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1958 Washington Senators season

Field	Value
name	Washington Senators
season	1958
league	American League
ballpark	Griffith Stadium
city	Washington, D.C.
record
league_place	8th
owners	Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
general_managers	Calvin Griffith
managers	Cookie Lavagetto
television	WTTG
radio	WWDC (FM)
(Chuck Thompson, Bob Wolff, Bailey Goss)
season_list	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

(Chuck Thompson, Bob Wolff, Bailey Goss) The 1958 Washington Senators won 61 games, lost 93, and finished in eighth place in the American League, 31 games behind the New York Yankees. They were managed by Cookie Lavagetto and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Offseason

January 23, 1958: Pete Runnels was traded by the Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Norm Zauchin and Albie Pearson.
February 25, 1958: Milt Bolling was traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Pete Mesa (minors).

Regular season

Pedro Ramos led the American League in losses.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

May 14, 1958: Whitey Herzog was purchased from the Senators by the Kansas City Athletics.
May 14, 1958: Al Cicotte was purchased by the Senators from the New York Yankees.
June 23, 1958: Al Cicotte was traded by the Senators to the Detroit Tigers for Vito Valentinetti.

Roster

1958 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers

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	134	450	113	.251	8	62
1B		96	303	69	.228	15	37
2B	Ken Aspromonte	92	253	57	.225	5	27
SS	Rocky Bridges	116	377	99	.263	5	28
3B	Eddie Yost	134	406	91	.224	8	37
LF	Roy Sievers	148	550	162	.295	39	108
CF	Albie Pearson	146	530	146	.275	3	33
RF	Jim Lemon	142	501	123	.246	26	75

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
Herb Plews	111	380	98	.258	2	29
Neil Chrisley	105	233	50	.215	5	26
	87	196	41	.209	0	5
Julio Bécquer	86	164	39	.238	0	12
Ed Fitz Gerald	58	114	30	.263	0	11
Faye Throneberry	44	87	16	.184	4	7
Bobby Malkmus	41	70	13	.186	0	3
Steve Korcheck	21	51	4	.078	0	1
Bob Allison	11	35	7	.200	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	13	31	6	.194	0	2
Johnny Schaive	7	24	6	.250	0	1
Jerry Snyder	6	9	1	.111	0	1
Lou Berberet	5	6	1	.167	0	0
Whitey Herzog	8	5	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
Pedro Ramos	43	259.1	14	18	4.23	132
Russ Kemmerer	40	224.1	6	15	4.61	111
Camilo Pascual	31	177.1	8	12	3.15	146
Bill Fischer	3	21.0	0	3	3.86	10

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
Hal Griggs	32	137.0	3	11	5.52	69
Vito Valentinetti	23	95.2	4	6	5.08	33
Chuck Stobbs	19	56.2	2	6	6.04	23
John Romonosky	18	55.1	2	4	6.51	38
Al Cicotte	8	28.0	0	3	4.82	14
Jim Constable	15	27.2	0	1	4.88	25
Ralph Lumenti	8	21.0	1	2	8.57	20
Jack Spring	3	7.0	0	0	14.14	1

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
Dick Hyde	53	10	3	19	1.75	49
Tex Clevenger	55	9	9	6	4.35	70
Bud Byerly	17	2	0	1	6.75	13
	6	0	0	0	4.50	3
Bob Wiesler	4	0	0	0	6.75	5

Farm system

References

[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19580123&id=ZolaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DkoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4348,4165840&hl=en Senators, Bosox trade 3 players]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bollimi01.shtml Milt Bolling page at Baseball-Reference]
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 348, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/herzowh01.shtml Whitey Herzog page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cicotal01.shtml Al Cicotte page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valenvi01.shtml Vito Valentinetti page at Baseball Reference]

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