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1988 Washington Nationals
Record: 87-73
Finish: 1st in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 763
Runs Allowed: 648
Exp W-L: 92-68
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 2,155,627
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 9th in the National League
AA: 63-74, 8th in the National League
A: 64-73, 10th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-4 to New York (N) Giants
 
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
1B  Mike Brown 28 147 546 63 144 40 7 10 84 1 1 50 98 .264 .326 .418 .744 68.0 11.6 1.7
SS *Jim Gantner 35 145 551 84 171 36 4 7 84 3 2 29 29 .310 .344 .428 .772 74.0 14.7 5.3
DH *Kal Daniels 24 149 494 73 130 24 4 13 81 21 9 84 90 .263 .369 .407 .776 78.0 15.2 0.1
2B #Roberto Alomar 20 147 510 75 137 35 6 4 49 36 8 47 60 .269 .328 .384 .712 66.8 11.7 5.3
CF *Jim Eisenreich 29 147 509 82 158 41 1 7 76 10 2 44 31 .310 .364 .436 .800 75.1 16.4 4.6
LF *Lenny Dykstra 25 128 477 80 139 33 6 11 70 52 18 62 45 .291 .373 .455 .828 82.7 18.5 3.5
C  Mike Fitzgerald 27 133 470 53 101 28 0 6 54 3 0 57 126 .215 .299 .313 .611 44.3 4.0 8.7
LF  Gary Woods 33 126 405 49 105 30 0 2 52 1 1 32 68 .259 .311 .348 .659 42.2 5.5 2.1
3B *Wade Boggs 30 75 271 40 79 23 1 7 39 1 1 38 8 .292 .379 .461 .840 46.0 10.2 2.4
3B  Jim Presley 26 73 263 29 64 18 1 4 34 1 0 17 46 .243 .288 .365 .653 26.0 3.2 2.4
LF *Thad Bosley 31 81 220 36 59 12 1 2 20 0 0 27 43 .268 .345 .359 .704 28.2 4.9 2.0
RF  Jay Buhner 23 66 201 24 44 8 3 9 29 0 0 21 57 .219 .296 .423 .719 24.1 3.4 1.7
3B  Steve Buechele 26 73 184 20 42 14 0 5 32 0 0 12 39 .228 .278 .386 .664 18.6 2.3 1.3
SS #Jerry Browne 22 55 110 21 31 10 1 0 12 1 0 18 4 .282 .380 .391 .771 17.0 3.7 1.0
C  Nelson Santovenia 26 29 105 3 17 6 2 0 7 1 0 4 23 .162 .193 .257 .450 1.8 0.0 2.3
LF  Rob Deer 27 31 66 11 11 2 0 4 8 0 0 8 12 .167 .257 .379 .636 7.1 0.6 0.4
CF  Dave Edwards 34 15 50 7 10 2 1 1 3 0 1 4 7 .200 .259 .340 .599 3.9 0.1 0.5
RF  Joe Carter 28 12 39 9 9 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 .231 .231 .385 .615 2.9 0.1 0.2
CF  Ted Cox 33 7 19 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 .158 .200 .263 .463 0.2 0.0 0.3
C *Mark Salas 27 5 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .059 .111 .118 .229 -0.4 0.0 0.4
P #Jeff Barkley 28 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.7 1645 5509 763 1456 369 39 92 736 132 43 556 795 .264 .331 .396 .727 707.0 126.1 46.1
  Rank among 12 NL teams 6 5 6 1 4 10 5 5 7 4 3 5 5 7 5 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
 Kevin Gross 27 12 14 .462 34 34 0 231.7 217 107 20 66 150 4.16 10.1
 David Cone 25 14 8 .636 30 30 0 204.0 182 87 15 87 155 3.84 11.9
 Steve Bedrosian 30 16 6 .727 36 32 0 204.0 156 70 11 90 137 3.09 16.2
 Joe Beckwith 33 11 10 .524 33 33 0 193.7 173 82 18 85 176 3.81 10.3
 Bryn Smith 32 11 9 .550 28 26 0 188.0 186 68 19 44 124 3.26 12.9
 Lee Smith 30 2 8 .200 64 0 6 101.3 109 54 12 26 68 4.80 3.7
 Todd Frohwirth 25 10 9 .526 73 0 29 94.0 84 40 4 37 47 3.83 12.5
*Gene Walter 27 6 1 .857 45 0 1 78.0 78 46 8 45 57 5.31 2.4
 Jeff Barkley 28 1 4 .200 26 0 4 50.0 36 14 5 12 39 2.52 5.2
 Calvin Schiraldi 26 2 4 .333 13 2 0 41.3 37 18 4 18 27 3.92 1.4
 Jeff Brantley 24 2 0 1.000 19 0 1 36.3 37 16 5 20 21 3.96 1.9
*Tony Fossas 30 0 0 .000 5 0 1 7.0 6 4 2 3 8 5.14 0.2
Team Totals 28.1 87 73 .544 406 157 42 1429.3 1301 606 123 533 1009 3.82 88.8
Rank among 12 NL teams 4 4 8 4 8 1 8 5 9 2 4  
* - 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 31.1
M.Fitzgerald 1128.7 126 130 811 66 9 0 .990 42.9
N.Santovenia 254.0 29 29 202 16 0 0 1.000 54.5
M.Salas 47.0 5 5 31 5 0 0 1.000 57.1
Team Total 1429.7 160 164 1044 87 9 0 .992 45.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.41
M.Brown 1091.7 123 126 1241 74 8 102 .994 10.84
G.Woods 288.0 32 34 331 28 4 29 .989 11.22
J.Carter 18.0 2 3 22 4 1 1 .963 13.00
R.Deer 18.0 2 2 23 0 0 1 1.000 11.50
K.Daniels 9.0 1 1 10 1 0 0 1.000 11.00
J.Buhner 5.0 0 1 8 1 1 0 .900 16.20
Team Total 1429.7 160 167 1635 108 14 133 .992 10.97
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.54
R.Alomar 1241.0 143 146 255 482 5 102 .993 5.34
S.Buechele 93.7 9 16 12 40 1 7 .981 5.00
J.Browne 54.7 5 14 11 30 2 8 .953 6.75
J.Gantner 22.3 2 6 3 7 0 2 1.000 4.03
G.Woods 17.0 1 5 5 10 0 1 1.000 7.94
J.Presley 12.0 0 4 1 7 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1440.7 160 191 287 576 8 121 .991 5.39
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.71
W.Boggs 627.2 69 72 32 161 9 11 .955 2.77
J.Presley 577.4 60 65 39 146 8 10 .959 2.88
S.Buechele 86.0 10 14 2 19 1 0 .955 2.20
J.Browne 62.0 6 12 5 10 0 1 1.000 2.18
G.Woods 20.0 2 6 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Gantner 15.0 1 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
T.Cox 9.0 1 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1396.6 149 174 81 347 18 22 .960 2.76
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.09
J.Gantner 1158.0 131 135 174 479 15 87 .978 5.08
S.Buechele 147.3 17 20 21 60 1 11 .988 4.95
J.Browne 104.7 11 19 9 35 3 3 .936 3.78
G.Woods 19.7 1 7 2 10 1 2 .923 5.49
W.Boggs 18.5 2 2 4 8 2 1 .857 5.84
J.Presley 0.9 0 1 1 1 1 1 .667 20.00
Team Total 1449.1 162 184 211 593 23 105 .972 4.99
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.78
L.Dykstra 773.7 85 91 144 4 2 2 .987 1.72
G.Woods 246.3 28 28 45 2 0 1 1.000 1.72
M.Brown 169.0 20 22 35 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
D.Edwards 111.0 15 15 28 1 0 0 1.000 2.35
J.Browne 36.0 5 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25
J.Carter 24.0 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
R.Deer 18.7 2 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.48
T.Bosley 18.0 2 3 5 0 1 0 .833 2.50
K.Daniels 17.0 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
J.Eisenreich 9.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Barkley 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Buhner 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.7 160 188 276 7 3 3 .990 1.78
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.35
J.Eisenreich 1008.0 115 119 249 5 2 2 .992 2.27
L.Dykstra 310.0 35 35 75 4 0 1 1.000 2.29
G.Woods 44.7 3 18 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
J.Browne 34.0 4 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
R.Deer 24.0 2 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.75
T.Bosley 9.0 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00
Team Total 1429.7 160 183 362 9 2 3 .995 2.34
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.92
T.Bosley 545.3 64 66 107 8 1 3 .991 1.90
J.Buhner 489.0 52 64 104 3 0 1 1.000 1.97
J.Eisenreich 139.0 16 20 34 0 1 0 .971 2.20
G.Woods 101.0 12 14 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.76
R.Deer 84.7 7 17 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
T.Cox 41.0 6 6 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.76
J.Carter 20.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Browne 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Edwards 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Buechele 1.7 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.7 160 195 302 12 3 4 .991 1.98
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.04
K.Gross 231.7 34 34 21 33 3 1 .947 2.10
S.Bedrosian 204.0 32 36 11 31 0 0 1.000 1.85
D.Cone 204.0 30 30 8 20 1 1 .966 1.24
J.Beckwith 193.7 33 33 7 24 0 1 1.000 1.44
B.Smith 188.0 26 28 10 23 3 2 .917 1.58
L.Smith 101.3 0 64 8 24 0 0 1.000 2.84
T.Frohwirth 94.0 0 73 5 16 0 2 1.000 2.01
G.Walter 78.0 0 45 4 12 0 0 1.000 1.85
J.Barkley 50.0 0 26 5 17 0 0 1.000 3.96
C.Schiraldi 41.3 2 13 2 4 2 1 .750 1.31
J.Brantley 36.3 0 19 2 5 1 0 .875 1.73
T.Fossas 7.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.3 157 406 83 209 10 8 .967 1.84
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Eisenreich .310
On-Base Pct Dykstra .373
Slugging Pct Dykstra .455
OPS Dykstra .828
XR Dykstra 82.7
Games Daniels 149
At-Bats Gantner 551
Runs Gantner 84
Hits Gantner 171
Total Bases Gantner 236
Singles Gantner 124
Doubles Eisenreich 41
Triples Brown 7
Homeruns Daniels 13
RBIs Brown, Gantner 84
Stolen Bases Dykstra 52
Caught Stealing Dykstra 18
Walks Daniels 84
Strikeouts Fitzgerald 126
ERA Bedrosian 3.09
Wins Bedrosian 16
Losses Gross 14
Winning Pct Bedrosian .727
Saves Frohwirth 29
Games Pitched Frohwirth 73
Games Started Gross 34
Complete Games Cone, Smith 3
Shutouts Smith 2
Innings Pitched Gross 231.7
Hits Allowed Gross 217
Homeruns Allowed Gross 20
Strikeouts Beckwith 176
Walks Allowed Bedrosian 90
Walks per 9IP Smith 2.1
Hits per 9IP Bedrosian 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Beckwith 8.2
WHiP Bedrosian 1.21
OAVG Bedrosian .211
OOBP Bedrosian .295
OSLG Bedrosian .325
OOPS Bedrosian .620
Team All-Stars
David Cone
Jim Eisenreich
Jim Gantner
Player Salaries
Lee Smith $ 9,000,000
Joe Beckwith $ 9,000,000
Jim Eisenreich $ 7,589,037
Steve Bedrosian $ 5,000,000
Wade Boggs $ 4,478,571
Bryn Smith $ 3,950,000
Gary Woods $ 2,489,752
Jim Gantner $ 1,500,000
Mike Brown $ 985,714
Thad Bosley $ 425,000
Ted Cox $ 369,873
Tom Dixon $ 350,000
Mark Salas $ 350,000
Joe Carter $ 300,000
Jerry Browne $ 300,000
Jeff Barkley $ 300,000
Steve Buechele $ 300,000
Jay Buhner $ 300,000
Jeff Brantley $ 300,000
David Cone $ 300,000
Roberto Alomar $ 300,000
Rob Deer $ 300,000
Lenny Dykstra $ 300,000
Mike Fitzgerald $ 300,000
Tony Fossas $ 300,000
Todd Frohwirth $ 300,000
Kevin Gross $ 300,000
Nelson Santovenia $ 300,000
Calvin Schiraldi $ 300,000
Gene Walter $ 300,000
Kal Daniels $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Jim Eisenreich
2/5 Signed     Gary Woods
2/8 Traded Rick Anderson Milwaukee Lee Smith
2/23 Signed     Ted Cox
2/24 Signed     Tom Dixon
2/25 Signed     Thad Bosley
3/3 Signed     Dennis Leonard
3/3 Signed     Jim Umbarger
3/3 Signed     Mark Thurmond
3/4 Traded Carlos Diaz Toronto Steve Bedrosian
3/4 Traded Orlando Sanchez New York (N) Jeff Barkley
3/4 Traded Lance Johnson Detroit Mike Brown
3/4 Traded Ron Cash Detroit Brian Allard
4/3 Traded Teddy Higuera New York (N) Todd Frohwirth
5/1 Released Billy Baldwin    
5/1 Released Houston Jimenez    
5/1 Released Jose Alvarez    
5/1 Released Brian Allard    
5/1 Released Ron Romanick    
5/1 Released Mike Kingery    
7/1 Traded Jim Presley Los Angeles Calvin Schiraldi
Wade Boggs
10/27 Released Floyd Youmans    
10/27 Released Chuck Jackson    
10/27 Released Joe Pettini    
10/27 Released Dave Edwards    
 
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