The Living Expansion Senators

[Aa3rt]

Following Cowtipper's lead, here's a list of the living expansion Senators and their ages as of the date of this posting (April 10, 2011).

As best as I can determine, there are 129 former players who played for Washington's expansion franchise from 1961 through 1971 still alive.

Note that 6 of these players, noted with double asterisks (**), played for both the original and expansion franchises.

Minnie Minoso 85 Nov. 29, 1925
Roy Sievers** 84 Nov. 18, 1926
Cal Neeman 82 Feb. 18, 1929
Jimmy Piersall 81 Nov. 14, 1929
Pete Daley 81 Jan. 14, 1930

Hobie Landrith 81 Mar. 16, 1930
Jim Bronstad 80 Jun. 22, 1930
Pete Burnside 80 Jul. 2, 1930
Don Zimmer 80 Jan. 17, 1931
Ed Roebuck 79 Jul. 13, 1931

Joe Cunningham 79 Aug. 27, 1931
Don Leppert 79 Oct. 19, 1931
Rudy Hernandez** 79 Dec. 10, 1931
Bennie Daniels 78 Jun. 17, 1932
Coot Veal 78 Jul. 9, 1932

Jim Coates 78 Aug. 4, 1932
Jim King 78 Aug. 27, 1932
Marty Kutyna 78 Nov. 14, 1932
Willie Tasby 78 Jan. 8, 1933
Joe Hicks 78 Apr. 7, 1933

Bob Schmidt 77 Apr. 22, 1933
Joe McClain 77 May 5, 1933
Ray Ripplemeyer 77 Jul. 9, 1933
Dave Stenhouse 77 Sep. 12, 1933
Camilio Pascual** 77 Jan. 20, 1934

Willie Kirkland 77 Feb. 17, 1934
Ken Retzer 76 Apr. 30, 1934
Chuck Hinton 76 May 3, 1934
Jim Mahoney 76 May 26, 1934
Ed Hobaugh 76 Jun. 27, 1934

Fred Valentine 76 Jan. 19, 1935
Marty Keough 75 Apr. 14, 1935
Hector Maestri** 75 Apr. 19, 1933
Pedro Ramos** 75 Apr. 28, 1935
Ken Hamlin 75 May 18, 1935

Bob Humphreys 75 Aug. 18, 1935
Chuck Cottier 75 Jan. 8, 1936
Bob Johnson 75 Mar. 4, 1936
Carl Mathias 74 Jun. 13, 1936
Don Lock 74 Jul. 27, 1936

Frank Howard 74 Aug. 8, 1936
Doug Camilli 74 Sep. 22, 1936
Bill Haywood 73 Apr. 21, 1937
Joe Grzenda 73 Jun. 8, 1937
Alan Koch 73 Mar. 25, 1938

Dave Baldwin 73 Mar. 30, 1938
Ron Hansen 73 Apr. 5, 1938
Art Quirk 72 Apr. 11, 1938
John Orsino 72 Apr. 22, 1938
Mike Brumley 72 Jul. 10, 1938

Don Wert 72 Jul. 29, 1938
Dick Lines 72 Aug. 17,1938
Joe McCabe 72 Aug. 27,1938
Mike McCormick 72 Sep. 29, 1938
Bud Zipfel 72 Nov. 18, 1938

Billy Bryan 72 Dec. 4, 1938
Frank Kreutzer 72 Feb. 7, 1939
Bernie Allen 71 Apr. 16, 1939
Jim Duckworth 71 May 24, 1939
Dennis Higgins 71 Aug. 4, 1939

Claude Osteen 71 Aug. 9, 1939
Carl Bouldin 71 Sep. 17, 1939
Dick Nen 71 Sep. 24, 1939
Phil Ortega 71 Oct. 7, 1939
Lou Klimchock 71 Oct. 15, 1939

Pete Richert 71 Oct. 29, 1939
Ron Stillwell 71 Dec. 3, 1939
Bob Priddy 71 Dec. 10, 1939
Jim Hannan 71 Jan. 7, 1940
Pete Craig 70 Jul. 10, 1940

Hank Allen 70 Jul. 23, 1940
Bob Chance 70 Sep. 10, 1940
Cisco Carlos 70 Sep. 17, 1940
Don Loun 70 Nov. 9, 1940
Tom McCraw 70 Nov. 21, 1940

Brant Alyea 70 Dec. 8, 1940
Tom Brown 70 Dec. 12, 1940
Steve Jones 69 Apr. 22, 1941
John Kennedy 69 May 29, 1941
Bob Saverine 69 Jun. 2, 1941

Casey Cox 69 Jul. 3, 1941
Jim French 69 Aug. 13, 1941
Ken Harrelson 69 Sep. 4, 1941
Darold Knowles 69 Dec. 9, 1941
Paul Casanova 69 Dec. 21, 1941

Tim Cullen 69 Feb. 16, 1942
Ken McMullen 68 Jun. 1, 1942
Richie Scheinblum 68 Nov. 5, 1942
Dick Billings 68 Dec. 4, 1942
Rick Reichardt 68 Mar. 16, 1943

Bruce Howard 68 Mar. 23, 1943
Barry Moore 68 Apr. 3, 1943
Mike Epstein 68 Apr. 4, 1943
Frank Fernandez 67 Apr. 16, 1943
Dick Nold 67 May 4, 1943

Jackie Brown 67 May 31, 1943
Al Closter 67 Jun. 15, 1943
Jim Miles 67 Aug. 8, 1943
Jim Shellenback 67 Nov. 18, 1943
Gary Holman 67 Jan. 25, 1944

Wayne Comer 67 Feb. 3, 1944
Dick Bosman 67 Feb. 17, 1944
Denny McLain 67 Mar. 29, 1944
Dave Nelson 66 Jun. 20, 1944
Roy Heiser 66 Jun. 22, 1944

Dick Smith 66 Oct. 15, 1944
Del Unser 66 Dec. 9, 1944
Dick Such 66 Mar. 12, 1945
Horacio Pina 66 Mar. 12, 1945
Larry Biittner 65 Jul. 27, 1945

Jan Dukes 65 Aug. 16,1945
Denny Riddleberger 65 Nov. 22, 1945
Lenny Randle 65 Feb. 12, 1946
Bill Denehy 65 May 31, 1946
Gerry Janeski 64 Apr. 18, 1946

Tom Ragland 64 Jun. 16, 1946
Gene Martin 64 Jan. 12, 1947
Gerry Schoen 64 Jan. 15, 1947
Joe Coleman 64 Feb. 3, 1947
Bill Gogolewski 63 Oct. 26, 1947

Elliott Maddox 63 Dec. 21, 1947
Tom Grieve 63 Mar. 4, 1948
Rick Stelmaszek 62 Oct. 8, 1948
Toby Harrah 62 Oct. 26, 1948
Mike Thompson 61 Sep. 6, 1949

Pete Broberg 61 Mar. 2, 1950
Bill Fahey 60 Jun. 14, 1950
Jim Mason 60 Aug. 14, 1950
Jeff Burroughs 60 Mar. 7, 1951

I've cross checked with Baseball-Almanac and all of these players are still living according to that reference.

Any updates, corrections or comments are welcome!

[bbxpert]

Tom Sturdivant is dead. He died 02/28/2009 in Oklahoma City.

[Aa3rt]

Tom Sturdivant is dead. He died 02/28/2009 in Oklahoma City.

I appreciate the information, don't know how I missed that one. I've updated the list.

[Danielh41]

Just a quick question because I don't know the answer: Were there any players who played finished the season with the 1960 original Senators and then were on the Opening Day 1961 roster for the expansion Senators?

[Aa3rt]

Two pitchers, Rudy Hernandez (Still living) and Hal Woodeshick (Deceased) were selected by the expansion Senators in the draft from the newly relocated Minnesota Twins and appear to have been on the roster with the "new" Senators at the start of the 1961 season.

Rudy Hernandez career record

Hal Woodeshick career record

One other pitcher, Hector Maestri (Still living) has the "distinction" of only appearing in 2 major league games, the first in 1960 with the original Senators on 9/24/1960, the second with the expansion Senators on 9/17/1961. He was also selected in the expansion draft but considering his late season appearance in 1961 I think we can safely assume that he wasn't on the Opening Day roster.

Hector Maestri career record

[Aa3rt]

List updated. Larry (Bobo) Osborne finished a 6 year major league career by playing in 125 games for the 1963 Senators.

"Bobo" Osborne career record

[Senator Saverine]

My "namesake," Bob Saverine, turned 70 earlier this month. Last July I went up to Camden Yards (my first game there since the Nats came to DC) and was pleasantly surprised to discover the "Orioles Alumni"pregame autograph series. The three former O's that evening were Paul Blair, Wally Bunker and ex-Senator Fred Valentine! I had a nice little chat with Fred (a very gracious guy, BTW, and he seems to be in great shape) and asked him if he'd seen Saverine in recent years. He said he hadn't -- apparently the former Senators have some get-togethers but Bob hasn't shown up. I hope he's happy and in good health.

[Aa3rt]

I'm sad to report that one of my favorite Senators, Don Mincher, died March 4th of 2012.

Don Mincher obituary

[Timbones]

I'm sad to report that one of my favorite Senators, Don Mincher, died March 4th of 2012.

Don Mincher obituary

I'm sorry to hear that too. I'm glad he got to play in a World Series with Oakland. I guess he also played with the Twins in the 1965 series?

T.

[Timbones]

There's a nice tribute to Mincher here too: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp...vkey=news_milb

T.

[Aa3rt]

List updated to reflect the passing of Ed Stroud on July 2, 2012.

[Aa3rt]

I thought it about time to update this list, at least the ages. As of this report (Mar. 22, 2013) there are 130 living expansion Senators as best as I can determine.

Minnie Minoso 87 Nov. 29, 1925
Roy Sievers** 86 Nov. 18, 1926
Cal Neeman 83 Feb. 18, 1929
Jimmy Piersall 83 Nov. 14, 1929
Pete Daley 83 Jan. 14, 1930

Hobie Landrith 82 Mar. 16, 1930
Jim Bronstad 82 Jun. 22, 1930
Pete Burnside 82 Jul. 2, 1930
Don Zimmer 82 Jan. 17, 1931
Ed Roebuck 81 Jul. 13, 1931

Joe Cunningham 81 Aug. 27, 1931
Don Leppert 81 Oct. 19, 1931
Rudy Hernandez** 81 Dec. 10, 1931
Bennie Daniels 80 Jun. 17, 1932
Coot Veal 80 Jul. 9, 1932

Jim Coates 80 Aug. 4, 1932
Jim King 80 Aug. 27, 1932
Marty Kutyna 80 Nov. 14, 1932
Willie Tasby 80 Jan. 8, 1933
Joe Hicks 79 Apr. 7, 1933

Bob Schmidt 79 Apr. 22, 1933
Joe McClain 79 May 5, 1933
Ray Ripplemeyer 79 Jul. 9, 1933
Dave Stenhouse 79 Sep. 12, 1933
Camilio Pascual** 79 Jan. 20, 1934

Willie Kirkland 78 Feb. 17, 1934
Ken Retzer 78 Apr. 30, 1934
Jim Mahoney 78 May 26, 1934
Ed Hobaugh 78 Jun. 27, 1934
Dallas Green 78 Aug. 4, 1934

Fred Valentine 78 Jan. 19, 1935
Marty Keough 77 Apr. 14, 1935
Hector Maestri** 77 Apr. 19, 1933
Pedro Ramos** 77 Apr. 28, 1935
Ken Hamlin 77 May 18, 1935

Bob Humphreys 77 Aug. 18, 1935
Chuck Cottier 77 Jan. 8, 1936
Bob Johnson 76 Mar. 4, 1936
Carl Mathias 76 Jun. 13, 1936
Don Lock 76 Jul. 27, 1936

Frank Howard 76 Aug. 8, 1936
Doug Camilli 76 Sep. 22, 1936
Bill Haywood 75 Apr. 21, 1937
Joe Grzenda 75 Jun. 8, 1937
Diego Segui 75 Aug. 17, 1937


Alan Koch 74 Mar. 25, 1938
Dave Baldwin 74 Mar. 30, 1938
Ron Hansen 74 Apr. 5, 1938
Art Quirk 74 Apr. 11, 1938
John Orsino 74 Apr. 22, 1938

Mike Brumley 74 Jul. 10, 1938
Don Wert 74 Jul. 29, 1938
Dick Lines 74 Aug. 17,1938
Joe McCabe 74 Aug. 27,1938
Mike McCormick 74 Sep. 29, 1938

Bud Zipfel 74 Nov. 18, 1938
Billy Bryan 74 Dec. 4, 1938
Frank Kreutzer 73 Feb. 7, 1939
Bernie Allen 73 Apr. 16, 1939
Jim Duckworth 73 May 24, 1939

Dennis Higgins 73 Aug. 4, 1939
Claude Osteen 73 Aug. 9, 1939
Carl Bouldin 73 Sep. 17, 1939
Dick Nen 73 Sep. 24, 1939
Phil Ortega 73 Oct. 7, 1939

Lou Klimchock 73 Oct. 15, 1939
Pete Richert 73 Oct. 29, 1939
Ron Stillwell 73 Dec. 3, 1939
Bob Priddy 73 Dec. 10, 1939
Jim Hannan 73 Jan. 7, 1940

Pete Craig 72 Jul. 10, 1940
Hank Allen 72 Jul. 23, 1940
Bob Chance 72 Sep. 10, 1940
Cisco Carlos 72 Sep. 17, 1940
Don Loun 72 Nov. 9, 1940

Tom McCraw 72 Nov. 21, 1940
Brant Alyea 72 Dec. 8, 1940
Tom Brown 72 Dec. 12, 1940
Steve Jones 71 Apr. 22, 1941
John Kennedy 71 May 29, 1941

Bob Saverine 71 Jun. 2, 1941
Casey Cox 71 Jul. 3, 1941
Jim French 71 Aug. 13, 1941
Ken Harrelson 71 Sep. 4, 1941
Darold Knowles 71 Dec. 9, 1941

Paul Casanova 71 Dec. 21, 1941
Tim Cullen 70 Feb. 16, 1942
Ken McMullen 70 Jun. 1, 1942
Richie Scheinblum 70 Nov. 5, 1942
Dick Billings 70 Dec. 4, 1942

Rick Reichardt 69 Mar. 16, 1943
Bruce Howard 69 Mar. 23, 1943
Barry Moore 69 Apr. 3, 1943
Mike Epstein 69 Apr. 4, 1943
Frank Fernandez 69 Apr. 16, 1943

Dick Nold 69 May 4, 1943
Jackie Brown 69 May 31, 1943
Al Closter 69 Jun. 15, 1943
Jim Miles 69 Aug. 8, 1943
Jim Shellenback 69 Nov. 18, 1943

Gary Holman 68 Jan. 25, 1944
Wayne Comer 68 Feb. 3, 1944
Dick Bosman 68 Feb. 17, 1944
Denny McLain 68 Mar. 29, 1944
Dave Nelson 68 Jun. 20, 1944

Roy Heiser 68 Jun. 22, 1944
Dick Smith 68 Oct. 15, 1944
Del Unser 68 Dec. 9, 1944
Dick Such 67 Mar. 12, 1945
Horacio Pina 67 Mar. 12, 1945

Larry Biittner 67 Jul. 27, 1945
Jan Dukes 67 Aug. 16,1945
Denny Riddleberger 67 Nov. 22, 1945
Lenny Randle 66 Feb. 12, 1946
Bill Denehy 66 May 31, 1946

Gerry Janeski 66 Apr. 18, 1946
Tom Ragland 66 Jun. 16, 1946
Gene Martin 66 Jan. 12, 1947
Gerry Schoen 66 Jan. 15, 1947
Joe Coleman 65 Feb. 3, 1947

Bill Gogolewski 65 Oct. 26, 1947
Elliott Maddox 65 Dec. 21, 1947
Tom Grieve 64 Mar. 4, 1948
Rick Stelmaszek 64 Oct. 8, 1948
Toby Harrah 64 Oct. 26, 1948

Mike Thompson 63 Sep. 6, 1949
Pete Broberg 62 Mar. 2, 1950
Bill Fahey 62 Jun. 14, 1950
Jim Mason 62 Aug. 14, 1950
Jeff Burroughs 61 Mar. 7, 1951

As always, updates, corrections or comments are welcome.


Updates:

Updated Jan. 28, 2013 to reflect the passing of Chuck Hinton on 1/27/2013
Updated Mar. 22, 2013 to add Dallas Green & Diego Segui.

[Gemruss]

Hi,

Stumbled across this list earlier this week. Unless there is something I do not know about Dallas Green and Diego Segui should be part of this list.

Dallas Green 78 Aug 4, 1934 (1965)

Diego Segui 75 Aug 17, 1937 (1966)

[Aa3rt]

Hi,

Stumbled across this list earlier this week. Unless there is something I do not know about Dallas Green and Diego Segui should be part of this list.

Dallas Green 78 Aug 4, 1934 (1965)

Diego Segui 75 Aug 17, 1937 (1966)

Gemruss-Many thanks for pointing out these omissions! I really appreciate your input! The list has been updated with both Green and Segui added. Thanks again!