1965 Washington Nationals
Record: 57-105
Finish: 4th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 522
Runs Allowed: 641
Exp W-L: 66-96
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 1,443,472
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 4th in the National League
AA: 71-66, 5th in the National League
A: 49-88, 10th 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  Elio Chacon 28 155 529 58 106 14 4 3 21 37 23 69 97 .200 .294 .259 .553 42.1 1.9 5.1
3B  Jim Ray Hart 23 151 552 69 157 26 6 24 76 5 2 46 60 .284 .341 .484 .825 86.4 16.5 2.6
CF  Don Lock 28 156 498 50 93 18 2 14 53 1 3 64 140 .187 .281 .315 .596 42.7 2.5 3.6
3B  Gene Alley 24 153 478 51 108 14 5 4 33 28 13 33 80 .226 .279 .301 .581 41.2 3.1 5.8
3B  Julio Gotay 26 142 455 39 141 21 5 4 51 0 1 25 43 .310 .346 .404 .750 57.8 10.2 4.5
LF  Ted Savage 29 100 306 32 68 4 4 8 22 5 2 39 71 .222 .310 .340 .650 35.5 4.4 2.2
C *Merritt Ranew 27 108 325 26 77 19 2 1 30 1 2 16 62 .237 .274 .317 .591 24.4 1.8 3.3
LF *Tex Nelson 28 81 260 18 61 11 2 2 14 0 2 30 73 .235 .316 .315 .632 25.1 2.9 1.7
DH *Fred Whitfield 27 110 276 33 58 8 1 14 53 0 0 7 41 .210 .229 .399 .627 23.5 1.7 1.0
3B  Max Alvis 27 129 238 20 61 12 3 3 19 4 1 15 38 .256 .306 .370 .676 23.1 2.6 1.3
SS *Tony Curry 26 119 229 22 58 12 1 6 38 0 0 16 58 .253 .306 .393 .699 26.3 3.7 1.1
C  Jimmie Coker 29 79 210 20 49 7 2 5 27 0 1 28 32 .233 .324 .357 .681 24.7 3.3 2.2
C  Joe Azcue 25 61 186 10 32 5 0 1 9 1 1 13 40 .172 .226 .215 .441 6.0 0.0 0.9
DH  Ken Harrelson 23 61 152 19 41 10 2 4 19 3 0 21 28 .270 .356 .441 .797 22.4 4.1 0.7
2B  Bob Johnson 29 89 164 11 33 5 0 2 13 1 0 7 19 .201 .231 .268 .500 9.7 0.0 1.2
P  Gaylord Perry 26 43 117 5 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 40 .111 .126 .128 .254 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Singer 21 44 108 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 54 .093 .109 .111 .220 -3.0 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Lonborg 23 41 110 7 17 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 30 .155 .168 .182 .350 1.9 0.0 0.0
1B #Wes Parker 25 27 76 4 14 3 0 1 2 1 2 8 17 .184 .262 .263 .525 5.1 0.0 0.3
P  Frank Linzy 24 34 74 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 27 .081 .117 .081 .198 -2.2 0.0 0.0
C #Dave Ricketts 29 17 41 5 9 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .220 .220 .341 .561 2.2 0.0 0.3
LF  Alex Johnson 22 59 36 12 12 2 0 0 2 3 1 2 6 .333 .359 .389 .748 5.2 1.0 0.1
SS  Amado Samuel 26 26 24 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .125 .214 .167 .381 1.2 0.0 0.4
2B #Horace Clarke 25 11 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0 0.1
SS  Pedro Gonzalez 27 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Hannan 25 40 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Ron Taylor 27 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Stan Williams 28 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Pleis 27 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.0 2171 5465 522 1228 201 39 97 498 90 55 451 1068 .225 .285 .329 .614 497.9 60.3 38.3
  Rank among 10 NL teams 9 10 10 9 2 9 10 2 9 8 9 10 9 9 10 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
 Gaylord Perry 26 15 21 .417 43 43 0 354.3 328 139 42 79 220 3.53 17.9
 Bill Singer 21 13 24 .351 44 44 0 353.7 326 121 19 94 211 3.08 22.4
 Jim Lonborg 23 8 21 .276 41 41 0 326.3 306 141 36 89 165 3.89 12.5
 Frank Linzy 24 7 17 .292 34 34 0 236.7 233 105 22 73 95 3.99 6.9
 Stan Williams 28 11 6 .647 68 0 0 71.7 71 30 10 33 54 3.77 6.4
 Jim Hannan 25 2 11 .154 40 0 16 50.3 53 25 5 22 34 4.47 2.8
 Ron Taylor 27 0 4 .000 35 0 0 42.3 51 28 7 6 22 5.95 0.0
*Bill Pleis 27 1 1 .500 28 0 0 30.3 29 7 1 19 8 2.08 3.5
Team Totals 25.1 57 105 .352 333 162 16 1465.6 1397 596 142 415 809 3.66 72.3
Rank among 10 NL teams 8 8 10 8 3 8 7 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 .991 34.9
M.Ranew 796.0 91 93 475 42 6 1 .989 30.6
J.Coker 503.3 60 71 298 33 3 1 .991 38.8
J.Azcue 110.0 11 14 51 3 0 0 1.000 14.3
D.Ricketts 76.0 9 11 36 6 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1485.3 171 189 860 84 9 2 .991 31.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.24
F.Whitfield 425.3 40 67 542 48 5 52 .992 12.48
J.Azcue 383.3 48 48 456 31 2 38 .996 11.43
K.Harrelson 279.0 32 36 348 28 2 37 .995 12.13
W.Parker 193.0 25 25 253 21 2 25 .993 12.78
B.Johnson 139.0 15 24 166 19 1 13 .995 11.98
A.Samuel 23.0 2 7 28 4 0 1 1.000 12.52
G.Alley 11.0 0 6 13 2 1 1 .938 12.27
T.Nelson 10.0 0 4 11 2 0 1 1.000 11.70
J.Gotay 2.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1465.7 162 219 1820 155 13 168 .993 12.13
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.61
J.Gotay 1133.0 134 136 224 497 15 97 .980 5.73
B.Johnson 209.7 23 38 36 93 1 22 .992 5.54
A.Samuel 40.0 2 11 13 20 0 5 1.000 7.43
E.Chacon 36.7 0 16 5 22 0 3 1.000 6.63
H.Clarke 25.3 3 5 7 10 0 3 1.000 6.04
T.Nelson 12.0 0 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Alley 9.0 0 5 2 7 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 219 288 652 16 131 .983 5.77
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.72
E.Chacon 1155.7 146 147 80 286 9 26 .976 2.85
M.Alvis 251.0 16 71 12 53 6 4 .915 2.33
B.Johnson 18.3 0 10 0 2 1 0 .667 0.98
A.Samuel 15.0 0 6 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.00
M.Ranew 8.0 0 6 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.63
J.Hart 8.0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13
T.Nelson 7.7 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.70
F.Whitfield 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Gotay 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 250 95 354 16 31 .966 2.76
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.90
G.Alley 1190.7 142 143 186 510 19 102 .973 5.26
M.Alvis 185.0 16 37 35 68 7 10 .936 5.01
T.Curry 33.0 1 14 2 12 0 2 1.000 3.82
B.Johnson 28.3 3 5 4 13 1 2 .944 5.40
E.Chacon 17.0 0 4 3 7 0 2 1.000 5.29
T.Nelson 4.7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
A.Samuel 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Gotay 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Ranew 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 210 231 614 27 118 .969 5.19
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.87
J.Hart 1255.7 140 143 242 6 7 4 .973 1.78
F.Whitfield 116.3 13 15 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.09
T.Curry 50.0 6 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
T.Savage 15.7 2 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.15
T.Nelson 15.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
A.Johnson 13.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1465.7 162 171 287 6 8 4 .973 1.80
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.39
T.Savage 644.7 72 79 171 3 0 1 1.000 2.43
D.Lock 631.7 74 79 162 4 4 0 .976 2.37
T.Curry 174.7 15 35 43 0 0 0 1.000 2.22
A.Johnson 11.7 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77
T.Nelson 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1465.6 162 196 378 8 4 1 .990 2.37
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.97
D.Lock 604.3 70 73 143 5 2 3 .987 2.20
T.Nelson 558.3 71 73 124 3 1 2 .992 2.05
T.Curry 187.3 15 40 41 1 2 0 .955 2.02
K.Harrelson 58.3 3 20 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.93
T.Savage 32.3 2 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.34
E.Chacon 13.0 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
A.Johnson 9.0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00
J.Azcue 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 226 345 10 5 5 .986 2.18
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.04
G.Perry 354.3 43 43 30 65 2 8 .979 2.41
B.Singer 353.7 44 44 22 53 3 3 .962 1.91
J.Lonborg 326.3 41 41 20 45 3 5 .956 1.79
F.Linzy 236.7 34 34 15 43 0 4 1.000 2.21
S.Williams 71.7 0 68 5 8 2 1 .867 1.63
J.Hannan 50.3 0 40 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.61
R.Taylor 42.3 0 35 8 7 1 1 .938 3.19
B.Pleis 30.3 0 28 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.37
Team Total 1465.6 162 333 106 232 11 23 .968 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Gotay .300
On-Base Pct Hart .341
Slugging Pct Hart .484
OPS Hart .825
XR Hart 86.4
Games Lock 156
At-Bats Hart 552
Runs Hart 69
Hits Hart 157
Total Bases Hart 267
Singles Gotay 111
Doubles Hart 26
Triples Hart 6
Homeruns Hart 24
RBIs Hart 76
Stolen Bases Chacon 37
Caught Stealing Chacon 23
Walks Chacon 69
Strikeouts Lock 140
ERA Singer 3.08
Wins Perry 15
Losses Singer 24
Winning Pct Williams .647
Saves Hannan 16
Games Pitched Williams 68
Games Started Singer 44
Complete Games Lonborg, Singer 19
Shutouts Perry 3
Innings Pitched Perry 354.3
Hits Allowed Perry 328
Homeruns Allowed Perry 42
Strikeouts Perry 220
Walks Allowed Singer 94
Walks per 9IP Perry 2.0
Hits per 9IP Singer 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Perry 5.6
WHiP Perry 1.15
OAVG Singer .245
OOBP Perry .289
OSLG Singer .341
OOPS Singer .636
Team All-Stars
Jim Ray Hart
Player Salaries
Bob Johnson $ 1,528,571
Don Mossi $ 1,500,000
Turk Farrell $ 900,000
Ken Johnson $ 700,000
Stan Williams $ 421,429
Julio Gotay $ 350,000
Ted Savage $ 350,000
Tony Curry $ 300,000
Horace Clarke $ 300,000
Elio Chacon $ 300,000
Jim Hannan $ 300,000
Ken Harrelson $ 300,000
Joe Azcue $ 300,000
Jim Ray Hart $ 300,000
Alex Johnson $ 300,000
Max Alvis $ 300,000
Pedro Gonzalez $ 300,000
Gene Alley $ 300,000
Frank Linzy $ 300,000
Don Lock $ 300,000
Jim Lonborg $ 300,000
Tex Nelson $ 300,000
Wes Parker $ 300,000
Gaylord Perry $ 300,000
Bill Pleis $ 300,000
Merritt Ranew $ 300,000
Dave Ricketts $ 300,000
Amado Samuel $ 300,000
Bill Singer $ 300,000
Ron Taylor $ 300,000
Fred Whitfield $ 300,000
Dick Kelley $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Signed     Ken Johnson
4/2 Released Hal Naragon    
4/2 Released Tom Umphlett    
4/2 Traded Gary Wagner
$7,000,000
San Diego Tex Nelson
Ted Savage
7/31 Traded Jimmie Coker Montreal Johnny James