1970 Washington Nationals
Record: 92-70
Finish: 2nd in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 738
Runs Allowed: 667
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 1,733,686
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 2nd in the National League
AA: 61-76, 9th in the National League
A: 77-60, 4th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 1-4 to Los Angeles Dodgers
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Cleveland (N) Spiders
 
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 28 154 573 94 164 23 2 38 87 4 1 59 72 .286 .353 .532 .885 102.9 22.8 0.3
DH *Walt Bond 32 156 562 99 157 19 4 32 107 9 2 58 58 .279 .353 .498 .852 94.8 19.4 3.3
3B  Sal Bando 26 154 544 68 153 26 3 15 66 8 5 49 103 .281 .345 .423 .768 74.5 13.4 6.9
LF  Manny Mota 32 144 530 51 133 23 3 3 40 16 7 28 41 .251 .291 .323 .613 47.5 3.8 4.2
2B  Leo Cardenas 31 153 519 57 120 15 3 6 49 6 4 31 70 .231 .272 .306 .578 38.6 0.0 6.7
RF  Ron Swoboda 26 141 489 90 141 31 4 22 90 8 7 39 126 .288 .340 .503 .843 75.8 15.4 4.3
SS  Bobby Richardson 34 146 422 44 108 9 2 1 37 6 7 25 29 .256 .295 .294 .589 36.7 2.1 7.6
C *Tom Haller 33 118 400 42 104 17 3 6 52 2 1 32 58 .260 .314 .363 .677 45.5 6.1 2.9
1B #Wes Parker 30 107 314 50 99 11 1 6 56 12 3 37 45 .315 .386 .414 .800 50.2 11.1 1.2
RF  Ollie Brown 26 107 295 31 82 10 0 7 28 0 0 15 33 .278 .315 .383 .698 32.5 4.6 2.8
RF *Ted Uhlaender 29 69 247 31 71 8 0 6 25 2 2 13 21 .287 .324 .393 .717 28.5 4.4 1.7
C  John Bateman 29 44 161 15 42 1 1 3 23 1 1 10 29 .261 .305 .335 .640 16.4 1.8 1.3
C  Manny Sanguillen 26 53 132 20 31 2 1 1 10 2 3 5 8 .235 .257 .288 .545 9.4 0.0 0.9
DH *Fred Whitfield 32 40 126 10 30 6 2 1 7 0 0 9 17 .238 .294 .341 .635 11.5 0.9 0.6
3B  Max Alvis 32 74 123 12 30 3 0 3 15 0 0 5 23 .244 .271 .341 .613 10.9 0.7 1.9
2B #Horace Clarke 30 59 84 15 19 5 0 0 9 6 1 5 3 .226 .267 .286 .552 7.2 0.3 1.3
CF  Mike White 31 24 55 3 16 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 15 .291 .339 .327 .666 6.2 1.1 0.2
3B *Tony Gonzalez 33 15 36 5 14 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 2 .389 .405 .472 .878 5.6 1.2 0.6
RF  Jackie Warner 26 4 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .231 .231 .231 .462 0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Joe Azcue 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 1764 5625 738 1517 212 30 150 706 85 46 426 755 .270 .322 .398 .720 695.8 109.0 48.7
  Rank among 10 NL teams 7 6 5 8 4 7 6 2 10 8 2 4 6 6 7 7  
* - 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
 Bill Singer 26 16 12 .571 34 34 0 273.3 278 127 25 95 184 4.18 16.9
 Steve Hargan 27 15 15 .500 33 33 0 266.3 283 124 14 97 119 4.19 16.2
 Joe Horlen 32 17 15 .531 34 34 0 264.7 221 99 29 98 188 3.37 23.2
 Mike Marshall 27 20 9 .690 35 35 0 254.7 233 81 6 83 186 2.86 27.5
 Ray Lamb 25 11 9 .550 26 26 0 181.7 186 79 15 64 103 3.91 13.5
 Bill Dailey 35 7 7 .500 59 0 20 97.3 98 41 10 26 60 3.79 12.5
 Frank Linzy 29 4 1 .800 38 0 4 57.3 60 25 1 24 15 3.92 5.4
 Dick Bosman 26 1 0 1.000 23 0 0 41.0 44 25 4 11 16 5.49 0.9
 Jack Billingham 27 1 1 .500 13 8 0 21.7 15 7 1 7 15 2.91 2.2
*Jim Rooker 27 0 1 .000 18 0 0 4.3 4 4 1 4 1 8.31 0.0
Team Totals 28.1 92 70 .568 313 170 24 1462.3 1422 612 106 509 887 3.77 118.3
Rank among 10 NL teams 3 3 7 3 3 4 1 3 4 6 3  
* - 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 31.7
T.Haller 862.7 93 102 555 34 10 0 .983 20.8
J.Bateman 372.7 41 44 224 20 3 0 .988 41.0
M.Sanguillen 227.3 25 31 135 9 1 1 .993 42.1
J.Azcue 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1464.7 159 178 915 63 14 1 .986 29.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.46
W.Parker 636.7 70 85 791 53 6 75 .993 11.93
W.Bond 528.0 59 63 673 50 14 73 .981 12.32
F.Whitfield 281.0 33 35 365 24 1 31 .997 12.46
T.Haller 11.0 0 4 14 1 0 3 1.000 12.27
B.Richardson 4.0 0 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25
J.Azcue 1.7 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 16.27
Team Total 1462.3 162 191 1850 129 21 183 .990 12.18
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.86
L.Cardenas 1280.3 150 150 307 585 24 132 .974 6.27
H.Clarke 142.7 9 35 35 67 3 15 .971 6.43
T.Gonzalez 18.0 2 2 4 8 2 1 .857 6.00
S.Bando 13.3 0 6 5 6 1 3 .917 7.43
M.Alvis 7.0 1 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 6.43
B.Richardson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 195 353 669 30 152 .971 6.29
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.81
S.Bando 1265.3 144 148 71 319 16 30 .961 2.77
M.Alvis 131.0 13 22 8 39 0 5 1.000 3.23
H.Clarke 23.0 3 3 1 4 0 2 1.000 1.96
J.Hart 18.7 1 5 0 3 0 2 1.000 1.45
T.Gonzalez 11.0 1 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 4.09
L.Cardenas 10.3 0 2 0 6 0 2 1.000 5.23
B.Richardson 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 184 80 376 16 41 .966 2.81
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.15
B.Richardson 1173.7 143 145 171 542 29 95 .961 5.47
M.Alvis 123.3 6 45 19 52 1 10 .986 5.18
H.Clarke 67.0 6 15 17 25 1 7 .977 5.64
J.Hart 42.0 3 10 4 15 0 2 1.000 4.07
T.Gonzalez 20.0 2 5 2 14 0 3 1.000 7.20
S.Bando 14.0 1 3 3 9 1 1 .923 7.71
L.Cardenas 12.7 1 4 0 6 0 2 1.000 4.27
M.White 6.7 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.70
W.Parker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Bateman 0.6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1460.9 162 229 217 665 32 121 .965 5.43
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 1.88
W.Bond 781.7 88 90 128 4 1 2 .992 1.52
T.Uhlaender 564.7 64 65 97 2 0 1 1.000 1.58
M.White 48.0 5 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
R.Swoboda 22.7 2 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.78
F.Whitfield 19.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
M.Mota 9.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Brown 9.0 1 1 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00
J.Warner 6.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Hart 2.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1462.3 162 179 247 6 2 3 .992 1.56
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.36
M.Mota 1101.7 134 136 229 5 6 4 .975 1.91
O.Brown 273.7 23 59 69 2 0 1 1.000 2.34
T.Gonzalez 39.0 3 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
M.White 27.0 2 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67
W.Bond 11.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
T.Uhlaender 3.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Warner 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Bateman 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 214 311 7 6 5 .981 1.96
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.95
R.Swoboda 1074.3 116 131 229 4 5 2 .979 1.95
O.Brown 353.0 42 43 66 5 1 0 .986 1.81
M.Sanguillen 20.0 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
M.Mota 6.3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
M.White 6.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Uhlaender 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 182 306 9 6 2 .981 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.03
B.Singer 273.3 34 34 20 44 1 1 .985 2.11
S.Hargan 266.3 33 33 15 46 1 2 .984 2.06
J.Horlen 264.7 34 34 18 55 3 4 .961 2.48
M.Marshall 254.7 35 35 13 54 5 5 .931 2.37
R.Lamb 181.7 26 26 7 36 1 4 .977 2.13
B.Dailey 97.3 0 59 4 15 0 1 1.000 1.76
F.Linzy 57.3 0 38 5 13 1 1 .947 2.83
D.Bosman 41.0 0 23 4 12 0 0 1.000 3.51
J.Billingham 21.7 8 13 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.66
J.Rooker 4.3 0 18 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1462.3 170 313 87 279 12 18 .968 2.25
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Swoboda .288
On-Base Pct Bond .353
Slugging Pct Hart .532
OPS Hart .885
XR Hart 102.9
Games Bond 156
At-Bats Hart 573
Runs Bond 99
Hits Hart 164
Total Bases Hart 305
Singles Bando 109
Doubles Swoboda 31
Triples Bond, Swoboda 4
Homeruns Hart 38
RBIs Bond 107
Stolen Bases Mota 16
Caught Stealing Mota, Richardson, Swoboda 7
Walks Hart 59
Strikeouts Swoboda 126
ERA Marshall 2.86
Wins Marshall 20
Losses Hargan, Horlen 15
Winning Pct Marshall .690
Saves Dailey 20
Games Pitched Dailey 59
Games Started Marshall 35
Complete Games Hargan 17
Shutouts Horlen 3
Innings Pitched Singer 273.3
Hits Allowed Hargan 283
Homeruns Allowed Horlen 29
Strikeouts Horlen 188
Walks Allowed Horlen 98
Walks per 9IP Marshall 2.9
Hits per 9IP Horlen 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Marshall 6.6
WHiP Horlen 1.21
OAVG Horlen .224
OOBP Horlen .297
OSLG Marshall .314
OOPS Marshall .620
Team All-Stars
Walt Bond
Bill Dailey
Jim Ray Hart
Mike Marshall
Bill Singer
Player Salaries
Joe Horlen $ 7,000,000
Walt Bond $ 6,000,000
Jim Ray Hart $ 6,000,000
Bill Singer $ 5,500,000
Tom Haller $ 5,000,000
Mike Marshall $ 4,835,714
Bill Dailey $ 4,555,555
Manny Mota $ 3,555,555
Ron Swoboda $ 3,464,286
John Bateman $ 2,030,000
Fred Whitfield $ 2,000,000
Steve Hargan $ 1,892,857
Leo Cardenas $ 1,750,000
Max Alvis $ 1,750,000
Tony Gonzalez $ 1,500,000
Ollie Brown $ 1,388,571
Wes Parker $ 1,375,714
Bobby Richardson $ 1,200,000
Herman Starrette $ 351,429
Joe Azcue $ 350,000
Bill Pleis $ 350,000
Frank Linzy $ 350,000
Sal Bando $ 300,000
Jack Billingham $ 300,000
Mike White $ 300,000
Dick Bosman $ 300,000
Jackie Warner $ 300,000
Horace Clarke $ 300,000
Jim Rooker $ 300,000
Ray Lamb $ 300,000
Ted Uhlaender $ 300,000
Manny Sanguillen $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Jim Hannan Colorado Leo Cardenas
Mike White
7/31 Traded Nate Colbert
Norm Siebern
Cleveland (A) John Bateman
Jack Billingham
$12,000,000