books.google.com - The Washington Senators have a special place in baseball history as one of the most unsuccessful teams ever to play the game. The Nats (as headline writers had dubbed them by midcentury) got their start in 1901 thanks to Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson and endured 71 up-and-down seasons in the American...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Washington_Senators_1901_1971.html?id=aGGlTmcmB2gC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Washington Senators, 1901-1971