1971 Washington Nationals
Record: 92-70
Finish: 1st in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 848
Runs Allowed: 713
Exp W-L: 94-68
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 2,325,662
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 3rd in the National League
AA: 61-76, 8th in the National League
A: 80-57, 3rd in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-4 to St. Louis Cardinals
 
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 29 157 614 95 157 24 6 31 125 3 3 52 75 .256 .312 .466 .777 83.6 13.0 0.1
RF  Ollie Brown 27 150 601 78 184 32 4 6 61 0 0 39 74 .306 .347 .403 .749 74.5 12.9 4.3
DH *Walt Bond 33 155 586 85 176 29 3 24 100 3 4 55 81 .300 .364 .483 .847 96.3 20.0 2.7
3B  Sal Bando 27 158 570 93 191 33 0 24 102 5 1 58 74 .335 .396 .519 .915 105.7 24.6 5.2
RF  Ron Swoboda 27 153 566 72 125 23 5 22 72 7 7 48 131 .221 .286 .396 .682 63.7 7.8 3.3
C  John Bateman 30 132 478 60 122 19 1 9 58 2 3 26 70 .255 .294 .356 .650 46.5 5.3 6.2
2B  Mike De La Hoz 32 145 435 55 112 13 0 7 53 1 4 29 56 .257 .306 .336 .642 41.0 4.0 5.8
1B *John Herrnstein 33 128 395 68 124 19 2 10 62 0 1 40 54 .314 .375 .448 .823 66.7 14.1 1.1
1B #Wes Parker 31 108 319 49 102 20 4 5 35 8 5 41 38 .320 .399 .455 .854 55.4 12.7 0.8
2B  Leo Cardenas 32 128 338 46 97 19 3 10 52 5 3 15 38 .287 .317 .450 .766 42.6 7.1 3.6
C *Tom Haller 34 100 233 41 66 7 1 8 38 1 0 28 26 .283 .362 .425 .787 36.2 7.0 2.0
3B *Tony Gonzalez 34 82 198 38 61 3 1 3 23 9 7 20 21 .308 .375 .379 .754 29.2 5.2 2.4
LF  Manny Mota 33 81 136 28 37 4 1 2 16 2 5 11 8 .272 .327 .360 .687 13.1 1.0 1.1
SS  Bobby Richardson 35 93 138 18 31 0 1 2 7 3 1 7 7 .225 .260 .283 .543 10.0 0.0 2.2
C  Manny Sanguillen 27 48 85 17 22 4 0 0 12 2 3 1 3 .259 .264 .306 .570 5.6 0.0 0.7
3B  Max Alvis 33 22 27 4 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 .222 .300 .296 .596 2.6 0.3 0.2
RF  Jackie Warner 27 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .800 1.000 1.1 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 1841 5724 848 1614 251 32 164 821 51 47 473 759 .282 .338 .423 .761 773.6 135.3 41.7
  Rank among 10 NL teams 2 3 2 5 3 5 3 6 7 8 2 2 4 3 3 3  
* - 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
 Steve Hargan 28 19 9 .679 32 32 0 258.3 236 93 15 101 139 3.24 21.7
 Bill Singer 27 15 12 .556 31 31 0 254.0 275 123 34 79 157 4.36 13.6
 Joe Horlen 33 10 12 .455 34 34 0 245.7 238 105 17 97 149 3.85 15.7
 Jack Billingham 28 15 9 .625 34 28 0 223.7 237 111 30 64 125 4.47 12.7
 Mike Marshall 28 13 8 .619 27 27 0 197.0 173 65 4 64 136 2.97 17.0
 Ray Lamb 26 11 9 .550 47 5 6 118.0 127 52 12 27 47 3.97 8.8
 Bill Dailey 36 5 7 .417 56 0 12 67.3 74 31 9 24 34 4.14 5.6
 Dick Bosman 27 2 2 .500 17 5 2 58.3 85 37 6 15 27 5.71 1.1
 Frank Linzy 30 2 2 .500 14 0 0 31.3 28 11 1 10 12 3.16 2.6
*Jim Rooker 28 0 0 .000 21 0 0 5.7 9 3 2 1 1 4.77 0.2
 Jim Bethke 24 0 0 .000 2 0 0 3.0 5 3 1 0 2 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.6 92 70 .568 315 162 20 1462.3 1487 634 131 482 829 3.90 98.9
Rank among 10 NL teams 2 2 9 2 4 7 3 4 3 7 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 37.2
J.Bateman 1064.3 126 127 611 70 10 1 .986 46.7
T.Haller 347.3 31 66 216 19 3 0 .987 36.7
M.Sanguillen 50.7 5 8 29 2 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1462.3 162 201 856 91 13 1 .986 44.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.32
J.Herrnstein 754.3 85 98 999 64 13 89 .988 12.68
W.Parker 630.0 72 87 787 55 5 85 .994 12.03
T.Haller 41.0 4 11 53 7 3 2 .952 13.17
L.Cardenas 17.0 1 5 22 1 0 4 1.000 12.18
W.Bond 15.3 0 7 25 2 1 0 .964 15.85
M.Mota 2.7 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 10.15
B.Richardson 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1462.3 162 210 1890 129 22 181 .989 12.43
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.66
M.De La Hoz 1168.7 143 144 273 547 18 128 .979 6.31
B.Richardson 162.0 11 45 39 66 6 17 .946 5.83
L.Cardenas 122.3 8 35 23 57 1 5 .988 5.89
S.Bando 7.3 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.91
M.Alvis 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1462.3 162 230 337 673 25 150 .976 6.22
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.90
S.Bando 1313.3 148 153 88 356 17 40 .963 3.04
L.Cardenas 86.3 10 13 3 17 0 0 1.000 2.09
M.Alvis 32.0 3 6 1 8 1 0 .900 2.53
B.Richardson 16.7 1 5 2 4 1 1 .857 3.24
T.Gonzalez 10.0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Hart 4.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1462.3 162 183 95 391 19 41 .962 2.99
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.06
L.Cardenas 622.7 73 79 98 280 13 58 .967 5.46
T.Gonzalez 513.7 59 67 78 216 1 33 .997 5.15
B.Richardson 259.3 28 42 47 131 5 29 .973 6.18
M.Alvis 38.7 2 13 5 14 0 2 1.000 4.42
M.Mota 8.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
S.Bando 5.7 0 2 1 3 0 2 1.000 6.36
J.Hart 5.3 0 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 8.44
W.Parker 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Bateman 3.0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1.000 12.00
M.Sanguillen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Haller 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.De La Hoz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 214 234 653 19 126 .979 5.46
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.87
W.Bond 1308.3 147 148 214 2 1 0 .995 1.49
M.Mota 110.3 13 14 20 1 1 1 .955 1.71
J.Herrnstein 24.0 2 5 4 0 1 0 .800 1.50
J.Hart 8.0 0 5 1 0 1 0 .500 1.13
T.Gonzalez 6.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Sanguillen 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
O.Brown 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
S.Bando 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 178 240 4 4 1 .984 1.50
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.44
O.Brown 1250.0 143 146 297 11 6 3 .981 2.22
M.Mota 164.7 18 24 51 1 0 1 1.000 2.84
J.Herrnstein 29.7 1 13 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
M.Sanguillen 8.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
T.Gonzalez 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Swoboda 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Parker 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Bond 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1462.3 162 189 358 12 6 4 .984 2.28
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.93
R.Swoboda 1292.3 146 152 250 9 9 3 .966 1.80
M.Sanguillen 132.0 16 20 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
M.Mota 19.0 0 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95
J.Herrnstein 16.0 0 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
W.Bond 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Brown 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 191 286 9 9 3 .970 1.82
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.91
S.Hargan 258.3 32 32 20 43 3 4 .955 2.19
B.Singer 254.0 31 31 14 45 5 3 .922 2.09
J.Horlen 245.7 34 34 13 46 1 4 .983 2.16
J.Billingham 223.7 28 34 14 43 1 4 .983 2.29
M.Marshall 197.0 27 27 10 45 4 3 .932 2.51
R.Lamb 118.0 5 47 6 22 1 0 .966 2.14
B.Dailey 67.3 0 56 2 6 1 1 .889 1.07
D.Bosman 58.3 5 17 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.39
F.Linzy 31.3 0 14 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.16
J.Rooker 5.7 0 21 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.18
J.Bethke 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 315 84 267 16 20 .956 2.16
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bando .335
On-Base Pct Bando .396
Slugging Pct Bando .519
OPS Bando .915
XR Bando 105.7
Games Bando 158
At-Bats Hart 614
Runs Hart 95
Hits Bando 191
Total Bases Bando 296
Singles Brown 142
Doubles Bando 33
Triples Hart 6
Homeruns Hart 31
RBIs Hart 125
Stolen Bases Gonzalez 9
Caught Stealing Gonzalez, Swoboda 7
Walks Bando 58
Strikeouts Swoboda 131
ERA Marshall 2.97
Wins Hargan 19
Losses Horlen, Singer 12
Winning Pct Hargan .679
Saves Dailey 12
Games Pitched Dailey 56
Games Started Horlen 34
Complete Games Hargan 16
Shutouts Hargan, Marshall 3
Innings Pitched Hargan 258.3
Hits Allowed Singer 275
Homeruns Allowed Singer 34
Strikeouts Singer 157
Walks Allowed Hargan 101
Walks per 9IP Billingham 2.6
Hits per 9IP Marshall 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Marshall 6.2
WHiP Marshall 1.20
OAVG Marshall .235
OOBP Marshall .298
OSLG Marshall .319
OOPS Marshall .617
Team All-Stars
Sal Bando
Walt Bond
Bill Dailey
Steve Hargan
Mike Marshall
Player Salaries
Joe Horlen $ 7,000,000
Jim Ray Hart $ 6,000,000
Walt Bond $ 6,000,000
Bill Singer $ 5,500,000
Mike Marshall $ 5,235,714
Bill Dailey $ 4,555,555
Manny Mota $ 3,555,555
Ron Swoboda $ 3,464,286
John Bateman $ 2,030,000
Steve Hargan $ 1,892,857
Leo Cardenas $ 1,750,000
Max Alvis $ 1,750,000
Ollie Brown $ 1,662,857
Wes Parker $ 1,530,000
Tony Gonzalez $ 1,500,000
John Herrnstein $ 1,400,000
Tom Haller $ 1,200,000
Bobby Richardson $ 1,200,000
Mike De La Hoz $ 1,000,000
Frank Linzy $ 350,000
Dick Bosman $ 350,000
Jim Rooker $ 350,000
Manny Sanguillen $ 350,000
Horace Clarke $ 350,000
Ray Lamb $ 300,000
Jackie Warner $ 300,000
Jack Billingham $ 300,000
Jim Bethke $ 300,000
Sal Bando $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Fred Whitfield New York (N) Mike De La Hoz
John Herrnstein