1969 Washington Nationals
Record: 88-74
Finish: 2nd in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 739
Runs Allowed: 691
Exp W-L: 86-76
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 1,451,920
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 3rd in the National League
AA: 78-59, 4th in the National League
A: 72-65, 3rd in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Colorado Rockies
 
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
3B  Jim Ray Hart 27 158 586 93 158 22 3 20 94 3 0 58 78 .270 .334 .420 .754 77.2 13.2 0.3
DH *Walt Bond 31 154 564 81 158 25 7 23 99 6 8 52 65 .280 .348 .472 .819 85.4 17.0 4.2
3B  Sal Bando 25 149 519 65 141 32 4 12 82 5 7 56 92 .272 .344 .418 .762 69.7 12.8 3.2
C *Tom Haller 32 144 513 64 148 21 0 8 51 1 0 44 72 .288 .345 .376 .721 63.0 10.9 6.1
SS  Bobby Richardson 33 154 521 53 129 15 2 2 46 8 12 32 32 .248 .290 .296 .586 36.2 0.0 4.8
LF  Manny Mota 31 136 481 63 143 23 5 2 52 11 4 25 31 .297 .329 .378 .708 57.7 10.2 3.4
RF  Ron Swoboda 25 121 358 56 100 19 4 20 72 6 5 41 91 .279 .355 .522 .877 62.3 14.0 2.5
3B *Tony Gonzalez 32 122 358 48 89 15 0 7 47 8 5 30 59 .249 .310 .349 .660 36.5 4.1 5.9
RF  Ollie Brown 25 106 344 43 95 16 1 6 31 0 0 28 47 .276 .331 .381 .711 40.6 6.6 2.6
3B  Max Alvis 31 99 329 32 87 19 0 5 43 0 0 24 47 .264 .317 .368 .685 34.2 4.8 5.9
1B #Wes Parker 29 97 296 44 87 11 0 4 24 5 3 48 46 .294 .394 .372 .765 46.1 9.7 0.6
DH *Fred Whitfield 31 79 235 29 61 7 0 8 34 1 1 6 36 .260 .280 .391 .672 24.3 2.7 0.5
C  Manny Sanguillen 25 70 185 21 48 9 0 0 14 6 1 7 15 .259 .286 .308 .595 14.1 1.0 1.9
CF #Fred Valentine 34 56 148 21 37 7 0 2 13 3 0 13 26 .250 .315 .338 .653 15.2 2.1 1.6
LF *Norm Siebern 35 40 112 15 29 4 1 5 15 0 1 16 23 .259 .352 .446 .798 16.9 3.3 0.2
CF *Rich Reese 27 15 41 9 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 4 .195 .250 .244 .494 1.4 0.0 0.4
C  Joe Azcue 29 12 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .231 .333 .231 .564 0.9 0.0 0.2
  Team Totals 29.5 1712 5603 739 1521 247 27 124 721 63 47 485 767 .271 .331 .392 .722 681.6 112.5 44.1
  Rank among 10 NL teams 7 6 2 5 8 8 5 5 9 7 1 2 3 5 4 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
 Bill Singer 25 18 12 .600 35 35 0 295.3 289 118 19 108 200 3.60 23.4
 Steve Hargan 26 21 12 .636 35 35 0 285.3 309 132 14 111 142 4.16 19.2
 Mike Marshall 26 14 10 .583 35 35 0 252.7 246 83 8 85 162 2.96 23.6
 Ray Lamb 24 8 8 .500 24 24 0 163.3 171 70 16 60 93 3.86 10.9
 Joe Horlen 31 4 9 .308 17 17 0 127.3 147 71 13 43 75 5.02 4.0
 Gaylord Perry 30 2 8 .200 12 12 0 99.3 96 48 10 45 60 4.35 5.1
 Bill Dailey 34 13 7 .650 70 0 17 89.7 100 32 2 20 51 3.21 13.7
 Ron Taylor 31 4 4 .500 28 4 2 54.3 54 27 7 3 42 4.47 3.9
 Frank Linzy 28 2 3 .400 21 0 1 40.0 38 20 4 15 20 4.50 2.4
 Dick Bosman 25 0 0 .000 16 0 1 25.3 28 14 5 11 15 4.97 0.6
 Stan Williams 32 1 1 .500 5 2 0 11.7 17 9 2 4 7 6.94 0.0
*Jim Rooker 26 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 8.7 8 5 2 4 5 5.20 0.5
Team Totals 28.2 88 74 .543 310 164 21 1453.0 1503 629 102 509 872 3.90 107.3
Rank among 10 NL teams 3 3 8 3 5 7 1 2 4 7 2  
* - 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 .990 34.0
T.Haller 1134.0 127 132 701 51 6 0 .992 34.0
M.Sanguillen 306.0 34 39 206 14 2 0 .991 40.0
J.Azcue 13.0 1 4 12 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1453.0 162 175 919 67 8 0 .992 34.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.18
W.Parker 662.0 76 86 800 64 5 84 .994 11.75
F.Whitfield 464.0 53 64 580 36 2 48 .997 11.95
N.Siebern 64.4 9 11 81 6 1 11 .989 12.16
J.Azcue 27.7 2 8 34 1 0 1 1.000 11.39
T.Haller 24.0 0 9 25 4 0 1 1.000 10.88
W.Bond 5.3 0 2 4 0 0 1 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1247.4 140 180 1524 111 8 146 .995 11.80
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.73
B.Richardson 1334.3 153 153 319 602 25 129 .974 6.21
T.Gonzalez 45.0 5 5 9 19 6 4 .824 5.60
F.Valentine 28.5 2 11 9 15 0 3 1.000 7.58
M.Alvis 4.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
W.Parker 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
S.Bando 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1415.8 160 172 339 639 31 136 .969 6.22
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.87
S.Bando 1241.7 141 142 55 303 26 25 .932 2.59
M.Alvis 100.0 10 15 6 25 0 0 1.000 2.79
T.Gonzalez 79.7 8 12 6 14 2 5 .909 2.26
J.Hart 31.0 3 4 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.61
Team Total 1452.3 162 173 69 349 28 31 .937 2.59
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.05
T.Gonzalez 744.7 83 91 120 351 8 64 .983 5.69
M.Alvis 674.3 78 83 112 335 5 63 .989 5.97
J.Hart 18.0 1 6 3 11 1 2 .933 7.00
S.Bando 8.0 0 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.63
B.Richardson 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00
M.Sanguillen 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Mota 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
N.Siebern 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.5 162 187 237 702 14 130 .985 5.82
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.93
W.Bond 1023.3 115 116 209 5 3 1 .986 1.88
F.Valentine 90.0 13 14 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.30
R.Swoboda 63.0 6 12 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
O.Brown 51.0 6 7 10 1 0 1 1.000 1.94
F.Whitfield 41.7 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.51
M.Mota 33.7 4 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.60
T.Gonzalez 16.0 2 2 6 1 1 0 .875 3.94
N.Siebern 14.7 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
J.Hart 10.3 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87
Team Total 1343.7 152 173 280 7 5 2 .983 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.48
M.Mota 988.3 114 120 208 5 2 0 .991 1.94
O.Brown 341.0 37 49 83 1 1 0 .988 2.22
F.Valentine 192.4 26 29 58 1 0 0 1.000 2.76
R.Reese 76.3 9 11 25 0 1 0 .962 2.95
T.Gonzalez 10.7 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.84
R.Swoboda 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
W.Parker 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Bond 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Sanguillen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1622.7 187 222 377 7 4 0 .990 2.13
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.93
R.Swoboda 727.3 78 98 148 2 4 0 .974 1.86
O.Brown 397.0 48 48 69 2 1 1 .986 1.61
W.Bond 285.0 32 35 56 1 1 1 .983 1.80
N.Siebern 49.0 7 7 11 0 1 0 .917 2.02
M.Sanguillen 28.7 3 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.51
M.Mota 14.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
F.Valentine 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1501.8 169 198 294 5 7 2 .977 1.79
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 1.91
B.Singer 295.3 35 35 18 44 3 10 .954 1.89
S.Hargan 285.3 35 35 11 65 2 5 .974 2.40
M.Marshall 252.7 35 35 15 35 4 4 .926 1.78
R.Lamb 163.3 24 24 9 28 0 4 1.000 2.04
J.Horlen 127.3 17 17 8 24 0 2 1.000 2.26
G.Perry 99.3 12 12 4 14 1 1 .947 1.63
B.Dailey 89.7 0 70 3 20 1 0 .958 2.31
R.Taylor 54.3 4 28 5 3 1 0 .889 1.33
F.Linzy 40.0 0 21 5 7 0 0 1.000 2.70
D.Bosman 25.3 0 16 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.42
S.Williams 11.7 2 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.77
J.Rooker 8.7 0 12 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.24
Team Total 1453.0 164 310 81 248 12 27 .965 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mota .297
On-Base Pct Bond .348
Slugging Pct Bond .472
OPS Bond .819
XR Bond 85.4
Games Hart 158
At-Bats Hart 586
Runs Hart 93
Hits Bond, Hart 158
Total Bases Bond 266
Singles Haller 119
Doubles Bando 32
Triples Bond 7
Homeruns Bond 23
RBIs Bond 99
Stolen Bases Mota 11
Caught Stealing Richardson 12
Walks Hart 58
Strikeouts Bando 92
ERA Marshall 2.96
Wins Hargan 21
Losses Hargan, Singer 12
Winning Pct Dailey .650
Saves Dailey 17
Games Pitched Dailey 70
Games Started Hargan, Marshall, Singer 35
Complete Games Hargan 18
Shutouts Hargan 4
Innings Pitched Singer 295.3
Hits Allowed Hargan 309
Homeruns Allowed Singer 19
Strikeouts Singer 200
Walks Allowed Hargan 111
Walks per 9IP Marshall 3.0
Hits per 9IP Marshall 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Singer 6.1
WHiP Marshall 1.31
OAVG Marshall .254
OOBP Marshall .315
OSLG Marshall .340
OOPS Marshall .655
Team All-Stars
Jim Ray Hart
Joe Horlen
Bill Singer
Player Salaries
Joe Horlen $ 7,000,000
Jim Ray Hart $ 6,000,000
Walt Bond $ 5,750,000
Bill Singer $ 5,500,000
Tom Haller $ 5,000,000
Bill Dailey $ 4,555,555
Manny Mota $ 3,555,555
Norm Siebern $ 2,850,000
Fred Whitfield $ 2,000,000
Steve Hargan $ 1,892,857
Max Alvis $ 1,750,000
Tony Gonzalez $ 1,500,000
Ron Taylor $ 1,365,714
Bobby Richardson $ 1,200,000
Jim Hannan $ 788,571
Herman Starrette $ 351,429
Bill Pleis $ 350,000
Frank Linzy $ 350,000
Joe Azcue $ 350,000
Dick Bosman $ 300,000
Sal Bando $ 300,000
Ollie Brown $ 300,000
Mike Marshall $ 300,000
Wes Parker $ 300,000
Rich Reese $ 300,000
Jim Rooker $ 300,000
Manny Sanguillen $ 300,000
Ron Swoboda $ 300,000
Ray Lamb $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Buster Narum New York (N) Bobby Richardson
2/21 Traded Amado Samuel St. Louis Tony Gonzalez
7/1 Traded Ellie Rodriguez
Fred Valentine
Stan Williams
Gaylord Perry
Boston (N) Joe Horlen
$5,000,000
7/31 Traded Aurelio Rodriguez New York (A) Norm Siebern