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1968 Washington Nationals
Record: 73-89
Finish: 4th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 610
Runs Allowed: 721
Exp W-L: 69-93
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 1,423,470
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 3rd in the National League
AA: 80-57, 3rd in the National League
A: 70-67, 3rd in the National League
 
 
 
 
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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
DH *Walt Bond 30 156 573 79 159 25 5 27 87 4 4 54 75 .277 .342 .480 .822 88.0 20.0 1.2
3B  Jim Ray Hart 26 160 572 67 152 28 2 24 78 2 1 55 81 .266 .330 .448 .777 76.3 15.7 4.2
RF  Ollie Brown 24 151 565 56 143 19 1 6 47 0 0 51 105 .253 .318 .322 .640 55.1 7.9 1.8
3B  Max Alvis 30 154 514 50 123 15 2 8 53 2 1 33 90 .239 .286 .323 .609 44.8 4.8 4.1
C *Tom Haller 31 148 473 47 117 19 1 12 61 2 2 56 60 .247 .328 .368 .696 57.3 10.7 6.7
CF #Fred Valentine 33 143 472 72 138 21 2 11 43 12 3 44 76 .292 .354 .415 .769 69.7 16.5 4.1
RF  Ron Swoboda 24 136 419 45 90 15 7 16 54 5 4 32 94 .215 .268 .399 .667 44.5 5.9 1.4
DH *Fred Whitfield 30 125 390 47 105 21 3 17 70 0 3 25 64 .269 .314 .469 .783 54.4 11.5 0.8
LF  Manny Mota 30 116 325 35 88 13 3 1 24 14 6 27 17 .271 .331 .338 .669 36.0 6.7 1.5
2B #Horace Clarke 28 93 224 23 55 7 0 1 12 3 4 10 17 .246 .275 .290 .566 16.3 0.9 2.3
1B #Wes Parker 28 63 160 14 32 2 0 3 15 2 1 25 32 .200 .306 .269 .575 15.3 1.5 0.3
C  Manny Sanguillen 24 59 144 12 34 4 1 1 8 0 1 2 10 .236 .245 .299 .544 7.9 0.0 1.9
3B  Elio Chacon 31 88 107 24 18 0 0 1 6 12 10 21 14 .168 .300 .196 .496 7.5 0.0 1.3
P  Bill Singer 24 44 119 7 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 44 .134 .142 .143 .285 -2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Marshall 25 42 99 6 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 21 .131 .157 .152 .308 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Gaylord Perry 29 35 96 5 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 40 .104 .113 .125 .238 -2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Steve Hargan 25 34 84 5 15 1 0 1 9 0 0 1 27 .179 .195 .226 .422 3.2 0.0 0.0
CF  Don Lock 31 53 63 4 17 3 0 1 8 0 0 4 16 .270 .313 .365 .679 6.8 1.5 0.1
CF *Albie Pearson 33 24 26 4 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 5 .231 .286 .346 .632 2.2 0.1 0.1
C  Joe Azcue 28 23 23 2 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 3 .174 .296 .261 .557 2.2 0.2 0.1
CF *Rich Reese 26 22 17 5 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 3 .118 .167 .176 .343 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Bosman 24 12 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Stan Williams 31 22 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Dailey 33 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Rooker 25 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Taylor 30 63 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.2 2067 5486 610 1338 200 29 130 593 59 40 452 900 .244 .302 .362 .664 579.7 103.9 32.0
  Rank among 10 NL teams 6 6 8 10 5 6 6 4 8 5 3 8 7 7 7 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 24 11 28 .282 44 44 0 348.0 392 176 14 111 225 4.55 7.8
 Mike Marshall 25 17 14 .548 42 42 0 298.3 281 122 20 94 212 3.68 19.7
 Gaylord Perry 29 13 13 .500 35 35 0 276.0 289 111 25 68 163 3.62 17.7
 Steve Hargan 25 12 16 .429 34 34 0 260.0 272 118 9 101 125 4.08 13.8
 Bill Dailey 33 8 7 .533 80 0 16 85.0 81 35 1 33 38 3.71 12.2
 Ron Taylor 30 6 3 .667 63 0 7 73.3 74 26 7 11 44 3.19 10.0
 Dick Bosman 24 2 3 .400 12 6 1 50.0 48 35 10 18 21 6.30 0.0
 Stan Williams 31 2 2 .500 22 1 1 31.0 38 14 3 13 23 4.06 1.8
*Jim Rooker 25 2 3 .400 21 0 3 27.7 39 24 5 5 14 7.81 0.0
Team Totals 27.3 73 89 .451 353 162 28 1449.3 1514 661 94 454 865 4.10 83.1
Rank among 10 NL teams 7 7 7 7 5 10 2 8 4 8 7  
* - 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 .994 33.8
T.Haller 1111.7 125 131 690 58 2 0 .997 33.7
M.Sanguillen 324.7 37 41 183 23 3 0 .986 48.1
J.Azcue 13.0 0 6 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1449.3 162 178 883 82 5 0 .995 37.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.25
W.Bond 481.0 54 57 587 34 8 49 .987 11.62
F.Whitfield 462.0 54 58 589 49 6 51 .991 12.43
W.Parker 399.7 47 49 564 36 5 44 .992 13.51
J.Azcue 50.0 5 12 59 3 1 8 .984 11.16
R.Reese 33.7 2 9 36 3 1 6 .975 10.43
A.Pearson 14.0 0 6 16 1 1 2 .944 10.93
T.Haller 9.0 0 5 14 1 0 1 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 196 1865 127 22 161 .989 12.37
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.60
F.Valentine 872.7 98 114 218 403 10 81 .984 6.40
H.Clarke 450.3 53 60 115 190 4 42 .987 6.10
E.Chacon 112.3 10 26 27 57 2 9 .977 6.73
F.Whitfield 10.0 1 1 5 4 0 0 1.000 8.10
M.Alvis 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
R.Swoboda 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Reese 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 204 367 656 16 133 .985 6.35
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.88
M.Alvis 643.7 74 76 28 186 15 20 .934 2.99
J.Hart 634.3 71 72 38 175 11 11 .951 3.02
E.Chacon 120.3 12 20 9 32 0 1 1.000 3.07
H.Clarke 51.0 5 8 2 15 2 0 .895 3.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 176 77 408 28 32 .945 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.98
J.Hart 650.3 73 76 110 291 8 51 .980 5.55
M.Alvis 624.7 72 72 96 300 13 55 .968 5.71
H.Clarke 87.0 9 15 10 42 3 7 .945 5.38
E.Chacon 83.0 8 15 13 42 2 5 .965 5.96
M.Sanguillen 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Reese 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Mota 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 181 229 676 26 118 .972 5.62
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.77
W.Bond 798.0 91 94 128 1 1 0 .992 1.45
R.Swoboda 496.7 58 61 74 5 2 1 .975 1.43
M.Mota 53.0 6 7 12 0 1 0 .923 2.04
F.Valentine 48.0 5 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Hart 20.0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.45
D.Lock 18.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
F.Whitfield 9.0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
E.Chacon 4.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Reese 2.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 193 229 6 4 1 .983 1.46
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.43
O.Brown 798.7 91 93 163 5 8 0 .955 1.89
M.Mota 568.7 65 70 154 2 0 0 1.000 2.47
F.Valentine 43.3 4 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
D.Lock 18.7 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
A.Pearson 9.0 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
W.Bond 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
E.Chacon 4.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Reese 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1449.3 162 188 339 7 8 0 .977 2.15
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.87
O.Brown 464.3 53 55 80 2 3 0 .965 1.59
R.Swoboda 451.0 51 55 101 5 3 0 .972 2.12
F.Whitfield 376.3 44 44 61 3 4 1 .941 1.53
M.Mota 51.7 5 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.39
F.Valentine 38.0 5 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
D.Lock 26.7 2 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
M.Sanguillen 13.3 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
A.Pearson 11.7 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
E.Chacon 10.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
W.Bond 5.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
R.Reese 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 188 268 10 10 1 .965 1.73
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.05
B.Singer 348.0 44 44 19 80 4 5 .961 2.56
M.Marshall 298.3 42 42 13 71 2 4 .977 2.53
G.Perry 276.0 35 35 16 43 2 3 .967 1.92
S.Hargan 260.0 34 34 19 46 0 2 1.000 2.25
B.Dailey 85.0 0 80 7 14 1 2 .955 2.22
R.Taylor 73.3 0 63 4 21 1 0 .962 3.07
D.Bosman 50.0 6 12 1 12 2 0 .867 2.34
S.Williams 31.0 1 22 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.45
J.Rooker 27.7 0 21 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.25
Team Total 1449.3 162 353 82 299 12 17 .969 2.37
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Valentine .292
On-Base Pct Valentine .354
Slugging Pct Bond .480
OPS Bond .822
XR Bond 88.0
Games Hart 160
At-Bats Bond 573
Runs Bond 79
Hits Bond 159
Total Bases Bond 275
Singles Brown 117
Doubles Hart 28
Triples Swoboda 7
Homeruns Bond 27
RBIs Bond 87
Stolen Bases Mota 14
Caught Stealing Chacon 10
Walks Haller 56
Strikeouts Brown 105
ERA Perry 3.62
Wins Marshall 17
Losses Singer 28
Winning Pct Marshall .548
Saves Dailey 16
Games Pitched Dailey 80
Games Started Singer 44
Complete Games Singer 21
Shutouts Singer 3
Innings Pitched Singer 348.0
Hits Allowed Singer 392
Homeruns Allowed Perry 25
Strikeouts Singer 225
Walks Allowed Singer 111
Walks per 9IP Perry 2.2
Hits per 9IP Marshall 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Marshall 6.4
WHiP Marshall 1.26
OAVG Marshall .247
OOBP Marshall .306
OSLG Hargan .355
OOPS Marshall .666
Team All-Stars
Walt Bond
Player Salaries
Albie Pearson $ 6,400,000
Walt Bond $ 5,750,000
Bill Singer $ 5,057,143
Tom Haller $ 5,000,000
Gaylord Perry $ 4,835,714
Bill Dailey $ 4,555,555
Jim Ray Hart $ 4,292,857
Fred Valentine $ 4,180,000
Manny Mota $ 3,555,555
Stan Williams $ 3,000,000
Fred Whitfield $ 1,520,000
Max Alvis $ 1,357,143
Jim Hannan $ 788,571
Ron Taylor $ 388,571
Herman Starrette $ 351,429
Dave Ricketts $ 350,000
Bill Pleis $ 350,000
Don Lock $ 350,000
Frank Linzy $ 350,000
Horace Clarke $ 300,000
Ollie Brown $ 300,000
Dick Bosman $ 300,000
Sal Bando $ 300,000
Joe Azcue $ 300,000
Elio Chacon $ 300,000
Steve Hargan $ 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
Jerry Lumpe $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Aubrey Gatewood
Pedro Gonzalez
Chico Ruiz		 Detroit Herman Starrette
Jerry Lumpe
Walt Bond
2/2 Signed     Manny Mota
2/5 Signed     Bill Dailey
2/21 Traded Ray Webster Tampa Bay Ernie Bowman
3/3 Traded Ken Harrelson Seattle Tom Haller
4/2 Signed     Bill Mazeroski
 
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