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1955 Washington Senators  (1954)  (1956) 66-88, 7th in American League Scored 635 runs, Allowed 736 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-88 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .703 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 70-84   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 53-101 Manager(s): Larry Cupp

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Al Smith             27  154  606  114  187  22   5  17   67   4   6   85   83  .309  .404  .446  118   7.3  2(-1)e8   -31  
 OF *Larry Doby           31  145  546   77  149  17   3  29  101   1   0   66   92  .273  .348  .474   91   5.9  1(-4)e3   -52  
 OF  Del Ennis            30  154  622   68  149  20   4  23   83   1   2   48   68  .240  .292  .395   69   3.8  3(0)e5   -176  
 SS *Billy Klaus          26  150  621   63  155  24   4   4   50   2   0   43   61  .250  .297  .320   60   3.4  3e38     -111  
 C   Bill Sarni           27  118  354   42  107  17   5   7   50   1   0   33   27  .302  .367  .438   53   5.3  3(-1)e5   150  
 1B *Vic Wertz            30  104  280   35   76  12   2  12   51   0   1   41   21  .271  .366  .457   47   5.9  5e26       16  
 2B  Danny O'Connell      28  138  455   42  111  23   7   8   60   1   2   24   40  .244  .285  .378   47   3.5  3e18       71  
 3B  Bob Kennedy          34  113  313   44   92   6   4   6   35   0   0   37   33  .294  .366  .396   46   5.4  3e32       25  
 2B  Jerry Snyder         25   77  223   21   64  11   0   0   18   2   0   15   12  .287  .331  .336   25   4.0  3e21      130  
 1B *Gail Harris          23   95  275   26   60   4   0   8   18   0   0   17   48  .218  .275  .320   23   2.9  3e30      -97  
 3B  Harmon Killebrew     19   31   90   12   21   3   0   7    9   0   0   15   30  .233  .343  .500   15   5.8  4e34      199  
 C   Bruce Edwards        31   49  116   12   22   5   0   0    4   0   1   25    8  .190  .333  .233    9   2.5  4(+2)e8    -1  
 PH #Ernie Oravetz        23   83   76    7   20   3   2   0    7   0   0    8    4  .263  .329  .355    9   4.3             52  
 1B *Joe Altobelli        23   70   88   11   19   4   0   2    4   0   0    7   20  .216  .278  .330    8   3.2  2e14       29  
 OF  Jim Busby            28   82   83   19   19   3   1   2    9   3   0    2   11  .229  .247  .361    6   2.5  1(-1)e6   -17  
 3B  Bobby Kline          26   27   53    5   12   2   0   0    0   0   0    5   12  .226  .293  .264    4   2.7  4e65       13  
 C   Harding Peterson     25   25   66    3   10   2   0   0    2   0   0    8    8  .152  .243  .182    2   1.3  4(+3)e13 -244  
 C   Tom Gastall          23    3    9    2    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    0  .333  .455  .556    2  11.3  4(+3)e14  592  
 C   Pete Daley           25   10   27    2    6   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    1  .222  .300  .259    2   3.0  4(+2)e3    -5  
 3B  Tony Roig            27    2    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200  .200  .200    0   1.4  4e65     -135  
 UT  Juan Delis           27   12    6    3    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -446  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           645                  -23

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Mickey McDermott     25  12  11  .522  33  25   3   1   1   1   2  170.0  154   95   82  10  118   73  4.34   81   4.2  -51  
  P  Bob Porterfield      31  10  16  .385  37  30   2   2   1   0   0  197.2  227   98   87  22   70   93  3.96  115   5.2   -2  
  P  Harry Byrd           30   9  15  .375  33  26   1   3   1   0   0  176.1  161   89   80  19   66  100  4.08   81   4.1  -76  
  P *Dick Littlefield     29   9  15  .375  40  23   0   9   0   0   0  151.1  174   96   86  15   80   99  5.11   99   5.8  -20  
  P *Dean Stone           24   9  16  .360  40  32   0   3   1   0   0  191.0  207  117  100  11  110   93  4.71  107   5.0  -36  
  P  Willard Schmidt      27   7   5  .583  83   0   0  61  25   4   0  138.0   93   55   43  12   69   85  2.80   43   2.7    7  
  P *Chuck Stobbs         26   6   1  .857  47   2   0  22   1   2   0   92.0  115   63   58  10   42   42  5.67   70   6.6   15  
  P  Connie Johnson       32   2   7  .222  19  16   0   2   0   0   0   91.0  101   56   50  12   58   67  4.95   61   6.0   72  
  P  Van Fletcher         30   1   0 1.000  10   0   0   2   1   0   0   11.0   10    3    3   1    1    3  2.45    3   3.2 -129  
  P  Tom Morgan           25   1   1  .500  54   0   0  23   3   3   0   78.0   87   43   40  10   26   15  4.62   44   5.2   51  
  P  Don Kaiser           20   0   0  .000  14   0   0   5   2   1   0   16.1   18    8    3   1    6    6  1.65    8   4.5  -17  
  P  Spec Shea            34   0   1  .000  42   0   0  15   3   1   0   60.0   36   13   12   2   22   20  1.80   14   2.2 -214  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      731        -23

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Bill Sarni 850 91 114 508 38 6 5 .989 20 16 Bruce Edwards 280 33 35 178 16 3 1 .985 12 10 Harding Peterson 135 17 18 79 6 1 1 .988 10 4 Pete Daley 74 9 10 40 3 0 1 1.000 2 2 Tom Gastall 25 3 3 13 1 0 0 1.000 2 1 Gail Harris 9 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gail Harris 576 70 78 591 62 19 61 .972 10.20 Vic Wertz 566 69 71 592 67 13 53 .981 10.47 Joe Altobelli 220 15 58 214 18 2 19 .991 9.48 Bob Kennedy 10 0 3 11 0 0 0 1.000 9.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Danny O'Connell 797 91 99 226 227 8 58 .983 5.12 Jerry Snyder 542 63 72 153 178 8 41 .976 5.49 Al Smith 27 0 8 8 8 1 1 .941 5.33 Juan Delis 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 Harmon Killebrew 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 Bobby Kline 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Kennedy 756 80 107 69 194 23 15 .920 3.13 Danny O'Connell 276 33 33 28 70 5 2 .951 3.19 Harmon Killebrew 208 26 28 22 50 4 2 .947 3.11 Bobby Kline 105 14 14 15 23 6 3 .864 3.26 Tony Roig 9 0 2 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 Juan Delis 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 Bruce Edwards 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 .667 6.00 Al Smith 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 Billy Klaus 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jerry Snyder 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 .500 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Klaus 1307 150 150 256 492 38 93 .952 5.15 Danny O'Connell 36 4 5 9 19 1 4 .966 7.00 Al Smith 15 0 7 4 5 1 0 .900 5.40 Jerry Snyder 10 0 3 3 9 0 2 1.000 11.17 Bobby Kline 5 0 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 10.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Del Ennis 1331 154 154 318 15 4 2 .988 2.25 Al Smith 41 0 25 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 Jim Busby 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Larry Doby 1257 140 143 392 8 1 0 .998 2.86 Jim Busby 113 14 16 33 2 0 1 1.000 2.80 Ernie Oravetz 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Smith 1287 154 154 246 4 5 1 .980 1.75 Jim Busby 61 0 34 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.63 Vic Wertz 20 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Ernie Oravetz 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1955 Draft

Round 1 (#1):	Larry Doby
Round 2 (#15):	Bill Sarni
Round 3 (#29):	Jim Busby
Round 4 (#42):	Harry Byrd
Round 5 (#55):	Connie Johnson
Round 6 (#68):	Harding Peterson
Round 7 (#80):	Gail Harris
Round 8 (#88):	Pete Daley
Round 9 (#93):	Dick Littlefield

Transactions

• 1955-01: traded Tom Umphlett, Carlos Paula to CHA for Bob Kennedy
• 1955-01: acquired Tom Gastall as a free agent
• 1955-02: acquired Joe Altobelli as a free agent
• 1955-03: acquired Van Fletcher as a free agent
• 1955-09: released Tom Gastall
• 1955-09: acquired Don Kaiser as a free agent
• 1955 postseason: released Connie Johnson, Willard Schmidt

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