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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 moved to Minneapolis in 1961 , becoming the Minnesota Twins .
List of Minnesota Twins seasons, which includes the seasons of the original Washington Senators (1901–1960) before they moved to Minnesota for the 1961 season List of Texas Rangers seasons , which includes the seasons of the expansion Washington Senators (1961–1971) before they moved to Texas for the 1972 season
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 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 ...
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 expansion team drew 597,287 fans, tenth and last in ...
The 1959 Washington Senators won 63 games, lost 91, and finished in eighth place in the American League, 31 games behind the AL Champion Chicago White Sox in their penultimate season in The Nation's Capital. They were managed by Cookie Lavagetto and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
The 1932 Washington Senators were the last team in the 20th century to have 100 triples in one season. [1 ... 1932 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball ...
The 1946 Washington Senators of Major League Baseball won 76 games, lost 78, and finished in fourth place in the American League.The 46th edition of the franchise was managed by Ossie Bluege and played its home games at Griffith Stadium, where it drew 1,027,216 fans, [1] fifth in the league and tenth-most among the 16 MLB clubs.