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5 unusual facts about Washington Senators


History of Washington, D.C. professional baseball

The United States Baseball League Washington Senators (1912): This club was unrelated to the American League team and the new league folded after one month of operation.

The American League Washington Senators (1961-1971): This expansion team began play in Washington immediately following the departure of the former franchise.

Scott S. Harris

Harris is the grandson of Baseball Hall of Fame manager Bucky Harris of the Washington Senators.

Twin Falls Cowboys

Catcher Gus Treandus was sent to the Washington Senators, and Infielder Gil MacDougal was sent to the Yankees during the 1940s

Washington Senators

List of United States Senators from Washington, senators who have served the state of Washington


1901 Cleveland Bluebirds season

The Cleveland Spiders were dissolved after winning only 20 games and losing 134 in the 1899 season along with the Louisville Colonels, Baltimore Orioles, and the Washington Senators, leaving the National League with eight teams to begin the 1900 season.

1969 Washington Redskins season

Lombardi had brought a winning attitude to the Nation's Capital, in the same year that the nearby University of Maryland had hired "Lefty" Driesell to coach basketball and the hapless Washington Senators named Ted Williams as manager.

Billy Consolo

Consolo was traded to the Washington Senators on June 11, 1959 in a four-player deal that sent relief pitcher Murray Wall and Consolo to the Senators for relief pitcher Dick Hyde and infielder Herb Plews.

By Speece

He would play for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, and Philadelphia Phillies.

Calvin Griffith

As president, majority owner and de facto general manager of the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins franchise of the American League from 19551984, he was famous for his devotion to the game and for his sayings.

Carlton Molesworth

Molesworth played for the Washington Senators in the 1895 season.

Chico Carrasquel

Carrasquel joined the White Sox in 1950, becoming the third Venezuelan to play in Major League Baseball after his uncle, Alex Carrasquel (Washington Senators, 1939) and Chucho Ramos (Cincinnati Reds, in 1944).

Deacon McGuire

After serving as player-manager of the Toronto franchise in the International League in 1889, he had a one-year stint with the short-lived Rochester Broncos, then joined the Washington Senators, where he would stay for eight years until being traded to the Brooklyn Superbas during the 1899 season; in 1899 and 1900 he was one of the two principal catchers for Brooklyn's NL champions.

Dick Brodowski

Richard Stanley Brodowski (born July 26, 1932) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1952 through 1955 for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, and Cleveland Indians.

Dick Lanahan

Dick Lanahan (September 27, 1911 – March 12, 1975) was a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Senators in a four-year career varying from 1935 to 1941.

Don Rudolph

Rudolph was the Opening Day pitcher for the Washington Senators in 1963 in a 3–1 defeat by the Baltimore Orioles in a game played at District of Columbia Stadium.

Frank Croucher

On December 12, 1941, Croucher was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Bruce Campbell to the Washington Senators for Jimmy Bloodworth and Doc Cramer.

Fred Buckingham

Buckingham played for the Washington Senators in the 1895 season.

George Loepp

George Herbert Loepp (September 11, 1901 – September 4, 1967) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a center fielder from 1928 to 1930 for the Boston Red Sox (1928) and Washington Senators (1930).

Grant Gillis

Grant Gillis (January 24, 1901 – February 4, 1981) was a utility infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1927 through 1929 for the Washington Senators (1927–28) and Boston Red Sox (1929).

Hal Quick

James Harold Quick (October 4, 1917 – March 9, 1974) nicknamed "Blondie", was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators in the 1939 season.

Herb Score

Score would tell Cleveland sportswriter Terry Pluto (for The Curse of Rocky Colavito) that, in 1958, after pitching and winning a few games and feeling better than he'd felt in a long time, he tore a tendon in his arm while pitching on a damp night against the Washington Senators and sat out the rest of the season.

Jack Slattery

John Terrence Slattery (January 6, 1878 – July 17, 1949) was a catcher and first baseman for the Boston Americans, Cleveland Naps, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, and the Washington Senators for parts of four seasons between 1901 and 1909.

Jack Thoney

John Thoney Bullet Jack (December 8, 1879 – October 24, 1948) was a reserve outfielder / infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1902 through 1911 for the Cleveland Bronchos (1902–1903), Baltimore Orioles (1902), Washington Senators (1904), New York Highlanders (1904), and Boston Red Sox (1908–1911).

Jerry Akers

Albert Earl "Jerry" Akers (November 1, 1887 – May 15, 1979) was a professional baseball player whose career spanned seven season, including a part of one in Major League Baseball with the Washington Senators (1912).

Jerry Snyder

Gerald George Snyder (born July 21, 1929 in Jenks, Oklahoma) is an American former infielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Washington Senators from 1952 to 1958.

Jim Brillheart

James Benson Brillheart (September 28, 1903 – September 2, 1972) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1922 and 1931 for the Washington Senators (1922–23), Chicago Cubs (1927) and Boston Red Sox (1931).

Jim Constable

From 1957 through 1963, he played for the New York/San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators and Milwaukee Braves.

Julio Bécquer

Julio Bécquer Villegas (born December 20, 1931, in Havana, Cuba) is a retired professional baseball player who played 7 seasons for the Washington Senators, Los Angeles Angels, and Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball.

Marty Martínez

Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1960, Martínez reached the majors in 1962 with the Minnesota Twins, spending one year with them before moving to the Atlanta Braves (1967–1968), Houston Astros (1969–1971), St. Louis Cardinals (1972), Oakland Athletics (1972) and Texas Rangers (1972).

Mel Hoderlein

Melvin Anthony Hoderlein (June 24, 1923 – May 21, 2001) was a utility infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1951 through 1954 for the Boston Red Sox (1951) and Washington Senators (1952–54).

Red Marion

While Marty played 13 years in the Major Leagues, Red Marion played in only 18 big-league games — four in 1935 and the remainder in 1943 — all for the Washington Senators.

Stanley S. Harris

Born in Washington, D.C., Harris was the son of Hall of Fame manager Bucky Harris of the Washington Senators.

Tom Loftus

He left the game after the 1891 season, but he came back to manage the Chicago Orphans and the Washington Senators, and in each of his managerial stops, he would have part ownership of the team.

Walt Masterson

Walter Edward Masterson III (June 22, 1920 – April 5, 2008) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers.

Willie Kirkland

Willie Charles Kirkland (born February 17, 1934 in Siluria, Alabama) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants (1958–1960), Cleveland Indians (1961–1963), Baltimore Orioles (1964) and Washington Senators (1964–1966).


see also

Alabama Crimson Tide football, 1930–39

Other inductees from the 1930 Alabama team include Fred Sington, who went on to play baseball for the Washington Senators, and Frank Howard, who later became famous as the long-time head coach at Clemson University.

Cal Ermer

Most of Ermer's 60-plus-year career in baseball was spent as an employee of the Minnesota Twins and its predecessor franchise (before 1961), the Washington Senators.

Dave Nelson

At the end of that season, Nelson scored the last run ever for the Washington Senators at RFK stadium.

Estadio Latinoamericano

The Venezuelan Alejandro Carrasquel, who played for the Washington Senators in the Major League, threw the first pitch of the game.

Mike McNally

Dec. 11, 1924: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Doc Prothro.

Rick Reichardt

After hitting only 13 home runs in 1969, he was traded with Aurelio Rodríguez to the Washington Senators early in the 1970 season for 3rd baseman Ken McMullen.

Roy Sievers

Sievers was one of only nine players to don the uniform of both the original and expansion Washington Senators teams, the others being Don Mincher, Camilo Pascual, Pedro Ramos, Johnny Schaive, Zoilo Versalles, Hal Woodeshick, Rudy Hernández, and Hector Maestri.

Stan Spence

A part-time player for the Boston Red Sox during two years, Spence played his first full-season for the Washington Senators in 1942 and he responded ending third in the American League batting race with a .323 average behind Ted Williams (.356) and Johnny Pesky (.331).