Forum: Washington Senators

Third baseman Hillis Lane played his entire three-year career with the Senators, in the years 1941, 1944 and 1945. He hit .264 in 107 big league games. He recently passed away.

http://www.baseballhappenings.net/2009/11/jose-valdivielso-private-signing.html I am doing a private signing with former Washington Senator and Minnesota Twin Jose Valdivielso later this month. If anyone is interested in it, please check the link for more details. Thanks for the support. I hope...

Ron Moeller pitched eight games for the Senators in 1963. He didn't have a long career with them, but I thought someone would be interested to learn of his passing (which happened on November 2).

Herman Reich was a 31-year-old rookie for the Senators in 1949. The Indians had originally drafted him from Portland in November of 1948, but he was selected off waivers by the Senators on April 30. He played two games for the Senators, then was sent back to the Indians on May 10. On May 18, he was...

Welcome to the first installment of the 1924 World Series thread commerating the 85th anniversary of the Washington Senators first and only World Series Title. Over the next few days I will post articles from The Washington Post and The New York Times to help folks relive the glory days of the...

1. Name the five men who managed the expansion Senators. 2. Extra credit-the Senators expansion "tag-team partner", the Los Angeles/California Angels only had two managers from 1961-1971. Who were they?

I just finished a "course" on CD (Take Me Out to the Ballgame: A History of Baseball in America, narrated by by Professor Timothy B. Shutt). He mentions how the AL was not as aggressive as the NL in signing black players in the 1950s who became All-Stars in the 1960s (eg. Ernie Banks, Maury Wills,...

I know the original Senators were officially the Nationals but were known as the Senators. It disappointed me as a baseball fan that the familiar name wasn't given to the Washington franchise when it moved over from Montreal. I think it is political. I remember the mayor saying something...

It's well-known that the Dallas Cowboys-Washington Redskins rivalry is one of the biggest in sports. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me whether the Washington Senators' move to the Dallas area had any effect on that rivalry. I imagine that might have caused some extra antipathy on the part of...

Those of you who may be following the "This Date In Washington Senators History" thread have probably noted the frequently mentioned "Cuban Connection". The Senators all-time roster is filled with players of Cuban origin who experienced varying degrees of success while donning the uniform of...

This article may be of some interest to Senators fans. I came across this humerous and, yet, somewhat sad, article about former Senators All Star pitcher Connie Marrero. Marrero did not make his major league debut until he was 38, but he was already a legendary pitcher in his native Cuba by the...

Former major league pitcher Hal Woodeshick died Sunday, June 14th in Houston. Woodeshick's career, which spanned from 1956 through 1967, would see him in the uniform of the Detroit Tigers (twice), Cleveland Indians, both the original and expansion Washington Senators, Houston Colt 45's and...

It is with much regret that I bring this news here. I spent a few hours with Mr. Vernon last summer at his home in Media, PA interviewing him about his experiences playing with the Bob Feller all-stars against Satchel Paige's all-star team for a month in 1946. We wound up talking baseball for over...

I am convinced there was a man called "The Howling Marine" who attended many Washington Senator baseball games at old Griffith Stadium. He was known for his bellowing howls from the bleachers whenever the Senators made a great defensive play (think "Eddie Yost" at 3rd base) or an important hit at...

I finally made the opportunity to visit the Walter Johnson Memorial monument located at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, MD. The monument formerly was located at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. After Griffith was demolished in 1965 the monument was removed and at some point gifted to...

I don't know how many have heard, but Eddie Brinkman died Tuesday, aged 66 from a brief illness.

Does anyone have an up-to-date list on the remaining Senators (I) team that are still with us? It would be very nice to have a current list for the Senators (I) that are alive, and I would appreciate the contributions to the list.

I'm 46 years old and I remember Frank Howard very well, about 6-7 215 pounds and wore glasses. He could hit some mammoth shots. Too bad he didn't play for a really good team like the Yankees back then.

Sad how he passed away from this accident. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-gomez14-2009jan14,0,178377.story By Mike DiGiovanna January 14, 2009 Preston Gomez, the longtime Angels scouting consultant who had been third-base coach for the Dodgers when they won the...

Hopefully y'all can help with an address for Jerry Snyder (Washington Senators). http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/snydeje01.shtml

Since the only thing I know about Ken McMullen was that he could have been traded for Tug McGraw or Nolan Ryan in 1970, I was wondering what did Senators fans think of him? What type of player was he?

The old Senators had some clowns in their coaching boxes - Nick Altrock, Germany Schaffer, Carl Sawyer and Al Schacht. Did they perform their skits on the road as well? For example, when the Nats were playing away games in Cleveland or Philly, were the coaches performing?

Cuban Pitcher Rogelio Martinez, whos entire major league career consisted of 2 game appearences for the Washington Senators in July 1950 turned 90 on November 5. Wikipedia list every living player age 90 or above. Martinez has just become the newest member of that exclusive group of 65 men....

More sad news to report. Former Senators pitcher and coach Sid Hudson passed away last week in Waco TX at the age of 93. Hudson was a 2 time All Star for the Senators in 1941 and 1942. My condolences to Hudson's family and friends. http://www.kwtx.com/blogs/all/30830304.html