Apr 12
April 12 Senators Birthdays All three of today’s birthday boys share the distinction of playing briefly for the Senators at the end of their respective careers. Samuel Lester Agnew B Apr. 12, 1887 D Jul. 19, 1951 Catcher Sam Agnew began his 7 year major league journey with the St. Louis Browns in April of …
Apr 11
April 11 1966 – Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and 44,467 other fans are in attendance as the Washington Senators lose to the Cleveland Indians by the score of 5-2. Washington carried a 2-1 lead into the 9th inning when the Indians score 4 runs to seal the victory. “Sudden” Sam McDowell gets credit for …
Apr 10
April 10 1967 Opening Day – 44,382 fans see Mel Stottlemeyer of the New York Yankees toss a 2 hit shutout as the Senators lose the opener 8-0. Pete Richert is tagged with the loss for Washington. Mickey Mantle plays 1st base for the first time in his career. Bill Robinson and Elston Howard homer …
Apr 09
April 9 1959 – In the fifth inning against Washington at Griffith Stadium, the Orioles become the first team in history to turn a triple play on Opening Day. Vice President Richard Nixon, a right-hander, substitutes for President Dwight D. Eisenhower and watches the Senators breeze to a 9-2 win. Pedro Ramos is credited with …
Apr 04
April 4 1948 Prior to an exhibition game in Orlando between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Senators, A’s owner-manager Connie Mack, age 85, and Senators’s owner Clark Griffith, age 78, stage a footrace. After entering the field in an ambulance, Mack and Griffith race from 3rd base to home plate and finish in a tie. …
Apr 03
April 3 1938 Goose Goslin returns to the Washington Senators for his third, and final, stint. Goslin, who played for the Senators from 1920 through 1930 and again in 1933, has the distinction of making it to the World Series with all 3 of Washington’s pennant winning teams (1924, 1925 & 1933) and would also …
Apr 02
April 2 1972 Former Senators and current Mets manager Gil Hodges dies of a heart attack at West Palm Beach, Florida, two days shy of his 48th birthday. Senators Birthdays Joseph Bernard Stanley B Apr. 2, 1881 D Sep. 13, 1967 Washington native Joe Stanley made a very brief appearance with the National League Washington …
Apr 01
April 1 Senators Birthdays Three more birthday boys join the Senators ranks this April 1st. Once again, we find an example of a player who spent a short time with the Senators during a relatively long major league career and another who would add a footnote to his statistics by finishing out his major league …
Mar 31
March 31 Senators Birthdays We end the month of March with 2 birthdays to report-another pitcher and we slip in an outfielder, both Senators Short Timers. William Frnacis Denehy B Mar. 31, 1946 Still Living Pitcher Bill Denehy first signed with the New York Mets before the start of the 1965 season. He’d make his …
Mar 30
March 30 Senators Birthdays Just 1 birthday to report today-unsurprisingly, another pitcher… David George Baldwin B Mar. 30, 1938 Still Living Originally signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in June of 1959, Dave Baldwin would pass through the organizations of the New York Mets and Houston Colt .45’s before being signed by the Washington Senators in …
