1974 Washington Nationals
Record: 84-78
Finish: 3rd in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 749
Runs Allowed: 736
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 2,400,249
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 6th in the National League
AA: 71-66, 3rd in the National League
A: 90-47, 1st 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 32 154 610 86 166 28 3 24 99 2 3 44 108 .272 .327 .446 .773 83.0 14.2 0.3
3B  Sal Bando 30 155 574 86 189 24 2 33 121 4 4 70 75 .329 .403 .551 .954 117.0 27.8 5.5
RF  Ron Swoboda 30 147 529 67 122 24 7 14 73 8 15 60 105 .231 .311 .382 .692 60.2 6.0 2.5
2B #Marty Martinez 32 151 522 64 139 15 2 6 38 1 1 66 73 .266 .348 .337 .685 62.9 9.4 5.9
RF  Ollie Brown 30 147 548 57 141 26 2 10 66 2 3 34 65 .257 .300 .367 .666 55.1 5.7 3.0
1B *John Herrnstein 36 133 462 73 151 21 2 9 54 2 0 44 57 .327 .388 .439 .827 72.9 15.9 2.6
CF  Ken Berry 33 124 418 53 132 27 2 6 57 4 1 33 25 .316 .366 .433 .799 59.2 11.8 2.5
CF  Ivan Murrell 29 105 301 41 87 13 0 4 34 9 5 14 36 .289 .318 .372 .690 33.2 4.1 1.4
C  John Bateman 33 81 290 39 70 8 2 8 40 1 0 13 39 .241 .279 .366 .644 26.4 1.9 6.9
1B #Wes Parker 34 89 253 35 74 13 0 2 20 2 0 23 40 .292 .348 .368 .715 32.6 5.3 1.3
3B *Derrell Griffith 30 77 278 28 89 9 2 2 25 0 0 4 31 .320 .331 .388 .719 32.0 5.6 1.3
3B  Danny Cater 34 78 227 26 63 6 1 2 26 1 1 4 26 .278 .288 .339 .627 21.2 2.0 1.5
C  Manny Sanguillen 30 71 206 23 51 5 1 2 23 3 4 5 13 .248 .265 .311 .576 14.5 0.0 3.9
2B  Leo Cardenas 35 75 187 16 46 2 1 1 13 1 2 11 31 .246 .290 .283 .573 13.9 0.0 1.5
C  Joe Torre 33 45 165 24 44 5 2 7 21 1 1 5 20 .267 .295 .448 .743 21.2 3.4 1.6
2B #Horace Clarke 34 60 56 23 16 1 0 1 7 7 0 6 3 .286 .355 .357 .712 8.5 1.7 0.8
CF  Jesus Alou 32 23 45 6 14 3 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 .311 .326 .378 .704 5.1 1.0 0.5
2B  Mike De La Hoz 35 29 26 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .115 .115 .154 .269 -0.4 0.0 0.2
LF  Manny Mota 36 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.7 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 32.5 1750 5704 749 1597 231 29 131 723 49 41 438 751 .280 .332 .400 .732 717.9 115.8 43.1
  Rank among 10 NL teams 1 6 2 10 2 7 6 7 8 9 3 3 6 4 4 4  
* - 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
 Mike Marshall 31 16 10 .615 37 37 0 273.0 235 85 7 97 190 2.80 26.0
 Jack Billingham 31 13 10 .565 30 30 0 246.7 217 91 15 84 158 3.32 20.0
 Clay Kirby 26 15 10 .600 33 33 0 226.0 229 88 20 72 107 3.50 16.5
 Bill Singer 30 13 12 .520 25 25 0 198.3 204 91 23 64 94 4.13 11.3
*Dick Lemay 35 6 12 .333 27 27 0 175.0 196 119 31 84 131 6.12 0.0
 Ray Lamb 29 13 12 .520 71 0 10 108.3 123 60 9 60 44 4.98 5.7
 John Miller 33 4 5 .444 41 10 9 104.3 97 47 7 73 55 4.05 7.3
*Bill Hepler 28 4 3 .571 43 0 4 77.3 78 33 0 48 52 3.84 5.7
 Frank Linzy 33 0 4 .000 26 0 3 33.7 52 24 2 10 6 6.42 0.0
 Jim Bethke 27 0 0 .000 2 0 0 4.0 5 1 0 2 2 2.25 0.4
 Dick Bosman 30 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.3 5 2 1 0 2 7.73 0.0
*Jim Rooker 31 0 0 .000 4 0 0 1.3 1 1 1 1 0 6.77 0.0
Team Totals 30.3 84 78 .519 341 162 26 1450.3 1442 642 116 595 841 3.98 93.0
Rank among 10 NL teams 5 5 4 5 4 3 2 4 10 4 4  
* - 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 .991 35.3
J.Bateman 627.3 71 76 372 42 3 0 .993 46.4
M.Sanguillen 421.3 47 49 263 17 4 0 .986 30.8
J.Torre 124.9 14 14 74 6 0 0 1.000 40.0
M.Martinez 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
O.Brown 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1176.6 132 141 710 65 7 0 .991 40.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.59
J.Herrnstein 879.3 98 107 1081 74 9 103 .992 11.82
W.Parker 502.7 59 65 613 38 2 69 .997 11.66
J.Torre 141.8 16 17 157 9 1 14 .994 10.54
L.Cardenas 31.0 4 4 33 3 0 1 1.000 10.45
M.De La Hoz 16.7 1 8 25 1 0 2 1.000 14.05
I.Murrell 16.5 0 8 23 1 0 4 1.000 13.09
D.Cater 4.0 0 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75
D.Griffith 3.2 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1595.2 178 213 1943 126 12 193 .994 11.67
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.79
S.Bando 1203.0 136 136 291 523 15 119 .982 6.09
L.Cardenas 159.3 19 20 32 69 2 22 .981 5.71
H.Clarke 55.0 5 14 8 39 2 4 .959 7.69
J.Alou 27.0 2 5 14 12 1 5 .963 8.67
M.De La Hoz 5.0 0 4 0 3 0 1 1.000 5.40
M.Martinez 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 180 345 647 20 152 .980 6.16
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.99
D.Cater 556.3 67 70 35 154 10 14 .950 3.06
D.Griffith 507.2 54 56 27 134 10 13 .942 2.86
L.Cardenas 103.7 11 22 10 18 0 0 1.000 2.43
S.Bando 95.0 9 14 5 25 1 3 .968 2.84
M.De La Hoz 28.7 1 11 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.57
J.Alou 23.7 1 10 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.42
J.Hart 6.0 0 2 0 2 2 0 .500 3.00
M.Martinez 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
H.Clarke 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Torre 0.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1324.4 143 188 80 345 23 31 .949 2.89
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.13
M.Martinez 1198.0 139 144 209 526 30 100 .961 5.52
L.Cardenas 109.7 13 21 23 44 1 9 .985 5.50
H.Clarke 93.3 8 21 13 42 3 8 .948 5.30
M.De La Hoz 26.7 2 6 4 8 2 2 .857 4.05
D.Griffith 20.0 2 2 2 2 1 0 .800 1.80
S.Bando 11.0 0 5 2 6 1 1 .889 6.55
J.Hart 11.0 0 4 3 9 1 1 .923 9.82
Team Total 1469.7 164 203 256 637 39 121 .958 5.47
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.91
I.Murrell 711.2 81 81 126 1 1 1 .992 1.61
O.Brown 344.3 40 40 72 4 5 0 .938 1.99
K.Berry 195.3 20 28 49 4 1 0 .981 2.44
J.Hart 74.0 8 9 16 0 2 0 .889 1.95
J.Herrnstein 58.3 6 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
J.Alou 30.0 3 4 7 1 0 1 1.000 2.40
D.Griffith 8.8 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.07
M.Mota 8.7 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.16
D.Cater 8.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Swoboda 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
M.Martinez 3.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Sanguillen 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 159 183 290 10 9 2 .971 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.45
O.Brown 844.3 96 98 199 4 4 1 .981 2.16
K.Berry 536.0 61 69 120 5 1 0 .992 2.10
J.Herrnstein 28.0 3 4 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
J.Alou 26.0 2 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
I.Murrell 20.7 1 8 6 1 1 0 .875 3.04
W.Parker 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Mota 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.0 163 185 346 10 6 1 .983 2.20
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.01
R.Swoboda 1238.7 141 143 237 5 6 2 .976 1.76
K.Berry 123.7 12 16 28 2 0 1 1.000 2.18
M.Sanguillen 50.0 5 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
D.Griffith 36.7 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
J.Herrnstein 29.0 3 5 10 0 1 0 .909 3.10
M.Mota 7.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1485.0 166 177 291 7 7 3 .977 1.81
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.02
M.Marshall 273.0 37 37 12 51 1 4 .984 2.08
J.Billingham 246.7 30 30 14 42 3 3 .949 2.04
C.Kirby 226.0 33 33 11 28 6 2 .867 1.55
B.Singer 198.3 25 25 13 32 3 3 .938 2.04
D.Lemay 175.0 27 27 17 26 1 5 .977 2.21
R.Lamb 108.3 0 71 7 15 0 1 1.000 1.83
J.Miller 104.3 10 41 6 21 0 1 1.000 2.33
B.Hepler 77.3 0 43 5 21 1 4 .963 3.03
F.Linzy 33.7 0 26 1 10 0 1 1.000 2.94
J.Bethke 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Bosman 2.3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
J.Rooker 1.3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1450.3 162 341 87 247 15 24 .957 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bando .329
On-Base Pct Bando .403
Slugging Pct Bando .551
OPS Bando .954
XR Bando 117.0
Games Bando 155
At-Bats Hart 610
Runs Bando, Hart 86
Hits Bando 189
Total Bases Bando 316
Singles Bando 130
Doubles Hart 28
Triples Swoboda 7
Homeruns Bando 33
RBIs Bando 121
Stolen Bases Murrell 9
Caught Stealing Swoboda 15
Walks Bando 70
Strikeouts Hart 108
ERA Marshall 2.80
Wins Marshall 16
Losses Lamb, Lemay, Singer 12
Winning Pct Marshall .615
Saves Lamb 10
Games Pitched Lamb 71
Games Started Marshall 37
Complete Games Billingham 11
Shutouts Singer 4
Innings Pitched Marshall 273.0
Hits Allowed Marshall 235
Homeruns Allowed Lemay 31
Strikeouts Marshall 190
Walks Allowed Marshall 97
Walks per 9IP Kirby 2.9
Hits per 9IP Marshall 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Lemay 6.7
WHiP Marshall 1.22
OAVG Marshall .231
OOBP Marshall .297
OSLG Marshall .302
OOPS Marshall .599
Team All-Stars
Sal Bando
Jim Ray Hart
Bill Singer
Player Salaries
Jim Ray Hart $ 6,500,000
Mike Marshall $ 6,290,000
Ken Berry $ 6,100,001
Jack Billingham $ 4,335,714
Sal Bando $ 4,150,000
Marty Martinez $ 4,000,000
Ron Swoboda $ 3,930,000
Joe Torre $ 3,063,063
John Miller $ 3,000,111
Bill Singer $ 3,000,000
Ollie Brown $ 3,000,000
Steve Hargan $ 3,000,000
Dick Lemay $ 2,200,000
John Bateman $ 2,100,000
Derrell Griffith $ 2,000,000
Wes Parker $ 1,700,000
Ivan Murrell $ 1,662,857
Ray Lamb $ 1,537,143
Danny Cater $ 1,536,429
John Herrnstein $ 1,500,000
Mike De La Hoz $ 1,200,000
Leo Cardenas $ 1,000,000
Jesus Alou $ 500,000
Manny Mota $ 500,000
Manny Sanguillen $ 500,000
Jim Rooker $ 350,000
Horace Clarke $ 350,000
Frank Linzy $ 350,000
Dick Bosman $ 350,000
Jim Bethke $ 300,000
Larry Gura $ 300,000
Clay Kirby $ 300,000
Gary Kolb $ 300,000
Jim Lonborg $ 300,000
Bill Hepler $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/16 Signed     Gary Kolb
2/17 Signed     Ken Berry
5/1 Traded Archie Reynolds Seattle Ivan Murrell
7/1 Traded Dave Watkins Seattle Derrell Griffith
7/31 Traded Rick Burleson
Rich Troedson
New York (N) Joe Torre