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1976 Washington Nationals
Record: 66-96
Finish: 4th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 618
Runs Allowed: 787
Exp W-L: 63-99
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 1,535,216
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 3rd in the National League
AA: 81-56, 2nd in the National League
A: 74-63, 4th 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
LF  Randy Elliott 25 151 586 58 164 30 3 4 56 2 4 29 80 .280 .313 .362 .675 59.5 7.4 2.3
3B *Derrell Griffith 32 152 594 74 173 40 1 13 76 1 0 15 52 .291 .311 .428 .738 71.1 12.0 2.2
RF *Terry Whitfield 23 157 541 62 155 37 4 11 71 2 0 35 56 .287 .333 .431 .764 70.6 12.6 1.8
C *Milt May 25 150 521 57 147 17 1 8 58 0 1 62 33 .282 .357 .365 .721 67.5 11.5 3.3
C *Ron Hodges 27 140 486 52 133 26 0 2 47 0 1 68 82 .274 .363 .340 .702 61.6 10.4 7.3
2B  Bobby Valentine 26 132 377 36 90 18 2 1 25 3 2 25 42 .239 .289 .305 .594 31.6 1.2 4.2
LF  Dan Thomas 25 104 370 46 80 11 2 9 41 3 3 39 106 .216 .296 .330 .626 35.8 2.4 0.5
RF  Ollie Brown 32 121 325 36 84 13 3 8 45 0 0 16 50 .258 .289 .391 .680 35.1 3.9 0.9
RF  Ron Swoboda 32 123 305 37 84 12 3 9 42 7 1 16 62 .275 .315 .423 .738 39.1 6.2 1.2
1B  Mike Anderson 25 74 250 23 62 15 3 1 19 0 1 17 61 .248 .296 .344 .640 24.5 2.7 1.9
3B  Willie Randolph 21 73 236 25 60 6 4 0 26 6 4 27 13 .254 .330 .314 .643 24.7 2.9 3.0
2B  Leo Cardenas 37 77 237 13 55 6 0 0 16 3 3 16 30 .232 .278 .257 .536 15.9 0.0 3.3
3B  Danny Cater 36 88 167 22 48 6 0 0 13 0 4 8 28 .287 .316 .323 .640 14.1 0.7 1.0
C  Dennis Paepke 31 44 147 19 36 5 1 2 15 1 1 12 14 .245 .302 .333 .635 13.9 1.3 2.8
2B #Horace Clarke 36 111 142 18 41 2 0 1 10 7 4 7 6 .289 .322 .324 .646 12.6 1.0 2.0
CF  Ken Berry 35 38 136 10 31 4 0 2 14 0 2 9 16 .228 .281 .301 .582 10.2 0.1 0.7
CF  Jesus Alou 34 78 138 16 38 5 0 0 13 0 0 4 11 .275 .301 .312 .612 11.6 1.0 1.2
1B #Wes Parker 36 58 92 11 28 5 2 1 13 0 0 13 9 .304 .393 .435 .827 14.6 3.1 0.3
CF  Tony Armas 22 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 1878 5651 616 1509 258 29 72 600 35 31 418 751 .267 .318 .361 .679 613.5 80.2 39.8
  Rank among 10 NL teams 3 9 5 6 3 10 9 8 4 10 4 6 7 8 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
 John Denny 23 11 17 .393 36 36 0 273.0 285 122 13 111 142 4.02 16.7
*Larry Gura 28 12 14 .462 28 28 0 228.7 251 95 16 67 78 3.74 16.4
*Buddy Schultz 25 9 14 .391 34 34 0 214.7 236 135 35 96 140 5.66 4.2
 Elias Sosa 26 12 13 .480 36 28 1 198.3 218 91 20 67 75 4.13 13.2
*Joe Sambito 24 7 7 .500 16 16 0 118.0 104 47 9 42 60 3.58 9.1
 Bill Singer 32 3 9 .250 50 1 4 117.3 119 52 9 57 73 3.99 8.1
 Clay Kirby 28 2 8 .200 19 13 0 91.0 115 61 13 42 39 6.03 0.4
 Ray Lamb 31 6 6 .500 59 0 13 70.3 77 34 7 32 40 4.35 7.1
*Jim Rooker 33 4 4 .500 38 0 5 66.3 79 38 4 46 31 5.16 2.2
 Don Demola 23 0 4 .000 6 6 0 40.3 53 31 6 16 22 6.92 0.0
 Jim Bethke 29 0 0 .000 11 0 0 19.3 21 14 3 13 13 6.52 0.0
 Dick Bosman 32 0 0 .000 2 0 1 3.0 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.6
Team Totals 27.8 66 96 .407 335 162 24 1440.3 1563 720 135 589 713 4.50 78.0
Rank among 10 NL teams 8 8 7 8 9 7 5 8 8 8 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 .991 31.5
R.Hodges 1109.3 126 134 567 45 6 2 .990 28.9
D.Paepke 312.0 36 40 185 21 1 1 .995 54.2
M.May 19.0 0 9 10 2 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1440.3 162 183 762 68 7 3 .992 35.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.81
M.May 1151.0 134 139 1517 103 5 143 .997 12.67
D.Cater 146.7 16 19 196 13 3 25 .986 12.83
W.Parker 133.7 12 27 174 8 2 20 .989 12.25
R.Elliott 6.0 0 3 6 2 0 1 1.000 12.00
M.Anderson 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Cardenas 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1440.3 162 191 1894 127 10 189 .995 12.63
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.93
B.Valentine 1068.7 132 132 215 493 20 114 .973 5.96
H.Clarke 218.3 17 58 54 106 3 29 .982 6.60
J.Alou 153.3 13 35 46 66 3 16 .974 6.57
Team Total 1440.3 162 225 315 665 26 159 .974 6.12
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 3.08
D.Griffith 1248.3 146 150 74 350 25 25 .944 3.06
D.Cater 150.0 14 33 5 46 4 2 .927 3.06
J.Alou 38.0 2 10 4 8 1 0 .923 2.84
B.Valentine 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.3 162 196 83 404 30 27 .942 3.04
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.33
L.Cardenas 611.3 76 76 100 299 14 63 .966 5.87
W.Randolph 598.0 72 73 96 282 11 54 .972 5.69
H.Clarke 182.7 14 44 34 84 1 14 .992 5.81
D.Cater 36.0 0 11 6 17 3 3 .885 5.75
T.Whitfield 7.0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1.000 5.14
O.Brown 3.7 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.46
R.Elliott 1.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1440.3 162 208 238 686 29 137 .970 5.77
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
T.Whitfield 852.7 101 106 181 2 9 1 .953 1.93
D.Thomas 228.7 29 29 51 0 1 0 .981 2.01
R.Swoboda 183.3 14 40 38 0 1 0 .974 1.87
R.Elliott 121.7 13 16 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.92
D.Cater 41.0 4 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.29
J.Alou 13.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
Team Total 1440.3 162 205 312 3 11 1 .966 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.45
M.Anderson 599.7 73 73 161 6 0 1 1.000 2.51
O.Brown 366.7 38 59 81 4 2 1 .977 2.09
K.Berry 296.3 36 37 70 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
J.Alou 137.7 12 27 31 2 0 1 1.000 2.16
R.Swoboda 31.0 3 4 9 0 1 0 .900 2.61
D.Cater 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Armas 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Parker 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.3 162 205 354 12 3 3 .992 2.29
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.91
R.Elliott 1090.0 127 134 190 7 2 2 .990 1.63
R.Swoboda 280.3 29 47 65 2 0 1 1.000 2.15
O.Brown 34.0 3 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.79
J.Alou 18.0 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
D.Paepke 16.0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.Whitfield 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.3 162 197 266 9 2 3 .993 1.72
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.09
J.Denny 273.0 36 36 18 51 1 5 .986 2.27
L.Gura 228.7 28 28 14 51 2 3 .970 2.56
B.Schultz 214.7 34 34 12 45 1 4 .983 2.39
E.Sosa 198.3 28 36 13 39 0 2 1.000 2.36
J.Sambito 118.0 16 16 12 15 0 1 1.000 2.06
B.Singer 117.3 1 50 9 18 1 2 .964 2.07
C.Kirby 91.0 13 19 7 17 1 2 .960 2.37
R.Lamb 70.3 0 59 4 4 1 0 .889 1.02
J.Rooker 66.3 0 38 1 14 1 0 .938 2.04
D.Demola 40.3 6 6 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.12
J.Bethke 19.3 0 11 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.79
D.Bosman 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1440.3 162 335 93 263 8 20 .978 2.22
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Griffith .291
On-Base Pct Hodges .363
Slugging Pct Whitfield .431
OPS Whitfield .764
XR Griffith 71.1
Games Whitfield 157
At-Bats Griffith 594
Runs Griffith 74
Hits Griffith 173
Total Bases Griffith 254
Singles Elliott 127
Doubles Griffith 40
Triples Randolph, Whitfield 4
Homeruns Griffith 13
RBIs Griffith 76
Stolen Bases Clarke, Swoboda 7
Caught Stealing Cater, Clarke, Elliott, Randolph 4
Walks Hodges 68
Strikeouts Thomas 106
ERA Gura 3.74
Wins Gura, Sosa 12
Losses Denny 17
Winning Pct Sosa .480
Saves Lamb 13
Games Pitched Lamb 59
Games Started Denny 36
Complete Games Denny 11
Shutouts Gura 2
Innings Pitched Denny 273.0
Hits Allowed Denny 285
Homeruns Allowed Schultz 35
Strikeouts Denny 142
Walks Allowed Denny 111
Walks per 9IP Gura 2.6
Hits per 9IP Denny 9.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Schultz 5.9
WHiP Gura 1.39
OAVG Denny .270
OOBP Gura .329
OSLG Denny .359
OOPS Denny .696
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Ray Lamb $ 3,100,000
Luke Walker $ 3,003,003
Ollie Brown $ 3,000,000
Bill Singer $ 3,000,000
Wes Parker $ 1,700,000
Derrell Griffith $ 1,500,000
Ron Swoboda $ 1,440,000
Jesus Alou $ 500,000
Danny Cater $ 400,000
Horace Clarke $ 350,000
Jim Rooker $ 350,000
Leo Cardenas $ 340,000
Dick Bosman $ 300,000
Jim Bethke $ 300,000
Tony Armas $ 300,000
Don Demola $ 300,000
John Denny $ 300,000
Mike Anderson $ 300,000
Randy Elliott $ 300,000
Larry Gura $ 300,000
Clay Kirby $ 300,000
Terry Whitfield $ 300,000
Milt May $ 300,000
Dennis Paepke $ 300,000
Willie Randolph $ 300,000
Joe Sambito $ 300,000
Buddy Schultz $ 300,000
Elias Sosa $ 300,000
Dan Thomas $ 300,000
Bobby Valentine $ 300,000
Ron Hodges $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Ray Lamb
2/15 Signed     Danny Thompson
7/31 Released Jim Lonborg    
10/29 Released Ken Berry    
 
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