1955 Washington Senators Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 53-101
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 422,001, Avg. 6,918
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I
Manager: Chuck Dressen (53-101)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

1955 Washington Senators Roster
1955 Washington Senators Results

The Washington Senators of the American League ended the 1955 season with a record of 53 wins and 101 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.

The Senators plated 598 runs and gave up 789 runs. Roy Sievers paced Washington with 25 home runs and drove in 106 runs. Mickey Vernon led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .301 clip. Mickey McDermott and Bob Porterfield topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Johnny Schmitz registered a 3.71 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Chuck Dressen coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Mickey McDermott	10	10	.500	3.75	31	20	7	8	1	1	156.0	140	75	65	9	100	2	78	9	0	4	700
Bob Porterfield	10	17	.370	4.45	30	27	2	8	2	0	178.0	197	103	88	14	54	5	74	2	0	0	770
Johnny Schmitz	7	10	.412	3.71	32	21	6	6	1	1	165.0	187	76	68	8	54	4	49	7	0	2	723
Dean Stone	6	13	.316	4.15	43	24	5	5	1	1	180.0	180	98	83	14	114	5	84	3	0	9	814
Ted Abernathy	5	9	.357	5.96	40	14	12	3	2	0	119.3	136	87	79	9	67	1	79	7	0	2	553
Pedro Ramos	5	11	.313	3.88	45	9	22	3	1	5	130.0	121	62	56	13	39	3	34	11	1	2	548
Chuck Stobbs	4	14	.222	5.00	41	16	13	2	0	3	140.3	169	90	78	13	57	8	60	1	0	2	634
Spec Shea	2	2	.500	3.99	27	4	16	1	1	2	56.3	53	31	25	4	27	0	16	1	0	2	246
Bob Chakales	2	3	.400	5.27	29	0	11	0	0	0	54.7	55	38	32	4	25	3	28	1	1	2	242
Camilo Pascual	2	12	.143	6.14	43	16	12	1	0	3	129.0	158	94	88	5	70	6	82	6	1	2	605
Bunky Stewart	0	0		4.11	7	1	2	0	0	0	15.3	18	7	7	0	6	1	10	0	0	0	69
Dick Hyde	0	0		4.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	9
Webbo Clarke	0	0		4.64	7	2	5	0	0	0	21.3	17	11	11	2	14	0	9	0	0	0	93
Bill Currie	0	0		12.46	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.3	7	7	6	3	2	0	2	1	0	1	24
Vince Gonzales	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	6	6	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	15
Bobby Kline	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
Totals	53	101	.344	4.62	383	154	117	37	9	16	1354.7	1450	789	696	99	634	39	607	49	3	28	6053

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Mickey Vernon	150	627	538	74	162	23	8	14	85	0	4	74	50	.301	.384	.452	.835	243	17	3	4	8	9
Pete Runnels	134	567	503	66	143	16	4	2	49	3	9	55	51	.284	.353	.344	.697	173	14	1	4	4	2
Roy Sievers	144	591	509	74	138	20	8	25	106	1	2	73	66	.271	.364	.489	.853	249	17	4	0	5	3
Carlos Paula	115	374	351	34	105	20	7	6	45	2	3	17	43	.299	.332	.447	.779	157	9	2	0	4	3
Eddie Yost	122	490	375	64	91	17	5	7	48	4	3	95	54	.243	.407	.371	.778	139	7	11	6	3	0
Clint Courtney	75	264	238	26	71	8	4	2	30	0	0	19	9	.298	.349	.391	.739	93	4	1	3	3	4
Ernie Oravetz	100	296	263	24	71	5	1	0	25	1	2	26	19	.270	.336	.297	.632	78	5	1	4	2	0
Tom Umphlett	110	351	323	34	70	10	0	2	19	2	1	24	35	.217	.271	.266	.537	86	5	0	4	0	0
Jose Valdivielso	94	325	294	32	65	12	5	2	28	1	2	21	38	.221	.277	.316	.594	93	6	3	4	3	1
Ed FitzGerald	74	270	236	28	56	3	1	4	19	0	1	25	23	.237	.317	.309	.626	73	8	3	5	1	0
Jim Busby	47	208	191	23	44	6	2	6	14	5	0	13	22	.230	.279	.377	.656	72	4	0	4	0	1
Johnny Groth	63	205	183	22	40	4	5	2	17	2	0	18	18	.219	.286	.328	.614	60	5	0	2	2	0
Bobby Kline	77	156	140	12	31	5	0	0	9	0	0	11	27	.221	.288	.257	.545	36	3	2	3	0	0
Mickey McDermott	70	104	95	10	25	4	0	1	10	1	0	6	16	.263	.311	.337	.648	32	1	1	1	1	0
Juan Delis	54	139	132	12	25	3	1	0	11	1	2	3	15	.189	.219	.227	.446	30	2	2	2	0	0
Jerry Snyder	46	117	107	7	24	5	0	0	5	1	1	6	6	.224	.265	.271	.537	29	4	0	4	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	38	89	80	12	16	1	0	4	7	0	0	9	31	.200	.281	.363	.643	29	3	0	0	0	0
Tony Roig	29	60	57	3	13	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	15	.228	.254	.281	.535	16	2	0	1	0	0
Bob Porterfield	30	70	63	3	12	3	1	0	7	0	0	0	15	.190	.185	.270	.454	17	3	0	5	2	0
Steve Korcheck	13	38	36	3	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.278	.297	.333	.631	12	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Schmitz	32	58	54	5	10	3	0	0	5	0	0	1	7	.185	.200	.241	.441	13	1	0	3	0	0
Bruce Edwards	30	73	57	5	10	2	0	0	3	0	1	16	6	.175	.356	.211	.567	12	3	0	0	0	0
Camilo Pascual	43	35	32	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.219	.242	.219	.461	7	0	0	2	0	0
Jerry Schoonmaker	20	52	46	5	7	0	1	1	4	1	0	5	11	.152	.235	.261	.496	12	1	0	1	0	0
Chuck Stobbs	41	44	35	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	7	.171	.326	.200	.526	7	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Lemon	10	28	25	3	5	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	4	.200	.286	.400	.686	10	0	0	0	0	0
Spec Shea	27	10	10	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.400	.400	.600	1.000	6	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Abernathy	40	30	26	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.154	.154	.154	.308	4	1	0	4	0	0
Julio Becquer	10	14	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.214	.214	.214	.429	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Levan	16	16	16	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	.188	.188	.375	.563	6	1	0	0	0	0
Pedro Ramos	59	40	38	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	18	.079	.125	.079	.204	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dean Stone	43	60	46	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	23	.043	.120	.043	.163	2	0	1	10	0	0
Webbo Clarke	7	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Wright	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Chakales	29	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bunky Stewart	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Oldis	6	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	1	0	1	0	0
Vince Gonzales	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Currie	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Hyde	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2019	5832	5142	598	1277	178	54	80	566	25	32	537	651	.248	.322	.351	.672	1803	127	36	79	38	23

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Mickey Vernon	1B	144	141	1228.3	1258	69	8	137	.994	9.723	9.215	0	0	0	0
Roy Sievers	1B	17	12	115.3	112	5	1	16	.992	9.130	6.882	0	0	0	0
Julio Becquer	1B	2	1	11.0	15	2	0	2	1.000	13.909	8.500	0	0	0	0
Pete Runnels	2B	132	129	1137.7	349	338	17	107	.976	5.435	5.205	0	0	0	0
Jerry Snyder	2B	22	22	183.7	66	63	3	24	.977	6.321	5.864	0	0	0	0
Bobby Kline	2B	4	3	26.0	9	7	0	3	1.000	5.538	4.000	0	0	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	2B	3	0	5.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.688	.333	0	0	0	0
Tony Roig	2B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Juan Delis	2B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
Eddie Yost	3B	107	106	899.0	100	217	19	22	.943	3.174	2.963	0	0	0	0
Juan Delis	3B	24	21	182.0	11	45	5	6	.918	2.769	2.333	0	0	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	3B	23	17	166.0	23	49	5	3	.935	3.904	3.130	0	0	0	0
Tony Roig	3B	8	4	53.0	6	12	3	1	.857	3.057	2.250	0	0	0	0
Bruce Edwards	3B	5	4	33.3	5	8	1	3	.929	3.510	2.600	0	0	0	0
Roy Sievers	3B	2	2	16.3	4	7	0	0	1.000	6.061	5.500	0	0	0	0
Bobby Kline	3B	3	0	5.0	1	3	1	0	.800	7.200	1.333	0	0	0	0
Ed FitzGerald	C	72	66	572.3	304	30	6	5	.982	5.252	4.639	8	5	16	17	51.5
Clint Courtney	C	67	61	530.3	252	29	5	4	.983	4.769	4.194	4	15	22	17	43.6
Bruce Edwards	C	22	17	145.3	88	11	2	2	.980	6.131	4.500	3	6	10	6	37.5
Steve Korcheck	C	12	8	80.7	46	7	0	2	1.000	5.913	4.417	2	0	0	3	100.0
Bob Oldis	C	6	2	26.0	12	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	2.167	0	1	0	1	100.0
Roy Sievers	OF	129	126	1073.3	247	5	3	0	.988	2.113	1.953	0	0	0	0
Tom Umphlett	OF	103	83	758.0	237	8	3	1	.988	2.909	2.379	0	0	0	0
Carlos Paula	OF	85	81	713.7	154	5	10	3	.941	2.005	1.871	0	0	0	0
Ernie Oravetz	OF	57	56	482.0	117	1	4	0	.967	2.203	2.070	0	0	0	0
Jim Busby	OF	47	47	415.7	132	1	1	0	.993	2.880	2.830	0	0	0	0
Johnny Groth	OF	48	46	403.7	122	2	2	1	.984	2.765	2.583	0	0	0	0
Jerry Schoonmaker	OF	15	9	102.0	22	2	1	0	.960	2.118	1.600	0	0	0	0
Juan Delis	OF	8	8	62.7	13	0	1	0	.929	1.867	1.625	0	0	0	0
Jim Lemon	OF	6	6	53.0	12	0	1	0	.923	2.038	2.000	0	0	0	0
Dean Stone	P	43	24	180.0	4	23	0	2	1.000	1.350	.628	0	0	0	0
Bob Porterfield	P	30	27	178.0	8	28	1	2	.973	1.820	1.200	0	0	0	0
Johnny Schmitz	P	32	21	165.0	8	40	0	3	1.000	2.618	1.500	0	0	0	0
Mickey McDermott	P	31	20	156.0	3	30	2	1	.943	1.904	1.065	0	0	0	0
Chuck Stobbs	P	41	16	140.3	12	28	0	1	1.000	2.565	.976	0	0	0	0
Pedro Ramos	P	45	9	130.0	7	20	1	1	.964	1.869	.600	0	0	0	0
Camilo Pascual	P	43	16	129.0	8	31	2	1	.951	2.721	.907	0	0	0	0
Ted Abernathy	P	40	14	119.3	8	22	1	2	.968	2.263	.750	0	0	0	0
Spec Shea	P	27	4	56.3	3	7	2	0	.833	1.598	.370	0	0	0	0
Bob Chakales	P	29	0	54.7	1	12	0	1	1.000	2.140	.448	0	0	0	0
Webbo Clarke	P	7	2	21.3	1	4	0	0	1.000	2.109	.714	0	0	0	0
Bunky Stewart	P	7	1	15.3	0	3	0	1	1.000	1.761	.429	0	0	0	0
Bill Currie	P	3	0	4.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.154	.667	0	0	0	0
Dick Hyde	P	3	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Vince Gonzales	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bobby Kline	P	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
Jose Valdivielso	SS	94	94	794.7	160	317	22	69	.956	5.402	5.074	0	0	0	0
Bobby Kline	SS	69	44	391.7	97	153	15	35	.943	5.745	3.623	0	0	0	0
Tony Roig	SS	21	11	101.7	15	40	4	10	.932	4.869	2.619	0	0	0	0
Jerry Snyder	SS	20	5	64.7	12	5	1	0	.944	2.366	.850	0	0	0	0
Pete Runnels	SS	2	0	2.0	0	2	1	0	.667	9.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		1764	1386	12192.0	4066	1695	154	471	.974	4.253	3.266	17	27	48	44	47.8

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1955 Washington Senators Statistics

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