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1956 Washington Senators  (1955)  (1957) 48-106, 7th in American League Scored 622 runs, Allowed 872 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-102 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .690 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 57-97   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 59-95 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             28  152  561  107  155  25  10  21   63   2   4  110   83  .276  .403  .469  113   7.2  3(-1)e7    60  
 1B *Vic Wertz            31  148  527   77  128  31   0  36   98   0   1   80   96  .243  .343  .507   92   5.9  4e11      -24  
 3B *Billy Klaus          27  153  583   88  151  39   3  10   58   2   0   86   50  .259  .353  .388   83   4.8  3e34      -24  
 OF  Del Ennis            31  154  622   67  162  22   4  23  104   1   1   34   73  .260  .299  .420   74   4.2  4(0)e12   -10  
 2B  Danny O'Connell      29  154  526   53  135  25  11   2   43   1   2   76   56  .257  .355  .357   73   4.8  3e14       49  
 OF *Whitey Herzog        24  122  369   44   84  14   6   4   40   1   1   32   57  .228  .287  .331   34   3.0  2(0)e8    -22  
 C   Ray Katt             29   93  286   27   68  12   0  16   41   0   0   10   47  .238  .268  .448   31   3.8  4(-1)e9     2  
 SS *Herb Plews           28   99  287   33   78   9   4   1   14   0   1   17   31  .272  .313  .341   29   3.6  4e48      -58  
 C  *Lou Berberet         26  104  229   27   55   6   1   2   19   0   0   37   29  .240  .357  .301   25   3.7  3(-1)e1  -121  
 OF #Ernie Oravetz        24   85  115   11   26   4   1   0   14   0   0   26   10  .226  .366  .278   13   3.8  4(0)e16   -25  
 C   Pete Daley           26   45  129   11   31   9   2   6   16   0   0    5   18  .240  .267  .481   12   3.2  4(+2)e4   -29  
 SS  Jerry Snyder         26   84  156    8   35   6   1   0   10   0   0    6    6  .224  .255  .276   10   2.4  3e26     -135  
 SS  Lyle Luttrell        26   71  166   13   32   5   1   2   15   1   2    8   28  .193  .240  .271   10   2.0  4e48      -70  
 OF  Karl Olson           26  107  201   15   33   1   1   2   13   0   0   23   33  .164  .248  .209    9   1.4  2(-2)e4  -178  
 UT  Harmon Killebrew     20   50   54    5    8   1   0   2    8   0   0    7   24  .148  .246  .278    4   2.4           -161  
 3B  Ozzie Virgil         24    6   12    1    5   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .417  .429  .500    2   9.4  4e65     -155  
 SS  Tony Roig            28   15   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    5  .167  .333  .167    0   2.5  4e47     -107  
 OF  Carlos Paula         28   13   13    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    5  .000  .235  .000    0    .4  4(-1)e10 -356  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           624                  -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 *Chuck Stobbs         27  11  19  .367  44  40   2   1   0   1   0  261.0  310  141  135  32   73  104  4.66  155   5.4   -6  
  P  Al Worthington       27   9  13  .409  31  28   0   1   0   0   0  177.1  195  101   91  11   84  119  4.62   99   5.0  -20  
  P  Herm Wehmeier        29   7  20  .259  38  37   0   0   0   0   0  201.0  205  137  117  21  115   84  5.24  117   5.2   40  
  P *Mickey McDermott     26   6   5  .545  65   0   0  24   2   4   0   93.2  104   54   45   7   38   43  4.32   49   4.7  -41  
  P *Dean Stone           25   4   2  .667  55   0   0  29   1   3   0   76.2   90   62   57   7   64   50  6.69   60   7.1   19  
  P  Tom Morgan           26   4   5  .444  55   0   0  20   5   3   0   76.0   89   35   29   1   35   19  3.43   40   4.8    0  
  P  Willard Schmidt      28   4  14  .222  28  26   0   0   0   0   0  151.2  153   96   83  26   86   64  4.93  103   6.1   50  
  P  Bob Porterfield      32   2  16  .111  41  23   1  10   1   1   0  149.1  169  117   97  31   83   64  5.85  107   6.4    7  
  P *Bunky Stewart        25   1   4  .200  26   0   0  10   0   1   0   30.1   49   34   31   7   28   12  9.20   41  12.9  193  
  P  Evelio Hernandez     25   0   0  .000  11   0   0   5   0   1   0    9.2    7    6    5   1   10    4  4.66    5   4.9  -39  
  P *Bob Wiesler          25   0   0  .000  24   0   0   3   0   1   0   30.2   34   21   19   4   21   12  5.58   22   6.7  -34  
  P  Angelo Lipetri       27   0   0  .000  10   0   0   6   1   1   0   11.1    8    4    4   2    2   11  3.18    3   2.7  -81  
  P  Bud Byerly           36   0   3  .000  49   0   0  33  14   2   0   57.0   55   27   26  13   19   29  4.11   30   4.9   63  
  P  Connie Grob          23   0   4  .000  21   0   0   8   0   2   0   38.1   54   35   31   6   19   13  7.28   33   7.8 -123  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      871          9

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Ray Katt 556 67 74 286 15 6 2 .980 14 8 Lou Berberet 554 58 89 293 16 0 6 1.000 14 3 Pete Daley 254 29 37 129 16 1 3 .993 21 8 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vic Wertz 1214 137 143 1208 100 11 149 .992 9.70 Whitey Herzog 151 17 23 167 8 5 16 .972 10.43 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Danny O'Connell 1337 153 154 463 426 8 124 .991 5.98 Harmon Killebrew 21 1 9 11 6 0 2 1.000 7.17 Herb Plews 6 0 3 2 3 0 2 1.000 7.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Klaus 1319 149 152 157 307 28 46 .943 3.17 Harmon Killebrew 27 3 6 2 8 0 1 1.000 3.33 Ozzie Virgil 16 2 2 2 6 0 1 1.000 4.50 Herb Plews 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Herb Plews 572 69 75 107 216 24 38 .931 5.09 Lyle Luttrell 413 51 53 73 160 13 37 .947 5.08 Jerry Snyder 362 33 74 64 143 1 31 .995 5.15 Danny O'Connell 14 1 5 2 5 1 1 .875 4.50 Tony Roig 5 0 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 7.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Del Ennis 1292 154 154 269 10 7 1 .976 1.94 Karl Olson 48 0 25 13 1 0 1 1.000 2.61 Whitey Herzog 22 0 11 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Al Smith 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Carlos Paula 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Smith 1287 147 148 409 27 13 6 .971 3.05 Karl Olson 54 6 11 22 1 0 0 1.000 3.83 Ernie Oravetz 16 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.15 Whitey Herzog 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Whitey Herzog 755 88 93 198 5 6 1 .971 2.42 Karl Olson 397 43 57 103 6 1 1 .991 2.47 Ernie Oravetz 169 19 29 34 3 2 0 .949 1.97 Carlos Paula 37 4 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.19 Al Smith 7 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1956 Draft

Round 1 (#2):	Del Ennis
Round 2 (#16):	Danny O'Connell
Round 2 (#18):	Tom Morgan
Round 3 (#30):	Mickey McDermott
Round 4 (#44):	Ray Katt

Transactions

• 1956-01: acquired Angelo Lipetri as a free agent
• 1956-17: acquired Ozzie Virgil as a free agent
• 1956 postseason: released Webbo Clarke, Pete Daley, Jerry Schoonmaker, Bunky Stewart, Al Worthington

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