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1977 Washington Nationals
Record: 66-94
Finish: 4th in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 641
Runs Allowed: 705
Exp W-L: 73-87
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 1,505,270
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 9th in the National League
AA: 78-59, 4th in the National League
A: 79-58, 3rd in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  Randy Elliott 26 154 584 72 199 32 4 12 72 0 2 37 60 .341 .381 .471 .852 88.4 20.3 2.4
3B  Willie Randolph 22 141 544 60 137 22 7 2 40 6 5 60 52 .252 .324 .329 .653 57.5 6.9 6.1
LF  Dan Thomas 26 147 508 76 117 23 3 13 68 5 5 45 124 .230 .300 .364 .664 53.5 6.3 0.6
RF *Terry Whitfield 24 146 518 70 156 27 6 3 69 1 2 33 47 .301 .346 .394 .740 64.0 11.9 1.8
C *Milt May 26 126 442 54 125 14 2 10 46 0 2 43 15 .283 .344 .391 .736 57.2 9.9 1.8
1B  Mike Anderson 26 123 397 36 102 25 1 6 50 1 5 41 83 .257 .327 .370 .697 42.6 5.5 2.6
2B  Bobby Valentine 27 139 386 28 87 15 0 0 25 1 2 19 37 .225 .263 .264 .527 24.3 0.0 3.1
C  Ron Pruitt 25 114 367 32 99 18 2 3 45 0 0 26 26 .270 .316 .354 .671 37.5 5.0 4.3
3B *Bill Sharp 27 101 306 39 86 22 0 1 32 1 0 17 15 .281 .318 .363 .681 33.7 5.2 2.1
C *Ron Hodges 28 78 260 27 76 16 2 1 23 0 1 32 40 .292 .370 .381 .751 31.9 5.7 2.9
RF  Ollie Brown 33 97 192 15 50 6 1 4 26 0 0 10 33 .260 .297 .365 .662 19.6 2.6 1.0
RF *Dave Bergman 24 52 171 17 41 7 1 3 26 0 0 13 10 .240 .292 .345 .637 16.7 1.6 0.8
RF  Ron Swoboda 33 121 168 32 39 8 0 4 25 0 0 16 38 .232 .297 .351 .648 15.8 1.3 0.4
2B  Mark Belanger 33 89 160 11 42 4 1 1 16 0 0 7 32 .263 .298 .319 .616 15.0 1.8 1.5
CF  Paul Dade 25 65 134 13 29 9 0 1 14 2 0 9 26 .216 .271 .306 .577 8.2 0.0 1.1
2B  Leo Cardenas 38 80 124 13 26 3 1 0 8 0 1 6 23 .210 .244 .250 .494 6.5 0.0 1.0
3B *Derrell Griffith 33 25 109 10 26 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 13 .239 .250 .266 .516 5.8 0.0 0.6
CF  Tony Armas 23 25 81 6 17 5 0 1 6 1 0 3 17 .210 .235 .309 .544 5.4 0.0 0.4
SS *Jim Gantner 24 22 68 9 31 6 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 .456 .465 .603 1.068 15.1 4.3 0.5
C  Dennis Paepke 32 15 50 6 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 10 .100 .151 .200 .351 -0.7 0.0 0.9
SS  Danny Thompson 30 36 42 7 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .238 .238 .262 .500 2.0 0.0 0.3
CF  Jarvis Tatum 30 13 24 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .250 .280 .292 .572 1.9 0.1 0.2
P  John Denny 24 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.8 1917 5635 637 1506 269 33 66 608 19 26 425 707 .267 .319 .362 .681 602.2 88.4 36.3
  Rank among 12 NL teams 2 10 4 3 5 12 10 11 6 11 6 5 8 10 9 10  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 John Denny 24 12 12 .500 36 36 0 294.0 277 86 8 86 172 2.63 24.6
*Joe Sambito 25 12 17 .414 35 35 0 234.7 234 124 31 91 132 4.76 7.5
 Mike Proly 26 9 19 .321 33 33 0 227.3 264 126 21 86 59 4.99 4.3
 Tom Hume 24 7 14 .333 27 27 0 195.0 194 81 13 56 55 3.74 10.0
 Elias Sosa 27 8 12 .400 51 12 3 150.0 175 68 14 68 48 4.08 7.1
*Larry Gura 29 10 9 .526 36 13 2 147.7 136 65 12 42 37 3.96 8.6
 Bill Singer 33 1 3 .250 52 0 4 87.0 113 49 7 37 44 5.07 1.5
 Chuck Hartenstein 35 0 1 .000 29 0 2 36.3 37 14 4 13 20 3.47 2.4
 Ray Lamb 32 4 3 .571 22 0 7 34.0 27 9 2 13 8 2.38 5.3
 Pat Dobson 35 1 3 .250 4 4 0 29.3 37 21 2 12 14 6.44 0.0
 Dave Frost 24 2 1 .667 10 0 3 8.3 4 3 1 3 7 3.24 1.9
Team Totals 28.5 66 94 .413 335 160 21 1443.6 1498 646 115 507 596 4.03 73.2
Rank among 12 NL teams 11 11 9 11 8 8 7 8 5 10 9  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 35.3
R.Pruitt 662.3 75 81 294 52 5 0 .986 42.7
R.Hodges 598.7 65 76 251 31 5 0 .983 36.1
D.Paepke 115.7 13 14 70 7 0 0 1.000 40.0
M.May 34.0 3 8 11 1 1 0 .923 0.0
R.Elliott 25.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
R.Swoboda 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1443.7 160 183 634 91 11 0 .985 38.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.01
M.May 956.3 109 114 1225 93 10 120 .992 12.40
M.Anderson 255.3 29 33 340 23 6 35 .984 12.80
L.Cardenas 160.3 17 27 218 21 0 20 1.000 13.42
D.Thompson 58.7 5 12 80 2 0 6 1.000 12.58
R.Elliott 8.3 0 4 11 1 0 0 1.000 12.97
D.Bergman 4.7 0 2 7 1 0 0 1.000 15.45
Team Total 1443.6 160 192 1881 141 16 181 .992 12.61
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 6.23
B.Valentine 1017.0 127 132 267 481 19 100 .975 6.62
M.Belanger 180.7 11 56 50 86 2 24 .986 6.78
J.Gantner 146.0 18 19 34 58 1 14 .989 5.67
L.Cardenas 44.0 3 15 7 13 1 4 .952 4.09
D.Thompson 28.0 1 11 9 9 0 3 1.000 5.79
W.Randolph 28.0 0 7 2 12 0 2 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1443.7 160 240 369 659 23 147 .978 6.41
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.92
B.Sharp 754.0 89 99 50 189 9 20 .964 2.85
P.Dade 306.3 37 46 17 87 7 6 .937 3.06
D.Griffith 217.0 24 24 10 55 2 7 .970 2.70
L.Cardenas 134.3 9 36 10 41 2 2 .962 3.42
D.Thompson 17.0 1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.71
B.Valentine 7.0 0 5 1 2 1 0 .750 3.86
T.Whitfield 4.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75
W.Randolph 2.0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 18.00
J.Gantner 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.7 160 220 89 387 21 35 .958 2.97
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.58
W.Randolph 1153.3 130 132 214 576 19 95 .977 6.16
M.Belanger 186.3 21 30 32 90 3 19 .976 5.89
B.Valentine 43.0 5 7 8 14 1 4 .957 4.60
P.Dade 21.0 1 8 1 12 0 2 1.000 5.57
D.Thompson 16.0 1 4 0 4 1 0 .800 2.25
J.Gantner 16.0 2 2 1 11 0 1 1.000 6.75
L.Cardenas 8.0 0 5 2 4 0 2 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1443.7 160 188 258 711 24 123 .976 6.04
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.84
R.Elliott 860.3 99 102 170 10 1 2 .994 1.88
D.Thomas 314.7 40 42 61 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
R.Pruitt 115.0 14 17 20 1 1 0 .955 1.64
R.Swoboda 95.0 2 34 21 0 2 0 .913 1.99
M.Anderson 22.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
P.Dade 13.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
J.Tatum 9.3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Whitfield 7.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Bergman 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Valentine 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Griffith 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.7 160 212 283 11 4 2 .987 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
M.Anderson 641.3 73 82 183 7 1 3 .995 2.67
O.Brown 353.0 33 61 102 0 3 0 .971 2.60
D.Bergman 252.0 31 32 71 4 0 1 1.000 2.68
T.Armas 134.0 17 18 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.28
J.Tatum 40.3 4 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.79
P.Dade 21.0 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86
B.Sharp 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.7 160 207 408 12 4 4 .991 2.62
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.02
T.Whitfield 843.7 99 101 184 2 2 1 .989 1.98
R.Elliott 370.7 42 44 62 2 0 1 1.000 1.55
R.Swoboda 114.3 7 28 27 0 2 0 .931 2.13
R.Pruitt 37.0 4 8 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.16
O.Brown 29.0 3 7 2 0 1 0 .667 0.62
M.Belanger 21.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
M.Anderson 16.0 1 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Tatum 6.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Bergman 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
P.Dade 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.7 160 198 299 5 5 2 .984 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.03
J.Denny 294.0 36 36 21 48 3 7 .958 2.11
J.Sambito 234.7 35 35 7 33 0 2 1.000 1.53
M.Proly 227.3 33 33 23 41 0 9 1.000 2.53
T.Hume 195.0 27 27 15 34 0 4 1.000 2.26
E.Sosa 150.0 12 51 10 31 0 2 1.000 2.46
L.Gura 147.7 13 36 11 28 1 1 .975 2.38
B.Singer 87.0 0 52 9 15 0 1 1.000 2.48
C.Hartenstein 36.3 0 29 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.49
R.Lamb 34.0 0 22 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.12
P.Dobson 29.3 4 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.23
D.Frost 8.3 0 10 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
Team Total 1443.6 160 335 101 245 4 26 .989 2.16
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Elliott .341
On-Base Pct Elliott .381
Slugging Pct Elliott .471
OPS Elliott .852
XR Elliott 88.4
Games Elliott 154
At-Bats Elliott 584
Runs Thomas 76
Hits Elliott 199
Total Bases Elliott 275
Singles Elliott 151
Doubles Elliott 32
Triples Randolph 7
Homeruns Thomas 13
RBIs Elliott 72
Stolen Bases Randolph 6
Caught Stealing Anderson, Randolph, Thomas 5
Walks Randolph 60
Strikeouts Thomas 124
ERA Denny 2.63
Wins Denny, Sambito 12
Losses Proly 19
Winning Pct Gura .526
Saves Lamb 7
Games Pitched Singer 52
Games Started Denny 36
Complete Games Denny 11
Shutouts Denny, Gura, Hume, Proly 1
Innings Pitched Denny 294.0
Hits Allowed Denny 277
Homeruns Allowed Sambito 31
Strikeouts Denny 172
Walks Allowed Sambito 91
Walks per 9IP Hume 2.6
Hits per 9IP Denny 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Denny 5.3
WHiP Denny 1.23
OAVG Denny .250
OOBP Denny .306
OSLG Denny .326
OOPS Denny .633
Team All-Stars
Randy Elliott
Player Salaries
Pat Dobson $ 4,000,000
Ray Lamb $ 3,100,000
Ollie Brown $ 3,000,000
Chuck Hartenstein $ 2,500,000
Bill Singer $ 2,000,000
Milt May $ 1,864,286
Elias Sosa $ 1,502,857
Derrell Griffith $ 1,500,000
Ron Swoboda $ 1,440,000
Jim Nelson $ 600,000
Jim Rooker $ 400,000
Clay Kirby $ 350,000
Leo Cardenas $ 340,000
Dan Thomas $ 300,000
Tony Armas $ 300,000
Mark Belanger $ 300,000
Dave Bergman $ 300,000
Dick Bosman $ 300,000
Bobby Valentine $ 300,000
Paul Dade $ 300,000
John Denny $ 300,000
Danny Thompson $ 300,000
Randy Elliott $ 300,000
Tom Hume $ 300,000
Jim Gantner $ 300,000
Ron Pruitt $ 300,000
Larry Gura $ 300,000
Jarvis Tatum $ 300,000
Ron Hodges $ 300,000
Mike Anderson $ 300,000
Bill Sharp $ 300,000
Terry Whitfield $ 300,000
Joe Sambito $ 300,000
Willie Randolph $ 300,000
Dennis Paepke $ 300,000
Mike Proly $ 300,000
Dave Frost $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/9 Signed     Pat Dobson
2/9 Signed     Chuck Hartenstein
2/15 Signed     Jim Nelson
3/3 Released Ed Crosby    
3/3 Released Tony Larussa    
3/3 Released Gilberto Rondon    
 
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