1963 Washington Nationals
Record: 69-93
Finish: 3rd in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 594
Runs Allowed: 722
Exp W-L: 67-95
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 1,918,448
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 3rd in the National League
AA: 66-71, 5th in the National League
A: 68-69, 6th 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
2B  Bob Johnson 27 144 591 80 181 23 3 9 70 6 3 37 73 .306 .348 .401 .749 79.8 18.9 6.0
DH *Fred Whitfield 25 152 565 75 138 22 1 23 71 1 0 36 106 .244 .291 .409 .700 68.2 12.3 2.1
CF  Don Lock 26 156 542 80 126 22 1 21 54 0 1 61 143 .232 .311 .393 .704 69.2 13.5 2.9
C  Jimmie Coker 27 147 496 50 124 19 3 15 72 0 1 43 78 .250 .309 .391 .700 60.1 11.0 4.8
3B  Max Alvis 25 127 409 27 78 16 0 8 29 1 2 20 101 .191 .232 .289 .521 24.0 0.0 3.0
2B *Don Blasingame 31 147 391 41 116 12 5 1 42 8 3 40 35 .297 .361 .361 .722 50.6 11.6 3.7
1B *Gordy Coleman 28 102 391 45 118 20 3 12 53 0 1 34 44 .302 .357 .460 .817 58.7 14.2 1.9
3B  Julio Gotay 24 116 344 30 91 17 4 2 31 1 1 15 41 .265 .293 .355 .647 35.3 6.2 3.2
3B  Andy Carey 31 123 292 31 78 9 2 3 29 0 0 26 45 .267 .332 .342 .675 31.9 5.7 1.6
DH  Ken Harrelson 21 54 192 25 51 7 3 4 21 0 1 20 36 .266 .332 .396 .728 23.0 4.1 1.2
3B  Jim Ray Hart 21 55 202 15 44 8 1 2 11 1 2 12 38 .218 .264 .297 .561 12.7 0.1 0.9
1B *Tony Bartirome 31 108 173 20 33 6 0 1 13 1 1 8 12 .191 .225 .243 .468 6.0 0.0 0.6
C *Hal Naragon 34 67 159 15 41 1 1 2 20 2 1 9 13 .258 .294 .314 .609 14.5 1.8 1.3
LF  Tom Umphlett 33 56 152 11 35 4 0 0 9 1 2 9 14 .230 .273 .257 .530 8.9 0.0 0.9
LF *Russ Snyder 29 46 150 16 39 12 2 0 16 1 0 9 16 .260 .302 .367 .669 14.9 2.8 0.9
LF  Chuck Essegian 31 64 107 5 19 2 0 0 8 0 1 10 24 .178 .248 .196 .444 3.8 0.0 0.3
P  Gaylord Perry 24 36 93 6 13 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 32 .140 .140 .161 .301 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Stan Williams 26 35 80 5 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 27 .075 .085 .113 .198 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Kent Peterson 37 29 59 1 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 19 .085 .098 .153 .251 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Owens 29 29 58 2 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 22 .155 .153 .172 .325 0.0 0.0 0.0
3B  Gene Alley 22 18 47 9 12 3 3 0 4 0 1 6 6 .255 .333 .447 .780 7.3 1.7 0.6
P  Joe Gibbon 28 22 41 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .146 .167 .171 .337 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Linzy 22 11 23 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .087 .087 .087 .174 -0.9 0.0 0.0
C #Dave Ricketts 27 8 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.1
P *Don Mossi 34 82 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Poholsky 33 45 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Ted Gray 38 65 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Stu Miller 35 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Landrum 34 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.7 2115 5581 594 1369 211 32 104 576 24 21 398 962 .245 .296 .350 .646 565.0 104.4 36.0
  Rank among 10 NL teams 1 8 7 4 5 8 8 10 4 10 8 7 8 7 8 8  
* - 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 24 11 20 .355 36 36 0 281.0 293 123 28 77 180 3.94 10.8
 Stan Williams 26 10 16 .385 35 35 0 247.7 237 122 24 99 138 4.43 5.2
*Kent Peterson 37 12 9 .571 29 29 0 220.3 170 75 25 83 196 3.06 18.2
 Jim Owens 29 6 11 .353 29 29 0 181.0 193 93 18 67 123 4.62 3.2
*Joe Gibbon 28 6 7 .462 22 22 0 141.0 130 62 15 56 63 3.96 6.2
*Don Mossi 34 10 4 .714 82 0 4 97.3 84 42 14 31 58 3.88 8.9
*Ted Gray 38 4 2 .667 65 0 5 87.3 75 30 9 50 77 3.09 8.4
 Frank Linzy 22 2 6 .250 11 11 0 75.3 92 39 7 23 31 4.66 0.0
 Tom Poholsky 33 0 6 .000 45 0 4 56.7 65 33 10 21 36 5.24 0.0
 Stu Miller 35 5 11 .313 41 0 9 46.0 51 23 4 29 22 4.50 1.8
 Joe Landrum 34 3 1 .750 29 0 2 35.0 31 11 2 10 25 2.83 3.9
Team Totals 30.9 69 93 .426 424 162 24 1468.6 1421 653 156 546 949 4.00 66.6
Rank among 10 NL teams 8 8 10 8 1 8 8 9 8 5 9  
* - 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 .992 32.7
J.Coker 1187.3 128 138 791 48 7 0 .992 28.4
H.Naragon 264.7 32 32 170 9 1 0 .994 26.7
D.Ricketts 16.7 2 3 9 1 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1468.7 162 173 970 58 8 0 .992 28.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.24
G.Coleman 889.3 97 100 1019 79 17 101 .985 11.11
J.Gotay 250.0 32 32 268 26 0 20 1.000 10.58
T.Bartirome 83.0 8 17 94 6 0 8 1.000 10.84
F.Whitfield 81.3 9 12 90 5 1 2 .990 10.51
K.Harrelson 72.0 8 10 85 7 0 10 1.000 11.50
A.Carey 23.0 1 9 27 2 0 0 1.000 11.35
H.Naragon 23.0 3 3 23 1 0 4 1.000 9.39
G.Alley 22.0 3 3 20 1 0 1 1.000 8.59
B.Johnson 14.0 0 4 15 1 0 3 1.000 10.29
T.Umphlett 9.0 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00
Team Total 1466.6 162 191 1648 128 18 149 .990 10.90
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
D.Blasingame 780.3 81 97 170 297 9 66 .981 5.39
J.Gotay 497.3 58 59 112 199 5 37 .984 5.63
B.Johnson 99.7 13 13 15 40 1 9 .982 4.97
G.Alley 46.3 6 6 8 17 0 1 1.000 4.86
A.Carey 45.0 4 10 17 17 1 7 .971 6.80
Team Total 1468.7 162 185 322 570 16 120 .982 5.47
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.74
M.Alvis 924.3 111 112 57 202 14 16 .949 2.52
J.Hart 376.3 43 45 28 78 9 2 .922 2.54
H.Naragon 67.7 4 19 4 16 1 1 .952 2.66
A.Carey 55.3 3 16 4 16 0 0 1.000 3.25
D.Blasingame 32.0 1 14 0 10 2 0 .833 2.81
B.Johnson 8.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Gotay 5.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1468.7 162 210 93 326 26 19 .942 2.57
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.00
B.Johnson 1119.0 127 130 174 408 15 86 .975 4.68
M.Alvis 116.7 14 15 24 45 2 9 .972 5.32
D.Blasingame 88.3 5 21 10 38 1 8 .980 4.89
J.Gotay 80.0 9 11 10 31 2 6 .953 4.61
G.Alley 51.7 6 6 6 26 1 3 .970 5.57
D.Lock 9.0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
T.Bartirome 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
F.Whitfield 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1468.7 162 186 226 551 21 113 .974 4.76
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.89
F.Whitfield 1200.7 140 141 237 2 1 0 .996 1.79
T.Bartirome 115.0 8 20 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.97
J.Hart 64.3 7 9 16 0 2 0 .889 2.24
A.Carey 34.3 4 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.62
C.Essegian 26.0 3 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
D.Lock 13.3 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
R.Snyder 9.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
T.Umphlett 4.0 0 4 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
H.Naragon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.7 162 198 311 3 3 1 .991 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.41
D.Lock 832.3 95 96 227 8 6 2 .975 2.54
T.Umphlett 324.0 35 41 92 1 0 1 1.000 2.58
R.Snyder 312.3 32 34 94 0 0 0 1.000 2.71
Team Total 1468.7 162 171 413 9 6 3 .986 2.59
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 1.98
A.Carey 446.3 46 59 104 2 1 1 .991 2.14
D.Lock 421.0 49 50 87 2 0 1 1.000 1.90
K.Harrelson 374.3 43 43 113 0 0 0 1.000 2.72
C.Essegian 140.0 19 22 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.12
T.Bartirome 87.0 5 27 15 0 1 0 .938 1.55
Team Total 1468.7 162 201 351 5 2 2 .994 2.18
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.09
G.Perry 281.0 36 36 18 64 1 4 .988 2.63
S.Williams 247.7 35 35 19 32 2 3 .962 1.85
K.Peterson 220.3 29 29 6 29 0 4 1.000 1.43
J.Owens 181.0 29 29 7 30 1 7 .974 1.84
J.Gibbon 141.0 22 22 12 16 0 0 1.000 1.79
D.Mossi 97.3 0 82 10 16 0 1 1.000 2.40
T.Gray 87.3 0 65 5 17 0 1 1.000 2.27
F.Linzy 75.3 11 11 9 11 0 0 1.000 2.39
T.Poholsky 56.7 0 45 3 13 0 0 1.000 2.54
S.Miller 46.0 0 41 4 7 0 0 1.000 2.15
J.Landrum 35.0 0 29 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1468.6 162 424 94 239 4 20 .988 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Johnson .306
On-Base Pct Johnson .348
Slugging Pct Whitfield .409
OPS Johnson .749
XR Johnson 79.8
Games Lock 156
At-Bats Johnson 591
Runs Lock, Johnson 80
Hits Johnson 181
Total Bases Johnson 237
Singles Johnson 146
Doubles Johnson 23
Triples Blasingame 5
Homeruns Whitfield 23
RBIs Coker 72
Stolen Bases Blasingame 8
Caught Stealing Blasingame, Johnson 3
Walks Lock 61
Strikeouts Lock 143
ERA Peterson 3.06
Wins Peterson 12
Losses Perry 20
Winning Pct Peterson .571
Saves Miller 9
Games Pitched Mossi 82
Games Started Perry 36
Complete Games Perry 15
Shutouts Peterson, Williams 2
Innings Pitched Perry 281.0
Hits Allowed Perry 293
Homeruns Allowed Perry 28
Strikeouts Peterson 196
Walks Allowed Williams 99
Walks per 9IP Perry 2.5
Hits per 9IP Peterson 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson 8.0
WHiP Peterson 1.15
OAVG Peterson .216
OOBP Peterson .291
OSLG Peterson .339
OOPS Peterson .630
Team All-Stars
Stu Miller
Player Salaries
Kent Peterson $ 16,000,000
Stu Miller $ 7,000,000
Jerry Lynch $ 4,111,111
Don Blasingame $ 3,511,111
Jim Owens $ 3,300,000
Andy Carey $ 3,003,003
Joe Landrum $ 2,930,000
Hector Lopez $ 1,610,000
Don Mossi $ 1,500,000
Bob Johnson $ 1,450,000
Turk Farrell $ 900,000
Tom Poholsky $ 500,000
Rocky Krsnich $ 400,000
Ted Gray $ 400,000
Hal Naragon $ 400,000
Tom Umphlett $ 400,000
Tony Bartirome $ 350,000
Chuck Essegian $ 350,000
Ron Negray $ 325,000
Jimmie Coker $ 300,000
Julio Gotay $ 300,000
Max Alvis $ 300,000
Ken Harrelson $ 300,000
Jim Ray Hart $ 300,000
Gene Alley $ 300,000
Don Lock $ 300,000
Stan Williams $ 300,000
Gaylord Perry $ 300,000
Dave Ricketts $ 300,000
Fred Whitfield $ 300,000
Frank Linzy $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Jerry Lynch
2/4 Signed     Don Blasingame
2/11 Signed     Don Mossi
2/14 Signed     Hector Lopez
3/3 Traded Bob Hazle
Frank Baumann
Luis Aparicio
$9,000,000
Tampa Bay Ken Harrelson
Andy Carey
Stu Miller
3/3 Traded Bob Grim Detroit John Briggs
3/3 Traded Sam Calderone Montreal Pedro Gonzalez
7/31 Released Russ Snyder    
7/31 Traded Joe Gibbon
Gordy Coleman
Pittsburgh Elio Chacon