The 1957 Washington Senators won 55 games and lost 99 in their 57th year in the American League, and finished in eighth place, attracting 457,079 spectators to Griffith Stadium, last in the major leagues. Chuck Dressen began the year as their manager, but after the Senators dropped 16 of their first 20 games, Dressen was replaced by Cookie Lavagetto on May 7. Lavagetto, a longtime aide to Dressen, went 51–83 for the rest of the year, but would remain at the club's helm into June 1961, its first season as the Minnesota Twins.

The 1957 Senators set an MLB record which still stands for the fewest stolen bases by a team in a season, with only 13. Washington left fielder Roy Sievers set a new team record with 42 home runs to the lead the Junior Circuit, as he benefited from Griffith Stadium's shorter dimensions in left and left-center field, which had been implemented before the 1956 campaign.

The 1957 season also marked the first time that Washington's American League franchise had used Senators as its official nickname since . For 52 years (1905–1956), the team called itself the Nationals, with Senators as an unofficial, but widely used, secondary appellation. From 1957 on, headline writers and baseball journalists would continue to use Nats as an accepted alternative name for both this Senators franchise and its expansion-era successor, the Senators of 1961–1971, until the "new Senators" relocated to Dallas–Fort Worth after the campaign. Since , the Nationals name is the official identity of Washington's National League franchise formerly called the Montreal Expos.

Offseason Prior to 1957 season: Choo-Choo Coleman was released by the Senators.Choo Choo Coleman page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions April 29, 1957: Bob Chakales and Dean Stone were traded by the Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Faye Throneberry, Milt Bolling and Russ Kemmerer.Faye Throneberry page at Baseball Reference June 17, 1957: Jim Kaat was signed as an amateur free agent by the Senators.Jim Kaat page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1957 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Lou Berberet 99 264 69 .261 7 36 1B Pete Runnels 134 473 109 .230 2 35 2B Herb Plews 104 329 89 .271 1 26 SS Rocky Bridges 120 391 89 .228 3 47 3B Eddie Yost 110 414 104 .251 9 38 LF Roy Sievers 152 572 172 .301 42 114 CF Bob Usher 96 295 77 .261 5 27 RF Jim Lemon 137 518 147 .284 17 64

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 Milt Bolling 91 277 63 .227 4 19 Art Schult 77 247 65 .263 4 35 Clint Courtney 91 232 62 .267 6 27 Faye Throneberry 68 195 36 .185 2 12 Julio Bécquer 105 186 42 .226 2 22 Ed Fitz Gerald 45 125 34 .272 1 13 Jerry Snyder 42 93 14 .151 1 4 Whitey Herzog 36 78 13 .167 0 4 Neil Chrisley 26 51 8 .157 0 3 Lyle Luttrell 19 45 9 .200 0 5 Harmon Killebrew 9 31 9 .290 2 5 Jerry Schoonmaker 30 23 2 .087 0 0 Karl Olson 8 12 2 .167 0 0 Dick Tettelbach 9 11 2 .182 0 1

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 Pedro Ramos 43 231.0 12 16 4.79 91 Chuck Stobbs 42 211.2 8 20 5.36 114 Camilo Pascual 29 175.2 8 17 4.10 113 Russ Kemmerer 39 172.1 7 11 4.96 81 Hal Griggs 2 13.2 0 1 3.29 12

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 Tex Clevenger 52 139.2 7 6 4.19 75 26 85.0 2 10 6.78 50 Jim Heise 8 19.0 0 3 8.05 8 4 18.1 0 1 5.40 12 Bob Wiesler 3 16.1 1 1 4.41 9 Ralph Lumenti 3 9.1 0 1 6.75 8 Don Minnick 2 9.1 0 1 4.82 7 Garland Shifflett 6 8.0 0 0 10.13 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 Bud Byerly 47 6 6 6 3.13 39 Dick Hyde 52 4 3 1 4.12 46 14 0 0 0 4.25 15 Joe Black 7 0 1 0 7.11 2 Dick Brodowski 6 0 1 0 11.12 4 Dean Stone 3 0 0 0 8.10 3

Farm system

Kinston franchise transferred to Wilson and renamed, May 11, 1957; Midland franchise transferred to Lamesa, August 1, 1957

Notes

References 1957 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1957 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com