1985 Washington Nationals
Record: 83-77
Finish: 3rd in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 664
Runs Allowed: 659
Exp W-L: 81-79
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 1,852,768
Manager: Marwan II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 4th in the National League
AA: 64-73, 9th in the National League
A: 92-45, 1st 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
DH  Pedro Guerrero 29 154 609 77 172 43 3 20 106 2 3 44 74 .282 .331 .461 .792 84.9 21.1 2.7
SS *Jim Gantner 32 157 606 71 180 28 1 3 72 10 0 27 32 .297 .325 .361 .686 69.0 14.8 4.5
2B  Kiko Garcia 31 155 568 83 165 31 0 4 70 7 7 67 101 .290 .362 .366 .728 74.8 17.8 4.2
3B  Willie Randolph 30 146 545 79 144 27 7 3 42 31 8 66 104 .264 .344 .356 .700 69.5 16.2 7.3
RF *Terry Whitfield 32 154 557 55 147 22 7 3 58 1 4 40 66 .264 .313 .345 .658 55.2 9.8 3.0
CF  Steve Bowling 33 154 490 58 125 35 1 8 62 0 0 68 86 .255 .348 .380 .727 61.5 13.9 3.5
C *Mark Salas 24 94 314 32 74 20 2 3 23 1 2 12 26 .236 .269 .341 .610 23.6 1.9 4.4
DH *Bernie Carbo 37 94 278 23 58 4 1 7 30 0 0 39 65 .209 .304 .306 .610 27.4 3.2 0.9
2B  Marty Barrett 27 78 276 21 60 7 0 1 27 0 0 18 12 .217 .266 .254 .520 18.7 0.5 0.1
CF *Lyman Bostock 34 73 266 25 80 10 3 0 26 2 2 17 19 .301 .342 .361 .702 28.5 6.0 1.2
C  Buck Martinez 36 84 239 30 77 11 1 4 40 0 1 15 40 .322 .359 .427 .786 32.2 8.1 4.0
1B *Billy Baldwin 34 105 245 36 54 7 2 7 24 11 3 10 30 .220 .252 .351 .603 21.3 2.2 1.7
2B  Bobby Valentine 35 85 207 24 48 9 1 1 13 2 1 10 48 .232 .267 .300 .567 14.7 1.1 1.6
LF  Dan Thomas 34 55 99 10 17 5 0 1 12 1 0 8 26 .172 .231 .253 .484 5.5 0.0 0.4
C  Mike Fitzgerald 24 21 69 8 15 2 0 3 11 0 1 8 10 .217 .295 .377 .672 7.1 0.8 1.3
1B *Dan Meyer 32 32 60 4 15 1 0 1 8 0 0 2 4 .250 .266 .317 .582 4.9 0.4 0.2
RF  Gary Roenicke 30 25 54 6 8 2 0 2 10 0 0 2 12 .148 .175 .296 .472 2.0 0.0 0.5
C  Matt Sinatro 25 17 51 7 16 4 0 1 6 1 0 2 6 .314 .333 .451 .784 7.2 1.8 0.2
RF  Joe Carter 25 28 12 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 .167 .286 .417 .702 0.9 0.0 0.1
2B  Joe Strain 31 22 14 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7 0.0 0.2
CF  Lynn Jones 32 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.3 0.0
P  Carlos Diaz 27 15 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.6 1752 5566 662 1460 268 29 73 644 70 33 457 767 .262 .318 .360 .678 608.5 119.8 41.8
  Rank among 12 NL teams 3 7 4 4 11 12 7 9 4 8 3 4 6 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
 Bryn Smith 29 13 14 .481 32 32 0 244.0 260 103 15 50 142 3.80 11.7
*Teddy Higuera 26 11 15 .423 32 32 0 230.7 222 102 19 78 144 3.98 10.7
*Joe Sambito 33 16 9 .640 32 32 0 226.0 178 69 12 73 154 2.75 20.5
 Joe Beckwith 30 14 13 .519 32 32 0 209.3 188 94 15 88 164 4.04 10.2
 Mark Littell 32 11 11 .500 27 27 0 172.0 119 58 12 75 182 3.03 13.5
 Ron Romanick 24 3 1 .750 35 0 2 79.7 114 53 3 27 35 5.99 0.0
 Dave Frost 32 4 3 .571 49 0 6 71.7 76 32 7 31 43 4.02 4.3
 Kevin Gross 24 1 1 .500 36 0 1 69.0 57 29 9 33 29 3.78 3.5
*Carlos Diaz 27 5 4 .556 49 0 30 57.0 48 18 7 15 36 2.84 10.3
*Gene Walter 24 1 3 .250 31 0 2 40.7 29 19 2 29 21 4.21 2.0
 Mike Paxton 31 3 1 .750 5 5 0 35.3 38 22 3 14 10 5.60 0.6
*Danny Boone 31 1 2 .333 12 0 0 10.7 17 7 2 2 3 5.91 0.0
Team Totals 28.6 83 77 .519 372 160 41 1446.0 1346 606 106 515 963 3.77 87.4
Rank among 12 NL teams 7 7 7 7 8 4 4 6 10 3 6  
* - 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 32.0
M.Salas 701.7 79 80 434 33 2 0 .996 37.8
B.Martinez 497.0 53 66 387 29 1 0 .998 34.5
M.Fitzgerald 180.3 21 21 141 10 2 0 .987 40.0
M.Sinatro 64.0 7 7 27 3 1 0 .968 25.0
B.Baldwin 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
T.Whitfield 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1446.0 160 176 991 75 6 0 .994 36.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.53
P.Guerrero 1326.3 147 147 1517 100 11 143 .993 10.97
D.Meyer 111.0 13 14 122 5 0 3 1.000 10.30
J.Carter 3.7 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.38
K.Garcia 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
B.Baldwin 2.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 167 1647 105 11 147 .994 10.90
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.73
K.Garcia 1287.7 145 147 287 503 18 104 .978 5.52
B.Valentine 136.0 14 18 27 53 4 13 .952 5.29
J.Strain 21.3 1 10 4 8 0 1 1.000 5.06
W.Randolph 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 176 318 565 22 118 .976 5.50
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.75
J.Gantner 1302.0 146 151 76 331 24 27 .944 2.81
B.Valentine 114.7 14 20 7 27 1 2 .971 2.67
B.Martinez 14.0 0 7 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.93
D.Meyer 10.0 0 6 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.80
P.Guerrero 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Randolph 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 188 84 362 25 31 .947 2.78
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.23
W.Randolph 1246.3 144 144 197 528 12 92 .984 5.24
B.Valentine 149.0 14 30 28 66 7 5 .931 5.68
J.Strain 28.3 2 10 0 10 1 2 .909 3.18
J.Gantner 12.0 0 6 4 1 0 1 1.000 3.75
K.Garcia 9.3 0 5 0 4 1 1 .800 3.86
D.Thomas 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 1 .500 9.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 196 229 610 22 102 .974 5.22
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.87
T.Whitfield 1128.3 131 131 241 2 8 0 .968 1.94
D.Thomas 215.0 25 36 42 1 4 0 .915 1.80
L.Bostock 202.5 24 24 38 3 0 0 1.000 1.82
B.Valentine 26.0 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
B.Carbo 22.3 0 9 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.40
B.Baldwin 14.0 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
S.Bowling 9.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.93
G.Roenicke 9.0 1 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
P.Guerrero 7.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
D.Meyer 6.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Carter 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Diaz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1645.5 184 225 334 6 12 0 .966 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.41
S.Bowling 971.0 115 119 252 1 0 1 1.000 2.35
B.Baldwin 409.3 40 59 108 2 0 2 1.000 2.42
L.Bostock 104.7 12 13 36 0 0 0 1.000 3.09
G.Roenicke 44.0 5 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.66
J.Carter 14.0 0 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 5.14
L.Jones 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Frost 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1547.7 172 207 417 3 0 3 1.000 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.94
B.Carbo 500.7 58 61 89 3 5 1 .948 1.65
S.Bowling 239.0 29 29 57 1 0 1 1.000 2.18
T.Whitfield 170.0 18 25 44 1 0 0 1.000 2.38
B.Baldwin 139.0 16 24 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.40
L.Bostock 111.7 12 13 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
G.Roenicke 75.0 6 15 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
M.Barrett 62.0 8 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.02
J.Carter 11.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Guerrero 7.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Thomas 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Jones 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1319.4 147 186 276 7 5 2 .983 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.03
B.Smith 244.0 32 32 16 41 2 3 .966 2.10
T.Higuera 230.7 32 32 15 39 0 3 1.000 2.11
J.Sambito 226.0 32 32 11 41 2 5 .963 2.07
J.Beckwith 209.3 32 32 12 26 2 3 .950 1.63
M.Littell 172.0 27 27 10 11 2 1 .913 1.10
R.Romanick 79.7 0 35 3 11 1 1 .933 1.58
D.Frost 71.7 0 49 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.13
K.Gross 69.0 0 36 4 10 1 0 .933 1.83
C.Diaz 57.0 0 49 3 9 0 2 1.000 1.89
G.Walter 40.7 0 31 1 13 0 1 1.000 3.10
M.Paxton 35.3 5 5 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.29
D.Boone 10.7 0 12 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.53
Team Total 1446.0 160 372 81 216 10 20 .967 1.85
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Gantner .297
On-Base Pct Garcia .362
Slugging Pct Guerrero .461
OPS Guerrero .792
XR Guerrero 84.9
Games Gantner 157
At-Bats Guerrero 609
Runs Garcia 83
Hits Gantner 180
Total Bases Guerrero 281
Singles Gantner 148
Doubles Guerrero 43
Triples Randolph, Whitfield 7
Homeruns Guerrero 20
RBIs Guerrero 106
Stolen Bases Randolph 31
Caught Stealing Randolph 8
Walks Bowling 68
Strikeouts Randolph 104
ERA Sambito 2.75
Wins Sambito 16
Losses Higuera 15
Winning Pct Sambito .640
Saves Diaz 30
Games Pitched Diaz, Frost 49
Games Started Beckwith, Higuera, Sambito, Smith 32
Complete Games Smith 10
Shutouts Beckwith 3
Innings Pitched Smith 244.0
Hits Allowed Smith 260
Homeruns Allowed Higuera 19
Strikeouts Littell 182
Walks Allowed Beckwith 88
Walks per 9IP Smith 1.8
Hits per 9IP Littell 6.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Littell 9.5
WHiP Sambito 1.11
OAVG Littell .193
OOBP Sambito .280
OSLG Sambito .313
OOPS Sambito .593
Team All-Stars
Kiko Garcia
Pedro Guerrero
Willie Randolph
Joe Sambito
Player Salaries
Joe Beckwith $ 9,000,000
Joe Sambito $ 5,000,000
Pedro Guerrero $ 4,250,000
Mark Littell $ 3,100,000
Kiko Garcia $ 3,100,000
Willie Randolph $ 2,542,500
Lyman Bostock $ 1,952,000
Bryn Smith $ 1,892,857
Terry Whitfield $ 1,600,000
Jim Gantner $ 1,500,000
Dan Thomas $ 648,000
Bernie Carbo $ 608,000
Buck Martinez $ 536,000
Carlos Diaz $ 410,000
Danny Boone $ 350,000
Bobby Valentine $ 350,000
Joe Carter $ 300,000
Mike Fitzgerald $ 300,000
Dave Frost $ 300,000
Marty Barrett $ 300,000
Steve Bowling $ 300,000
Kevin Gross $ 300,000
Billy Baldwin $ 300,000
Lynn Jones $ 300,000
Dan Meyer $ 300,000
Mike Paxton $ 300,000
Gary Roenicke $ 300,000
Ron Romanick $ 300,000
Mark Salas $ 300,000
Matt Sinatro $ 300,000
Joe Strain $ 300,000
Gene Walter $ 300,000
Teddy Higuera $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/4 Traded Bart Johnson Cleveland (A) Pat Scanlon
5/1 Signed     Bernie Carbo
5/1 Signed     Buck Martinez
6/1 Signed     Dan Thomas
7/1 Traded Mike Bacsik New York (N) Lyman Bostock