I trust that we can still count a majority of the expansion teams as
being with us (Tom Cheney and Don Rudolph being two notable exceptions
who died far too young), I hope everyone is aware that one of the truly
outstanding Griffith Senators/Nats just passed away in his 90s:
shortstop Cecil Travis. He was on his way to a Hall of Fame career when
he was drafted in WWII. Age and frostbite in his toes made him a lesser
player when he returned and cut short his playing days. Happy Christmas
and New Year to all my fellow Senators/Nationals fans.


Art Audley wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I trust that this topic won't be considered "morbid". However, on a
> popular baseball website that I frequent the question recently came up
> as to how many former Washington Senators were still living.
>
> (There are forums dedicated to other former teams-the Brooklyn Dodger
> and St. Louis Browns forums maintain a list of currently living former
> team members, listed by age, along with the inevitable obituaries and
> updates to the list.)
>
> I realize that this task would be complicated by the fact that there
> were two seperate entities called the Washington Senators but was just
> wondering if anyone is keeping track of our former team members (both
> original and expansion franchises) and how many are still with us?
>
> Regards to all, Art
>
>