1989 Washington Nationals
Record: 93-67
Finish: 1st in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 784
Runs Allowed: 695
Exp W-L: 89-71
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 2,142,844
Manager: Mike Kolb II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-61, 5th in the National League
AA: 49-88, 12th in the National League
A: 52-85, 11th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 0-4 to New York (N) Giants
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over San Diego Padres
 
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
2B #Roberto Alomar 21 151 607 99 168 55 9 6 71 21 4 44 66 .277 .325 .427 .752 80.9 17.5 6.5
DH *Kal Daniels 25 152 571 92 163 31 4 22 95 16 2 75 98 .285 .368 .469 .838 98.2 24.1 0.0
LF *Lenny Dykstra 26 155 544 82 148 33 6 9 64 38 16 83 49 .272 .369 .404 .773 80.7 17.5 4.2
3B *Wade Boggs 31 155 543 85 172 58 3 11 96 3 1 69 24 .317 .389 .495 .884 96.3 24.9 4.9
1B  Mike Brown 29 152 561 76 131 47 3 15 93 4 2 45 106 .234 .288 .408 .696 61.8 8.9 2.9
C  Mike Fitzgerald 28 135 460 63 102 26 2 7 51 0 2 62 103 .222 .312 .333 .645 49.7 6.2 5.6
CF #Kevin Bass 30 133 456 69 128 34 4 9 66 8 2 30 61 .281 .324 .432 .757 59.5 12.2 3.1
RF  Jay Buhner 24 127 407 51 80 33 2 12 56 0 0 56 128 .197 .294 .376 .670 48.5 7.0 2.7
SS #Jerry Browne 23 123 337 41 99 25 2 2 45 11 8 29 20 .294 .346 .398 .743 45.5 9.2 4.5
CF *Jim Eisenreich 30 84 272 36 71 21 2 2 24 9 4 19 24 .261 .304 .375 .679 29.0 3.8 2.5
3B  Steve Buechele 27 93 236 36 70 11 3 5 34 2 1 22 42 .297 .356 .432 .789 35.7 8.3 2.9
LF  Rob Deer 28 74 199 29 35 12 0 12 36 0 1 23 60 .176 .260 .417 .677 21.7 2.0 1.5
LF  Gary Woods 34 65 144 18 37 8 1 0 10 0 0 12 18 .257 .314 .326 .640 13.4 1.8 1.2
C  Nelson Santovenia 27 34 112 5 25 10 1 0 18 0 0 3 20 .223 .241 .330 .572 7.9 0.4 1.2
2B  Tim Teufel 30 14 13 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .231 .286 .385 .670 1.4 0.4 0.1
CF  Ted Cox 34 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 1.1 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 27.9 1650 5463 784 1433 407 42 112 759 112 43 574 820 .262 .331 .414 .745 731.3 144.6 43.8
  Rank among 12 NL teams 8 5 6 1 2 8 5 4 7 4 2 5 5 4 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 28 16 10 .615 34 34 0 246.7 203 81 12 60 219 2.96 20.7
 Bryn Smith 33 14 9 .609 32 32 0 204.0 196 96 25 52 116 4.24 11.0
 Lee Smith 31 11 9 .550 29 29 0 177.3 173 77 18 33 133 3.91 9.8
 Calvin Schiraldi 27 11 9 .550 27 27 0 166.7 153 72 20 59 104 3.89 9.9
 Jeff Barkley 29 8 4 .667 68 0 3 145.0 155 79 20 47 114 4.90 5.7
 David Cone 26 9 9 .500 40 13 3 142.3 134 73 23 79 121 4.62 5.4
 Steve Bedrosian 31 4 4 .500 22 22 0 118.7 107 52 7 46 78 3.94 5.6
 Jeff Brantley 25 8 2 .800 58 1 4 71.0 60 27 4 31 51 3.42 7.1
 Todd Frohwirth 26 2 7 .222 66 0 47 69.3 67 29 2 31 58 3.76 10.1
*Tony Fossas 31 7 3 .700 61 0 3 68.7 67 32 9 31 48 4.19 4.4
*Mark Thurmond 32 3 1 .750 9 2 1 22.7 27 14 3 4 6 5.56 1.0
*Gene Walter 28 0 0 .000 6 0 0 4.7 5 4 1 2 0 7.73 0.0
Team Totals 28.9 93 67 .581 452 160 61 1437.0 1347 636 144 475 1048 3.98 90.5
Rank among 12 NL teams 5 5 2 5 8 4 10 7 5 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 .993 28.5
M.Fitzgerald 1176.7 129 135 878 52 8 2 .991 25.7
N.Santovenia 260.3 31 33 200 10 2 1 .991 31.8
Team Total 1437.0 160 168 1078 62 10 3 .991 26.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.38
M.Brown 1315.3 149 149 1515 131 10 120 .994 11.26
G.Woods 117.7 11 20 143 9 3 16 .981 11.63
J.Carter 4.0 0 3 6 1 0 0 1.000 15.75
Team Total 1437.0 160 172 1664 141 13 136 .993 11.30
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.55
R.Alomar 1268.7 144 149 208 558 14 85 .982 5.43
S.Buechele 86.7 10 14 15 36 2 5 .962 5.30
G.Woods 65.7 5 19 16 26 0 6 1.000 5.76
T.Teufel 10.0 1 3 3 3 0 1 1.000 5.40
J.Browne 4.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75
T.Cox 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1437.0 160 188 242 627 16 97 .982 5.44
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.61
W.Boggs 1294.0 144 151 72 281 19 17 .949 2.46
S.Buechele 64.0 8 8 5 16 1 1 .955 2.95
G.Woods 44.0 4 8 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.84
J.Browne 31.0 4 5 4 7 0 1 1.000 3.19
T.Teufel 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Cox 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.0 160 174 83 311 20 19 .952 2.47
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.12
J.Browne 909.3 107 116 149 360 8 70 .985 5.04
S.Buechele 455.0 48 71 84 177 8 35 .970 5.16
G.Woods 70.7 5 16 5 17 0 2 1.000 2.80
T.Teufel 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1437.0 160 204 239 556 16 108 .980 4.98
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.80
L.Dykstra 807.0 91 92 145 4 2 0 .987 1.66
R.Deer 409.0 49 49 82 2 5 0 .944 1.85
J.Buhner 118.3 11 23 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
K.Bass 72.7 7 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
G.Woods 16.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
J.Eisenreich 8.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Browne 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
K.Daniels 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Cox 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Barkley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.0 160 185 269 6 7 0 .975 1.72
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 2.35
J.Eisenreich 548.7 67 67 142 1 0 1 1.000 2.35
L.Dykstra 506.3 54 62 124 3 1 1 .992 2.26
K.Bass 304.0 31 47 61 5 2 3 .971 1.95
G.Woods 41.0 5 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
R.Deer 32.0 3 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.09
J.Buhner 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Browne 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1437.0 160 192 350 9 3 5 .992 2.25
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.95
J.Buhner 840.3 96 97 157 4 0 0 1.000 1.72
K.Bass 527.7 58 67 119 4 5 0 .961 2.10
J.Eisenreich 32.0 3 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 1.97
R.Deer 32.0 3 4 5 2 0 1 1.000 1.97
G.Woods 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Brown 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.0 160 177 287 11 5 2 .983 1.87
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.96
K.Gross 246.7 34 34 14 24 2 1 .950 1.39
B.Smith 204.0 32 32 14 37 2 4 .962 2.25
L.Smith 177.3 29 29 15 32 0 0 1.000 2.39
C.Schiraldi 166.7 27 27 12 26 0 3 1.000 2.05
J.Barkley 145.0 0 68 8 27 3 2 .921 2.17
D.Cone 142.3 13 40 7 18 1 2 .962 1.58
S.Bedrosian 118.7 22 22 9 19 1 0 .966 2.12
J.Brantley 71.0 1 58 6 12 0 2 1.000 2.28
T.Frohwirth 69.3 0 66 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.08
T.Fossas 68.7 0 61 3 12 0 3 1.000 1.97
M.Thurmond 22.7 2 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 3.57
G.Walter 4.7 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1437.0 160 452 96 225 9 17 .973 2.01
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Boggs .317
On-Base Pct Boggs .389
Slugging Pct Boggs .495
OPS Boggs .884
XR Daniels 98.2
Games Dykstra, Boggs 155
At-Bats Alomar 607
Runs Alomar 99
Hits Boggs 172
Total Bases Boggs 269
Singles Daniels 106
Doubles Boggs 58
Triples Alomar 9
Homeruns Daniels 22
RBIs Boggs 96
Stolen Bases Dykstra 38
Caught Stealing Dykstra 16
Walks Dykstra 83
Strikeouts Buhner 128
ERA Gross 2.96
Wins Gross 16
Losses Gross 10
Winning Pct Gross .615
Saves Frohwirth 47
Games Pitched Barkley 68
Games Started Gross 34
Complete Games Gross 7
Shutouts Gross 2
Innings Pitched Gross 246.7
Hits Allowed Gross 203
Homeruns Allowed Smith 25
Strikeouts Gross 219
Walks Allowed Cone 79
Walks per 9IP Smith 1.7
Hits per 9IP Gross 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Gross 8.0
WHiP Gross 1.07
OAVG Gross .220
OOBP Gross .272
OSLG Gross .344
OOPS Gross .616
Team All-Stars
Todd Frohwirth
Player Salaries
Wade Boggs $ 10,500,000
Jim Eisenreich $ 7,589,037
Kevin Bass $ 6,012,389
Steve Bedrosian $ 5,000,000
Dwight Evans $ 4,000,000
Bryn Smith $ 3,950,000
Lee Smith $ 3,400,000
Kevin Gross $ 3,021,429
Gary Woods $ 2,489,752
Mike Brown $ 1,800,000
Tim Teufel $ 1,789,341
Mike Fitzgerald $ 1,600,000
Thad Bosley $ 425,000
Ted Cox $ 369,873
Mark Salas $ 350,000
Gene Walter $ 350,000
Lenny Dykstra $ 300,000
Steve Buechele $ 300,000
Jeff Barkley $ 300,000
Jeff Brantley $ 300,000
Jerry Browne $ 300,000
Jay Buhner $ 300,000
Joe Carter $ 300,000
David Cone $ 300,000
Roberto Alomar $ 300,000
Rob Deer $ 300,000
Tony Fossas $ 300,000
Todd Frohwirth $ 300,000
Nelson Santovenia $ 300,000
Calvin Schiraldi $ 300,000
Mark Thurmond $ 300,000
Kal Daniels $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Kevin Bass
2/13 Signed     Tim Teufel
2/26 Signed     Dwight Evans