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1972 Washington Nationals
Record: 93-69
Finish: 2nd in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 769
Runs Allowed: 649
Exp W-L: 93-69
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 2,335,628
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 4th in the National League
AA: 59-78, 9th in the National League
A: 95-42, 1st in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-4 to Cleveland (N) Spiders
 
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  Sal Bando 28 157 580 72 135 15 1 25 85 4 4 50 80 .233 .292 .391 .683 66.4 7.4 5.5
3B  Jim Ray Hart 30 157 564 86 142 22 2 29 80 5 3 68 57 .252 .334 .452 .786 84.7 14.8 0.2
RF  Ollie Brown 28 152 593 61 163 39 1 8 67 0 0 30 66 .275 .308 .384 .693 60.3 7.9 4.2
DH *Walt Bond 34 154 563 93 168 23 5 28 88 8 1 58 81 .298 .367 .506 .873 94.5 20.1 3.2
RF  Ron Swoboda 28 153 542 88 139 26 3 31 95 10 5 43 112 .256 .312 .487 .799 75.6 12.8 3.0
2B  Leo Cardenas 33 131 405 44 112 19 3 6 58 5 2 25 62 .277 .319 .383 .702 47.5 7.9 5.6
C *Tom Haller 35 122 393 47 112 15 3 6 40 1 2 30 56 .285 .335 .384 .719 47.8 7.8 4.6
1B *John Herrnstein 34 120 383 47 108 21 3 5 41 2 2 31 56 .282 .337 .392 .729 50.1 9.3 1.9
2B  Mike De La Hoz 33 136 379 41 94 10 3 1 21 1 1 20 54 .248 .288 .298 .586 30.2 2.0 6.2
C  John Bateman 31 97 337 52 102 24 1 8 53 3 1 20 52 .303 .339 .451 .790 49.4 10.0 3.6
2B #Marty Martinez 30 54 203 23 65 5 2 3 29 0 1 26 28 .320 .398 .409 .807 33.4 7.3 2.7
1B #Wes Parker 32 76 197 30 55 12 0 4 24 2 1 24 39 .279 .356 .401 .757 26.5 4.8 0.9
SS  Bobby Richardson 36 92 153 19 44 2 2 1 21 8 1 11 11 .288 .335 .346 .682 18.8 3.1 2.2
LF  Manny Mota 34 86 136 37 35 7 2 0 14 4 2 15 13 .257 .344 .338 .682 14.3 1.9 0.8
C  Manny Sanguillen 28 54 90 16 25 7 2 0 8 5 3 0 5 .278 .278 .400 .678 8.4 1.2 0.4
2B *Bernie Allen 33 42 63 7 19 5 0 0 4 1 0 5 7 .302 .353 .381 .734 8.1 1.6 1.1
RF  Jackie Warner 28 12 38 6 7 3 0 2 6 0 0 2 8 .184 .220 .421 .641 4.2 0.4 0.3
  Team Totals 31.5 1795 5619 769 1525 255 33 157 734 59 29 458 787 .271 .327 .412 .739 720.4 120.4 46.6
  Rank among 10 NL teams 4 5 4 2 3 4 5 4 6 9 2 4 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
 Steve Hargan 29 21 7 .750 34 34 0 272.3 251 88 7 98 118 2.91 25.3
 Jack Billingham 29 13 16 .448 34 34 0 263.0 296 130 22 79 170 4.45 11.3
 Mike Marshall 29 18 10 .643 35 35 0 261.7 241 95 5 107 175 3.27 20.4
 Joe Horlen 34 15 9 .625 31 29 0 220.0 200 78 21 69 131 3.19 18.7
*Dick Lemay 33 10 6 .625 27 27 0 183.0 165 79 22 67 146 3.89 10.7
 Ray Lamb 27 7 10 .412 48 0 10 86.0 88 32 11 19 47 3.35 8.9
 John Miller 31 6 6 .500 52 0 12 85.0 70 24 4 39 46 2.54 11.7
 Bill Singer 28 2 5 .286 19 3 3 44.3 43 22 5 14 26 4.47 2.4
*Woodie Fryman 32 0 0 .000 17 0 2 22.3 19 9 4 6 11 3.63 1.8
 Frank Linzy 31 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 19.7 19 11 0 12 6 5.04 0.8
Team Totals 30.3 93 69 .574 309 162 27 1457.3 1392 568 101 510 876 3.51 112.0
Rank among 10 NL teams 3 3 5 3 3 4 2 3 3 6 3  
* - 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 33.0
T.Haller 846.3 93 106 532 37 10 0 .983 34.3
J.Bateman 594.0 67 69 371 34 4 0 .990 42.6
M.Sanguillen 11.0 2 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
M.Martinez 2.1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1453.4 162 179 911 71 14 0 .986 37.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.38
J.Herrnstein 768.7 90 101 1003 66 9 104 .992 12.52
W.Parker 407.0 44 55 521 31 7 57 .987 12.21
B.Richardson 123.0 12 24 148 10 0 12 1.000 11.56
W.Bond 94.3 10 14 121 11 0 11 1.000 12.59
T.Haller 60.3 6 10 78 5 1 8 .988 12.38
M.De La Hoz 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Cardenas 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 208 1873 123 17 192 .992 12.33
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.81
M.De La Hoz 1051.3 128 130 245 480 18 115 .976 6.21
L.Cardenas 148.0 17 20 29 61 1 18 .989 5.47
B.Allen 124.3 8 35 24 64 1 17 .989 6.37
B.Richardson 108.7 9 31 26 56 1 11 .988 6.79
S.Bando 11.0 0 4 7 3 0 1 1.000 8.18
M.Martinez 3.9 0 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.23
M.Mota 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1450.2 162 223 332 668 21 163 .979 6.21
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.96
S.Bando 1316.3 146 151 89 349 24 29 .948 2.99
B.Richardson 89.0 11 13 2 29 2 3 .939 3.13
B.Allen 44.0 5 5 3 14 0 1 1.000 3.48
J.Hart 8.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 172 94 392 26 33 .949 3.00
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
L.Cardenas 873.7 101 109 132 359 13 78 .974 5.06
M.Martinez 440.7 51 53 65 200 10 37 .964 5.41
B.Richardson 114.0 11 24 17 52 1 8 .986 5.45
J.Hart 16.0 0 6 5 9 0 2 1.000 7.88
M.De La Hoz 7.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
M.Sanguillen 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Parker 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Bateman 2.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50
S.Bando 1.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1458.4 163 200 222 623 25 126 .971 5.21
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.80
W.Bond 1219.7 137 138 214 4 2 2 .991 1.61
M.Mota 143.7 15 20 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Warner 90.0 10 11 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Herrnstein 3.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1456.7 162 171 258 5 2 2 .992 1.62
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.47
O.Brown 1292.0 147 150 281 11 5 2 .983 2.03
M.Mota 145.3 15 24 33 1 0 1 1.000 2.11
J.Herrnstein 10.0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Bond 6.0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.50
W.Parker 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 182 324 12 5 3 .985 2.08
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.96
R.Swoboda 1262.7 143 148 225 8 10 2 .959 1.66
M.Sanguillen 145.7 16 22 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
M.Mota 43.0 3 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.63
J.Herrnstein 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Warner 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 182 257 8 10 2 .964 1.64
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
S.Hargan 272.3 34 34 8 61 4 2 .945 2.28
J.Billingham 263.0 34 34 14 45 1 3 .983 2.02
M.Marshall 261.7 35 35 15 47 1 4 .984 2.13
J.Horlen 220.0 29 31 20 37 0 3 1.000 2.33
D.Lemay 183.0 27 27 4 28 2 0 .941 1.57
R.Lamb 86.0 0 48 7 6 0 0 1.000 1.36
J.Miller 85.0 0 52 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.27
B.Singer 44.3 3 19 5 4 0 1 1.000 1.83
W.Fryman 22.3 0 17 2 7 0 1 1.000 3.63
F.Linzy 19.7 0 12 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.29
Team Total 1457.3 162 309 80 247 8 15 .976 2.02
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bond .298
On-Base Pct Bond .367
Slugging Pct Bond .506
OPS Bond .873
XR Bond 94.5
Games Bando, Hart 157
At-Bats Brown 593
Runs Bond 93
Hits Bond 168
Total Bases Bond 285
Singles Brown 115
Doubles Brown 39
Triples Bond 5
Homeruns Swoboda 31
RBIs Swoboda 95
Stolen Bases Swoboda 10
Caught Stealing Swoboda 5
Walks Hart 68
Strikeouts Swoboda 112
ERA Hargan 2.91
Wins Hargan 21
Losses Billingham 16
Winning Pct Hargan .750
Saves Miller 12
Games Pitched Miller 52
Games Started Marshall 35
Complete Games Hargan 16
Shutouts Hargan 5
Innings Pitched Hargan 272.3
Hits Allowed Billingham 296
Homeruns Allowed Billingham, Lemay 22
Strikeouts Marshall 175
Walks Allowed Marshall 107
Walks per 9IP Billingham 2.7
Hits per 9IP Lemay 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Lemay 7.2
WHiP Horlen 1.22
OAVG Lemay .235
OOBP Horlen .302
OSLG Hargan .313
OOPS Hargan .628
Team All-Stars
Walt Bond
Steve Hargan
Jim Ray Hart
Player Salaries
Joe Horlen $ 7,000,000
Mike Marshall $ 6,290,000
Jim Ray Hart $ 6,000,000
Walt Bond $ 6,000,000
Bill Singer $ 5,500,000
Dick Lemay $ 4,250,000
Sal Bando $ 4,150,000
Ron Swoboda $ 3,930,000
John Miller $ 3,000,111
Ollie Brown $ 3,000,000
Steve Hargan $ 3,000,000
Marty Martinez $ 2,300,000
John Bateman $ 2,100,000
Max Alvis $ 1,750,000
Wes Parker $ 1,677,857
Jack Billingham $ 1,528,571
John Herrnstein $ 1,500,000
Tom Haller $ 1,200,000
Bobby Richardson $ 1,200,000
Mike De La Hoz $ 1,000,000
Leo Cardenas $ 1,000,000
Manny Mota $ 500,000
Bernie Allen $ 500,000
Manny Sanguillen $ 350,000
Jim Rooker $ 350,000
Dick Bosman $ 350,000
Tito Francona $ 350,000
Frank Linzy $ 350,000
Woodie Fryman $ 350,000
Jackie Warner $ 300,000
Ray Lamb $ 300,000
Tony Curry $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Tito Francona
2/5 Signed     Bernie Allen
2/6 Signed     John Miller
2/7 Traded Ted Uhlaender
Joe Azcue		 San Diego Dick Lemay
3/3 Traded Tom Shopay San Diego Woodie Fryman
7/31 Traded Mike Joyce Cleveland (N) Marty Martinez
 
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