over his next ten games, raising his batting average to .316 with a four-hit (three-double) performance in a 12–2 loss to the Yankees on August 8. In the first game of a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox on August 28, Plews hit his first (and only) home run of the season against Bob Keegan as the Senators won 6–2. Bob Addie of the Washington Post speculated on August 29 that Plews, Bereberet, or Herzog might be contenders for the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year Award, though Luis Aparicio was the eventual winner. Plews played in 91 games in his rookie season and batted .270 with 24 runs scored, 69 hits, and 25 RBI. In 1957, Plews began the year as the Senators' starting second baseman. On June 15, he had three hits, including an RBI triple against Bill Fischer and scored three runs as the Senators beat the White Sox 9–1. He batted .261 through June 23, then lost the starting role to Rocky Bridges. Plews started at third base from July 11 through 16 and played second base every day from August 13 through 20 but other than that received only occasional spots or was used as a late-inning replacement for the rest of the season. On July 13, he had two hits, scored two runs, and hit his second career home run (also against Keegan) as the Senators lost 7–4 to the White Sox. Five times during the year, he had a season-high three hits: May 13, May 18, June 15, July 11, and August 14. Plews played 104 games this year and batted .271 with 51 runs scored, 89 hits, one home run, and 26 RBI. In its 1958 preview of the Senators, Sports Illustrated hinted that Plews might have competition at second base from Bob Malkmus, whom the Senators had just drafted from the Braves' farm system. After playing the opening three games of 1958, Plews found himself benched in favor of Malkmus. Starting in the second game of a doubleheader on May 18, though, he took over the third base job from Eddie Yost, who was batting .208. On May 23, 1958, Plews had a first-inning single against Cal McLish, stole second base, and scored on Neil Chrisley's single; however, that was the only run the Senators scored that day, as they lost 2–1 to the Cleveland Indians. Two days later, in