1984 Washington Nationals
Record: 71-89
Finish: 3rd in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 667
Runs Allowed: 778
Exp W-L: 69-91
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 1,980,333
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 4th in the National League
AA: 68-69, 7th in the National League
A: 68-69, 7th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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  George Hendrick 34 153 588 76 140 32 3 17 90 0 0 52 139 .238 .298 .389 .687 67.7 13.2 0.1
3B  Willie Randolph 29 151 543 79 140 29 2 1 43 27 11 76 104 .258 .348 .324 .672 67.2 14.2 3.5
2B  Kiko Garcia 30 146 558 70 167 28 1 6 57 8 10 66 79 .299 .373 .385 .759 74.8 18.7 2.7
DH  Pedro Guerrero 28 153 580 64 164 36 1 15 75 3 1 32 68 .283 .321 .426 .747 74.5 17.7 2.4
LF  Dan Thomas 33 152 570 64 148 28 7 11 76 4 4 34 111 .260 .307 .391 .698 65.0 13.0 1.8
SS *Jim Gantner 31 144 551 61 139 40 3 2 56 8 1 25 33 .252 .289 .347 .636 50.8 8.2 3.7
LF  Randy Elliott 33 149 522 58 138 42 1 3 60 2 1 46 78 .264 .323 .366 .689 59.0 12.8 2.2
C *Ron Blomberg 35 134 485 50 124 8 3 11 64 0 0 31 93 .256 .302 .353 .654 52.3 8.9 2.8
C *Ron Hodges 35 132 425 41 92 17 0 3 40 0 1 59 106 .216 .311 .278 .588 37.3 4.3 6.2
CF  Steve Bowling 32 82 207 17 35 9 0 4 21 0 2 40 52 .169 .302 .271 .573 18.9 1.4 1.3
2B  Bobby Valentine 34 80 177 20 36 4 2 1 15 3 1 8 41 .203 .235 .266 .501 10.1 0.0 1.0
RF *Terry Whitfield 31 70 162 24 50 9 0 5 20 1 1 7 18 .309 .341 .457 .798 22.2 5.9 0.3
C *Mark Salas 23 43 115 13 22 1 0 5 14 1 0 3 18 .191 .212 .330 .542 7.1 0.0 1.5
1B  Mike Anderson 33 51 88 20 27 9 2 0 9 0 0 6 22 .307 .351 .455 .806 12.2 3.4 0.4
2B  Marty Barrett 26 14 30 3 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 .100 .156 .133 .290 -0.8 0.0 0.1
P  Carlos Diaz 26 22 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.7 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 1676 5601 667 1425 293 25 84 644 59 33 488 962 .254 .315 .361 .675 619.3 121.5 30.0
  Rank among 12 NL teams 2 7 5 1 11 12 7 11 3 5 10 5 5 8 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
 Bart Johnson 34 13 12 .520 32 32 0 247.3 209 101 23 107 243 3.68 13.8
 Bryn Smith 28 14 16 .467 32 32 0 239.0 270 115 16 57 122 4.33 9.4
*Joe Sambito 32 11 11 .500 32 32 0 212.0 203 90 14 74 130 3.82 11.4
 Joe Beckwith 29 14 8 .636 32 32 0 204.0 197 96 14 75 173 4.24 9.3
 Ron Romanick 23 4 10 .286 51 5 3 121.3 141 65 18 41 37 4.82 3.5
 Dickie Noles 27 6 6 .500 15 15 0 107.0 96 40 3 28 58 3.36 7.0
*Danny Boone 30 0 5 .000 50 1 2 104.3 114 54 12 32 54 4.66 1.8
 Mark Littell 31 2 14 .125 48 11 21 95.0 96 72 13 66 81 6.82 0.0
*Carlos Diaz 26 4 3 .571 67 0 10 75.0 92 40 8 22 46 4.80 3.3
 Tom Hume 31 3 4 .429 36 0 5 42.0 47 22 4 17 19 4.71 2.1
Team Totals 29.1 71 89 .444 395 160 41 1447.0 1465 695 125 519 963 4.32 61.5
Rank among 12 NL teams 8 8 7 8 4 10 10 11 9 3 11  
* - 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 .989 32.1
R.Hodges 1075.3 122 126 739 63 8 1 .990 38.7
M.Salas 278.7 29 38 174 15 1 0 .995 30.0
R.Blomberg 93.0 9 15 88 1 0 0 1.000 14.3
Team Total 1447.0 160 179 1001 79 9 1 .992 35.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.57
P.Guerrero 1333.0 148 149 1479 94 8 122 .995 10.62
R.Blomberg 58.0 6 8 65 3 0 6 1.000 10.55
M.Anderson 56.0 6 8 56 0 2 4 .966 9.00
Team Total 1447.0 160 165 1600 97 10 132 .994 10.55
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.68
K.Garcia 1253.7 140 142 250 463 15 94 .979 5.12
S.Bowling 125.0 13 16 24 41 1 12 .985 4.68
M.Barrett 61.3 7 11 15 17 1 4 .970 4.70
J.Gantner 5.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40
B.Valentine 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 160 171 289 524 17 110 .980 5.06
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.75
J.Gantner 1223.7 140 140 80 296 19 21 .952 2.77
B.Valentine 172.7 16 27 12 33 3 5 .938 2.35
W.Randolph 43.0 4 5 4 2 1 0 .857 1.26
P.Guerrero 5.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
M.Barrett 2.7 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1447.0 160 176 97 335 23 26 .949 2.69
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.28
W.Randolph 1191.7 141 145 147 469 18 75 .972 4.65
B.Valentine 231.3 19 48 32 86 8 14 .937 4.59
K.Garcia 13.0 0 4 2 6 0 1 1.000 5.54
J.Gantner 7.0 0 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.43
M.Barrett 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1447.0 160 202 183 565 26 91 .966 4.65
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.90
D.Thomas 1317.0 146 149 284 3 8 2 .973 1.96
T.Whitfield 106.0 12 15 15 0 1 0 .938 1.27
S.Bowling 14.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Guerrero 6.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Elliott 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Valentine 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 160 170 306 3 9 2 .972 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.42
R.Blomberg 862.0 101 103 267 6 3 2 .989 2.85
S.Bowling 412.0 45 57 121 3 0 2 1.000 2.71
M.Anderson 161.0 14 35 45 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
G.Hendrick 9.0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00
T.Whitfield 3.0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 160 202 438 10 4 4 .991 2.79
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.98
R.Elliott 1276.0 141 148 305 8 0 0 1.000 2.21
T.Whitfield 110.0 13 15 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.62
R.Blomberg 35.0 4 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.31
S.Bowling 13.0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.46
G.Hendrick 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
C.Diaz 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 160 173 351 10 0 0 1.000 2.25
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.99
B.Johnson 247.3 32 32 9 29 0 2 1.000 1.38
B.Smith 239.0 32 32 9 39 3 0 .941 1.81
J.Sambito 212.0 32 32 13 27 3 2 .930 1.70
J.Beckwith 204.0 32 32 8 33 2 2 .953 1.81
R.Romanick 121.3 5 51 4 15 2 2 .905 1.41
D.Noles 107.0 15 15 4 15 2 2 .905 1.60
D.Boone 104.3 1 50 10 21 0 2 1.000 2.67
M.Littell 95.0 11 48 4 20 2 2 .923 2.27
C.Diaz 75.0 0 67 7 10 0 0 1.000 2.04
T.Hume 42.0 0 36 0 9 1 0 .900 1.93
Team Total 1447.0 160 395 68 218 15 14 .950 1.78
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Garcia .299
On-Base Pct Garcia .373
Slugging Pct Guerrero .426
OPS Garcia .759
XR Garcia 74.8
Games Hendrick, Guerrero 153
At-Bats Hendrick 588
Runs Randolph 79
Hits Garcia 167
Total Bases Guerrero 247
Singles Garcia 132
Doubles Elliott 42
Triples Thomas 7
Homeruns Hendrick 17
RBIs Hendrick 90
Stolen Bases Randolph 27
Caught Stealing Randolph 11
Walks Randolph 76
Strikeouts Hendrick 139
ERA Johnson 3.68
Wins Beckwith, Smith 14
Losses Smith 16
Winning Pct Beckwith .636
Saves Littell 21
Games Pitched Diaz 67
Games Started Beckwith, Johnson, Sambito, Smith 32
Complete Games Johnson 11
Shutouts Smith 3
Innings Pitched Johnson 247.3
Hits Allowed Smith 270
Homeruns Allowed Johnson 23
Strikeouts Johnson 243
Walks Allowed Johnson 107
Walks per 9IP Smith 2.1
Hits per 9IP Johnson 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Johnson 8.8
WHiP Johnson 1.28
OAVG Johnson .227
OOBP Johnson .304
OSLG Johnson .365
OOPS Johnson .670
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Bart Johnson $ 6,040,000
Joe Beckwith $ 5,764,286
Joe Sambito $ 5,000,000
Ron Hodges $ 4,200,000
George Hendrick $ 3,160,000
Mark Littell $ 3,100,000
Pedro Guerrero $ 3,057,143
Jim Gantner $ 2,850,000
Willie Randolph $ 2,542,500
Kiko Garcia $ 1,880,000
Terry Whitfield $ 1,620,000
Tom Hume $ 550,000
Mike Anderson $ 350,000
Bobby Valentine $ 350,000
Mark Salas $ 300,000
Bryn Smith $ 300,000
Ron Romanick $ 300,000
Carlos Diaz $ 300,000
Steve Bowling $ 300,000
Danny Boone $ 300,000
Marty Barrett $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Traded John Denny
Wayne Gross
Boston (A) Kevin Gross
7/1 Traded Dickie Noles Cleveland (N) Larry Demery
10/22 Released Ron Blomberg    
10/22 Released Randy Elliott    
10/22 Released Dan Thomas