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AL Washington Senators

Frank Fleming
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Frank Fleming
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October 31st, 2023
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Logo 1961-1971

  • First Game Played April 10, 1961

  • Last Game Played September 30, 1971

  • Moved to Texas in 1972

Historical Moments

1899:After eight years in which the franchise never finished .500, or better, the Washington Senators of the National League are one of four teams eliminated in 1899 as the NL reduced from 12 teams to eight teams.

1901:With the National League reducing itself, Ban Johnson, who ran the Western League, a minor league in the mid-west, decides to become start a new Major League to compete with NL. Johnson’s new league called the American League would have eight teams, including three teams in cities that lost franchise after the 1899 season, including Washington. In the franchise’s first season, Washington would finish 61-72 and in sixth place in AL. One of the low points of the inaugural season comes on May 23rd when the Senators had a nine-run lead in the ninth inning with two outs and nobody on base for the Cleveland Blues. However, the Blues stage a fantastic comeback and take the game 14-13.

1902:Washington would continue to struggle as they finish in sixth place again with a record of 61-75.

1903:Tragedy struck Washington on July 2nd when their star hitter Ed Delahanty died in a fall from a train near Niagara Falls. Delahanty, who was in his second season with Washington, was hitting .333 a season after batting .376 in 1902. With the loss of Delahanty, they would go on to finish in the basement if the American League with an awful 43-94 record, while the cause of his fall would never be determined.

1904:Washington stumbles out of the gates and never recover, losing 13 straight to start the season, and end up finishing the season with a franchise worse 38-113 last-place record.

1905:The Nationals come out with new uniforms with their team name written across the chest for everyone to see. The Nats would only wear the uniform for two seasons, while the name Nationals has trouble catching on and after the team gets rid of it. Ironically the Nats/Senators would go 52 years before Senators would appear on the uniform long after it had become standard practice. The Nats’ struggles would continue finishing in seventh place with a 64-87 record.

1906:The Nationals continue to be awful, finishing in seventh place with a terrible record of 55-95.

1907:Walter Johnson makes his debut for the Nationals after pitching on a Minor League team in Idaho. Although not knowing it buy his delivery, Johnson would go on to confound batters for the next 21 years and established himself as one of the greatest pitches of all time.

1908:On August 21st Nationals catcher Gabby Street participates in a curious publicity stunt when he catches a ball thrown off the top of the Washington Monument. Meanwhile, the Nats losing ways continued with a seventh Place 67-85 finish.

1909:On July 16th, The Nationals and the Detroit Tigers played to a 0-0 tie over 18 innings. That game still stands as the longest scoreless game in American League history. Lack of scoring becomes the symbol of the Nats that season as the team goes on to lose 110 games. Pitcher Robert Groom loses a single-season record 19 straight games and finishes with a 7-26 record despite a 2.87 ERA. Walter Johnson is not even immune to the lack of run support as he finishes with a woeful 13-25 record despite an impressive 2.21 ERA. The Nats would go on to finish in dead last with a pathetic 42-110 record.

1910:On April 10th, President William H. Taft became the first President of the United States to throw out the first ball of the major league season. The game turns out to be a classic as he witnesses a one-hit Walter Johnson performance in a Nationals 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. Johnson would go on to have a 25-17 record with a dominant 1.35 EA. Despite the return of Johnson, the Nats can only finish in seventh place with a woeful 66-85 record.

1911:The Nationals continue to be one of the worst teams in baseball as they finish in seventh place with an awful record of 64-90.

1912:Led by a 32-12 record from Walter Johnson, who also had a league-low ERA of 1.39, the Nationals record their first winning season in their 12-year history, as they finish in a distant second place with a 91-61 record.

1913:The Big Train known as Walter Johnson, continues to dominate the American League as he puts together one of the most dominant seasons in baseball history. Johnson finishes with a 36-7 record and produces a microscopic 1.09 ERA. Johnson also leads the way in strikeouts, while pitching 11 shut outs. The Nationals do manage to stay in the race for a while, too, but their 90-64 record is only enough for second place behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

1914:The Nationals post their third consecutive winning season finishing in third place with a record of 81-73.

1914:The Nationals continue to post solid record, but are once again a non-factor in the race for the pennant as they finish in fourth place with an 85-69 record.

1916:Despite 16 straight road wins and another dominant 25 win season by Walter Johnson, the Nats struggle again and finish in seventh place with a disappointing 76-77 record.

1917:The Nationals struggle with mediocrity again as they finish in fifth place with a 75-79 record.

1918:With Walter Johnson winning 23 games, the Nationals are in the Pennant Race all season but fall four games short with a third Place 72-56 record, as the season is cut short to aid the war effort.

1919:The Nationals suffer a setback falling into seventh place with an awful record of 56-84.

1920:Clark Griffith becomes a club owner and President when he joins Philadelphia grain broker William Richardson in buying a controlling interest in the Washington Nationals for $175,000. Griffith, unable to get financial help from the American League, mortgages his Montana ranch to raise funds. Meanwhile, the Nats wilt on the field again, finishing in seventh place with a mediocre 68-84 record.

1921:The Nationals rebound off two straight losing seasons to finish in fourth place with a record of 80-73.

1922:The Nationals suffer a setback falling into sixth place with a disappointing record of 69-85.

1923:The Nats continue to play mediocre baseball, finishing in fourth place with a 75-78 record.

1924:On Opening Day, President Calvin Coolidge throws out the season’s first pitch, and the Nationals go on to win. This was the usual order of things Johnson wins, but the club goes nowhere. Throughout his first 17 seasons, Johnson was the premier pitcher in all of baseball routinely winning more than 20 games and leading the league in strikeouts and ERA. In this period, the Nats only managed to win 90 twice and finished within ten games of the pennant twice. After another sub-.500 season in 1923, no one expected anything different. However, with 2B Bucky Harris taking over as the fourth new manager in four years, there would be magic in the air over the Capital. In September, the Nats were still in the race, but most expected the New York Yankees to pass them up. However, there was something special about this Nats team that was led by Walter Johnson, who won the pitchers’ triple crown again. With a big series against the Yankees, the Nationals shocked all of baseball by sweeping the defending Champions to win their first American League Pennant by two games with a 92-62 record.

1924 World Series:For the first time in their history, the Washington Nationals had made it to the World Series. Their opponent was the New York Giants, who were making it to the Fall Classic for the fourth year in a row. Game 1 would not be decided until the 12th Inning when Ross Youngs delivered a single off Walter Johnson to give the Giants the opener. The Nats would bounce back to win Game 2 dramatically on Roger Peckinpaugh’s game-winning double in the ninth. The Nats would fall again in Game 3, as Bucky Harris’ error played a crucial part in a Giants rally. The Nats would bounce back to tie the series at two games apiece in Game 4 thanks to Goose Goslin’s four-hit game that was highlighted by a three-run homer. The Nats would lose Game 5 as Walter Johnson was hit hard. After the game, Johnson apologized publicly for his second Series loss. The loss put the Nats on the brink down three games to two. With the series returning to Washington, the Nats were on the verge of elimination. Nobody gave them a chance since it looked as if Walter Johnson would not pitch again after being ineffective in three World Series appearances. The sixth game would see a duel between leftie Tom Zachary and Art Nehrf. The Nats Zachary would get the upper hand when Bucky Harris knocked in two runs in the fifth inning with a single. Those runs would stand as the Nats forced a seventh game with 2-1 victory. In Game 7, the Nats saw an early lead evaporate as the Giants took a 3-1 lead into the eighth. However, magic was still hanging over the skies of Washington. The Nats would score two runs to tie the game at three. The Giants looked on the verge of grabbing the lead back right away as they loaded the bases with nobody out. The Nats were desperate to hold on called on Walter Johnson to keep the game tied. Looking to atone for his poor performance in Game 5, Walter Johnson would not allow a run to score. The game would move into extra innings, and Johnson was determined to finish the deal, and he held the Giants off the board through the 12th inning. In the bottom of the 12th Nats catcher, Muddy Ruel would get a one-out single he was followed by a single from Walter Johnson. This setup runners on 1st and 2nd with one out. Earl McNeely stepped up in the plate and hit a slow roller down the third baseline. As the Giants, Fred Lindstrom bent down to pick the ball up that magic struck one last time. The ball hit a pebble and rolled away, and Muddy Ruel lumbered home with a series-winning run. The Nationals were World Champions for the first and only time. Even Walter Johnson could not contain himself, as he was teary-eyed in the on-field celebration that ensued. The following day the Nats were greeted with a hero’s parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, where they were greeted by the same President Coolidge that threw out the first pitch of the magical season.

1925:With the New York Yankees floundering all season long, thanks to injuries and suspensions of Babe Ruth, the Nationals have no real challenge and win their second straight pennant fairly easily with a 96-65 record. In the Fall Classic standing between the Nats and a second consecutive World Championship where the Pittsburgh Pirates. With Walter Johnson winning twice while shutting down the Pirates offense to just one run in two games, as the Nats take a 3-game-to-1 lead. However, the magic that was on the Nationals side vanishes as the Pirates claw back to take the next two games to force a seventh and deciding game in Pittsburgh. In Game 7, a tired Walter Johnson was battered for 9-runs-on-15 hits, as the Nats became the first team ever to blow a 3-1 series lead in a seven-game series.

1926:After winning two straight American League Pennants, the Nats fall to fourth place with an 81-69 record while finishing only eight games away from a third consecutive trip to the World Series.

1927:After his 21st season, Walter Johnson, perhaps baseball’s greatest pitcher ever retires. Despite playing much of his career on mediocre Washington teams, Johnson manages to win 416 games in his career good enough for 2nd al-time. He also closes his career with a 2.17 career ERA good enough for seventh on the all-time list. Perhaps most impressively, Johnson would end his career with 3,508 strikeouts, which stood as the record for nearly 60 years. In addition, Johnson would conclude his career with 110 career shut outs, a record that stills stands today. In Johnson’s final season, the Nats would finish in third place with an 85-69 record.

1928:Nationals Outfielder Goose Goslin injured his arm while horsing around in a non-baseball contest. While this injury didn’t prevent him from winning the American League batting championship that year, his throwing ability was permanently impaired. The Nats struggled to finish in fourth place with a 75-79 record.

1929:The Nationals suffer their second straight losing season finishing in fifth place with a record of 71-81.

1930:The Nationals put together a solid 94-60 season while finishing in second place.

1931:The Nationals put together another solid 92-62 season, but finish 16 games out of first while settling for third place.

1932:Walter Johnson is let go as manager of the Nats after just four seasons. Even though the Nats manage to win more than 90 in the final three years of his tenure, including a 93-61 mark in 1932, the Nats don’t even come close to the pennant in a competitive American League. There may have been more to the change as SS Joe Cronin, who is married to Owner Clark Griffith’s niece, is named the new manager.

1933:The move to make Joe Cronin manager works as the Nationals jump out of the gate and grab a lead of 22 games over the second-place New York Yankees. The surge to the early lead is highlighted by a doubleheader sweep in the Bronx on July 4th. In one of the games, Nats catcher Luke Sewell tagged out two Yankees’ base runners on the same play. Dixie Walker caught up to Lou Gehrig, who expected a fly ball to be caught. They were both tagged out at the plate. However, the Nats would still stumble to the finish line despite winning a club-record 99 games, as they held on to first place by eight games. The stumble would continue to the World Series as the New York Giants easily took care of the Nats in five games. It would be the final World Series appearance for the franchise while in Washington.

1934:The Nationals would fall out of the race early, and would wind up in a disappointing seventh place with an awful 66-86 record. After the season, Clark Griffith stuns Washington fans and all of baseball by selling his player-manager nephew-in-law Joe Cronin to the Boston Red Sox. Following the season, a number of baseball’s greatest players made a tour of Japan. Brought along with them was Nats back-up catcher Moe Berg. Berg had an extensive education and was well versed in several foreign languages, including Japanese. Berg brought along a movie camera and went up on top of a Tokyo’s tallest building and panned the entire city. It seems that Berg knew that the increased tension between the US and Japan knew that such footage would be valuable to the US in case of war. Berg also asked for a photo that other players shot and gave them over to the pentagon. As it turns out, the sole reason Berg went was not as an interrupter but as a spy. Berg was well known to have connections in the government at the highest levels. Even President Franklin Roosevelt knew him on a first-name basis quite an accomplishment for a reserve catcher. Berg would go on to work in the OSS, a pre-curser to the CIA, and was involved in a potential suicide mission into the lair of Nazi Scientist.

1935:The Nationals continue to struggle to post their second straight losing season while finishing in sixth place with a record of 67-86.

1936:The Nations rebound off two losing seasons to post a solid 82-71 record while finishing in fourth place.

1937:The Nationals post their third losing season in four years while finishing in sixth place with a record of 73-80.

1938:The Nationals continue to play mediocre baseball, finishing in fifth place with a record of 75-76.

1939:The Nationals continue to struggle as they finish in sixth place with an awful record of 65-87.

1940:The Nationals struggles continue as the club slips further in the American League standings finishing in seventh place with a 64-90 record.

1941, theNationals continue to play dreadful baseball as they finished in sixth place with a poor record of 70-84.

1942:The Nationals struggles continue as they finish in seventh place with an awful record of 62-89.

1943:The Nats end a string of losing seasons by finishing in second place with a solid 84-69 record.

1944:The Nationals struggle all season and end up finishing in last place with a terrible 64-90 record.

1945:On August 4th, Bert Shepard pitched five and third innings and gave up three hits for the Nats. What is remarkable about this appearance against the Boston Red Sox is that Bert had only one leg. He lost his right leg while flying a World War II mission over Germany. It would be his only appearance in the Majors. Before the start of the season, Owner Clark Griffith decides to schedule the season to end a week early so the Washington Redskins could use his stadium, and the stadium would be ready for them before anyone else. Griffith made the decision figuring the Nats would not be a contender for the American League Pennant. Looking at the past decade in which the Nats never even come close to a title, one can’t blame him. The Nationals are not only a contender. They are in first place in September, although their lead over the second Place Tigers is precarious at best. With the season-ending early, the Nats would have to win every game they could down the stretch. That’s why it hurt so much in the heat of the pennant race; George Binks was playing centerfield for the Senators. Binks chose not to wear sunglasses, even though a very bright sun was dancing in and out of the clouds. In the 12th inning, he lost a fly ball in the sun that allowed the Philadelphia A’s to win the game. The Nats, who finished with an 87-67 record, had to sit and watch helplessly as their lead, and pennant hopes vanished in the final week of the season. It would also mark the last time that Washington was a contender for the title.

1946:When they unexpectedly competed for the pennant season, the Nats come back to earth with a fourth Place 76-78 season.

1947:The Nationals continue to slide down the standings finishing in seventh place with an awful record of 64-90.

1948:The Nationals endure another tough season, as they finish in seventh place for the second straight season, narrowly avoiding a 100-loss season, with a record of 56-97.

1949:The Nationals’ free fall continues as the team lands in last place with an awful 50-104 record.

1950:The Nationals rebound off a 100-loss last-place season by finishing in fifth place with a record of 67-87.

1951:The Nationals continue to struggle to finish in seventh place with a terrible record of 62-92.

1952:The Nationals end an awful seven-year run of losing seasons by finishing in fifth place with a 78-76 record.

1953:The Nationals play mediocre baseball all season finishing at .500 while placing fifth with a 76-76 record.

1954:One of the lone reasons to cheer for the Nats was OF Roy Sievers, who, despite collecting only 119 hits drives in over 100 runs. However, the woeful 119 hits are more indicative of Washington’s failures as the club goes on to finish a distant sixth place with a 66-88 record.

1955:With the hit song “You gotta have heart,” the play “Damn Yankees” opens on Broadway. The plot sees a long-suffering fan of the Nationals make a deal with the Devil for him to be able to help his Nationals beat the New York Yankees and make the World Series. Unfortunately for the real Nats, no fan comes forward to make such a deal, and the team ends the season in the American League basement with a 53-101 record. At the end of the season, the Nats also lose longtime President Clark Griffith, who passes away at the age of 85. His sons Calvin would take over the responsibilities of running the ball club.

1956:After more than 50 years of insisting the team was officially called the Nationals, the team finally changed its nickname to the more commonly-called senators. The name change does not do anything to save the sinking ship that is Washington Baseball as the club finishes with another woeful 59-95 record while finishing in seventh place.

1957:The Senators plummet back into last place, narrowly avoiding 100 losses with a terrible record of 55-99.

1958:The Senators continue to reside in the American League’s cellar as they post another terrible record of 61-93.

1959:With rumors swirling, the team would move the Senators to finish in last place for the third year in a row with a 63-91 record.

1960:Since taking over for his father in 1955, Calvin Griffith began eyeing Minnesota as a new home for the ball club. Sighting an aging stadium and diminished crowds, Griffith pleaded with other owners to allow him to move. Many members of Congress did not want to see Washington lose their ball club since they enjoyed going to a game after a long week on Capitol Hill. This made owners worry that the Senate would take away baseball’s antitrust exemption. Complicating matters was Griffith’s refusal to agree to a new stadium in Washington. The team owned Griffith stadium, and they would get every dime out of it. With a new stadium, they would not get such a deal. The Senators also benefited by collecting rent from the NFL Redskins. Thus Griffith also refused to let the skins out of their lease, holding up any chance of a new stadium. At the same time, expansion was beginning to take shape. With an expansion, American League owners found a way to make all parties happy. Washington would get one of two new expansion teams, and Griffith would be allowed to move to Minnesota. Griffith agreed but insisted the expansion come a year earlier, and he would be able to keep the club’s history despite leaving behind the club’s nickname for the expansion team. With that, one Washington Senators franchise dies, and as a new Senators ballclub was born.In the final year of the old Senators, the team would finish in fifth place with a 73-81 record.

1960:After years of struggling with attendance and fighting with baseball and city officials, Calvin Griffith, the owner of the original Senators, gets approval to move. The approval comes as the American League decides to expand one year earlier than planned. Part of the approval comes because one of the two expansion teams will be placed in Washington to replace the charter American League franchise that moved to Minnesota. Although the team will pick up the old name Senators, it will be as an expansion team, since the team that moved to Minnesota was allowed to keep its history.

1961:On April 10th, in front of 26,724 at Griffith Stadium, President John F. Kennedy throws out the first pitch, as the “New” Washington Senators lose to Chicago White Sox by a score of 4-3. The team would make losing a habit, as they would finish in last with a record of 61-101. One bright spot is pitcher Dick Donovan who captures the ERA title a 2.40.

1962:On April 9th, the Senators beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 in their new state of the art ballpark District of Columbia Stadium. The new stadium does nothing to help the team, as they finish in last again with a woeful 60-101 record. The highlight of the season came in September when pitcher Tom Cheney went 16 innings in a game against the Baltimore Orioles. Cheney would 228 pitches on the way to striking out 21 Orioles. This would establish a new record for strikeouts in an extra-inning game. In collecting his record, Cheney would strike every Baltimore Oriole out at least once. The game would finally end in the Senators’ favor when Bud Zipfel hit a home run in the top of the 16th.

1963:The fortunes of the Senators continue to sag as for their third year in a row as they finish in last, and post a horrible record of 56-106. In an attempt to bring an experienced winner to Washington, former Brooklyn Dodgers great Gil Hodges is named manager in the middle of the season. Still, the new hire has no effect as the Senators continue to lose.

1964:The Senators hit the century mark in losses for the fourth year in a row posting a 62-100 record while finishing in ninth place.

1965:In a multiplayer deal with Los Angeles Dodgers, the Senators acquire outfielder, Frank Howard. The slugger becomes an instant fan favorite as he launches mammoth home runs. However, the movie does not improve the team that much, and they still finish well below .500 but avoid 100 losses for the first time finishing in eighth place at 70-92.

1966:The Senators avoid 90 losses for the first time in franchise history while finishing in eighth place with a record of 71-88.

1967:The Senators continue to improve for the third year in a row, finishing in sixth place with a 76-85 record. Leading the charge towards respectability is Frank Howard, who slams 36 home runs. One game that sparked interest was on June 12th when the Senators beat the Chicago White Sox 6-5 in 22 innings. The game lasted 6 hours, 38 minutes, and ended at 2:43 am, which caused the American League to adopt a curfew stating that no inning may start after 1:00 am. This rule, which was never adopted by the National League, would last 33 years.

1968:With Gil Hodges leaving to manage the New York Mets, the Senators fall back into last place with a 65-96 record under the leadership of Jim Lemon. Despite the terrible season, Frank Howard wins the home run crown by smacking 44 Long Balls.

1969:Opening Day draws one of the largest crowds in Senators’ history, as DC Stadium is renamed RFK Stadium in honor of former US Senator, and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968 during a run for the presidency. Another draw to RFK Stadium was new Manager Ted Williams, who many consider the greatest hitter of all-time. The move worked out as the Senators finish above .500 for the first time while finishing in fourth place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 86-76. Leading the way is Frank Howard, who finishes with 48 homers and places fourth in the MVP voting. Meanwhile, Dick Bosman wins the era title at 2.19.

1970:Despite another stellar year from Frank Howard, who captures two-thirds of the Triple Crown with 44 homers and 126 RBI, the Senators fall back into last place with a record of 70-92.

1971:In an attempt to help the sagging franchise, the Senators trade several up and coming players to the Detroit Tigers for two-time Cy Young winner Denny McLain. McLain, who missed most of the 1970 season because of various suspensions, and injuries, is on a slippery slope that would see his career and life go down in ruins. The move is a big failure as McLain, who won 30 games in 1968, loses 22 in his only year in Washington. The worst news for the Senators’ fans had nothing to do with their fifth Place 63-96 finish. For years the Senators had trouble-drawing fans to their stadium; it t led to the departure of Washington’s original team to Minnesota in 1960. The American League did not want to lose its Washington presence expanded right away, replacing the old team seamlessly. After a decade, the new team was on the verge of leaving and baseball, and the city of Washington did not have any quick expansion options. Part of the problem preventing success in Washington was the Baltimore Orioles, who cut their fan base in half and was one of baseball’s best teams. The Senators meanwhile, who were struggling at the gate, received an offer from Dallas Fort Worth to move to Texas. Dallas-Fort Worth, for several years, had been trying to lure a Major League team. In 1962 Major League officials halted an attempted move by the A’s. In 1969, the metro area fell short in an attempt to gain one of baseball’s four expansion slots. This left city officials just one option was to lure an existing team. So a Minor League Stadium on the Turnpike in nearby Arlington was expanded. With the Senators struggling in Washington owner Robert E. Short began looking for other options. When Dallas offered a reported multi-million dollar up-front payment for TV and radio broadcast rights, Short asked American League owners permission to make the move. With Baltimore already entrenched in the area, owners would have no problem with the move, and ten days before the end of the season, it was approved.

1971:With the move to Texas approved a 71-year tradition of American League Baseball in the Nation’s Capital was coming to an end. In the 71 years, although the teams did not compete much, many fans stuck with them. It was once said, “Washington first in war, first in peace, last in the American League.” Despite this, many fans stood by them, and anyone who played with Senators was a fan favorite. Washington fans did enjoy one championship in 1924, and a whole generation grew up watching Walter Johnson, who many consider the greatest pitcher ever. However, most fans had to suffer through a 90-loss last-place season with players that would never get past the minors in other organizations. Washington Senators baseball was also a popular stop for the lawmakers of the country in their 71-year history 11 Presidents of the United States, three Vice Presidents, a Speaker of the House of Representatives, a Canadian Prime Minister, and a “first son-in-law” all helped open major league seasons by throwing out the first ball for Washington baseball. Ten years earlier, a similar move took Washington’s original team, but expansion kept baseball in old DC. This time that was not going to happen, so the September 30th game against the New York Yankees would likely be the final game in Washington baseball. In the last game at RFK Stadium was filled with angry jilted fans that continually interrupted play by throwing things onto the field. This would continue throughout the game, and into the ninth inning where the Senators were leading. The fans would then take a turn for the worse by streaming on to the field and started a riot with two outs in the ninth. Order was unable to be restored, and the game was forfeited, bringing an ugly end to a wonderful 71 years.

1972-2005:In an attempt to lure baseball back to Washington, city officials attempted to bring the National League’s Padres from San Diego. It looked like the move was close to happening, but Orioles ownership and National League owners were able to block the move, as McDonald’s founder Raymond A. Krok was brought in to buy the team to keep them in San Diego. Over the next 30 years, Washington and its suburbs would try to land several teams even trying to land an expansion team, but they would always come up short. Finally, in 2004 the Montreal Expos after years of playing in limbo announced plans to move to Washington, where they became the Nationals in 2005, bringing National Pastime back to National Capital.

Distinguished Senators

Ed Delahanty

1902-1903

Case Patten

1901-1908

Tom Hughes

1904-1913

Bob Groom

1909-1913

Germany Schaefer

1909-1913

Walter Johnson

36-7 1.09 ERA

1913 Chalmers Award

Eddie Foster

1912-1919

George McBride

1908-1920

Clark Griffith

MGR 1912-1920 President 1920-1955

Jim Shaw

1913-1921

Clyde Milan

1907-1922

Howie Shanks

1912-1922

Donnie Bush

1921-1923

1924 World Champions Washington Nationals at

Walter Johnson

1924 League Award

23-7 2.72 ERA

Roger Peckinpaugh

1922-1926

1925 League Award

Walter Johnson

1907-1927

416 Wins, 2.17 ERA

Stan Coveleski

1925-1927

Bucky Harris

1919-1928

Tom Zachary

1919-1925, 1927-1928

Goose Goslin

1921-1930, 1933, 1938

Muddy Ruel

1923-1930

Firpo Marberry

1923-1932, 1936

Joe Judge

1915-1933

Sam Rice

1915-1933

General Crowder

1926-1927, 1930-1934

Joe Cronin

1928-1934

Moe Berg

1932-1934

Luke Sewell

1933-1934

Heinie Manush

1930-1935

Jack Russell

1933-1936

Ossie Bluege

1922-1939

Buddy Myer

1925-1927, 1929-1941

Sam West

1927-1932, 1938-1941

Bucky Harris

MGR 1924-1928, 1935-1942, 1950-1954

Bert Shepard

1945

Joe Kuhel

1930-1937, 1944-1946

Dutch Leonard

1938-1946

Cecil Travis

1933-1941, 1945-1947

George Case

1937-1945, 1947

Rick Ferrell

1937-41, 1944-45, 1947

Stan Spence

1942-1944, 1946-1947

Early Wynn

1939, 1941-44, 1946-48

Buddy Lewis

1935-41, 1945-47, 1949

Wayne Terwilliger

1953-1954

Mickey Vernon

1939-1949, 1951-1955

Bob Porterfield

1951-1955

Spec Shea

1952-1955

Pete Runnels

1951-1957

Eddie Yost

1944, 1946-1958

Roy Sievers

1954-1959

Albie Pearson

1958-1959

1958 Rookie of the Year

Jim Lemon

1954-1960

Harmon Killebrew

1954-1960

Camilo Pascual

1954-1960

Pedro Ramos

1955-1960

Bob Allison

1958-1960

1959 Rookie of the Year

Ken Aspromonte

1958-1960

Lenny Green

1959-1960

Zoilo Versalles

1959-1960

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