January 10, 2017: The 1961 Washington Senators were assembled in a hurry after Calvin Griffith took his established team to the Twin Cities. Two days after the expansion draft in December 1960, the new Senators acquired a pitcher named Bennie Daniels along with two other players from Pittsburgh in exchange for the aging Bobby Shantz. … Continue reading Bennie Daniels’ places in baseball history
Jim King, the last original expansion Nat
April 19, 2017: Jim King started in left field for the San Francisco Giants in the first Major League game ever played in California. His best seasons, however, came after he was selected by the expansion Washington Senators, with whom he remained for six and half years, longer than any of the other 27 players … Continue reading Jim King, the last original expansion Nat
Dick Phillips kept at it and finally got there
April 8, 2017: Between games of a double-header in Chicago on May 5, 1963, on a day the White Sox honored Minnie Minoso for his outstanding seasons there, a 31-year-old rookie with the Washington Senators was feted by a marching band and presented with a new car and other gifts. The player was Richard Eugene … Continue reading Dick Phillips kept at it and finally got there
‘Curly’ Ogden played a key role for 1924 champs
August 2, 2017: Warren Harvey “Curly” Ogden became part of World Series lore in 1924 when Washington manager Bucky Harris started him in game seven as a ploy to fool Giants manager John McGraw. The idea was to get McGraw to play rookie first baseman Bill Terry and other left-hand batters against the right-handed Ogden, … Continue reading ‘Curly’ Ogden played a key role for 1924 champs
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