1959 Washington Senators season

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season 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.

Pedro Ramos led the American League in losses.

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.
• July 25, 1959: Jay Porter was selected off waivers from the Senators by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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
	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
	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
	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
	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

References

• 1959 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1959 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com