1980 Washington Nationals
Record: 89-71
Finish: 2nd in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 718
Runs Allowed: 658
Exp W-L: 86-74
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 2,355,590
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-59, 1st in the National League
AA: 76-61, 3rd in the National League
A: 62-75, 9th 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  Randy Elliott 29 155 604 88 189 38 4 11 77 3 3 61 68 .313 .375 .444 .819 90.9 23.8 4.9
LF  Dan Thomas 29 155 587 90 177 32 6 18 99 2 5 63 78 .302 .377 .468 .845 93.7 24.2 3.7
LF  George Hendrick 30 152 565 77 148 29 3 28 112 1 0 56 93 .262 .326 .473 .799 84.0 18.4 0.7
CF  Tony Armas 26 150 557 67 143 25 1 18 63 2 4 23 84 .257 .286 .402 .688 61.9 10.3 6.1
DH  Pedro Guerrero 24 150 538 53 137 20 2 18 68 0 1 36 56 .255 .304 .400 .704 61.6 11.0 4.0
3B  Willie Randolph 25 153 465 58 100 18 2 0 31 18 3 67 43 .215 .313 .262 .575 43.8 4.7 5.9
C *Ron Hodges 31 127 423 64 119 16 0 2 32 1 0 68 70 .281 .380 .333 .713 54.6 11.7 4.4
C  Ron Pruitt 28 104 335 47 93 12 0 4 32 2 0 30 25 .278 .334 .349 .683 40.6 7.4 2.7
2B  Ted Sizemore 35 111 340 42 99 12 2 2 26 6 0 18 7 .291 .327 .356 .683 37.7 7.2 2.2
2B  Kiko Garcia 26 122 293 33 68 11 2 6 29 2 6 23 58 .232 .290 .345 .635 26.5 2.6 2.4
3B *Wayne Gross 28 74 255 29 54 8 1 11 37 0 0 32 44 .212 .297 .380 .677 29.3 4.1 2.7
RF *Dave Bergman 27 73 225 23 44 6 0 5 34 1 4 26 33 .196 .276 .289 .564 18.5 0.3 0.8
1B #Wes Parker 40 68 124 7 34 8 0 0 11 0 0 6 15 .274 .313 .339 .652 10.7 1.5 0.3
RF *Terry Whitfield 27 66 113 15 36 5 0 2 12 0 0 2 12 .319 .336 .416 .752 13.2 2.9 0.7
SS *Jim Gantner 27 57 93 7 23 4 1 1 14 0 0 1 3 .247 .268 .344 .612 7.9 0.6 1.2
LF  George Foster 31 21 57 6 10 3 0 2 6 0 0 4 14 .175 .230 .333 .563 3.9 0.0 0.0
3B *Bill Sharp 30 20 45 5 8 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 .178 .196 .311 .507 2.2 0.0 0.4
C  Ken Rudolph 33 14 24 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .083 .120 .083 .203 -1.0 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 29.2 1772 5643 711 1484 250 24 129 689 38 26 518 711 .263 .326 .384 .710 679.8 130.8 43.3
  Rank among 12 NL teams 2 6 6 3 11 7 6 10 5 7 3 6 7 6 6 6  
* - 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 27 15 9 .625 35 35 0 270.3 254 87 6 93 182 2.90 21.7
 Bart Johnson 30 17 12 .586 35 35 0 268.3 227 109 25 100 223 3.66 17.6
*Joe Sambito 28 11 12 .478 35 35 0 234.0 214 99 24 82 133 3.81 13.1
 Steve Kline 32 12 13 .480 29 29 0 209.3 222 100 26 42 80 4.30 8.1
 Elias Sosa 30 12 5 .706 25 25 0 170.7 160 52 11 60 72 2.74 15.2
 Joe Beckwith 25 3 7 .300 70 0 2 72.0 64 29 6 30 46 3.63 4.8
 Ron Davis 24 6 6 .500 60 0 32 66.7 73 35 11 28 38 4.73 5.2
 Skip Lockwood 33 7 3 .700 36 0 3 59.7 69 33 6 34 30 4.98 2.7
*John Morris 38 2 1 .667 34 0 1 56.3 67 33 5 20 31 5.27 0.9
 Tom Hume 27 2 1 .667 29 0 0 45.7 39 14 3 21 24 2.76 3.7
 Dave Frost 27 2 2 .500 9 1 0 13.0 13 12 2 17 6 8.31 0.0
Team Totals 29.2 89 71 .556 397 160 38 1466.0 1402 603 125 527 865 3.70 92.9
Rank among 12 NL teams 5 5 8 5 1 7 8 7 7 2 6  
* - 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 .988 31.5
R.Hodges 953.0 102 122 607 34 9 1 .986 25.6
R.Pruitt 483.7 56 59 283 23 6 0 .981 35.7
K.Rudolph 29.3 2 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
W.Gross 3.9 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1469.9 160 189 907 57 15 1 .985 28.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.90
D.Bergman 414.0 50 52 493 34 5 40 .991 11.46
P.Guerrero 410.7 49 52 454 32 4 37 .992 10.65
G.Hendrick 372.0 43 48 436 38 7 41 .985 11.47
W.Parker 196.0 15 41 207 20 2 20 .991 10.42
K.Rudolph 27.0 3 3 39 2 1 3 .976 13.67
R.Elliott 26.0 0 7 34 3 0 2 1.000 12.81
K.Garcia 10.0 0 6 14 0 0 1 1.000 12.60
W.Gross 5.0 0 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 12.60
Team Total 1460.7 160 210 1684 129 19 144 .990 11.17
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.93
T.Sizemore 758.7 84 101 160 288 5 62 .989 5.31
K.Garcia 678.3 76 87 127 260 12 62 .970 5.13
J.Gantner 17.0 0 6 6 3 0 2 1.000 4.76
W.Randolph 6.7 0 2 1 6 0 1 1.000 9.46
B.Sharp 4.3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.24
T.Armas 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1466.0 160 199 298 557 17 127 .981 5.25
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.98
P.Guerrero 619.7 71 74 45 155 7 9 .966 2.90
W.Gross 605.5 71 72 36 160 12 13 .942 2.91
J.Gantner 136.7 11 24 5 41 0 3 1.000 3.03
B.Sharp 76.0 7 14 7 16 0 1 1.000 2.72
T.Sizemore 9.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
W.Randolph 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.8 160 188 95 372 19 26 .961 2.90
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.35
W.Randolph 1282.3 148 149 195 510 28 83 .962 4.95
K.Garcia 99.0 7 20 11 41 0 7 1.000 4.73
J.Gantner 78.7 5 21 14 26 3 7 .930 4.58
T.Sizemore 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Parker 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Armas 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1466.0 160 193 221 579 31 97 .963 4.91
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.90
D.Thomas 1176.0 127 138 263 4 11 1 .960 2.04
P.Guerrero 156.0 18 19 25 3 0 2 1.000 1.62
R.Pruitt 61.0 7 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.66
T.Whitfield 51.0 6 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.24
D.Bergman 15.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
G.Hendrick 7.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1466.0 160 182 318 7 11 3 .967 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.48
T.Armas 1320.7 147 148 372 9 3 1 .992 2.60
T.Whitfield 80.0 9 9 20 0 1 0 .952 2.25
D.Bergman 28.0 1 13 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
B.Sharp 27.0 3 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.33
G.Foster 7.3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
K.Garcia 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.Hendrick 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1466.0 160 179 402 10 4 1 .990 2.53
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.96
R.Elliott 1283.0 141 146 304 8 1 3 .997 2.19
R.Pruitt 112.0 13 14 25 0 2 0 .926 2.01
T.Whitfield 58.0 5 10 21 1 0 1 1.000 3.41
D.Bergman 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Hendrick 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Sharp 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Guerrero 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Foster 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.0 160 175 353 9 3 4 .992 2.22
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.05
J.Denny 270.3 35 35 22 54 2 3 .974 2.53
B.Johnson 268.3 35 35 16 37 0 3 1.000 1.78
J.Sambito 234.0 35 35 17 41 2 4 .967 2.23
S.Kline 209.3 29 29 17 20 2 1 .949 1.59
E.Sosa 170.7 25 25 14 38 0 3 1.000 2.74
J.Beckwith 72.0 0 70 3 10 1 1 .929 1.63
R.Davis 66.7 0 60 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.89
S.Lockwood 59.7 0 36 4 10 0 2 1.000 2.11
J.Morris 56.3 0 34 3 13 0 2 1.000 2.56
T.Hume 45.7 0 29 3 7 1 0 .909 1.97
D.Frost 13.0 1 9 1 3 0 2 1.000 2.77
Team Total 1466.0 160 397 104 243 8 21 .977 2.13
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Elliott .313
On-Base Pct Hodges .377
Slugging Pct Hendrick .473
OPS Thomas .845
XR Thomas 93.7
Games Elliott, Thomas 155
At-Bats Elliott 604
Runs Thomas 90
Hits Elliott 189
Total Bases Thomas 275
Singles Elliott 136
Doubles Elliott 38
Triples Thomas 6
Homeruns Hendrick 28
RBIs Hendrick 112
Stolen Bases Randolph 18
Caught Stealing Garcia 6
Walks Hodges 68
Strikeouts Hendrick 93
ERA Sosa 2.74
Wins Johnson 17
Losses Kline 13
Winning Pct Sosa .706
Saves Davis 32
Games Pitched Beckwith 70
Games Started Denny, Johnson, Sambito 35
Complete Games Johnson 11
Shutouts Denny 3
Innings Pitched Denny 270.3
Hits Allowed Denny 254
Homeruns Allowed Kline 26
Strikeouts Johnson 223
Walks Allowed Johnson 100
Walks per 9IP Kline 1.8
Hits per 9IP Johnson 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Johnson 7.5
WHiP Johnson 1.22
OAVG Johnson .227
OOBP Johnson .298
OSLG Sosa .329
OOPS Sosa .643
Team All-Stars
John Denny
Randy Elliott
Player Salaries
Steve Kline $ 9,000,000
John Denny $ 6,042,857
Bart Johnson $ 4,214,286
Joe Sambito $ 3,935,714
Dan Thomas $ 3,478,571
George Hendrick $ 3,340,000
Randy Elliott $ 3,178,571
John Morris $ 3,000,010
Ted Sizemore $ 2,505,000
Skip Lockwood $ 2,500,001
Ron Hodges $ 2,388,571
Wes Parker $ 2,190,000
Ron Pruitt $ 1,700,000
Terry Whitfield $ 1,528,571
Willie Randolph $ 1,278,571
George Foster $ 1,000,000
Elias Sosa $ 690,000
Mike Anderson $ 350,000
Larry Gura $ 350,000
Bobby Valentine $ 350,000
Wayne Gross $ 300,000
Tony Armas $ 300,000
Joe Beckwith $ 300,000
Dave Bergman $ 300,000
Ron Davis $ 300,000
Dave Frost $ 300,000
Tom Hume $ 300,000
Kiko Garcia $ 300,000
Pedro Guerrero $ 300,000
Bill Sharp $ 300,000
Ken Rudolph $ 300,000
Jim Gantner $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Mike Strahler New York (A) George Hendrick
2/3 Signed     Wes Parker
2/3 Signed     John Morris
2/8 Signed     Ted Sizemore
2/19 Signed     George Foster
7/1 Traded Lance Parrish Tampa Bay Wayne Gross