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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ballpark</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Griffith_Stadium" title="Griffith Stadium">Griffith Stadium</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City</th><td class="infobox-data">Washington, D.C.</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Record</th><td class="infobox-data">61–100 (.379)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">League place</th><td class="infobox-data">10th</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owners</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elwood_Richard_Quesada" title="Elwood Richard Quesada">Elwood Richard Quesada</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">General managers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Doherty_(baseball_executive)" title="Ed Doherty (baseball executive)">Ed Doherty</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">Managers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Vernon" title="Mickey Vernon">Mickey Vernon</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Television</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/WUSA_(TV)" title="WUSA (TV)">WTOP</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Radio</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/WWWT" class="mw-redirect" title="WWWT">WTOP</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Dan_Daniels_(sportscaster)" title="Dan Daniels (sportscaster)">Dan Daniels</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_MacLean_(sportscaster)" title="John MacLean (sportscaster)">John MacLean</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint"></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_seasons" title="List of Texas Rangers seasons">Seasons</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1962_Washington_Senators_season" title="1962 Washington Senators season">1962</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1961 <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">Washington Senators</a> season</b> was the team's inaugural season, having been established as a replacement for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1901–60)">previous franchise of the same name</a>, which relocated to the <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis-St._Paul" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis-St. Paul">Twin Cities</a> of <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> following the <a href="/wiki/1960_in_baseball" title="1960 in baseball">1960 season</a>, becoming the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a>. The Senators finished in a tie for ninth place in the ten-team <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> with a record of 61–100, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">47<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> games behind the World Champion <a href="/wiki/1961_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1961 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a>. It was also the team's only season at <a href="/wiki/Griffith_Stadium" title="Griffith Stadium">Griffith Stadium</a> before moving its games to <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert F. Kennedy Stadium">D.C. Stadium</a> for the following season. The <a href="/wiki/Expansion_team" title="Expansion team">expansion team</a> drew 597,287 fans, tenth and last in the circuit.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The old Senators had drawn 743,404 fans in 1960. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Offseason">Offseason</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Washington_Senators_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Offseason"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Senators, along with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a>, were the first ever <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> <a href="/wiki/Expansion_team" title="Expansion team">expansion teams</a>. Both teams participated in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>'s first ever <a href="/wiki/Expansion_draft" title="Expansion draft">expansion draft</a>. The Senators used their first pick in the <a href="/wiki/1960_Major_League_Baseball_expansion_draft" title="1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft">1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft</a> to select <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Shantz" title="Bobby Shantz">Bobby Shantz</a> from the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (while the Angels picked <a href="/wiki/Eli_Grba" title="Eli Grba">Eli Grba</a>). Grba wound up playing two-plus seasons for Los Angeles before returning to the minor leagues. However, Shantz never played for the Senators, as he was traded just two days later to the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> for <a href="/wiki/Harry_Bright" title="Harry Bright">Harry Bright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bennie_Daniels" title="Bennie Daniels">Bennie Daniels</a>, and <a href="/wiki/R._C._Stevens" title="R. C. Stevens">R. C. Stevens</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> all of whom played for the Senators in 1961. </p><p>A 1992 Associated Press article which looked prospectively to the Rockies and Marlins expansion draft and retroactively at previous expansion drafts stated: "The Senators drafted for experience and got burned when players such as Dave Sisler, John Klippstein, Tom Sturdivant, Dale Long, Bobby Klaus and Gene Woodling didn't produce."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_transactions">Notable transactions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Washington_Senators_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notable transactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 28, 1960: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Semproch" title="Ray Semproch">Ray Semproch</a> was drafted by the Senators from the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> in the 1960 <a href="/wiki/Rule_5_draft" title="Rule 5 draft">rule 5 draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-semproch_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-semproch-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 14, 1960: <a href="/wiki/1960_MLB_expansion_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1960 MLB expansion draft">1960 MLB expansion draft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_King_(baseball)" title="Jim King (baseball)">Jim King</a> was drafted by the Senators from the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coot_Veal" title="Coot Veal">Coot Veal</a> was drafted by the Senators from the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Washington_Senators_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As an expansion team, the Senators were not expected to do well. 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<td><a href="/wiki/1961_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1961 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </td> <td>109</td> <td>53 </td> <td>.673 </td> <td>— </td> <td>65‍–‍16 </td> <td>44‍–‍37 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1961_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1961 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit Tigers</a> </td> <td>101</td> <td>61 </td> <td>.623 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>50‍–‍31 </td> <td>51‍–‍30 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1961_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1961 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore Orioles</a> </td> <td>95</td> <td>67 </td> <td>.586 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>48‍–‍33 </td> <td>47‍–‍34 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1961_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1961 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago White Sox</a> </td> <td>86</td> <td>76 </td> <td>.531 </td> <td>23 </td> <td>53‍–‍28 </td> <td>33‍–‍48 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1961_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1961 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland Indians</a> </td> <td>78</td> <td>83 </td> <td>.484 </td> <td>30½ </td> <td>40‍–‍41 </td> <td>38‍–‍42 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1961_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1961 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a> </td> <td>76</td> <td>86 </td> <td>.469 </td> <td>33 </td> <td>50‍–‍31 </td> <td>26‍–‍55 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1961_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1961 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota Twins</a> </td> <td>70</td> <td>90 </td> <td>.438 </td> <td>38 </td> <td>36‍–‍44 </td> <td>34‍–‍46 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1961_Los_Angeles_Angels_season" title="1961 Los Angeles Angels season">Los Angeles Angels</a> </td> <td>70</td> <td>91 </td> <td>.435 </td> <td>38½ </td> <td>46‍–‍36 </td> <td>24‍–‍55 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1961_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1961 Kansas City Athletics season">Kansas City Athletics</a> </td> <td>61</td> <td>100 </td> <td>.379 </td> <td>47½ </td> <td>33‍–‍47 </td> <td>28‍–‍53 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Washington Senators</a> </td> <td>61</td> <td>100 </td> <td>.379 </td> <td>47½ </td> <td>33‍–‍46 </td> <td>28‍–‍54 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Record_vs._opponents">Record vs. opponents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Washington_Senators_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Record vs. opponents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1045256916">.mw-parser-output .navbar-header{text-align:center;position:relative;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .navbar-header .navbar{position:absolute;right:0;top:0;margin:0 5px}</style><div class="navbar-header">1961 American League record<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1961_AL_Record_vs._opponents" title="Template:1961 AL Record vs. opponents"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1961_AL_Record_vs._opponents" title="Template talk:1961 AL Record vs. opponents"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1961_AL_Record_vs._opponents" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1961 AL Record vs. opponents"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></div><br /><small>Sources: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1961-schedule-scores.shtml">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1961-schedule-scores.shtml">[2]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1961-schedule-scores.shtml">[3]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1961-schedule-scores.shtml">[4]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1961-schedule-scores.shtml">[5]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCA/1961-schedule-scores.shtml">[6]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAA/1961-schedule-scores.shtml">[7]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1961-schedule-scores.shtml">[8]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1961-schedule-scores.shtml">[9]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSA/1961-schedule-scores.shtml">[10]</a> </small> </th></tr> <tr> <th width="100">Team </th> <th style="background:black;color:#F87217;width=35">BAL </th> <th style="background:#ba313c;color:#0d2b56;width=35">BOS </th> <th style="background:black;color:white;width=35">CHW </th> <th style="background:#990000;color:#023456;width=35">CLE </th> <th style="background:#036;color:#bd5d29;width=35">DET </th> <th style="background:#003366;color:#960018;width=35">KCA </th> <th style="background:#CE2029;color:#333366;width=35">LAA </th> <th style="background:#072764;color:#c6011f;width=35">MIN </th> <th style="background:#1c2841;color:white;width=35">NYY </th> <th style="background:#002B5C;color:#CE1141;width=35">WSH </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1961_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1961 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore</a> </td> <td>—</td> <td>11–7</td> <td>11–7</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>13–5</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>11–7</td> <td>9–9–1</td> <td>14–4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1961_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1961 Boston Red Sox season">Boston</a> </td> <td>7–11</td> <td>—</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>5–13</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>10–8</td> <td>11–7–1</td> <td>11–7</td> <td>5–13</td> <td>10–8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1961_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1961 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago</a> </td> <td>7–11</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>—</td> <td>12–6</td> <td>6–12</td> <td>14–4</td> <td>10–8</td> <td>9–9–1</td> <td>6–12</td> <td>13–5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1961_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1961 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland</a> </td> <td>9–9</td> <td>13–5</td> <td>6–12</td> <td>—</td> <td>6–12</td> <td>8–9</td> <td>10–8</td> <td>10–8</td> <td>4–14</td> <td>12–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1961_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1961 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>9–9</td> <td>10–8</td> <td>12–6</td> <td>12–6</td> <td>—</td> <td>12–6–1</td> <td>14–4</td> <td>11–7</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>13–5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1961_Kansas_City_Athletics_season" title="1961 Kansas City Athletics season">Kansas City</a></span> </td> <td>5–13</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>4–14</td> <td>9–8</td> <td>6–12–1</td> <td>—</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>7–11</td> <td>4–14</td> <td>9–9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1961_Los_Angeles_Angels_season" title="1961 Los Angeles Angels season">Los Angeles</a> </td> <td>10–8</td> <td>7–11–1</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>4–14</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>—</td> <td>8–9</td> <td>6–12</td> <td>10–8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1961_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1961 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota</a> </td> <td>7–11</td> <td>7–11</td> <td>9–9–1</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>7–11</td> <td>11–7</td> <td>9–8</td> <td>—</td> <td>4–14</td> <td>8–9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1961_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1961 New York Yankees season">New York</a> </td> <td>9–9–1</td> <td>13–5</td> <td>12–6</td> <td>14–4</td> <td>10–8</td> <td>14–4</td> <td>12–6</td> <td>14–4</td> <td>—</td> <td>11–7 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Washington</a> </td> <td>4–14</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>5–13</td> <td>6–12</td> <td>5–13</td> <td>9–9</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>9–8</td> <td>7–11</td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opening_Day_lineup">Opening Day lineup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Washington_Senators_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Opening Day lineup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the first game in franchise history, the "Presidential Opener" then held every year in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a>, the Senators were defeated by the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, 4–3, on Monday, April 10, 1961. With leadoff man <a href="/wiki/Coot_Veal" title="Coot Veal">Coot Veal</a> getting its first-ever <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hit</a> (an infield <a href="/wiki/Single_(baseball)" title="Single (baseball)">single</a>) in the first <a href="/wiki/Inning_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Inning (baseball)">inning</a>, Washington jumped out to a quick 2–0 advantage and led 3–1 after two innings. But the Senators were blanked thereafter and committed four <a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">errors</a>, leading to two <a href="/wiki/Earned_run" title="Earned run">unearned runs</a>, as Chicago battled back to win. <a href="/wiki/Roy_Sievers" title="Roy Sievers">Roy Sievers</a>, former star of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">previous Washington franchise</a>, drove in a pair of White Sox <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_fly" title="Sacrifice fly">sacrifice fly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the last Presidential Opener in the history of <a href="/wiki/Griffith_Stadium" title="Griffith Stadium">Griffith Stadium</a>, and the first one in which <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> threw out the first ball. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td>  5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coot_Veal" title="Coot Veal">Coot Veal</a></td> <td>SS </td></tr> <tr> <td>  6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Klaus" title="Billy Klaus">Billy Klaus</a></td> <td>3B </td></tr> <tr> <td>  9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marty_Keough" title="Marty Keough">Marty Keough</a></td> <td>RF </td></tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dale_Long" title="Dale Long">Dale Long</a></td> <td>1B </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gene_Woodling" title="Gene Woodling">Gene Woodling</a></td> <td>LF </td></tr> <tr> <td>  1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Tasby" title="Willie Tasby">Willie Tasby</a></td> <td>CF </td></tr> <tr> <td>  4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danny_O%27Connell" title="Danny O'Connell">Danny O'Connell</a>   </td> <td>2B </td></tr> <tr> <td>  8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pete_Daley" title="Pete Daley">Pete Daley</a></td> <td>C </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Donovan" title="Dick Donovan">Dick Donovan</a></td> <td>P<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roster">Roster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Washington_Senators_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Roster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background-color: #002B5C; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;">1961 Washington Senators </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="10" style="background-color: #CE1141; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;"><b>Roster</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>Pitchers</b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">34</span> <a href="/wiki/Carl_Bouldin" title="Carl Bouldin">Carl Bouldin</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">16</span> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Burnside" title="Pete Burnside">Pete Burnside</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">23</span> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Cheney_(baseball)" title="Tom Cheney (baseball)">Tom Cheney</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">21</span> <a href="/wiki/Bennie_Daniels" title="Bennie Daniels">Bennie Daniels</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">20</span> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Donovan" title="Dick Donovan">Dick Donovan</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">26</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Gabler" title="John Gabler">John Gabler</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">19</span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Garcia_(AL_pitcher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Garcia (AL pitcher)">Mike Garcia</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">47</span> <a href="/wiki/Roy_Heiser" title="Roy Heiser">Roy Heiser</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">23</span> <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(pitcher)" title="Rudy Hernández (pitcher)">Rudy Hernández</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">18</span> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Hobaugh" title="Ed Hobaugh">Ed Hobaugh</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">17</span> <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Klippstein" title="Johnny Klippstein">Johnny Klippstein</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">22</span> <a href="/wiki/Marty_Kutyna" title="Marty Kutyna">Marty Kutyna</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">24</span> <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Maestri" title="Héctor Maestri">Héctor Maestri</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">24</span> <a href="/wiki/Carl_Mathias" title="Carl Mathias">Carl Mathias</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">27</span> <a href="/wiki/Joe_McClain" title="Joe McClain">Joe McClain</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">34</span> <a href="/wiki/Claude_Osteen" title="Claude Osteen">Claude Osteen</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">15</span> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Sisler" title="Dave Sisler">Dave Sisler</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">35,47</span> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Sturdivant" title="Tom Sturdivant">Tom Sturdivant</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">19</span> <a href="/wiki/Hal_Woodeshick" title="Hal Woodeshick">Hal Woodeshick</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Catchers</b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 8</span> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Daley" title="Pete Daley">Pete Daley</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">11</span> <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Dotterer" title="Dutch Dotterer">Dutch Dotterer</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">12</span> <a href="/wiki/Gene_Green_(baseball)" title="Gene Green (baseball)">Gene Green</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">19</span> <a href="/wiki/Ken_Retzer" title="Ken Retzer">Ken Retzer</a></li></ul> <p><b>Infielders</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">28</span> <a href="/wiki/Chet_Boak" title="Chet Boak">Chet Boak</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">10</span> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Bright" title="Harry Bright">Harry Bright</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 2</span> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Brinkman" title="Ed Brinkman">Ed Brinkman</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 7</span> <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Cottier" title="Chuck Cottier">Chuck Cottier</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">29</span> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Johnson_(infielder)" title="Bob Johnson (infielder)">Bob Johnson</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 6</span> <a href="/wiki/Billy_Klaus" title="Billy Klaus">Billy Klaus</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">25</span> <a href="/wiki/Dale_Long" title="Dale Long">Dale Long</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">29</span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Mahoney" title="Jim Mahoney">Jim Mahoney</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 4</span> <a href="/wiki/Danny_O%27Connell" title="Danny O'Connell">Danny O'Connell</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 2</span> <a href="/wiki/R._C._Stevens" title="R. C. Stevens">R. C. Stevens</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">29</span> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Stillwell" title="Ron Stillwell">Ron Stillwell</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 5</span> <a href="/wiki/Coot_Veal" title="Coot Veal">Coot Veal</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">11</span> <a href="/wiki/Bud_Zipfel" title="Bud Zipfel">Bud Zipfel</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Outfielders</b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">31</span> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Hicks_(baseball)" title="Joe Hicks (baseball)">Joe Hicks</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">32</span> <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hinton" title="Chuck Hinton">Chuck Hinton</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 9</span> <a href="/wiki/Marty_Keough" title="Marty Keough">Marty Keough</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">30</span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_King_(baseball)" title="Jim King (baseball)">Jim King</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 1</span> <a href="/wiki/Willie_Tasby" title="Willie Tasby">Willie Tasby</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">14</span> <a href="/wiki/Gene_Woodling" title="Gene Woodling">Gene Woodling</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Manager</b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 3</span> <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Vernon" title="Mickey Vernon">Mickey Vernon</a></li></ul> <p><b>Coaches</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">41</span> <a href="/wiki/George_Case_(baseball)" title="George Case (baseball)">George Case</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">42</span> <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Hemsley" title="Rollie Hemsley">Rollie Hemsley</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">40</span> <a href="/wiki/Sid_Hudson" title="Sid Hudson">Sid Hudson</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">43</span> <a href="/wiki/George_Susce_(catcher)" title="George Susce (catcher)">George Susce</a></li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_stats">Player stats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Washington_Senators_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Player stats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Batting">Batting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Washington_Senators_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Batting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Starters_by_position">Starters by position</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Washington_Senators_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Starters by position"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="5%">Pos </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="16%">Player </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">G </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">AB </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">H </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">Avg. </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">HR </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">RBI </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>C</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Green, Gene"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green_(baseball)" title="Gene Green (baseball)">Gene Green</a></span></span></span></td> <td>110</td> <td>364</td> <td>102</td> <td>.280</td> <td>18</td> <td>62 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1B</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Long, Dale"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dale_Long" title="Dale Long">Dale Long</a></span></span></span></td> <td>123</td> <td>377</td> <td>94</td> <td>.249</td> <td>17</td> <td>49 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>2B</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Cottier, Chuck"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Cottier" title="Chuck Cottier">Chuck Cottier</a></span></span></span></td> <td>101</td> <td>337</td> <td>79</td> <td>.234</td> <td>2</td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>SS</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Veal, Coot"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Coot_Veal" title="Coot Veal">Coot Veal</a></span></span></span></td> <td>69</td> <td>218</td> <td>44</td> <td>.202</td> <td>0</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>3B</td> <td><span data-sort-value="O'Connell, Danny"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Danny_O%27Connell" title="Danny O'Connell">Danny O'Connell</a></span></span></span></td> <td>138</td> <td>493</td> <td>128</td> <td>.260</td> <td>1</td> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>LF</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Hinton, Chuck"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hinton" title="Chuck Hinton">Chuck Hinton</a></span></span></span></td> <td>106</td> <td>339</td> <td>88</td> <td>.260</td> <td>6</td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>CF</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Tasby, Willie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Tasby" title="Willie Tasby">Willie Tasby</a></span></span></span></td> <td>141</td> <td>494</td> <td>124</td> <td>.251</td> <td>17</td> <td>63 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>RF</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Woodling, Gene"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gene_Woodling" title="Gene Woodling">Gene Woodling</a></span></span></span></td> <td>110</td> <td>342</td> <td>107</td> <td>.313</td> <td>10</td> <td>57 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_batters">Other batters</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Washington_Senators_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Other batters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="16%">Player </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">G </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">AB </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">H </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">Avg. </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">HR </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">RBI </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Keough, Marty"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Marty_Keough" title="Marty Keough">Marty Keough</a></span></span></span></td> <td>135</td> <td>390</td> <td>97</td> <td>.249</td> <td>9</td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="King, Jim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jim_King_(baseball)" title="Jim King (baseball)">Jim King</a></span></span></span></td> <td>110</td> <td>263</td> <td>71</td> <td>.270</td> <td>11</td> <td>46 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Klaus, Billy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Klaus" title="Billy Klaus">Billy Klaus</a></span></span></span></td> <td>91</td> <td>251</td> <td>57</td> <td>.227</td> <td>7</td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Johnson, Bob"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Johnson_(infielder)" title="Bob Johnson (infielder)">Bob Johnson</a></span></span></span></td> <td>61</td> <td>224</td> <td>66</td> <td>.295</td> <td>6</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Daley, Pete"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Daley" title="Pete Daley">Pete Daley</a></span></span></span></td> <td>72</td> <td>203</td> <td>39</td> <td>.192</td> <td>2</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Bright, Harry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Bright" title="Harry Bright">Harry Bright</a></span></span></span></td> <td>72</td> <td>183</td> <td>44</td> <td>.240</td> <td>4</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Zipfel, Bud"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bud_Zipfel" title="Bud Zipfel">Bud Zipfel</a></span></span></span></td> <td>50</td> <td>170</td> <td>34</td> <td>.200</td> <td>4</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Mahoney, Jim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Mahoney" title="Jim Mahoney">Jim Mahoney</a></span></span></span></td> <td>43</td> <td>108</td> <td>26</td> <td>.241</td> <td>0</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Stevens, R.C."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/R.C._Stevens" class="mw-redirect" title="R.C. Stevens">R.C. Stevens</a></span></span></span></td> <td>33</td> <td>62</td> <td>8</td> <td>.129</td> <td>0</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Retzer, Ken"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Retzer" title="Ken Retzer">Ken Retzer</a></span></span></span></td> <td>16</td> <td>53</td> <td>18</td> <td>.340</td> <td>1</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Hicks, Joe"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hicks_(baseball)" title="Joe Hicks (baseball)">Joe Hicks</a></span></span></span></td> <td>12</td> <td>29</td> <td>5</td> <td>.172</td> <td>1</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Dotterer, Dutch"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Dotterer" title="Dutch Dotterer">Dutch Dotterer</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>19</td> <td>5</td> <td>.263</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Stillwell, Ron"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Stillwell" title="Ron Stillwell">Ron Stillwell</a></span></span></span></td> <td>8</td> <td>16</td> <td>2</td> <td>.125</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Brinkman, Ed"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Brinkman" title="Ed Brinkman">Ed Brinkman</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>.091</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Boak, Chet"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chet_Boak" title="Chet Boak">Chet Boak</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pitching">Pitching</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Washington_Senators_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Pitching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Starting_pitchers">Starting pitchers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Washington_Senators_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Starting pitchers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="16%">Player </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">G </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">IP </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">W </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">L </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">ERA </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">SO </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="McClain, Joe"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joe_McClain" title="Joe McClain">Joe McClain</a></span></span></span></td> <td>33</td> <td>212.0</td> <td>8</td> <td>18</td> <td>3.86</td> <td>76 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Daniels, Bennie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bennie_Daniels" title="Bennie Daniels">Bennie Daniels</a></span></span></span></td> <td>32</td> <td>212.0</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>3.44</td> <td>110 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Donovan, Dick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Donovan" title="Dick Donovan">Dick Donovan</a></span></span></span></td> <td>23</td> <td>168.2</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>2.40</td> <td>62 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Hobaugh, Ed"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Hobaugh" title="Ed Hobaugh">Ed Hobaugh</a></span></span></span></td> <td>26</td> <td>126.1</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>4.42</td> <td>67 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Sturdivant, Tom"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Sturdivant" title="Tom Sturdivant">Tom Sturdivant</a></span></span></span></td> <td>15</td> <td>80.0</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>4.61</td> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Woodeshick, Hal"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hal_Woodeshick" title="Hal Woodeshick">Hal Woodeshick</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>40.1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>4.02</td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Osteen, Claude"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Claude_Osteen" title="Claude Osteen">Claude Osteen</a></span></span></span></td> <td>3</td> <td>18.1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>4.91</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Maestri, Héctor"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Maestri" title="Héctor Maestri">Héctor Maestri</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1.50</td> <td>2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_pitchers">Other pitchers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Washington_Senators_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other pitchers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="16%">Player </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">G </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">IP </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">W </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">L </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">ERA </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">SO </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Kutyna, Marty"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Marty_Kutyna" title="Marty Kutyna">Marty Kutyna</a></span></span></span></td> <td>50</td> <td>143.0</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>3.97</td> <td>64 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Burnside, Pete"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Burnside" title="Pete Burnside">Pete Burnside</a></span></span></span></td> <td>33</td> <td>113.1</td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> <td>4.53</td> <td>56 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Gabler, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Gabler" title="John Gabler">John Gabler</a></span></span></span></td> <td>29</td> <td>92.2</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>4.86</td> <td>33 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Cheney, Tom"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Cheney_(baseball)" title="Tom Cheney (baseball)">Tom Cheney</a></span></span></span></td> <td>10</td> <td>29.2</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>8.80</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Mathias, Carl"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Mathias" title="Carl Mathias">Carl Mathias</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>13.2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>11.20</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Bouldin, Carl"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Bouldin" title="Carl Bouldin">Carl Bouldin</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>16.20</td> <td>2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Relief_pitchers">Relief pitchers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Washington_Senators_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Relief pitchers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="16%">Player </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">G </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">W </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">L </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">SV </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">ERA </th> <th style="background-color: #002B5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;" width="9%">SO </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Sisler, Dave"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Sisler" title="Dave Sisler">Dave Sisler</a></span></span></span></td> <td>45</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>11</td> <td>4.18</td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Klippstein, Johnny"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Klippstein" title="Johnny Klippstein">Johnny Klippstein</a></span></span></span></td> <td>42</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>6.78</td> <td>41 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Garcia, Mike"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Garcia_(baseball,_born_1923)" title="Mike Garcia (baseball, born 1923)">Mike Garcia</a></span></span></span></td> <td>16</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>4.74</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Hernández, Rudy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(pitcher)" title="Rudy Hernández (pitcher)">Rudy Hernández</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3.00</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Heiser, Roy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Heiser" 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style="color:#FFFFFF">Arlington, Texas</span></a> (<a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex" title="Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex</span></a>)</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Franchise</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Major_League_Baseball_expansion_draft" title="1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft">Expansion draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="History of the Texas Rangers (baseball)">History</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">in Washington, D.C.</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_seasons" title="List of Texas Rangers seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_team_records" title="List of Texas Rangers team records">Team records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_no-hitters" title="List of Texas Rangers no-hitters">No-hitters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_award_winners_and_league_leaders" title="Texas Rangers award winners and league leaders">Awards winners and league leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_(baseball)_broadcasters" title="List of Texas Rangers (baseball) broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_owners_and_executives" title="List of Texas Rangers owners and executives">Owners and executives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_managers" title="List of Texas Rangers managers">Managers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_all-time_roster" title="Texas Rangers all-time roster">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_first-round_draft_picks" title="List of Texas Rangers first-round draft picks">First-round draft picks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_Opening_Day_starting_pitchers" title="List of Texas Rangers Opening Day starting pitchers">Opening Day starting pitchers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">Ballparks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Griffith_Stadium" title="Griffith Stadium">Griffith Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Memorial_Stadium" title="Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium">RFK Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_Stadium" title="Arlington Stadium">Arlington Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choctaw_Stadium" title="Choctaw Stadium">Choctaw Stadium</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Globe_Life_Field" title="Globe Life Field">Globe Life Field</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;"><i>Spring training</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pompano_Beach_Municipal_Stadium" title="Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium">Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Sports_Park" title="Charlotte Sports Park">Ranger Stadium</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Surprise_Stadium" title="Surprise Stadium">Surprise Stadium</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">Culture and lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Continental_League" title="Continental League">Continental League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_mascots#Rangers_Captain_(Texas_Rangers)" title="List of Major League Baseball mascots">Captain (mascot)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Cent_Beer_Night" title="Ten Cent Beer Night">Ten Cent Beer Night</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers%27_perfect_game" title="Kenny Rogers' perfect game">Kenny Rogers' perfect game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Freese%27s_2011_World_Series_home_run" class="mw-redirect" title="David Freese's 2011 World Series home run">Game 6 of the 2011 World Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2012 American League Wild Card Game">2012 AL Wild Card Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_American_League_Wild_Card_tie-breaker_game" title="2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game">2013 AL Wild Card tie-breaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Division_Series" title="2015 American League Division Series">2015 ALDS Game 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bat_flip" title="Bat flip">José Bautista's bat flip</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Farm_College_Baseball_Showdown" title="State Farm College Baseball Showdown">State Farm College Baseball Showdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higher_(Creed_song)" title="Higher (Creed song)">"Higher" (Creed song)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Series" title="Lone Star Series">Houston Astros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angels%E2%80%93Rangers_rivalry" title="Angels–Rangers rivalry">Los Angeles Angels</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owners: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Davis_(businessman)" title="Ray Davis (businessman)">Ray Davis</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bob_R._Simpson" title="Bob R. Simpson">Bob R. Simpson</a></li> <li>Executive Vice President/General Manager: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Young_(pitcher)" title="Chris Young (pitcher)">Chris Young</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Bochy" title="Bruce Bochy">Bruce Bochy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">World Series<br /> Championships (1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023_World_Series" title="2023 World Series">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">American League<br />championships (3)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2010 American League Championship Series">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2011 American League Championship Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2023 American League Championship Series">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">American League<br />West Division titles (7)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1996 Texas Rangers season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1998 Texas Rangers season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1999 Texas Rangers season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2010 Texas Rangers season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2011 Texas Rangers season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2015 Texas Rangers season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2016 Texas Rangers season">2016</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">Wild card berths (2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2012 Texas Rangers season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2023 Texas Rangers season">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_(baseball)_broadcasters" title="List of Texas Rangers (baseball) broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Southwest" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Southwest">Bally Sports Southwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRLD-FM" title="KRLD-FM">KRLD-FM</a> (English)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRLD_(AM)" title="KRLD (AM)">KRLD-AM</a> (Alternate)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KFLC" title="KFLC">KFLC</a> (Spanish)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Texas Rangers minor league affiliates"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Minor league affiliates</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Triple-A: <a href="/wiki/Round_Rock_Express" title="Round Rock Express">Round Rock Express</a></li> <li>Double-A: <a href="/wiki/Frisco_RoughRiders" title="Frisco RoughRiders">Frisco RoughRiders</a></li> <li>High-A: <a href="/wiki/Hub_City_Spartanburgers" title="Hub City Spartanburgers">Hub City Spartanburgers</a></li> <li>Single-A: <a href="/wiki/Hickory_Crawdads" title="Hickory Crawdads">Hickory Crawdads</a></li> <li>Rookie: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Complex_League_Rangers" title="Arizona Complex League Rangers">ACL Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Rangers" title="Dominican Summer League Rangers">DSL Rangers Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Rangers" title="Dominican Summer League Rangers">DSL Rangers Red</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(65)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (65)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">1960 · </span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Washington_Senators_season" title="1962 Washington Senators season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Washington_Senators_season" title="1963 Washington Senators season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Washington_Senators_season" title="1964 Washington Senators season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Washington_Senators_season" title="1965 Washington Senators season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Washington_Senators_season" title="1966 Washington Senators season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Washington_Senators_season" title="1967 Washington Senators season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Washington_Senators_season" title="1968 Washington Senators season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Washington_Senators_season" title="1969 Washington Senators season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Washington_Senators_season" title="1970 Washington Senators season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Washington_Senators_season" title="1971 Washington Senators season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1972 Texas Rangers season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1973 Texas Rangers season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1974 Texas Rangers season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1975 Texas Rangers season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1976 Texas Rangers season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1977 Texas Rangers season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1978 Texas Rangers season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1979 Texas Rangers season">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1980 Texas Rangers season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1981 Texas Rangers season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1982 Texas Rangers season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1983 Texas Rangers season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1984 Texas Rangers season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1985 Texas Rangers season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1986 Texas Rangers season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1987 Texas Rangers season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1988 Texas Rangers season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1989 Texas Rangers season">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1990 Texas Rangers season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1991 Texas Rangers season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1992 Texas Rangers season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1993 Texas Rangers season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1994 Texas Rangers season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1995 Texas Rangers season">1995</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1996_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1996 Texas Rangers season">1996</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1997 Texas Rangers season">1997</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1998_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1998 Texas Rangers season">1998</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1999_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1999 Texas Rangers season">1999</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2000 Texas Rangers season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2001 Texas Rangers season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2002 Texas Rangers season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2003 Texas Rangers season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2004 Texas Rangers season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2005 Texas Rangers season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2006 Texas Rangers season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2007 Texas Rangers season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2008 Texas Rangers season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2009 Texas Rangers season">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; 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