1966 Washington Nationals
Record: 69-93
Finish: 4th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 618
Runs Allowed: 703
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 1,303,806
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 5th in the National League
AA: 77-60, 3rd in the National League
A: 82-55, 2nd 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
3B  Jim Ray Hart 24 159 574 91 159 32 4 32 99 2 1 55 85 .277 .342 .514 .856 95.6 24.6 3.4
1B #Wes Parker 26 152 556 69 157 23 9 10 47 13 2 59 94 .282 .354 .410 .764 82.8 21.0 1.6
RF  Ron Swoboda 22 132 447 59 95 19 0 15 39 8 11 44 114 .213 .284 .356 .640 42.7 5.3 1.2
2B  Bob Johnson 30 141 435 44 121 24 3 8 43 3 2 23 55 .278 .312 .402 .715 49.5 10.0 3.9
RF  Ollie Brown 22 125 401 34 98 13 3 4 40 0 2 32 84 .244 .299 .322 .621 36.5 4.7 1.2
CF #Fred Valentine 31 100 279 37 84 12 0 3 34 10 2 36 50 .301 .389 .376 .765 40.3 10.2 1.1
DH  Ken Harrelson 24 131 296 43 68 12 2 15 40 4 2 26 79 .230 .290 .436 .726 35.7 6.5 0.7
3B  Max Alvis 28 114 292 33 79 14 0 10 42 2 3 22 42 .271 .322 .421 .743 38.0 7.9 2.2
CF *Albie Pearson 31 77 269 35 67 14 1 3 21 7 5 32 23 .249 .329 .342 .671 31.3 5.9 0.9
C  Joe Azcue 26 83 256 20 63 9 3 3 28 1 0 18 51 .246 .296 .340 .636 26.1 4.4 3.4
3B  Julio Gotay 27 106 255 23 59 8 1 2 29 2 0 13 24 .231 .267 .294 .561 18.8 1.1 1.5
CF  Don Lock 29 97 216 29 51 7 1 8 33 1 0 18 65 .236 .298 .389 .687 24.4 4.6 0.6
2B #Horace Clarke 26 94 192 28 49 9 0 0 11 8 2 12 14 .255 .299 .302 .601 16.5 2.3 0.9
C *Duke Sims 25 60 172 17 33 2 1 5 22 1 0 18 47 .192 .267 .302 .569 14.3 0.9 2.5
DH *Fred Whitfield 28 103 146 15 28 8 1 4 22 0 0 9 38 .192 .236 .342 .578 11.9 0.9 0.2
C *Merritt Ranew 28 45 130 7 23 5 1 1 13 0 0 5 28 .177 .219 .254 .473 5.5 0.0 1.6
P  Gaylord Perry 27 44 122 6 24 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 33 .197 .200 .213 .413 4.8 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Singer 22 44 118 3 10 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 48 .085 .107 .136 .243 -2.9 0.0 0.0
P  Steve Hargan 23 42 105 2 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 41 .114 .131 .133 .264 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Lonborg 24 32 68 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 27 .103 .164 .118 .282 -0.6 0.0 0.0
SS *Tony Curry 27 33 58 3 14 4 0 1 6 0 0 4 13 .241 .286 .362 .648 5.7 0.8 0.4
LF  Ted Savage 30 29 45 7 7 2 0 1 9 0 0 7 8 .156 .264 .267 .531 3.0 0.0 0.2
RF *Ted Uhlaender 25 15 47 5 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 .213 .260 .255 .515 2.8 0.0 0.2
C #Dave Ricketts 30 10 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .286 .536 0.5 0.2 0.0
3B  Elio Chacon 29 15 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 2 .200 .429 .200 .629 1.2 0.2 0.0
P  Frank Linzy 25 33 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Pleis 28 13 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Stan Williams 29 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Hannan 26 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.6 2136 5499 618 1322 227 32 125 596 66 33 448 1069 .240 .299 .362 .660 583.6 111.5 27.8
  Rank among 10 NL teams 7 8 8 5 6 7 8 4 5 6 8 8 9 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Gaylord Perry 27 18 20 .474 44 44 0 360.7 340 140 30 83 188 3.49 23.2
 Bill Singer 22 20 17 .541 44 44 0 357.7 364 141 22 80 245 3.55 20.8
 Steve Hargan 23 11 18 .379 42 42 0 316.0 337 139 20 110 192 3.96 11.4
 Jim Lonborg 24 8 15 .348 31 31 0 224.3 268 122 30 58 117 4.89 1.1
 Jim Hannan 26 6 5 .545 62 0 10 65.3 63 24 4 29 34 3.31 7.4
 Stan Williams 29 2 6 .250 45 0 3 52.7 51 22 3 20 30 3.76 3.4
 Frank Linzy 25 3 8 .273 33 1 9 35.3 67 34 7 6 15 8.66 0.0
 Ron Taylor 28 1 2 .333 27 0 0 25.3 30 13 3 7 15 4.62 0.3
*Bill Pleis 28 0 2 .000 13 0 0 14.0 19 8 1 5 9 5.14 0.0
Team Totals 25.8 69 93 .426 341 162 22 1451.3 1539 643 120 398 845 3.99 67.7
Rank among 10 NL teams 8 8 8 8 6 10 5 8 3 9 8  
* - 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 .992 34.0
J.Azcue 669.7 75 79 386 37 5 1 .988 43.1
D.Sims 450.7 51 56 268 24 1 0 .997 34.9
M.Ranew 315.0 35 41 211 9 1 0 .995 30.8
D.Ricketts 15.0 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
T.Savage 1.0 0 1 2 0 1 0 .667 0.0
Team Total 1451.3 162 183 873 70 8 1 .992 38.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.20
W.Parker 1197.7 147 148 1437 99 10 123 .994 11.54
K.Harrelson 151.7 7 44 183 16 1 16 .995 11.81
J.Gotay 69.0 8 12 78 11 1 5 .989 11.61
F.Whitfield 24.0 0 14 32 1 0 0 1.000 12.38
J.Azcue 6.0 0 3 4 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
B.Johnson 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
A.Pearson 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 222 1736 130 12 145 .994 11.58
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.57
H.Clarke 445.7 50 63 114 182 10 40 .967 5.98
F.Valentine 312.1 33 38 72 133 4 24 .981 5.91
J.Gotay 302.0 31 45 58 119 4 21 .978 5.27
B.Johnson 293.3 35 41 82 138 4 26 .982 6.75
E.Chacon 8.3 0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.32
F.Whitfield 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
O.Brown 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1365.4 149 193 328 575 22 112 .976 5.95
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.74
J.Hart 1187.7 134 137 81 294 24 22 .940 2.84
J.Gotay 118.0 12 16 6 29 1 2 .972 2.67
M.Alvis 109.0 13 15 6 27 3 1 .917 2.72
B.Johnson 30.3 3 5 4 9 0 0 1.000 3.86
F.Valentine 6.7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Chacon 5.3 0 3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.69
F.Whitfield 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 163 178 98 359 29 25 .940 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.87
B.Johnson 762.3 93 94 124 324 24 53 .949 5.29
M.Alvis 542.3 57 83 83 217 14 35 .955 4.98
J.Gotay 80.7 6 28 11 42 1 10 .981 5.91
T.Curry 61.0 6 10 11 28 0 8 1.000 5.75
H.Clarke 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
E.Chacon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.3 162 218 229 612 39 106 .956 5.22
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.90
R.Swoboda 809.0 93 94 168 9 4 2 .978 1.97
K.Harrelson 219.7 24 25 40 2 1 1 .977 1.72
F.Whitfield 145.3 15 25 28 2 2 1 .938 1.86
D.Lock 132.0 17 18 25 1 2 0 .929 1.77
J.Hart 118.3 12 17 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
F.Valentine 22.3 1 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.23
T.Savage 10.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
E.Chacon 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1461.6 163 191 293 14 9 4 .972 1.89
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.39
A.Pearson 605.6 74 76 155 4 2 1 .988 2.36
D.Lock 216.3 20 38 54 2 3 0 .949 2.33
O.Brown 197.7 23 33 47 3 1 0 .980 2.28
F.Valentine 188.9 20 24 42 2 0 1 1.000 2.10
T.Uhlaender 104.3 13 13 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.93
T.Curry 46.0 3 14 11 1 0 1 1.000 2.35
T.Savage 40.0 4 8 15 2 0 0 1.000 3.83
W.Parker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1399.8 157 207 358 14 6 3 .984 2.39
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 1.86
O.Brown 778.3 98 98 168 5 2 1 .989 2.00
R.Swoboda 248.7 25 37 46 1 0 1 1.000 1.70
K.Harrelson 216.7 21 35 54 0 0 0 1.000 2.24
D.Lock 138.7 14 29 29 2 0 0 1.000 2.01
F.Valentine 103.5 11 14 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
T.Savage 40.0 3 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.93
T.Curry 13.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Sims 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
B.Johnson 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
H.Clarke 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Chacon 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1548.8 173 227 334 8 2 2 .994 1.99
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
G.Perry 360.7 44 44 20 61 3 3 .964 2.02
B.Singer 357.7 44 44 16 69 4 7 .955 2.14
S.Hargan 316.0 42 42 12 61 7 7 .913 2.08
J.Lonborg 224.3 31 31 12 39 1 2 .981 2.05
J.Hannan 65.3 0 62 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.79
S.Williams 52.7 0 45 2 7 1 0 .900 1.54
F.Linzy 35.3 1 33 4 4 1 0 .889 2.04
R.Taylor 25.3 0 27 3 6 0 0 1.000 3.20
B.Pleis 14.0 0 13 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1451.3 162 341 75 258 17 19 .951 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Parker .282
On-Base Pct Parker .354
Slugging Pct Hart .514
OPS Hart .856
XR Hart 95.6
Games Hart 159
At-Bats Hart 574
Runs Hart 91
Hits Hart 159
Total Bases Hart 295
Singles Parker 115
Doubles Hart 32
Triples Parker 9
Homeruns Hart 32
RBIs Hart 99
Stolen Bases Parker 13
Caught Stealing Swoboda 11
Walks Parker 59
Strikeouts Swoboda 114
ERA Perry 3.49
Wins Singer 20
Losses Perry 20
Winning Pct Singer .541
Saves Hannan 10
Games Pitched Hannan 62
Games Started Perry, Singer 44
Complete Games Perry 23
Shutouts Singer 4
Innings Pitched Perry 360.7
Hits Allowed Singer 364
Homeruns Allowed Lonborg, Perry 30
Strikeouts Singer 245
Walks Allowed Hargan 110
Walks per 9IP Singer 2.0
Hits per 9IP Perry 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Singer 6.2
WHiP Perry 1.17
OAVG Perry .247
OOBP Perry .289
OSLG Perry .363
OOPS Perry .652
Team All-Stars
Jim Ray Hart
Bill Singer
Player Salaries
Albie Pearson $ 6,400,000
Fred Valentine $ 3,664,286
Gaylord Perry $ 3,357,143
Julio Gotay $ 1,600,000
Max Alvis $ 965,000
Stan Williams $ 890,000
Ken Johnson $ 700,000
Bob Johnson $ 360,000
Tex Nelson $ 350,000
Don Lock $ 350,000
Dave Ricketts $ 350,000
Ted Savage $ 350,000
Ted Uhlaender $ 300,000
Joe Azcue $ 300,000
Ollie Brown $ 300,000
Elio Chacon $ 300,000
Horace Clarke $ 300,000
Tony Curry $ 300,000
Fred Whitfield $ 300,000
Jim Hannan $ 300,000
Steve Hargan $ 300,000
Jim Lonborg $ 300,000
Jim Ray Hart $ 300,000
Merritt Ranew $ 300,000
Ron Taylor $ 300,000
Frank Linzy $ 300,000
Ron Swoboda $ 300,000
Bill Singer $ 300,000
Duke Sims $ 300,000
Wes Parker $ 300,000
Bill Pleis $ 300,000
Ken Harrelson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Don Sutton
Johnny James
Kansas City Sal Bando
Rich Reese
6/1 Traded Ray Rippelmeyer Kansas City Fred Valentine
7/1 Traded Gene Alley
Alex Johnson
Oakland Albie Pearson