadium Washington, D.C. 63 91 y 8th Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes) Calvin Griffith Cookie Lavagetto WTOP WTOP (Chuck Thompson, Bob Wolff, Jack Guinan) List of Minnesota Twins seasons The 1959 Washington Senators won 63 games, lost 91, and finished in eighth place in the American League, 31 games behind the AL Champion Chicago White Sox in their penultimate season in The Nation's Capital. They were managed by Cookie Lavagetto and played home games at Griffith Stadium. Regular season On September 7, Ron Samford hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last at Bat | Baseball Almanac Pedro Ramos led the American League in losses.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 348, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Season standings Washington Senators Record vs. opponents WSH Notable transactions April 1, 1959: Vito Valentinetti was traded by the Senators to the Baltimore Orioles for Billy Loes. The trade was voided and the players returned to their original teams on April 8.Vito Valentinetti page at Baseball-Reference July 25, 1959: Jay Porter was selected off waivers from the Senators by the St. Louis Cardinals.Jay Porter page at Baseball-Reference Roster 1959 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers 12 Tex Clevenger 18 Bill Fischer 24 Hal Griggs 35 Dick Hyde 21 Jim Kaat 16 Russ Kemmerer 19,37 Jack Kralick 15 Ralph Lumenti 25 Tom McAvoy 17 Camilo Pascual 28 Pedro Ramos 34,38 John Romonosky 27 Chuck Stobbs 15 Vito Valentinetti 35 Murray Wall 19 Hal Woodeshick Catchers 14 Clint Courtney  8 Ed Fitz Gerald 10 Steve Korcheck  8 Hal Naragon  9 Jay Porter Infielders  4 Ken Aspromonte 29 Julio Bécquer  1 Reno Bertoia 6,25 Billy Consolo  3 Harmon Killebrew 25 Herb Plews 32 Ron Samford  9 Johnny Schaive  2 Roy Sievers 36 José Valdivielso 5,36 Zoilo Versalles  5 Norm Zauchin Outfielders 26 Bob Allison 22 Dan Dobbek  7 Lenny Green 23 Jim Lemon  6 Albie Pearson 30 Faye Throneberry Other batters  7 Bobby Malkmus Manager 51 Cookie Lavagetto Coaches 55 Boom-Boom Beck 53 Ellis Clary 54 Billy Jurges 54 Sam Mele 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 Hal Naragon 71 195 47 .241 0 11 1B Roy Sievers 115 385 93 .242 21 49 2B Reno Bertoia 90 308 73 .237 8 29 SS Billy Consolo 79 202 43 .213 0 10 3B Harmon Killebrew 153 546 132 .242 42 105 LF Jim Lemon 147 531 148 .279 33 100 CF Bob Allison 150 570 149 .261 30 85 RF Faye Throneberry 117 327 82 .251 10 42 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 Ron Samford 91 237 53 .224 5 22 Ken Aspromonte 70 225 55 .244 2 14 Julio Bécquer 108 220 59 .268 1 26 Lenny Green 88 190 46 .242 2 15 Clint Courtney 72 189 44 .233 2 18 Jay Porter 37 106 24 .226 1 10 Albie Pearson 25 80 15 .188 0 2 Norm Zauchin 19 71 15 .211 3 4 Ed Fitz Gerald 19 62 12 .194 0 5 Dan Dobbek 16 60 15 .250 1 5 Zoilo Versalles 29 59 9 .153 1 1 Johnny Schaive 16 59 9 .153 0 2 Steve Korcheck 22 51 8 .157 0 4 Herb Plews 27 40 9 .225 0 2 José Valdivielso 24 14 4 .286 0 0 Bobby Malkmus 6 0 0 ---- 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 Camilo Pascual 32 238.2 17 10 2.64 185 Pedro Ramos 37 233.2 13 19 4.16 95 Russ Kemmerer 37 206.0 8 17 4.50 89 Bill Fischer 34 187.1 9 11 4.28 62 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 Hal Griggs 37 97.2 2 8 5.25 43 Chuck Stobbs 41 90.2 1 8 2.98 50 John Romonosky 12 38.1 1 0 3.29 22 Vito Valentinetti 7 10.2 0 2 10.13 7 Jim Kaat 3 5.0 0 2 12.60 2 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 Tex Clevenger 50 8 5 8 3.91 71 Dick Hyde 37 2 5 5 4.97 29 Hal Woodeshick 31 2 4 0 3.69 30 Jack Kralick 6 0 0 0 6.57 7 Ralph Lumenti 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 Tom McAvoy 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Murray Wall 1 0 0 0 6.75 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Red Marion A Charlotte Hornets Sally League Gene Verble B Fox Cities Foxes Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Jack McKeon C Missoula Timberjacks Pioneer League Ralph Rowe D Fort Walton Beach Jets Alabama–Florida League Vince Magi D Lynchburg Senators Appalachian League Chick Payne D Sanford Greyhounds Florida State League Packy Rogers, Ed Barberito and Joe Abernethy Notes 2 References 1959 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1959 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) seasons Washington Senators season Category:1959 in sports in Washington, D.C.