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).Mickey Vernon page at Baseball Reference 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.Whitey Herzog page at Baseball Reference

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.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 43, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup   1 Eddie Yost 3B32 Dick Tettelbach    LF30 Whitey Herzog RF  2 Roy Sievers 1B  5 Pete Runnels 2B10 Lou Berberet C  3 Karl Olson CF36 José Valdivielso SS27 Camilo Pascual P

Roster 1956 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 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: ThibodauxJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1956 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1956 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com