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The Senators moved and were replaced with an expansion Washington Senators team for 1961. The old Washington Senators became the new Minnesota Twins; the expansion Senators would become the Texas Rangers in 1972, and baseball would not return to the city until 2005, when the former Montreal Expos became the Washington Nationals.
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The Washington Senators were a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Senators competed in Major League Baseball (MLB) as one of the American League 's first expansion franchises. The club was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1961 to replace the recently departed Washington Senators who moved to Minnesota as the Minnesota Twins .
The first professional baseball teams and leagues were formed in the late 19th century and several were based in Washington, D.C. Many early teams used the names "Nationals" and "Senators" but were otherwise unrelated. The National Base Ball Club of Washington, DC. (1867) The National Association Washington Olympics (1871–1872)
The Washington Senators were a short lived minor league baseball team based in Washington D.C. In 1890, the Senators were a charter member of the Atlantic Association before the team folded during the 1890 season. Owned and managed by Ted Sullivan, the Senators hosted minor league home games at both Atlantic Park and the Swampdoodle Grounds.
History of professional baseball in Washington, D.C. W. Washington Senators (1961–1971) ... Washington Senators (1961–1971) Team Logo.png 315 × 318; 76 KB
The Senators finished in a tie for ninth place in the ten-team American League with a record of 61–100, 47 + 1 ⁄ 2 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. It was also the team's only season at Griffith Stadium before moving its games to D.C. Stadium for the following season.
The 1957 Senators set an MLB record which still stands for the fewest stolen bases by a team in a season, with only 13. [1] Washington left fielder Roy Sievers set a new team record with 42 home runs to the lead the Junior Circuit, as he benefited from Griffith Stadium's shorter dimensions in left and left-center field, which had been ...