1987 Washington Nationals
Record: 83-77
Finish: 3rd in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 705
Runs Allowed: 687
Exp W-L: 82-78
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 1,792,455
Manager: Marwan II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-61, 3rd in the National League
AA: 80-57, 4th in the National League
A: 57-80, 12th 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 *Lenny Dykstra 24 152 622 99 182 31 12 13 64 64 22 72 55 .293 .364 .444 .808 100.3 23.0 4.4
3B  Ron Cash 37 155 643 75 212 16 2 3 82 0 2 18 113 .330 .346 .375 .721 77.6 16.3 2.8
DH *Kal Daniels 23 154 556 74 146 32 2 22 90 18 5 75 101 .263 .352 .446 .798 89.7 19.9 0.1
3B  Jim Presley 25 151 577 54 136 28 1 21 99 0 0 40 107 .236 .287 .397 .684 64.6 9.3 4.8
SS *Jim Gantner 34 154 581 62 186 37 2 9 65 12 8 31 43 .320 .357 .437 .794 81.0 18.9 7.4
3B  Steve Buechele 25 149 542 58 141 41 3 11 64 3 2 43 108 .260 .316 .408 .724 64.7 11.4 5.9
LF  Rob Deer 26 154 500 76 99 20 2 25 55 4 1 71 129 .198 .301 .396 .697 64.8 10.2 2.9
C  Mike Fitzgerald 26 139 449 61 98 22 1 9 54 2 1 64 110 .218 .314 .332 .646 51.8 7.2 6.3
1B *Billy Baldwin 36 92 310 26 69 12 5 2 25 14 8 14 41 .223 .252 .313 .565 21.8 0.0 1.6
SS  Joe Pettini 32 116 277 54 58 4 0 3 30 31 13 13 45 .209 .243 .256 .499 17.5 0.0 2.7
RF  Dave Winfield 35 76 238 19 57 9 0 6 29 5 2 18 55 .239 .292 .353 .645 23.6 2.8 1.2
CF *Lyman Bostock 36 90 230 35 52 7 0 1 16 2 1 10 37 .226 .261 .270 .531 15.7 0.3 1.2
C *Mark Salas 26 45 106 6 19 8 0 0 2 0 0 7 9 .179 .237 .255 .492 5.4 0.0 1.5
1B *Dave Parker 36 20 37 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 .162 .225 .162 .387 1.2 0.0 0.2
P  Carlos Diaz 29 5 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 1652 5672 704 1462 268 30 125 676 155 65 479 963 .258 .316 .382 .698 680.0 119.5 42.8
  Rank among 12 NL teams 2 8 6 9 11 7 8 3 8 7 8 6 8 9 9 9  
* - 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
*Teddy Higuera 28 16 11 .593 32 32 0 235.7 230 87 18 60 148 3.32 15.4
 Bryn Smith 31 11 13 .458 32 32 0 213.7 235 100 22 59 137 4.21 7.9
 David Cone 24 8 10 .444 31 31 0 197.3 190 87 17 93 138 3.97 8.6
 Kevin Gross 26 9 11 .450 29 29 0 188.0 189 93 21 57 127 4.45 6.6
 Joe Beckwith 32 10 8 .556 32 32 0 187.0 179 71 20 68 160 3.42 11.3
 Tom Hume 34 7 10 .412 67 0 2 141.0 138 44 12 39 61 2.81 10.9
*Carlos Diaz 29 6 5 .545 72 0 4 77.0 80 31 8 21 53 3.62 5.1
 Len Barker 31 4 2 .667 28 3 1 75.7 89 42 9 29 37 5.00 1.9
 Mark Littell 34 5 3 .625 61 0 35 70.0 60 23 4 33 74 2.96 11.1
 Dave Frost 34 2 1 .667 24 1 0 46.0 56 21 3 19 19 4.11 1.7
*Gene Walter 26 4 1 .800 35 0 6 31.0 28 4 0 15 20 1.16 5.7
 Jose Alvarez 31 1 2 .333 6 0 0 9.7 10 4 2 10 6 3.73 0.4
Team Totals 30.0 83 77 .519 449 160 48 1472.0 1484 607 136 503 980 3.71 86.7
Rank among 12 NL teams 5 5 3 5 1 8 9 5 8 4 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 30.0
M.Fitzgerald 1184.0 129 135 839 54 12 1 .987 30.0
M.Salas 288.0 31 41 189 12 1 0 .995 40.0
Team Total 1472.0 160 176 1028 66 13 1 .988 31.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.23
R.Cash 984.7 110 112 1137 85 9 109 .993 11.17
D.Winfield 266.3 29 29 292 28 7 33 .979 10.81
B.Baldwin 142.0 15 18 152 11 3 14 .982 10.33
D.Parker 79.0 6 14 85 3 1 9 .989 10.03
Team Total 1472.0 160 173 1666 127 20 165 .989 10.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.66
J.Presley 1315.0 145 147 275 515 17 120 .979 5.41
J.Pettini 149.0 15 22 23 68 1 13 .989 5.50
J.Gantner 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
S.Buechele 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1472.0 160 173 299 585 18 133 .980 5.40
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.66
S.Buechele 1302.0 148 148 88 302 11 28 .973 2.70
J.Pettini 161.0 12 24 15 39 3 2 .947 3.02
J.Presley 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Gantner 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1472.0 160 175 103 342 14 30 .969 2.72
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.13
J.Gantner 1280.3 146 146 193 519 12 97 .983 5.00
J.Pettini 189.7 14 31 29 77 7 19 .938 5.03
S.Buechele 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.0 160 178 222 596 19 116 .977 5.00
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.90
R.Deer 1155.3 132 135 221 8 5 2 .979 1.78
L.Bostock 154.0 17 23 27 2 1 0 .967 1.69
J.Pettini 125.3 11 18 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
K.Daniels 12.7 0 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.55
D.Winfield 10.7 0 8 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
D.Parker 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
B.Baldwin 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Cash 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1472.0 160 198 284 11 6 2 .980 1.80
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.42
L.Dykstra 1344.0 146 148 363 5 4 2 .989 2.46
L.Bostock 116.0 13 14 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.02
D.Parker 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Diaz 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Presley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.0 160 165 391 6 4 2 .990 2.43
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.98
B.Baldwin 562.0 63 68 113 3 0 2 1.000 1.86
R.Cash 338.0 40 42 76 1 0 0 1.000 2.05
D.Winfield 266.0 28 34 54 2 1 1 .982 1.89
L.Bostock 164.3 14 27 39 5 0 1 1.000 2.41
R.Deer 141.7 15 20 32 2 2 1 .944 2.16
Team Total 1472.0 160 191 314 13 3 5 .991 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 1.90
T.Higuera 235.7 32 32 12 33 0 2 1.000 1.72
B.Smith 213.7 32 32 15 33 2 2 .960 2.02
D.Cone 197.3 31 31 18 25 0 3 1.000 1.96
K.Gross 188.0 29 29 16 34 1 0 .980 2.39
J.Beckwith 187.0 32 32 14 19 1 4 .971 1.59
T.Hume 141.0 0 67 6 24 1 1 .968 1.91
C.Diaz 77.0 0 72 5 13 1 4 .947 2.10
L.Barker 75.7 3 28 5 14 3 0 .864 2.26
M.Littell 70.0 0 61 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.29
D.Frost 46.0 1 24 3 9 0 2 1.000 2.35
G.Walter 31.0 0 35 3 5 1 0 .889 2.32
J.Alvarez 9.7 0 6 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.80
Team Total 1472.0 160 449 101 218 10 19 .970 1.95
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cash .330
On-Base Pct Dykstra .364
Slugging Pct Daniels .446
OPS Dykstra .808
XR Dykstra 100.3
Games Cash 155
At-Bats Cash 643
Runs Dykstra 99
Hits Cash 212
Total Bases Dykstra 276
Singles Cash 191
Doubles Buechele 41
Triples Dykstra 12
Homeruns Deer 25
RBIs Presley 99
Stolen Bases Dykstra 64
Caught Stealing Dykstra 22
Walks Daniels 75
Strikeouts Deer 129
ERA Higuera 3.32
Wins Higuera 16
Losses Smith 13
Winning Pct Higuera .593
Saves Littell 35
Games Pitched Diaz 72
Games Started Beckwith, Higuera, Smith 32
Complete Games Higuera 6
Shutouts Higuera 2
Innings Pitched Higuera 235.7
Hits Allowed Smith 235
Homeruns Allowed Smith 22
Strikeouts Beckwith 160
Walks Allowed Cone 93
Walks per 9IP Higuera 2.3
Hits per 9IP Beckwith 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Beckwith 7.7
WHiP Higuera 1.23
OAVG Beckwith .247
OOBP Higuera .303
OSLG Higuera .375
OOPS Higuera .678
Team All-Stars
Lenny Dykstra
Player Salaries
Joe Beckwith $ 9,000,000
Bryn Smith $ 3,892,857
Dave Parker $ 2,500,000
Len Barker $ 2,034,000
Lyman Bostock $ 1,952,000
Ron Cash $ 1,930,000
Jim Gantner $ 1,500,000
Carlos Diaz $ 1,280,000
Tom Hume $ 1,000,001
Mark Littell $ 350,000
Dave Frost $ 350,000
Mark Salas $ 350,000
Danny Boone $ 350,000
Kal Daniels $ 300,000
Steve Buechele $ 300,000
David Cone $ 300,000
Billy Baldwin $ 300,000
Rob Deer $ 300,000
Jose Alvarez $ 300,000
Mike Fitzgerald $ 300,000
Dave Winfield $ 300,000
Kevin Gross $ 300,000
Teddy Higuera $ 300,000
Joe Pettini $ 300,000
Jim Presley $ 300,000
Gene Walter $ 300,000
Lenny Dykstra $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Ron Cash
2/23 Signed     Ron Hodges
2/26 Signed     Tom Hume
3/4 Traded Pedro Guerrero
Steve Bowling
San Diego Gary Allenson
6/1 Signed     Dave Winfield
9/1 Released Ron Hodges    
9/1 Released Gary Allenson    
9/1 Released Steve Brown    
9/1 Released Alan Wirth    
9/1 Released Bud Anderson    
9/1 Released Dan Meyer    
9/1 Released Joe Strain    
9/1 Released Nyls Nyman    
9/1 Released Terry Whitfield    
9/1 Released Dave Bergman    
9/1 Released Luis Quinones    
9/1 Released Matt Sinatro    
9/1 Released Logan Easley