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The team played its games at Griffith StadiumGriffith Stadium Location Washington, DC Opened July 24, 1911 Closed September 21, 1961 Capacity 32,000 Owned By Washington Senators Architect: Osborn Engineering Dimensions: Left Left-Center Center Right-Center Right 407 ft. 1907), 388 ft. 1954) 383 ft., sharing it with the Homestead Grays of the Negro Leagues (who played some of their games there).
Team nickname: Nats, short for Nationals.
The Washington Senators were also an American League baseball expansion team from 1961 to 1971. The franchise then moved to Arlington, Texas and became, and still remains, the Texas Rangers. In eleven seasons, the Senators posted only one winning season ( 1969). Frank Howard was the team's most accomplished player. Ted Williams of Boston Red Sox fame managed the team from 1969 to 1971, and moved with the franchise to Texas in 1972.
The team played its games at D.C. Stadium (renamed Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in 1968) on East Capitol Street and the Anacostia River.
Team uniform colors: Red, blue and white, with script "Washington" across the player's chest
Because the original Senators' relocation to Minnesota and the expansion Senators' arrival occurred in the same year (1961), it is a very common mistake to combine the two franchises into one, as they both had the same name.
On September 29th, 2004, Major League Baseball announced that the Montreal Expos would move to Washington, D.C., bringing baseball back to the town for the first time in 33 years. However, the Texas Rangers retain the rights to the name "Washington Senators." On November 22, 2004, the team finally was given a monniker, the "Nationals." See: Washington Nationals