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1978 Washington Nationals
Record: 69-91
Finish: 3rd in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 660
Runs Allowed: 780
Exp W-L: 68-92
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 1,479,911
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 2nd in the National League
AA: 78-59, 2nd in the National League
A: 70-67, 4th in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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  Dan Thomas 27 154 579 78 154 26 8 13 75 8 3 47 82 .266 .323 .406 .729 70.7 11.1 1.3
C *Milt May 27 154 580 69 181 26 3 8 70 2 3 47 22 .312 .361 .409 .769 81.8 16.8 3.3
LF  Randy Elliott 27 153 571 66 169 27 4 10 59 4 2 60 77 .296 .363 .410 .773 81.0 16.9 1.8
RF *Terry Whitfield 25 146 560 67 174 38 2 8 79 1 3 26 40 .311 .342 .429 .771 75.9 16.5 0.1
3B  Willie Randolph 23 153 499 52 101 21 5 1 37 10 7 70 56 .202 .302 .271 .573 42.3 1.6 5.3
CF  Tony Armas 24 152 520 61 149 23 4 17 82 3 3 19 78 .287 .311 .444 .755 66.2 12.1 2.1
SS *Jim Gantner 25 151 511 49 124 29 2 3 51 1 3 17 32 .243 .270 .325 .595 38.9 1.7 4.5
C *Ron Hodges 29 127 420 49 106 17 5 4 43 1 0 61 68 .252 .346 .345 .691 52.9 9.0 3.7
DH  Pedro Guerrero 22 130 450 53 102 21 2 14 48 1 1 35 69 .227 .283 .376 .658 44.1 4.3 1.9
C  Ron Pruitt 26 126 348 46 104 14 2 5 42 1 0 30 33 .299 .354 .394 .748 46.0 9.0 2.2
1B  Mike Anderson 27 54 116 14 21 1 3 1 6 2 0 14 23 .181 .269 .267 .536 8.6 0.0 0.3
RF *Dave Bergman 25 46 117 18 36 5 1 3 13 3 0 14 14 .308 .382 .444 .826 18.5 4.2 0.4
2B  Mark Belanger 34 65 106 8 28 4 0 2 12 0 0 4 19 .264 .291 .358 .649 9.8 1.1 1.0
3B *Bill Sharp 28 43 79 6 18 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 3 .228 .274 .253 .527 5.7 0.2 0.4
SS  Danny Thompson 31 51 67 7 13 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 5 .194 .214 .284 .498 3.6 0.0 0.6
RF  Ollie Brown 34 34 45 7 12 2 1 2 8 0 0 2 10 .267 .292 .489 .781 5.8 1.0 0.1
2B  Bobby Valentine 28 37 48 3 10 1 2 0 4 0 0 2 14 .208 .240 .313 .553 3.4 0.0 0.5
CF  Paul Dade 26 7 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .500 .900 0.8 0.3 0.1
P  Dave Frost 25 30 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 27.0 1813 5624 657 1505 261 44 92 638 37 26 455 646 .268 .323 .379 .701 656.6 106.1 29.8
  Rank among 12 NL teams 3 9 4 4 1 11 9 9 5 11 4 4 6 7 7 7  
* - 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 25 17 16 .515 36 36 0 287.0 281 102 3 78 154 3.20 23.8
*Joe Sambito 26 7 20 .259 33 33 0 228.3 231 109 23 61 135 4.30 10.1
 Mike Bruhert 27 10 17 .370 33 33 0 224.3 300 136 26 62 57 5.46 2.7
 Mike Proly 27 9 12 .429 30 30 0 206.7 242 102 11 84 60 4.44 9.4
 Tom Hume 25 5 14 .263 28 28 0 190.0 244 114 20 55 57 5.40 2.0
 Ron Davis 22 9 5 .643 69 0 11 132.7 119 43 8 29 91 2.92 16.9
 Elias Sosa 28 4 4 .500 41 0 3 64.7 85 44 5 22 23 6.12 0.8
 Dave Frost 25 7 1 .875 41 0 6 56.0 60 30 9 20 25 4.82 4.5
*Larry Gura 30 1 2 .333 21 0 0 40.7 50 24 3 9 17 5.31 0.9
Team Totals 26.1 69 91 .431 332 160 20 1430.3 1612 704 108 420 619 4.43 71.1
Rank among 12 NL teams 10 10 11 10 8 11 5 11 2 10 11  
* - 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 .990 34.2
R.Hodges 933.0 104 115 442 46 10 2 .980 30.7
R.Pruitt 488.3 56 62 211 27 2 0 .992 37.2
M.May 9.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1430.3 160 182 657 73 12 2 .984 32.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.10
M.May 1282.3 146 147 1695 109 6 136 .997 12.66
D.Thompson 65.7 7 11 85 10 0 11 1.000 13.02
M.Anderson 48.3 5 7 63 2 0 6 1.000 12.10
D.Bergman 21.0 2 3 28 1 0 2 1.000 12.43
R.Elliott 7.0 0 4 11 0 0 2 1.000 14.14
P.Guerrero 6.0 0 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 10.50
Team Total 1430.3 160 173 1889 122 6 157 .997 12.65
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.97
J.Gantner 1250.0 147 149 278 563 18 113 .979 6.06
M.Belanger 116.3 10 31 30 56 2 10 .977 6.65
B.Valentine 43.0 2 15 6 17 0 4 1.000 4.81
B.Sharp 18.0 1 6 3 7 0 2 1.000 5.00
W.Randolph 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Thompson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.3 160 203 317 643 20 129 .980 6.04
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
P.Guerrero 1033.7 124 128 68 263 25 20 .930 2.88
B.Sharp 171.7 18 31 12 38 0 2 1.000 2.62
D.Thompson 112.0 8 32 9 34 1 4 .977 3.46
B.Valentine 78.0 9 13 10 20 0 2 1.000 3.46
P.Dade 20.0 1 7 1 7 0 1 1.000 3.60
W.Randolph 9.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Gantner 6.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1430.3 160 215 101 366 26 29 .947 2.94
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.52
W.Randolph 1254.7 146 149 197 598 22 92 .973 5.70
M.Belanger 131.7 12 29 19 58 2 12 .975 5.26
D.Thompson 20.0 2 4 2 8 0 1 1.000 4.50
B.Valentine 19.0 0 8 4 8 1 4 .923 5.68
J.Gantner 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Gura 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1430.3 160 193 223 673 25 109 .973 5.64
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.96
D.Thomas 1118.0 125 130 230 2 7 1 .971 1.87
D.Bergman 145.0 19 19 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.61
M.Anderson 74.0 9 10 16 1 1 0 .944 2.07
T.Whitfield 47.7 3 11 12 1 0 1 1.000 2.45
R.Pruitt 37.0 4 5 8 1 0 1 1.000 2.19
B.Sharp 4.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Valentine 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1430.3 160 177 293 6 8 3 .974 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
T.Armas 1231.3 146 148 323 13 8 1 .977 2.46
O.Brown 73.0 5 19 16 2 0 2 1.000 2.22
D.Bergman 64.0 6 14 17 2 0 0 1.000 2.67
M.Anderson 53.7 3 19 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.85
B.Sharp 8.3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
Team Total 1430.3 160 203 375 17 8 3 .980 2.47
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.99
R.Elliott 1239.3 144 148 289 4 1 4 .997 2.13
R.Pruitt 88.0 7 17 27 1 1 1 .966 2.86
D.Bergman 51.0 6 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
T.Whitfield 20.0 2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
O.Brown 16.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
M.Anderson 13.0 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
M.Belanger 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Sharp 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.3 160 190 335 6 2 5 .994 2.15
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.11
J.Denny 287.0 36 36 19 58 3 7 .963 2.41
J.Sambito 228.3 33 33 10 42 1 3 .981 2.05
M.Bruhert 224.3 33 33 19 46 3 3 .956 2.61
M.Proly 206.7 30 30 19 38 1 3 .983 2.48
T.Hume 190.0 28 28 5 46 0 2 1.000 2.42
R.Davis 132.7 0 69 6 17 0 2 1.000 1.56
E.Sosa 64.7 0 41 3 16 0 0 1.000 2.64
D.Frost 56.0 0 41 9 7 2 0 .889 2.57
L.Gura 40.7 0 21 2 7 1 1 .900 1.99
Team Total 1430.3 160 332 92 277 11 21 .971 2.32
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average May .312
On-Base Pct Elliott .363
Slugging Pct Armas .444
OPS Elliott .773
XR May 81.8
Games May, Thomas 154
At-Bats May 580
Runs Thomas 78
Hits May 181
Total Bases Whitfield 240
Singles May 144
Doubles Whitfield 38
Triples Thomas 8
Homeruns Armas 17
RBIs Armas 82
Stolen Bases Randolph 10
Caught Stealing Randolph 7
Walks Randolph 70
Strikeouts Thomas 82
ERA Denny 3.20
Wins Denny 17
Losses Sambito 20
Winning Pct Denny .515
Saves Davis 11
Games Pitched Davis 69
Games Started Denny 36
Complete Games Denny 12
Shutouts Denny 1
Innings Pitched Denny 287.0
Hits Allowed Bruhert 300
Homeruns Allowed Bruhert 26
Strikeouts Denny 154
Walks Allowed Proly 84
Walks per 9IP Sambito 2.4
Hits per 9IP Denny 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Sambito 5.3
WHiP Denny 1.25
OAVG Denny .255
OOBP Denny .303
OSLG Denny .331
OOPS Denny .634
Team All-Stars
Ron Davis
Player Salaries
John Denny $ 6,042,857
Pat Dobson $ 4,000,000
Ray Lamb $ 3,100,000
Ollie Brown $ 3,000,000
Milt May $ 2,435,714
Elias Sosa $ 1,502,857
Derrell Griffith $ 1,500,000
Terry Whitfield $ 1,342,857
Ron Hodges $ 1,325,000
Jim Nelson $ 600,000
Larry Gura $ 350,000
Clay Kirby $ 350,000
Danny Thompson $ 350,000
Bobby Valentine $ 350,000
Tony Armas $ 300,000
Mark Belanger $ 300,000
Dave Bergman $ 300,000
Dick Bosman $ 300,000
Mike Bruhert $ 300,000
Paul Dade $ 300,000
Ron Davis $ 300,000
Pedro Guerrero $ 300,000
Randy Elliott $ 300,000
Mike Proly $ 300,000
Dave Frost $ 300,000
Jim Gantner $ 300,000
Bill Sharp $ 300,000
Mike Anderson $ 300,000
Joe Sambito $ 300,000
Willie Randolph $ 300,000
Tom Hume $ 300,000
Ron Pruitt $ 300,000
Dan Thomas $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
10/13 Released Bill Singer    
10/13 Released Chuck Hartenstein    
 
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