1982 Washington Nationals
Record: 99-61
Finish: 2nd in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 802
Runs Allowed: 604
Exp W-L: 100-60
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 2,397,851
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 4th in the National League
AA: 84-53, 1st in the National League
A: 66-71, 8th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Milwaukee Brewers
 
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
LF  Randy Elliott 31 149 628 92 170 29 4 12 72 4 4 51 85 .271 .327 .387 .714 74.6 15.1 3.5
LF  George Hendrick 32 153 574 80 133 18 2 22 91 0 0 68 107 .232 .311 .385 .696 71.0 12.6 0.5
DH  Pedro Guerrero 26 151 577 88 169 25 3 19 91 9 5 49 67 .293 .344 .445 .790 85.9 20.6 1.9
LF  Dan Thomas 31 140 555 74 175 35 4 12 83 1 3 36 64 .315 .361 .458 .818 80.6 20.8 1.7
3B *Wayne Gross 30 140 503 77 129 21 4 23 88 0 1 77 78 .256 .350 .451 .802 81.9 19.3 3.4
C *Ron Blomberg 33 148 515 74 150 31 1 21 93 2 0 45 41 .291 .346 .478 .824 79.5 19.4 4.1
3B  Willie Randolph 27 150 492 64 117 24 5 3 61 14 5 68 79 .238 .335 .325 .660 55.6 10.1 7.0
SS *Jim Gantner 29 141 460 56 126 22 2 8 58 5 3 17 22 .274 .302 .383 .685 49.0 9.1 5.8
C *Ron Hodges 33 110 372 51 97 7 1 1 33 0 0 50 53 .261 .348 .293 .641 41.0 7.6 4.4
C  Ron Pruitt 30 91 304 38 94 9 1 6 34 2 0 24 35 .309 .361 .405 .765 40.5 9.6 4.6
1B  Mike Anderson 31 81 183 26 50 11 0 0 23 3 2 26 46 .273 .367 .333 .700 22.3 4.7 1.0
2B  Kiko Garcia 28 86 179 31 44 3 2 3 19 2 4 22 37 .246 .324 .335 .659 20.4 3.2 2.1
RF *Terry Whitfield 29 54 119 16 34 4 0 1 14 1 1 4 11 .286 .306 .345 .651 11.6 1.9 0.3
CF  Steve Bowling 30 46 104 14 22 6 0 1 16 0 0 17 21 .212 .328 .298 .626 10.7 1.8 1.2
2B  Bobby Valentine 32 4 17 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .294 .294 .353 .647 1.6 0.4 0.3
3B  Tom Heintzelman 35 8 15 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .267 .267 .267 .533 1.0 0.0 0.2
CF  Tony Armas 28 18 13 6 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .231 .231 .308 .538 -0.2 0.0 0.1
P  Carlos Diaz 24 12 5 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 1682 5615 798 1523 247 29 132 782 43 29 554 754 .271 .337 .396 .733 727.2 156.2 42.2
  Rank among 12 NL teams 5 4 7 8 8 6 3 11 4 3 8 6 4 6 6 5  
* - 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 29 21 9 .700 36 36 0 288.3 257 86 5 83 205 2.68 24.0
 Bart Johnson 32 18 11 .621 34 34 0 261.7 215 105 26 80 223 3.61 15.5
*Joe Sambito 30 10 7 .588 33 33 0 212.3 221 105 27 78 121 4.45 7.0
 Joe Beckwith 27 17 6 .739 31 31 0 210.3 181 73 11 56 138 3.12 15.2
 Bryn Smith 26 16 8 .667 26 26 0 201.7 198 77 15 45 85 3.44 12.9
*Carlos Diaz 24 3 8 .273 67 0 3 93.0 96 39 7 34 59 3.77 5.1
 Dickie Noles 25 8 9 .471 67 0 41 72.0 64 27 7 23 40 3.38 11.0
 Tom Hume 29 1 2 .333 34 0 0 42.7 40 17 2 23 26 3.59 2.3
*Danny Boone 28 2 0 1.000 15 0 2 28.3 24 9 3 10 6 2.86 2.8
 Elias Sosa 32 2 1 .667 16 0 2 27.3 32 11 1 11 11 3.62 1.7
 Ron Davis 26 1 0 1.000 9 0 0 16.3 12 6 0 8 17 3.31 1.2
Team Totals 28.0 99 61 .619 368 160 48 1454.0 1340 555 104 451 931 3.44 98.6
Rank among 12 NL teams 2 2 2 3 8 1 2 3 3 1 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 .988 33.1
R.Hodges 805.3 87 96 529 33 10 0 .983 24.7
R.Pruitt 589.3 67 70 391 45 1 1 .998 54.7
R.Blomberg 59.3 6 9 49 3 0 0 1.000 16.7
Team Total 1454.0 160 175 969 81 11 1 .990 37.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.76
P.Guerrero 916.7 102 103 1083 76 14 105 .988 11.38
G.Hendrick 319.0 37 38 373 29 1 30 .998 11.34
M.Anderson 176.3 18 23 202 16 4 11 .982 11.13
R.Blomberg 27.0 3 3 33 0 0 1 1.000 11.00
W.Gross 9.0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
K.Garcia 6.0 0 3 10 1 0 3 1.000 16.50
Team Total 1454.0 160 172 1707 122 19 150 .990 11.32
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.81
J.Gantner 1051.3 120 125 206 467 15 85 .978 5.76
K.Garcia 327.3 35 50 76 132 5 27 .977 5.72
T.Heintzelman 35.7 3 6 9 15 0 4 1.000 6.06
W.Randolph 23.7 2 4 5 15 1 0 .952 7.61
S.Bowling 14.0 0 9 5 7 0 2 1.000 7.71
G.Hendrick 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 160 195 301 636 21 118 .978 5.80
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.87
W.Gross 1203.7 134 137 86 267 10 21 .972 2.64
P.Guerrero 129.7 15 15 8 27 4 1 .897 2.43
J.Gantner 62.3 6 10 1 10 2 0 .846 1.59
K.Garcia 45.3 5 5 3 15 4 1 .818 3.57
C.Diaz 10.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Heintzelman 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1454.0 160 170 98 320 20 23 .954 2.59
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.30
W.Randolph 1290.7 144 146 185 544 21 113 .972 5.08
K.Garcia 82.0 8 17 17 31 3 4 .941 5.27
B.Valentine 38.7 4 4 8 17 0 2 1.000 5.82
J.Gantner 37.7 4 5 9 18 0 4 1.000 6.45
P.Guerrero 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Diaz 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Bowling 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 160 175 219 610 24 123 .972 5.13
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.91
D.Thomas 896.0 100 107 166 1 5 0 .971 1.68
P.Guerrero 228.3 26 26 35 0 4 0 .897 1.38
M.Anderson 153.0 16 25 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
T.Whitfield 93.0 11 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.45
R.Pruitt 81.7 7 14 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.65
G.Hendrick 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 160 188 259 3 9 0 .967 1.62
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.56
R.Blomberg 1047.7 119 125 280 8 5 4 .983 2.47
S.Bowling 284.0 31 35 84 1 0 0 1.000 2.69
M.Anderson 87.3 7 18 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.78
T.Armas 31.7 3 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.56
D.Thomas 3.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1454.0 160 189 401 9 5 4 .988 2.54
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.06
R.Elliott 1313.3 147 148 286 9 1 0 .997 2.02
T.Whitfield 72.0 8 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.25
R.Blomberg 30.0 3 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.30
M.Anderson 19.0 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
P.Guerrero 10.7 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.53
R.Pruitt 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
G.Hendrick 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Bowling 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 160 177 316 9 1 0 .997 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.07
J.Denny 288.3 36 36 21 45 7 5 .904 2.06
B.Johnson 261.7 34 34 17 25 1 0 .977 1.44
J.Sambito 212.3 33 33 9 28 0 1 1.000 1.57
J.Beckwith 210.3 31 31 18 28 2 1 .958 1.97
B.Smith 201.7 26 26 9 31 3 4 .930 1.79
C.Diaz 93.0 0 67 2 13 0 1 1.000 1.45
D.Noles 72.0 0 67 5 19 1 3 .960 3.00
T.Hume 42.7 0 34 1 9 1 0 .909 2.11
D.Boone 28.3 0 15 4 4 0 0 1.000 2.54
E.Sosa 27.3 0 16 3 7 1 1 .909 3.29
R.Davis 16.3 0 9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 160 368 89 209 16 16 .949 1.84
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Thomas .315
On-Base Pct Thomas .361
Slugging Pct Blomberg .478
OPS Blomberg .824
XR Guerrero 85.9
Games Hendrick 153
At-Bats Elliott 628
Runs Elliott 92
Hits Thomas 175
Total Bases Guerrero 257
Singles Elliott 125
Doubles Thomas 35
Triples Randolph 5
Homeruns Gross 23
RBIs Blomberg 93
Stolen Bases Randolph 14
Caught Stealing Guerrero, Randolph 5
Walks Gross 77
Strikeouts Hendrick 107
ERA Denny 2.68
Wins Denny 21
Losses Johnson 11
Winning Pct Beckwith .739
Saves Noles 41
Games Pitched Diaz, Noles 67
Games Started Denny 36
Complete Games Smith 12
Shutouts Denny 4
Innings Pitched Denny 288.3
Hits Allowed Denny 257
Homeruns Allowed Sambito 27
Strikeouts Johnson 223
Walks Allowed Denny 83
Walks per 9IP Smith 2.0
Hits per 9IP Johnson 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Johnson 7.7
WHiP Beckwith 1.13
OAVG Johnson .220
OOBP Johnson .280
OSLG Denny .311
OOPS Denny .605
Team All-Stars
John Denny
Dickie Noles
Player Salaries
John Denny $ 8,500,000
Ron Blomberg $ 6,555,000
Bart Johnson $ 6,040,000
Joe Sambito $ 5,000,000
Randy Elliott $ 4,500,000
Ron Hodges $ 4,200,000
Dan Thomas $ 3,600,000
George Hendrick $ 3,340,000
Mark Littell $ 3,100,000
Pedro Guerrero $ 2,907,143
Ted Sizemore $ 2,505,000
Skip Lockwood $ 2,500,001
Joe Beckwith $ 2,411,429
Tony Armas $ 2,307,143
Wayne Gross $ 2,035,714
Ron Pruitt $ 1,832,143
Willie Randolph $ 1,700,000
Terry Whitfield $ 1,620,000
Kiko Garcia $ 1,542,857
George Foster $ 1,000,000
Elias Sosa $ 690,000
Jim Gantner $ 646,429
Dave Roberts $ 516,000
Tom Hume $ 405,714
Ron Davis $ 350,000
Ken Rudolph $ 350,000
Mike Anderson $ 300,000
Tom Heintzelman $ 300,000
Bryn Smith $ 300,000
Carlos Diaz $ 300,000
Steve Bowling $ 300,000
Danny Boone $ 300,000
Bobby Valentine $ 300,000
Dickie Noles $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Ron Blomberg
2/6 Signed     Mark Littell
4/3 Signed     Tom Heintzelman
6/1 Signed     Dave Roberts