1983 Washington Nationals
Record: 94-66
Finish: 3rd in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 677
Runs Allowed: 601
Exp W-L: 89-71
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 2,274,981
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 85-52, 2nd in the National League
AA: 72-65, 4th in the National League
A: 71-66, 6th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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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 32 146 593 80 151 37 4 9 59 2 2 56 79 .255 .321 .376 .697 69.5 14.0 3.6
LF  Dan Thomas 32 151 601 75 169 39 3 11 63 3 5 45 94 .281 .338 .411 .749 78.5 18.0 2.4
LF  George Hendrick 33 152 581 78 135 21 3 20 77 2 1 50 115 .232 .292 .382 .674 65.2 11.0 0.7
DH  Pedro Guerrero 27 143 548 71 135 29 3 17 76 6 3 45 73 .246 .301 .403 .704 61.5 9.7 2.7
3B *Wayne Gross 31 141 515 69 115 26 1 23 65 0 0 59 88 .223 .304 .412 .716 63.1 11.9 2.4
C *Ron Blomberg 34 141 485 55 133 38 1 12 57 3 1 40 46 .274 .328 .431 .759 64.2 14.8 4.0
3B  Willie Randolph 28 152 459 49 98 24 5 3 35 12 2 54 71 .214 .299 .307 .606 44.3 5.6 9.9
SS *Jim Gantner 30 139 445 54 133 21 3 11 62 5 5 22 22 .299 .331 .434 .764 58.9 13.0 6.4
C *Ron Hodges 34 104 317 29 98 18 2 2 38 0 0 48 50 .309 .398 .397 .795 50.0 13.5 4.6
2B  Kiko Garcia 29 112 254 39 76 13 3 1 23 10 7 32 46 .299 .377 .386 .763 37.1 9.2 3.0
C  John Ellis 34 73 256 22 66 7 0 4 28 0 2 10 36 .258 .284 .332 .616 21.7 2.0 3.4
CF  Tony Armas 29 96 241 30 63 12 0 11 47 3 2 18 30 .261 .308 .448 .756 34.6 7.5 1.6
RF *Terry Whitfield 30 52 137 16 36 5 0 4 21 0 0 4 16 .263 .280 .387 .667 13.7 1.7 1.0
1B  Mike Anderson 32 32 73 6 11 2 0 1 5 1 1 8 18 .151 .229 .219 .448 4.5 0.0 0.7
P  Carlos Diaz 25 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.7 1642 5508 676 1419 292 28 129 656 47 31 491 785 .258 .318 .391 .709 666.4 131.9 46.2
  Rank among 12 NL teams 8 6 8 2 10 5 6 9 4 4 7 6 6 4 5 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
 Bart Johnson 33 14 9 .609 32 32 0 255.3 208 104 28 90 221 3.67 15.1
 John Denny 30 20 10 .667 32 32 0 238.3 185 51 0 52 164 1.93 26.9
 Bryn Smith 27 14 13 .519 30 30 0 234.7 243 92 20 43 102 3.53 13.6
 Joe Beckwith 28 17 7 .708 32 32 0 218.0 157 67 19 71 179 2.77 19.8
*Joe Sambito 31 13 10 .565 32 32 0 215.3 176 76 16 75 111 3.18 15.8
*Carlos Diaz 25 2 3 .400 68 0 3 88.7 87 34 7 29 48 3.45 5.9
 Dickie Noles 26 8 9 .471 69 2 37 68.3 89 39 3 26 40 5.14 4.0
 Tom Hume 30 4 3 .571 38 0 2 41.3 51 26 3 23 18 5.66 0.4
 Elias Sosa 33 2 0 1.000 25 0 3 37.7 46 23 6 11 16 5.50 0.4
*Danny Boone 29 0 1 .000 18 0 2 31.3 42 25 8 17 9 7.18 0.0
 Ron Davis 27 0 1 .000 9 0 1 17.3 11 3 1 4 11 1.56 2.1
Team Totals 29.0 94 66 .588 385 160 48 1446.3 1295 540 111 441 919 3.36 103.9
Rank among 12 NL teams 3 3 3 3 3 1 4 2 5 2 2  
* - 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 .987 31.4
R.Hodges 812.7 90 97 534 37 7 0 .988 31.3
J.Ellis 598.7 66 70 382 27 5 0 .988 31.6
R.Blomberg 35.0 4 4 28 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1446.3 160 171 944 65 12 0 .988 31.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.83
P.Guerrero 1008.7 113 113 1232 85 11 99 .992 11.75
G.Hendrick 254.0 29 29 295 16 1 23 .997 11.02
K.Garcia 131.0 14 18 163 8 0 15 1.000 11.75
R.Blomberg 25.0 2 5 23 2 0 2 1.000 9.00
W.Gross 13.7 1 3 16 1 0 0 1.000 11.20
J.Ellis 10.0 1 2 10 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Anderson 4.0 0 2 5 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1446.3 160 172 1744 113 12 140 .994 11.56
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.83
J.Gantner 1095.7 123 128 208 470 11 89 .984 5.57
K.Garcia 350.7 37 46 66 139 4 26 .981 5.26
Team Total 1446.3 160 174 274 609 15 115 .983 5.49
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.92
W.Gross 1161.3 130 134 67 264 22 18 .938 2.57
P.Guerrero 232.7 26 27 16 49 3 3 .956 2.51
K.Garcia 37.7 4 4 1 12 4 1 .765 3.11
J.Gantner 8.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
W.Randolph 6.7 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 160 168 84 327 30 22 .932 2.56
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.27
W.Randolph 1273.0 149 149 207 558 14 96 .982 5.41
K.Garcia 130.7 8 34 19 60 7 12 .919 5.44
J.Gantner 38.7 3 8 4 13 0 2 1.000 3.96
G.Hendrick 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
P.Guerrero 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1446.3 160 193 230 634 21 110 .976 5.38
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.91
D.Thomas 1053.3 119 120 197 2 8 0 .961 1.70
T.Whitfield 270.3 30 36 65 1 3 1 .957 2.20
M.Anderson 110.7 11 14 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.11
R.Elliott 12.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1446.3 160 173 292 3 11 1 .964 1.84
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
R.Blomberg 1011.7 114 118 259 3 3 0 .989 2.33
T.Armas 367.0 41 49 91 0 1 0 .989 2.23
M.Anderson 50.0 5 10 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.88
G.Hendrick 8.0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
T.Whitfield 6.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
W.Randolph 3.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1446.3 160 182 375 3 4 0 .990 2.35
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.98
R.Elliott 1262.3 144 145 263 2 0 0 1.000 1.89
T.Armas 113.0 11 18 26 0 1 0 .963 2.07
R.Blomberg 31.0 2 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
T.Whitfield 23.0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
M.Anderson 12.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
P.Guerrero 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 160 181 304 2 1 0 .997 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.00
B.Johnson 255.3 32 32 18 37 1 1 .982 1.94
J.Denny 238.3 32 32 11 36 2 2 .959 1.77
B.Smith 234.7 30 30 14 33 4 2 .922 1.80
J.Beckwith 218.0 32 32 15 39 2 2 .964 2.23
J.Sambito 215.3 32 32 10 33 2 1 .956 1.80
C.Diaz 88.7 0 68 10 16 0 1 1.000 2.64
D.Noles 68.3 2 69 4 16 1 1 .952 2.63
T.Hume 41.3 0 38 2 8 0 2 1.000 2.18
E.Sosa 37.7 0 25 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.43
D.Boone 31.3 0 18 3 5 1 1 .889 2.30
R.Davis 17.3 0 9 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.12
Team Total 1446.3 160 385 91 231 13 13 .961 2.00
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Gantner .282
On-Base Pct Thomas .338
Slugging Pct Blomberg .431
OPS Blomberg .759
XR Thomas 78.5
Games Hendrick, Randolph 152
At-Bats Thomas 601
Runs Elliott 80
Hits Thomas 169
Total Bases Thomas 247
Singles Thomas 116
Doubles Thomas 39
Triples Randolph 5
Homeruns Gross 23
RBIs Hendrick 77
Stolen Bases Randolph 12
Caught Stealing Garcia 7
Walks Gross 59
Strikeouts Hendrick 115
ERA Denny 1.93
Wins Denny 20
Losses Smith 13
Winning Pct Beckwith .708
Saves Noles 37
Games Pitched Noles 69
Games Started Beckwith, Denny, Johnson, Sambito 32
Complete Games Denny 11
Shutouts Denny 7
Innings Pitched Johnson 255.3
Hits Allowed Smith 243
Homeruns Allowed Johnson 28
Strikeouts Johnson 221
Walks Allowed Johnson 90
Walks per 9IP Smith 1.6
Hits per 9IP Beckwith 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Johnson 7.8
WHiP Denny 0.99
OAVG Beckwith .198
OOBP Denny .259
OSLG Denny .265
OOPS Denny .523
Team All-Stars
John Denny
Player Salaries
John Denny $ 8,500,000
Ron Blomberg $ 6,555,000
Bart Johnson $ 6,040,000
Joe Sambito $ 5,000,000
Joe Beckwith $ 4,742,857
Randy Elliott $ 4,500,000
Ron Hodges $ 4,200,000
Dan Thomas $ 3,825,000
John Ellis $ 3,500,000
George Hendrick $ 3,160,000
Mark Littell $ 3,100,000
Pedro Guerrero $ 3,057,143
Wayne Gross $ 3,057,143
Willie Randolph $ 2,542,500
Tony Armas $ 2,307,143
Jim Gantner $ 2,078,571
Terry Whitfield $ 1,620,000
Kiko Garcia $ 1,542,857
George Foster $ 1,000,000
Tom Hume $ 550,000
Mike Anderson $ 350,000
Ron Davis $ 350,000
Bobby Valentine $ 350,000
Dickie Noles $ 300,000
Carlos Diaz $ 300,000
Bryn Smith $ 300,000
Danny Boone $ 300,000
Elias Sosa $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/14 Traded Paul Dade Philadelphia John Ellis