1975 Washington Nationals
Record: 63-99
Finish: 4th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 634
Runs Allowed: 823
Exp W-L: 62-100
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 1,636,604
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 5th in the National League
AA: 73-64, 3rd in the National League
A: 85-52, 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 *Derrell Griffith 31 153 597 61 161 27 1 9 70 0 0 13 71 .270 .283 .363 .647 56.7 6.8 3.6
CF  Ken Berry 34 155 541 61 151 15 2 4 58 2 3 38 37 .279 .326 .336 .662 56.9 8.2 2.6
RF *Terry Whitfield 22 130 447 38 115 23 0 2 44 3 0 33 41 .257 .307 .322 .629 42.3 4.8 1.4
2B  Leo Cardenas 36 137 442 39 111 18 0 3 40 0 4 24 82 .251 .289 .312 .601 33.6 1.0 5.3
C *Milt May 24 114 431 54 145 26 2 8 56 1 1 36 24 .336 .387 .462 .848 70.6 18.5 1.7
C *Ron Hodges 26 108 404 54 97 12 1 4 33 1 1 44 60 .240 .315 .304 .619 39.5 4.0 4.4
2B  Bobby Valentine 25 145 430 39 90 17 1 2 29 3 1 19 45 .209 .242 .267 .510 20.5 0.0 4.8
LF  Randy Elliott 24 100 390 48 134 23 4 7 43 2 5 19 51 .344 .372 .477 .849 58.6 14.4 1.1
RF  Ollie Brown 31 117 354 33 90 10 2 7 38 0 0 22 51 .254 .298 .353 .651 32.8 3.4 0.1
1B #Wes Parker 35 111 316 47 99 19 6 4 31 1 2 28 37 .313 .370 .449 .819 47.0 11.3 0.2
1B *John Herrnstein 37 124 322 46 102 8 1 5 37 1 0 22 51 .317 .363 .394 .758 41.6 8.7 0.9
RF  Ron Swoboda 31 107 313 39 75 14 0 10 44 4 2 32 61 .240 .309 .380 .689 32.3 3.7 1.0
C  Joe Torre 34 73 210 26 55 9 1 8 29 0 1 15 29 .262 .314 .429 .743 25.8 4.5 1.8
2B #Horace Clarke 35 108 150 17 33 7 0 0 13 8 1 8 14 .220 .256 .267 .523 10.9 0.1 2.2
3B  Danny Cater 35 57 109 6 36 6 1 0 11 0 0 2 17 .330 .342 .404 .746 12.4 2.6 0.3
CF  Jesus Alou 33 55 102 6 23 6 1 1 12 0 0 0 7 .225 .225 .333 .559 6.1 0.0 0.7
C  John Bateman 34 31 83 7 16 4 0 1 8 0 0 7 20 .193 .264 .277 .541 5.2 0.0 0.5
RF  Jackie Warner 31 25 52 8 9 2 0 3 13 0 0 6 12 .173 .259 .385 .643 5.1 0.4 0.0
CF  Paul Dade 23 18 27 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .111 .226 .111 .337 0.7 0.0 0.3
3B  Willie Randolph 20 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 1876 5722 634 1545 246 23 78 610 26 21 373 711 .270 .314 .362 .676 598.8 92.6 33.1
  Rank among 10 NL teams 1 8 4 7 9 10 8 9 5 10 4 6 8 9 8 9  
* - 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 22 14 15 .483 37 37 0 286.3 296 126 17 75 125 3.96 18.5
 Bill Singer 31 6 21 .222 31 31 0 238.3 299 158 37 105 95 5.97 0.0
 Clay Kirby 27 9 16 .360 35 35 0 228.0 264 128 24 84 119 5.05 7.1
*Larry Gura 27 8 16 .333 33 25 1 228.0 255 100 17 74 87 3.95 12.6
 Elias Sosa 25 8 11 .421 24 24 0 167.0 181 77 13 58 70 4.15 9.8
*Jim Rooker 32 10 9 .526 61 4 7 110.3 111 49 10 53 54 4.00 9.5
 Dick Bosman 31 5 5 .500 43 0 3 70.7 96 45 11 30 24 5.73 0.7
 John Miller 34 0 3 .000 26 6 5 54.7 61 31 4 28 28 5.10 1.6
 Jim Bethke 28 2 2 .500 30 0 3 49.3 45 23 3 30 18 4.20 3.3
 Jim Lonborg 33 1 1 .500 11 0 1 16.7 21 12 0 9 5 6.48 0.0
*Buddy Schultz 24 0 0 .000 3 0 3 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 0.00 0.3
Team Totals 28.5 63 99 .389 334 162 23 1450.3 1630 749 136 548 626 4.65 63.3
Rank among 10 NL teams 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 9 6 8 9  
* - 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 32.8
R.Hodges 926.7 107 107 419 46 4 0 .991 35.3
J.Torre 251.7 26 34 126 15 1 0 .993 33.3
M.May 140.3 15 19 61 5 1 0 .985 40.0
J.Bateman 131.7 14 20 54 3 2 1 .966 20.0
Team Total 1450.3 162 180 660 69 8 1 .989 34.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.67
M.May 807.3 91 92 1079 81 8 122 .993 12.93
J.Herrnstein 466.7 54 57 595 36 2 72 .997 12.17
W.Parker 143.3 14 25 207 12 3 20 .986 13.75
J.Torre 28.0 3 6 38 3 0 2 1.000 13.18
D.Cater 3.0 0 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
D.Griffith 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 183 1929 132 13 217 .994 12.79
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.95
B.Valentine 1135.3 142 142 281 542 14 138 .983 6.52
H.Clarke 225.7 18 63 64 121 3 27 .984 7.38
J.Alou 74.7 2 27 32 32 1 10 .985 7.71
W.Randolph 14.7 0 7 5 6 1 3 .917 6.75
Team Total 1450.3 162 239 382 701 19 178 .983 6.72
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.94
D.Griffith 1229.7 144 149 89 368 25 30 .948 3.34
J.Torre 155.0 13 25 10 45 3 5 .948 3.19
J.Alou 48.0 5 9 2 8 1 0 .909 1.88
D.Cater 12.7 0 7 0 3 1 0 .750 2.13
B.Valentine 5.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1450.3 162 193 101 426 30 35 .946 3.27
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 5.34
L.Cardenas 1123.3 134 137 205 573 25 126 .969 6.23
H.Clarke 200.3 20 35 30 117 4 20 .974 6.60
P.Dade 81.3 8 17 15 32 0 10 1.000 5.20
D.Cater 21.0 0 10 4 12 2 5 .889 6.86
B.Valentine 6.0 0 5 1 6 0 1 1.000 10.50
W.Parker 5.7 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.18
W.Randolph 3.0 0 1 0 2 1 1 .667 6.00
D.Griffith 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
T.Whitfield 2.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 13.50
K.Berry 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Bateman 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1449.7 162 211 259 748 32 164 .969 6.25
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.93
T.Whitfield 935.3 112 114 182 7 3 2 .984 1.82
R.Elliott 185.3 21 22 42 1 0 1 1.000 2.09
D.Cater 182.3 21 27 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
R.Swoboda 77.0 5 20 6 1 1 0 .875 0.82
J.Herrnstein 46.7 3 13 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.74
J.Warner 11.7 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
K.Berry 10.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Alou 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 205 273 10 4 3 .986 1.76
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.48
K.Berry 1251.3 148 151 325 8 2 0 .994 2.40
J.Alou 75.7 8 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
J.Herrnstein 67.3 2 26 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.54
O.Brown 45.0 4 11 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
T.Whitfield 7.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Valentine 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Swoboda 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 202 372 9 2 0 .995 2.36
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.00
R.Elliott 645.7 77 79 110 4 1 3 .991 1.59
R.Swoboda 626.7 71 81 124 6 2 2 .985 1.87
J.Herrnstein 73.3 3 24 9 0 1 0 .900 1.10
J.Alou 62.0 8 8 12 4 0 0 1.000 2.32
O.Brown 32.0 3 5 8 0 1 0 .889 2.25
D.Griffith 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
K.Berry 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Warner 2.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
T.Whitfield 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 205 268 14 5 5 .983 1.75
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.00
J.Denny 286.3 37 37 26 31 4 2 .934 1.79
B.Singer 238.3 31 31 12 42 3 5 .947 2.04
C.Kirby 228.0 35 35 15 40 4 7 .932 2.17
L.Gura 228.0 25 33 14 41 0 5 1.000 2.17
E.Sosa 167.0 24 24 9 36 0 6 1.000 2.43
J.Rooker 110.3 4 61 4 18 1 3 .957 1.79
D.Bosman 70.7 0 43 7 18 1 0 .962 3.18
J.Miller 54.7 6 26 4 8 1 1 .923 1.98
J.Bethke 49.3 0 30 6 14 0 1 1.000 3.65
J.Lonborg 16.7 0 11 2 6 0 0 1.000 4.32
B.Schultz 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 334 99 254 14 30 .962 2.19
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average May .312
On-Base Pct May .361
Slugging Pct May .428
OPS May .789
XR May 70.6
Games Berry 155
At-Bats Griffith 597
Runs Berry, Griffith 61
Hits Griffith 161
Total Bases Griffith 217
Singles Berry 130
Doubles Griffith 27
Triples Parker 6
Homeruns Swoboda 10
RBIs Griffith 70
Stolen Bases Clarke 8
Caught Stealing Elliott 5
Walks Hodges 44
Strikeouts Cardenas 82
ERA Gura 3.95
Wins Denny 14
Losses Singer 21
Winning Pct Rooker .526
Saves Rooker 7
Games Pitched Rooker 61
Games Started Denny 37
Complete Games Denny 14
Shutouts Denny 2
Innings Pitched Denny 286.3
Hits Allowed Singer 299
Homeruns Allowed Singer 37
Strikeouts Denny 125
Walks Allowed Singer 105
Walks per 9IP Denny 2.4
Hits per 9IP Denny 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Kirby 4.7
WHiP Denny 1.30
OAVG Denny .267
OOBP Denny .314
OSLG Denny .383
OOPS Denny .697
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Ken Berry $ 6,100,001
Ron Swoboda $ 3,930,000
Joe Torre $ 3,063,063
Luke Walker $ 3,003,003
John Miller $ 3,000,111
Ollie Brown $ 3,000,000
Bill Singer $ 3,000,000
Dick Lemay $ 2,200,000
John Bateman $ 2,100,000
Wes Parker $ 1,700,000
Danny Cater $ 1,536,429
Derrell Griffith $ 1,500,000
John Herrnstein $ 1,500,000
Leo Cardenas $ 1,000,000
Jesus Alou $ 500,000
Dick Bosman $ 350,000
Horace Clarke $ 350,000
Jim Rooker $ 350,000
Jim Bethke $ 300,000
Paul Dade $ 300,000
John Denny $ 300,000
Randy Elliott $ 300,000
Larry Gura $ 300,000
Clay Kirby $ 300,000
Terry Whitfield $ 300,000
Jim Lonborg $ 300,000
Milt May $ 300,000
Willie Randolph $ 300,000
Buddy Schultz $ 300,000
Elias Sosa $ 300,000
Bobby Valentine $ 300,000
Jackie Warner $ 300,000
Ron Hodges $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Mike Marshall
Sal Bando
Boston (N) John Denny
Don Demola
Dan Meyer
2/1 Traded Jack Billingham
Bill Hepler
Manny Sanguillen
New York (N) Glenn Abbott
Luke Walker
Milt May
Mike Anderson
Bobby Valentine
2/1 Traded Jim Ray Hart
Steve Hargan
Marty Martinez
Ray Lamb
San Diego Ron Hodges
Elias Sosa
6/23 Released Manny Mota