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The Washington Senators were a Major League Baseball team based in Washington, D.C.. It was one of the American League 's eight charter franchises, founded in 1901 . The team relocated to the Twin Cities in 1961 , becoming the Minnesota Twins .
The Washington Senators baseball team was 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.
Washington Senators (1912) played in the short-lived United States Baseball League; Washington Senators (1901–1960), an American League team that became the Minnesota Twins; Washington Senators (1961–1971), an American League team that became the Texas Rangers; Washington Nationals (disambiguation), other baseball teams based in Washington ...
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 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.
Walter Perry Johnson (November 6, 1887 – December 10, 1946), nicknamed "Barney" and "the Big Train", was an American professional baseball player and manager.He played his entire 21-year baseball career in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1907 to 1927.
The 1901 Washington Senators won 61 games, lost 72, and finished in sixth place in the American League in its first year as a major league team. They were managed by Jim Manning and played home games at the American League Park I .
Washington, D.C., mayor Anthony A. Williams supported the name "Washington Grays," in honor of the Negro-league team the Homestead Grays (1929–1950), which had been based in Pittsburgh, but played many of their home games in Washington. In the end, the team owners chose the name "Washington Nationals," which had been the official name of the ...