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1954 Washington Senators (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953/1955) 66-88, Finished 6th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 632 runs, Allowed 680 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-82 Managed by Bucky Harris Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I (ballparks.com) Attendance: 503,542 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 96   (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 99   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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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 Stats (1953/1955) / Schedule / Transactions

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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      30  115  360   33  104  13  5   4   40  33   22  .289  .349  .386   0   1  12   2   3   3      106
1B *Mickey Vernon       36  151  597   90  173  33 14  20   97  61   61  .290  .357  .492   1   4  10   5   4   6      137
2B  Wayne Terwilliger   29  106  337   42   70  10  1   3   24  32   40  .208  .282  .270   3   3   7   3   9   1       55
3B  Eddie Yost          27  155  539  101  138  26  4  11   47 131   71  .256  .405  .380   7   3   5   5  11   1      122
SS *Pete Runnels        26  139  488   75  131  17 15   3   56  78   60  .268  .368  .383   2   3  10   0   2   2      111
OF  Jim Busby           27  155  628   83  187  22  7   7   80  43   56  .298  .342  .389  17   2   8   3   5   7      105
OF  Roy Sievers         27  145  514   75  119  26  6  24  102  80   77  .232  .331  .446   2   1  17   2   2  11      117
OF  Tom Umphlett        24  114  342   21   75   8  3   1   33  17   42  .219  .255  .269   1   2  13   0   2   2       47
   *Tom Wright          30   76  171   13   42   4  4   1   17  18   38  .246  .323  .333   0   0   2   2   0   1       85
   *Johnny Pesky        34   49  158   17   40   4  3   0    9  10    7  .253  .296  .316   1   1   2   0   2   1       72
    Joe Tipton          32   54  157    9   35   6  1   1   10  30   30  .223  .353  .293   0   1   3   2   2   1       83
    Jerry Snyder        24   64  154   17   36   3  1   0   17  15   18  .234  .298  .266   3   0   4   0   2   2       60
    Jim Lemon           26   37  128   12   30   2  3   2   13   9   34  .234  .283  .344   0   0   4   0   1   1       75
    Clyde Vollmer       32   62  117    8   30   4  0   2   15  12   28  .256  .331  .342   0   0   3   1   0   0       89
   #Mel Hoderlein       31   14   25    0    4   1  0   0    1   1    4  .160  .192  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0       10
    Bob Oldis           26   11   24    1    8   1  0   0    0   1    3  .333  .360  .375   0   0   0   0   1   0      107
    Carlos Paula        26    9   24    2    4   1  0   0    2   2    4  .167  .231  .208   0   0   0   0   0   0       24
    Roy Dietzel         23    9   21    1    5   0  0   0    1   5    4  .238  .385  .238   0   0   1   0   0   0       78
    Harmon Killebrew    18    9   13    1    4   1  0   0    3   2    3  .308  .400  .385   0   0   1   0   0   0      121
   *Jesse Levan         27    7   10    1    3   0  0   0    0   0    0  .300  .300  .300   0   0   0   0   0   0       69
    Steve Korcheck      21    2    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0      -20

   *Mickey McDermott    25   54   95    7   19   3  0   0    4   7   12  .200  .255  .232   0   0   4   0   2   0       37
    Bob Porterfield     30   32   88    3    9   0  0   1    5   4   24  .102  .149  .136   0   0   0   1   5   1      -19
    Johnny Schmitz      33   29   60    6    7   0  0   0    1   2   15  .117  .145  .117   0   0   2   0   6   0      -26
   *Dean Stone          23   31   52    5    5   1  1   1    9   5   30  .096  .172  .212   0   0   0   0   6   1        7
   *Chuck Stobbs        24   31   51    4    7   1  0   0    3   6    8  .137  .237  .157   0   0   0   1   9   1       12
    Camilo Pascual      20   48   30    2    4   0  1   0    1   1    2  .133  .161  .200   0   0   0   0   1   0        1
    Spec Shea           33   23   20    2    1   1  0   0    1   0    6  .050  .050  .100   0   0   0   0   0   0      -59
    Gus Keriazakos      22   22   15    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    9  .067  .125  .067   0   0   1   0   2   0      -45
    Connie Marrero      42   22   15    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    3  .000  .118  .000   0   0   2   0   0   0      -65
   #Sonny Dixon         29   16    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
   *Bunky Stewart       23   29    3    0    0   0  0   0    1   2    2  .000  .400  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0       20
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4  155 5249  632 1292 188 69  81  592 610  719  .246  .325  .355  37  21 111  27  77  42       99
    Rank among 8 AL teams          2    5    7   7  1   7        4    1     7     5     6   4   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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     30  32   3.32  13  15  0  31   1  21   2  244.0  249  104   90  14   77   82 1034   1   3  0     108
SP *Mickey McDermott    25  30   3.44   7  15  1  26   4  11   1  196.3  172   95   75   8  110   95  851   4   3  0     104
SP *Chuck Stobbs        24  31   4.10  11  11  0  24   4  10   3  182.0  189   87   83   6   67   67  789   1   1  1      87
SP *Johnny Schmitz      33  29   2.91  11   8  1  23   5  12   2  185.3  176   66   60   6   64   56  772   3   3  1     123
SP *Dean Stone          23  31   3.22  12  10  0  23   6  10   2  178.7  161   76   64   7   69   87  752   5   1  1     111

RP  Camilo Pascual      20  48   4.22   4   7  3   4  27   1   0  119.3  126   65   56   7   61   60  539   4   6  3      85
RP *Bunky Stewart       23  29   7.64   0   2  1   2   8   0   0   50.7   67   52   43   3   27   27  251   2   4  0      47
RP  Gus Keriazakos      22  22   3.77   2   3  0   3   8   2   0   59.7   59   29   25   4   30   33  263   1   0  0      95
RP  Sonny Dixon         29  16   3.03   1   2  1   0   6   0   0   29.7   26   15   10   3   12    7  125   0   0  0     118

    Spec Shea           33  23   6.18   2   9  0  11   9   1   0   71.3   97   54   49   9   34   22  334   3   2  0      58
    Connie Marrero      42  22   4.75   3   6  0   8   8   1   0   66.3   74   37   35  12   22   26  287   1   0  1      75
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5 155   3.84  66  88  7 155  86  69  10 1383.0 1396  680  590  79  573  562 5997  25  23  7      93
    Rank among 8 AL teams           5   6   3  8           2   5      3    6    6        2    5    7

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- EFitz Geral 107 396 38 12 5 .973 3 JTipton 52 220 30 2 6 .992 5 BOldis 8 30 2 2 0 .941 0 SKorcheck 2 5 1 1 0 .857 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 651 71 17 11 .977 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MVernon 148 1365 76 11 144 .992 9.74 RSievers 8 54 5 0 7 1.000 7.38 JLevan 1 6 1 0 1 1.000 7.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1425 82 11 152 .993 9.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 4.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WTerwillige 90 213 243 13 72 .972 5.07 JPesky 37 92 91 4 22 .979 4.95 PRunnels 27 90 59 5 23 .968 5.52 RDietzel 7 10 14 1 4 .960 3.43 MHoderlein 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0.80 HKillebrew 3 5 2 0 0 1.000 2.33 JSnyder 3 7 3 2 1 .833 3.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 419 414 26 122 .970 5.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .959 3.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EYost 155 170 347 17 29 .968 3.34 WTerwillige 10 11 24 1 4 .972 3.50 JLevan 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RDietzel 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 BOldis 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 181 373 18 33 .969 3.61 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .960 4.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PRunnels 107 174 313 24 69 .953 4.55 JSnyder 48 81 145 5 31 .978 4.71 MHoderlein 6 11 20 2 5 .939 5.17 WTerwillige 3 3 7 2 1 .833 3.33 JPesky 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 269 485 33 106 .958 4.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .979 2.17 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JBusby 155 491 6 6 1 .988 3.21 0 155 0 RSievers 133 296 10 9 1 .971 2.30 133 0 0 TUmphlett 101 169 13 2 4 .989 1.80 12 4 86 TWright 43 84 0 0 0 1.000 1.95 15 0 28 JLemon 33 58 0 3 0 .951 1.76 1 0 32 CVollmer 26 33 2 0 1 1.000 1.35 5 0 21 CPaula 6 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.50 6 0 0 PRunnels 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1145 32 20 7 .983 2.55 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .959 2.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BPorterfiel 32 10 61 3 4 .959 2.62 MMcDermott 30 3 39 2 2 .955 1.93 JSchmitz 29 12 40 2 9 .963 2.53 CStobbs 31 8 35 2 5 .956 2.13 DStone 31 5 17 0 3 1.000 1.11 CPascual 48 6 34 0 2 1.000 3.02 SShea 23 5 17 1 1 .957 2.78 CMarrero 22 1 9 0 1 1.000 1.36 GKeriazakos 22 7 7 0 1 1.000 2.11 BStewart 29 1 15 2 1 .889 2.84 SDixon 16 1 9 0 0 1.000 3.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 59 283 12 29 .966 2.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Busby .298 On-base % Yost .405 Slugging % Vernon .492 OPS Vernon .849 Games Busby and Yost 155 At Bats Busby 628 Plate Appearances (approx.) Yost 687 Runs Yost 101 Hits Busby 187 Total Bases Vernon 294 Doubles Vernon 33 Triples Runnels 15 Home Runs Sievers 24 RBI Sievers 102 Bases on Balls Yost 131 Strikeouts Sievers 77 Stolen Bases Busby 17 Singles Busby 151 Adjusted OPS+ Vernon 137 Runs Created Vernon 103 Adjusted Batting Runs Vernon 28 Batting Wins Vernon 2.8 Extra-Base Hits Vernon 67 Times on Base Yost 274 Offensive Win% Vernon .663 Hit By Pitch Vernon and Yost 5 Sac. Hits Yost 11 Sac. Flies Sievers 11 Grounded into Double Plays Sievers 17 Caught Stealing Vernon 4 Power/Speed Number Busby 9.9 At Bats per Strikeout Busby 11.2 At Bats per Home Run Sievers 21.4 Outs Busby 463

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Schmitz 2.91 Wins Porterfield 13 Won-Loss % Schmitz .579 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Stone 1.287 Hits Allowed/9IP McDermott 7.88 Bases on Balls/9IP Porterfield 2.84 Strikeouts/9IP Stone 4.38 Games Pascual 48 Saves Pascual 3 Innings Porterfield 244.0 Strikeouts McDermott 95 Games Started Porterfield 31 Comp. Games Porterfield 21 Shutouts Stobbs 3 Home Runs Allow. Porterfield 14 Bases On Balls Allow. McDermott 110 Hits Allowed Porterfield 249 SO to Walk Stone 1.26 Losses McDermott and Porterfield 15 Earned Runs Allow. Porterfield 90 Wild Pitches Stone 5 Hit Batsmen Pascual 6 Batters Faced Porterfield 1034 Games Finished Pascual 27 Adjusted ERA+ Schmitz 123

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