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1953 Washington Senators (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954) 76-76, Finished 5th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 687 runs, Allowed 614 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-68 Managed by Bucky Harris Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I (ballparks.com) Attendance: 595,594 (6th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 98   (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 93   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ed Fitz Gerald      29   88  288   23   72  13  0   3   39  19   34  .250  .299  .326   2   1  10   1   3           70
1B *Mickey Vernon       35  152  608  101  205  43 11  15  115  63   57  .337  .403  .518   4   6  15   4   4          149
2B  Wayne Terwilliger   28  134  464   62  117  24  4   4   46  64   65  .252  .343  .347   7   4  13   0  13           88
3B  Eddie Yost          26  152  577  107  157  30  7   9   45 123   59  .272  .403  .395   7   4  12   4   9          118
SS *Pete Runnels        25  137  486   64  125  15  5   2   50  64   36  .257  .347  .321   3   4  18   3   6           83
OF  Jim Busby           26  150  586   68  183  28  7   6   82  38   45  .312  .358  .415  13   6   8   4   7          110
OF  Jackie Jensen       26  147  552   87  147  32  8  10   84  73   51  .266  .357  .408  18   8  19   5   1          108
OF  Clyde Vollmer       31  118  408   54  106  15  3  11   74  48   59  .260  .342  .392   0   2   6   3   1           99
    Mickey Grasso       33   61  196   13   41   7  0   2   22   9   20  .209  .251  .276   0   0   8   2   0           43
   *Gil Coan            31   68  168   28   33   1  4   2   17  22   23  .196  .301  .286   7   0   3   3   2           60
    Jerry Snyder        23   29   62   10   21   4  0   0    4   5    8  .339  .388  .403   1   1   2   0   0          116
    Yo-Yo Davalillo     22   19   58   10   17   1  0   0    2   1    7  .293  .305  .310   1   0   1   0   5           68
    Kite Thomas         30   38   58   10   17   3  2   1   12  11    7  .293  .414  .466   0   0   5   1   0          139
   #Mel Hoderlein       30   23   47    5    9   0  0   0    5   6    9  .191  .283  .191   0   0   2   0   0           31
    Ken Wood            28   12   33    0    7   1  0   0    3   2    3  .212  .257  .242   0   0   1   0   0           37
    Les Peden           29    9   28    4    7   1  0   1    1   4    3  .250  .344  .393   0   0   0   0   1          100
   *Carmen Mauro        26   17   23    1    4   0  1   0    2   1    3  .174  .208  .261   0   0   0   0   0           27
    Gene Verble         25   13   21    4    4   0  0   0    2   2    1  .190  .261  .190   0   0   1   0   1           24
    Frank Sacka         28    7   18    2    5   0  0   0    3   3    1  .278  .381  .278   0   0   1   0   1           82
    Bob Oldis           25    7   16    0    4   0  0   0    3   1    2  .250  .294  .250   0   0   1   0   0           49
   *Frank Campos        29   10    9    0    1   0  0   0    2   1    0  .111  .200  .111   0   0   1   0   0          -13
    Tony Roig           25    3    8    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .125  .125  .250   0   0   0   0   0            0
   *Floyd Baker         36    9    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .222  .000   0   0   0   1   0          -35
   *Bruce Barmes        23    5    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0            9

    Bob Porterfield     29   37   98    8   25   7  0   3   16   6   20  .255  .298  .418   1   0   2   0   4           93
    Spec Shea           32   23   62    2   11   1  1   0    6   2    9  .177  .203  .226   0   0   3   0   4           17
    Walt Masterson      33   29   51    2    7   1  0   0    5   6   21  .137  .228  .157   0   0   1   0   3            6
    Connie Marrero      41   22   48    5    6   0  0   0    1   5    8  .125  .208  .125   0   0   0   0   1           -8
   *Chuck Stobbs        23   27   44   11   10   0  0   0    3   4   14  .227  .292  .227   1   0   1   0  10           43
    Johnny Schmitz      32   24   34    0    2   0  0   0    0   0   13  .059  .059  .059   0   0   0   0   3          -68
   #Sonny Dixon         28   43   26    1    4   1  0   0    0   4    7  .154  .267  .192   0   0   0   0   2           27
   *Tommy Byrne         33   14   17    0    1   0  0   0    0   3    7  .059  .200  .059   0   0   0   0   0          -27
    Al Sima             31   31   17    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    8  .118  .167  .118   0   0   0   0   0          -21
    Jerry Lane          27   20    9    2    1   1  0   0    0   2    2  .111  .273  .222   0   0   0   0   1           36
    Julio Moreno        32   12    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .100  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -71
   *Bunky Stewart       22    2    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0            9
   *Dean Stone          22    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Jim Pearce          28    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6  152 5149  687 1354 230 53  69  644 596  604  .263  .339  .368  65  36 134  31  82          100
    Rank among 8 AL teams          8    5    6   3  1   8        4    4     5     3     6   2   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Porterfield     29  34   3.35  22  10  0  32   2  24   9  255.0  243   99   95  19   73   77 1036   2   1  0     117
SP  Spec Shea           32  23   3.94  12   7  0  23   0  11   1  164.7  151   82   72  11   75   38  706   3   4  1      99
SP  Connie Marrero      41  22   3.03   8   7  2  20   2  10   2  145.7  130   56   49  14   48   65  603   5   5  0     129
SP  Walt Masterson      33  29   3.63  10  12  0  20   7  10   4  166.3  145   79   67  16   62   95  697   1   3  1     108
SP *Chuck Stobbs        23  27   3.29  11   8  0  20   5   8   0  153.0  146   64   56  11   44   67  640   2   1  0     119
SP *Johnny Schmitz      32  24   3.68   2   7  4  13   9   5   0  107.7  118   52   44   9   37   39  466   0   4  0     106
SP *Tommy Byrne         33   6   4.28   0   5  0   5   0   2   0   33.7   35   17   16   3   22   22  155   0   1  0      92

RP  Sonny Dixon         28  43   3.75   5   8  3   6  20   3   0  120.0  123   57   50  13   31   40  504   1   2  0     104
RP *Al Sima             31  31   3.42   2   3  1   5  11   1   0   68.3   63   31   26   7   31   25  291   0   3  0     114
RP  Jerry Lane          27  20   4.92   1   4  0   2  11   0   0   56.7   64   33   31   3   16   26  247   1   1  0      80
RP  Julio Moreno        32  12   2.80   3   1  0   2   5   1   0   35.3   41   11   11   2   13   13  156   0   0  0     140

   *Bunky Stewart       22   2   4.70   0   2  0   2   0   1   0   15.3   17    9    8   1   11    3   72   0   1  0      83
    Jim Pearce          28   4   7.71   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    9.3   15   10    8   3    6    0   43   1   0  0      51
   *Dean Stone          22   3   8.31   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    8.7   13    8    8   0    5    5   43   0   0  0      47
    Sandy Consuegra     32   4  10.80   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    5.0    9    6    6   0    4    0   27   0   0  0      36
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.8 152   3.66  76  76 10 152  76  76  16 1344.0 1313  614  547 112  478  515 5686  16  26  2     107
    Rank among 8 AL teams           5   5   4  8           2   3      8    4    3        5    1    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- EFitz Geral 85 319 33 4 3 .989 8 MGrasso 59 219 24 4 4 .984 4 LPeden 8 26 5 0 1 1.000 0 BOldis 7 23 3 0 1 1.000 0 FSacka 6 25 5 0 0 1.000 0 KThomas 1 3 1 2 0 .667 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 152 615 71 10 9 .986 12 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 8.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MVernon 152 1376 94 12 158 .992 9.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 1376 94 12 158 .992 9.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .979 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WTerwillige 133 333 395 13 108 .982 5.47 MHoderlein 11 18 23 2 6 .953 3.73 PRunnels 11 24 27 3 7 .944 4.64 JSnyder 4 5 4 2 0 .818 2.25 TRoig 2 7 7 0 2 1.000 7.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 387 456 20 123 .977 5.65 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .957 2.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EYost 152 190 300 18 31 .965 3.22 FBaker 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 190 300 19 31 .963 3.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .966 4.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PRunnels 121 195 324 23 87 .958 4.29 YDavalillo 17 39 47 6 10 .935 5.06 JSnyder 17 28 54 1 10 .988 4.82 GVerble 8 10 18 0 4 1.000 3.50 MHoderlein 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 272 448 30 111 .960 4.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JBusby 150 482 15 6 4 .988 3.31 0 150 0 JJensen 146 274 9 5 0 .983 1.94 0 1 145 CVollmer 106 227 8 5 1 .979 2.22 104 0 2 GCoan 46 105 2 0 1 1.000 2.33 45 1 0 KThomas 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 3 0 5 KWood 7 13 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 7 0 0 CMauro 6 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.83 3 3 0 BBarmes 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 152 1124 36 16 7 .986 2.59 152 152 152 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .957 1.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BPorterfiel 34 16 50 0 4 1.000 2.33 WMasterson 29 10 27 4 1 .902 2.00 SShea 23 5 24 0 2 1.000 1.58 CStobbs 27 12 21 1 0 .971 1.94 CMarrero 22 5 19 2 1 .923 1.48 SDixon 43 6 31 0 0 1.000 2.77 JSchmitz 24 4 21 3 4 .893 2.09 ASima 31 3 15 0 2 1.000 2.37 JLane 20 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.43 JMoreno 12 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.53 TByrne 6 1 8 2 0 .818 2.40 BStewart 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.59 JPearce 4 0 1 1 0 .500 0.97 DStone 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.07 SConsuegra 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 66 233 13 14 .958 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Vernon .337 On-base % Vernon and Yost .403 Slugging % Vernon .518 OPS Vernon .921 Games Vernon and Yost 152 At Bats Vernon 608 Plate Appearances (approx.) Yost 713 Runs Yost 107 Hits Vernon 205 Total Bases Vernon 315 Doubles Vernon 43 Triples Vernon 11 Home Runs Vernon 15 RBI Vernon 115 Bases on Balls Yost 123 Strikeouts Terwilliger 65 Stolen Bases Jensen 18 Singles Busby 142 Adjusted OPS+ Vernon 149 Runs Created Vernon 124 Adjusted Batting Runs Vernon 42 Batting Wins Vernon 4.2 Extra-Base Hits Vernon 69 Times on Base Yost 284 Offensive Win% Vernon .735 Hit By Pitch Jensen 5 Sac. Hits Terwilliger 13 Grounded into Double Plays Jensen 19 Caught Stealing Jensen 8 Power/Speed Number Jensen 12.9 At Bats per Strikeout Runnels 13.5 At Bats per Home Run Vernon 40.5 Outs Yost 445

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Porterfield 3.35 Wins Porterfield 22 Won-Loss % Porterfield .688 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Porterfield 1.239 Hits Allowed/9IP Masterson 7.85 Bases on Balls/9IP Porterfield 2.58 Strikeouts/9IP Masterson 5.14 Games Dixon 43 Saves Schmitz 4 Innings Porterfield 255.0 Strikeouts Masterson 95 Games Started Porterfield 32 Comp. Games Porterfield 24 Shutouts Porterfield 9 Home Runs Allow. Porterfield 19 Bases On Balls Allow. Shea 75 Hits Allowed Porterfield 243 SO to Walk Masterson 1.53 Losses Masterson 12 Earned Runs Allow. Porterfield 95 Wild Pitches Marrero 5 Hit Batsmen Marrero 5 Batters Faced Porterfield 1036 Games Finished Dixon 20 Adjusted ERA+ Porterfield 117

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