The Senators’ 4-1 victory over Cleveland at RFK Stadium is the team’s 82nd of the season, guaranteeing the ‘expansion Senators’ their first-ever winning record. Ted Williams’ fourth-place team will finish the season with an 86-76 record, marking the first time Washington has had a winning campaign since the original Senators posted a 78-76 mark in 1952.

On September 26, 1969 — The Senators’ 4-1 victory over Cleveland at RFK Stadium is the team’s 82nd of the season, guaranteeing the ‘expansion Senators’ their first-ever winning record. Ted Williams’ fourth-place team will finish the season with an 86-76 record, marking the first time Washington has had a winning campaign since the original Senators posted a 78-76 mark in 1952.

 

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