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1979 Washington Nationals
Record: 95-65
Finish: 1st in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 747
Runs Allowed: 656
Exp W-L: 89-71
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 2,031,235
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 80-57, 1st in the National League
AA: 78-59, 2nd in the National League
A: 61-76, 8th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Montreal Expos
 
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 28 151 580 89 168 25 14 14 90 2 6 78 83 .290 .374 .453 .827 95.6 22.8 2.7
LF  Randy Elliott 28 152 591 81 188 29 8 11 77 1 2 42 67 .318 .362 .450 .812 86.5 20.8 3.7
RF *Terry Whitfield 26 146 593 82 179 34 8 6 67 1 1 29 46 .302 .334 .417 .751 75.9 16.5 0.3
DH  Pedro Guerrero 23 151 551 74 131 26 2 15 65 3 2 62 68 .238 .316 .374 .689 64.1 10.0 4.2
3B  Willie Randolph 24 151 483 65 123 21 5 0 42 15 3 65 43 .255 .345 .319 .664 56.6 9.7 6.3
CF  Tony Armas 25 143 530 56 114 17 6 11 75 2 1 15 80 .215 .235 .332 .567 38.0 0.0 4.0
RF *Dave Bergman 26 125 399 52 109 19 1 12 71 6 4 50 52 .273 .355 .416 .771 61.0 13.8 1.7
C  Ron Pruitt 27 114 395 43 105 18 0 6 38 0 0 40 34 .266 .330 .357 .687 43.2 6.2 4.2
SS *Jim Gantner 26 127 356 34 92 21 2 1 40 4 4 15 11 .258 .290 .337 .627 28.2 1.9 5.3
C *Ron Hodges 30 113 280 35 84 10 2 4 46 0 0 45 41 .300 .394 .393 .787 45.2 11.4 3.1
1B #Wes Parker 39 111 268 35 87 18 3 3 47 1 0 22 36 .325 .380 .448 .827 42.6 11.1 1.2
2B  Kiko Garcia 25 121 231 30 72 12 1 1 21 8 2 19 25 .312 .361 .385 .746 33.3 8.1 3.8
CF #Reggie Smith 34 63 197 25 45 11 3 4 19 1 1 29 34 .228 .332 .376 .708 23.7 3.7 1.7
2B  Mark Belanger 35 71 98 14 26 0 0 0 7 0 0 4 25 .265 .288 .265 .554 8.1 0.5 1.3
1B  Mike Anderson 28 35 66 14 19 0 2 0 8 1 0 7 9 .288 .356 .348 .705 8.5 1.8 0.6
C  Ken Rudolph 32 21 39 3 7 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 5 .179 .250 .256 .506 2.3 0.0 0.3
C  Lance Parrish 23 10 23 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .217 .333 .217 .551 1.8 0.1 0.2
1B *Billy Baldwin 28 12 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.7 0.1 0.0
P  Dave Frost 26 22 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Bobby Valentine 29 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.1 1844 5690 745 1555 264 57 88 719 50 27 530 666 .273 .335 .386 .721 715.2 138.6 44.4
  Rank among 12 NL teams 1 6 3 3 1 11 6 8 7 6 4 3 5 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
 Bart Johnson 29 17 15 .531 35 35 0 271.0 225 109 23 107 214 3.62 16.8
*Joe Sambito 27 14 11 .560 34 34 0 240.0 205 93 20 78 166 3.49 15.7
 John Denny 26 13 11 .542 30 30 0 222.7 208 88 2 64 135 3.56 14.3
 Steve Kline 31 16 7 .696 30 30 0 214.0 217 91 20 44 88 3.83 13.7
 Elias Sosa 29 14 9 .609 27 27 0 188.0 202 77 9 49 61 3.69 10.6
 Joe Beckwith 24 11 2 .846 66 0 6 101.7 93 29 7 38 50 2.57 11.6
 Skip Lockwood 32 2 2 .500 42 0 4 64.0 53 26 4 30 35 3.66 5.0
 Ron Davis 23 2 4 .333 54 0 38 63.7 44 27 3 21 37 3.82 10.9
 Dave Frost 26 0 1 .000 19 0 0 33.7 36 19 5 14 17 5.08 0.5
*Larry Gura 31 4 2 .667 21 0 1 33.0 46 15 4 6 14 4.09 1.7
 Tom Hume 26 1 1 .500 4 4 0 24.3 28 15 1 9 14 5.55 0.1
 Dickie Noles 22 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 4.7 3 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.9
Team Totals 27.2 95 65 .594 365 160 49 1460.6 1360 589 98 462 831 3.63 102.0
Rank among 12 NL teams 5 5 2 5 1 3 4 3 2 2 3  
* - 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 33.5
R.Pruitt 847.0 96 100 501 33 8 0 .985 31.7
R.Hodges 580.7 61 78 359 28 5 0 .987 46.7
K.Rudolph 33.0 3 7 19 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1460.7 160 185 879 61 13 0 .986 37.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.02
D.Bergman 742.3 89 91 871 63 5 77 .995 11.32
W.Parker 548.3 53 96 677 45 4 56 .994 11.85
K.Rudolph 79.0 9 14 84 8 0 5 1.000 10.48
M.Anderson 26.0 3 4 32 3 0 1 1.000 12.12
R.Smith 23.4 3 4 26 1 0 3 1.000 10.38
R.Elliott 5.0 0 2 9 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
K.Garcia 2.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
B.Baldwin 2.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Guerrero 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1429.1 157 218 1705 121 9 142 .995 11.50
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.00
J.Gantner 820.0 95 104 178 330 4 69 .992 5.58
K.Garcia 482.3 54 69 96 243 9 45 .974 6.33
M.Belanger 158.3 11 44 35 66 1 10 .990 5.74
Team Total 1460.7 160 217 309 639 14 124 .985 5.84
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.92
P.Guerrero 1256.0 140 145 66 291 17 19 .955 2.56
K.Garcia 86.0 9 11 3 21 4 1 .857 2.51
L.Parrish 63.3 8 10 3 13 1 1 .941 2.27
J.Gantner 44.3 3 8 4 15 0 1 1.000 3.86
M.Belanger 8.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Valentine 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Randolph 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.7 160 179 77 342 22 22 .950 2.58
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.51
W.Randolph 1244.3 147 150 206 523 14 94 .981 5.27
M.Belanger 78.0 8 20 15 24 0 5 1.000 4.50
K.Garcia 68.3 1 31 7 24 2 3 .939 4.08
J.Gantner 56.0 4 17 7 23 2 4 .938 4.82
B.Valentine 7.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
R.Hodges 4.0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.75
D.Frost 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Anderson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.7 160 225 236 597 18 107 .979 5.13
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.94
D.Thomas 1098.7 120 124 237 3 5 1 .980 1.97
D.Bergman 80.0 7 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.24
T.Whitfield 68.0 8 13 22 0 1 0 .957 2.91
R.Smith 51.9 7 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.56
P.Guerrero 43.0 6 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.84
M.Anderson 31.0 3 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
R.Pruitt 14.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
B.Baldwin 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Frost 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1390.6 152 170 295 3 6 1 .980 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.55
T.Armas 1143.7 133 134 319 9 9 3 .973 2.58
R.Smith 374.0 43 48 119 3 3 1 .976 2.94
M.Anderson 58.0 4 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
D.Bergman 45.3 3 15 8 0 1 0 .889 1.59
D.Frost 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1623.0 183 211 460 12 13 4 .973 2.62
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.99
R.Elliott 1250.7 138 148 299 6 2 0 .993 2.19
M.Anderson 53.0 7 8 17 1 0 1 1.000 3.06
D.Bergman 39.0 3 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.15
R.Smith 28.1 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.92
M.Belanger 25.0 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
T.Armas 17.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53
R.Pruitt 9.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Frost 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1422.8 156 180 335 7 2 1 .994 2.16
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
B.Johnson 271.0 35 35 14 27 3 0 .932 1.36
J.Sambito 240.0 34 34 13 35 2 2 .960 1.80
J.Denny 222.7 30 30 20 31 5 4 .911 2.06
S.Kline 214.0 30 30 10 28 1 2 .974 1.60
E.Sosa 188.0 27 27 14 31 1 1 .978 2.15
J.Beckwith 101.7 0 66 4 20 0 2 1.000 2.12
S.Lockwood 64.0 0 42 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.98
R.Davis 63.7 0 54 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.41
D.Frost 33.7 0 19 2 10 0 0 1.000 3.21
L.Gura 33.0 0 21 4 5 1 1 .900 2.45
T.Hume 24.3 4 4 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.59
D.Noles 4.7 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1460.6 160 365 86 208 13 13 .958 1.81
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Elliott .318
On-Base Pct Thomas .374
Slugging Pct Thomas .453
OPS Thomas .827
XR Thomas 95.6
Games Elliott 152
At-Bats Whitfield 593
Runs Thomas 89
Hits Elliott 188
Total Bases Elliott 266
Singles Elliott 140
Doubles Whitfield 34
Triples Thomas 14
Homeruns Guerrero 15
RBIs Thomas 90
Stolen Bases Randolph 15
Caught Stealing Thomas 6
Walks Thomas 78
Strikeouts Thomas 83
ERA Sambito 3.49
Wins Johnson 17
Losses Johnson 15
Winning Pct Kline .696
Saves Davis 38
Games Pitched Beckwith 66
Games Started Johnson 35
Complete Games Johnson 13
Shutouts Kline 3
Innings Pitched Johnson 271.0
Hits Allowed Johnson 225
Homeruns Allowed Johnson 23
Strikeouts Johnson 214
Walks Allowed Johnson 107
Walks per 9IP Kline 1.9
Hits per 9IP Johnson 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Johnson 7.1
WHiP Sambito 1.18
OAVG Johnson .222
OOBP Sambito .289
OSLG Denny .328
OOPS Denny .630
Team All-Stars
Joe Beckwith
Steve Kline
Player Salaries
Steve Kline $ 9,000,000
John Denny $ 6,042,857
Bart Johnson $ 4,214,286
Ollie Brown $ 3,000,000
Randy Elliott $ 2,664,286
Skip Lockwood $ 2,500,001
Ron Theobald $ 2,000,000
Terry Whitfield $ 1,528,571
Ron Hodges $ 1,450,000
Wes Parker $ 736,000
Elias Sosa $ 690,000
Larry Gura $ 350,000
Kiko Garcia $ 300,000
Tony Armas $ 300,000
Billy Baldwin $ 300,000
Joe Beckwith $ 300,000
Dave Bergman $ 300,000
Bobby Valentine $ 300,000
Ron Davis $ 300,000
Dan Thomas $ 300,000
Tom Hume $ 300,000
Jim Gantner $ 300,000
Lance Parrish $ 300,000
Pedro Guerrero $ 300,000
Mike Anderson $ 300,000
Joe Sambito $ 300,000
Ken Rudolph $ 300,000
Willie Randolph $ 300,000
Ron Pruitt $ 300,000
Dickie Noles $ 300,000
Dave Frost $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Milt May Seattle Bart Johnson
2/3 Signed     Skip Lockwood
2/5 Signed     Steve Kline
2/10 Signed     Ron Theobald
4/3 Signed     Wes Parker
7/1 Traded Silvio Martinez Tampa Bay Reggie Smith
10/3 Released Danny Thompson    
10/3 Released Jim Nelson    
10/13 Released Mark Belanger    
10/13 Released Reggie Smith    
 
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