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.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 348, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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 Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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

Farm system

Notes

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