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Jim Manning moved with the Kansas City club to manage the first Senators team. The Senators began their history as a consistently losing team, at times so inept that San Francisco Chronicle columnist Charley Dryden famously joked, "Washington: First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League," [5] a play on the famous line in Henry ...
In the first game in franchise history, the "Presidential Opener" then held every year in Washington, the Senators were defeated by the Chicago White Sox, 4–3, on Monday, April 10, 1961. With leadoff man Coot Veal getting its first-ever hit (an infield single ) in the first inning , Washington jumped out to a quick 2–0 advantage and led 3 ...
Washington Senators, also referred to as the Washington Pros or Washington Presidents, was a professional football club from Washington, D.C. The team played for one season in the American Professional Football Association (now the National Football League) during the 1921 season. Afterward, it continued to operate as an independent football ...
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 .
Pages in category "Washington Senators (1901–1960) owners" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.
Jacob Earl Wagner (November 6, 1861 – November 11, 1943) was a businessman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He is primarily known as the owner of various baseball teams during the late 19th century, most notably the original Washington Senators.
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.
Three Major League baseball franchises have been named the "Washington Senators": Washington Senators managers (1891 – 1899) - Managers of defunct National League team; Washington Senators managers (1901 – 1960) - Managers of American League team that became the Minnesota Twins