Following the 1960 season, team owner Calvin Griffith moved the Washington Senators baseball team to Minnesota. A new team was formed for Washington D.C., also called the Senators.

From 1961 to 1971 this version of the Senators held spring training at Pompano Beach's Municipal Stadium. There were few stars on the team -- probably the most notable player was Frank Thomas, who won the league home run crown in 1968 and 1970 (44 HRs in each year). In fact, the players were overshadowed by their managers and coaches, some of whom were Gil Hodges, Ted Williams and Nellie Fox.

The Senators had only one season over .500, and had trouble drawing fans. Following the 1971 season, the team moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area and became the Texas Rangers.