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1981 Washington Nationals
Record: 95-65
Finish: 1st in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 739
Runs Allowed: 662
Exp W-L: 88-72
 
Ballpark: Nationals Park
Attendance: 2,389,718
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 3rd in the National League
AA: 67-70, 7th in the National League
A: 74-63, 5th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 1-4 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
LF  Dan Thomas 30 153 597 82 170 31 7 17 76 5 2 44 85 .285 .340 .446 .786 82.6 21.1 1.3
LF  Randy Elliott 30 151 584 68 167 27 2 7 77 3 4 44 77 .286 .333 .375 .708 71.1 15.8 2.3
3B *Wayne Gross 29 155 553 70 134 22 3 20 78 0 0 65 86 .242 .321 .401 .722 69.6 15.3 4.2
LF  George Hendrick 31 157 555 64 145 35 0 19 87 0 0 51 78 .261 .320 .427 .747 74.0 17.0 0.6
DH  Pedro Guerrero 25 151 526 74 140 28 5 21 82 3 4 48 54 .266 .327 .458 .785 73.8 18.2 1.9
C *Ron Hodges 32 132 440 56 127 14 3 4 47 0 2 74 64 .289 .392 .361 .754 62.3 16.2 5.7
CF  Tony Armas 27 140 472 62 117 19 4 14 55 3 5 24 89 .248 .283 .394 .677 47.3 7.7 3.1
3B  Willie Randolph 26 148 432 67 113 33 0 2 36 17 7 58 62 .262 .348 .352 .700 54.1 12.3 6.9
2B  Kiko Garcia 27 136 366 50 87 15 7 2 48 11 4 42 69 .238 .314 .333 .647 40.1 7.4 4.4
C  Ron Pruitt 29 91 276 35 76 10 0 3 38 0 2 24 24 .275 .332 .344 .676 29.8 6.1 2.7
RF *Terry Whitfield 28 113 230 36 67 9 3 2 25 1 0 14 23 .291 .336 .383 .719 26.9 5.8 0.5
2B  Ted Sizemore 36 73 205 22 57 9 3 0 17 0 0 9 24 .278 .312 .351 .663 21.0 4.4 1.9
SS *Jim Gantner 28 104 162 20 44 3 1 2 26 3 1 11 5 .272 .316 .340 .656 17.3 3.2 2.8
CF  Steve Bowling 29 73 111 15 28 8 1 2 15 0 0 16 23 .252 .346 .396 .743 14.9 3.6 0.7
1B  Mike Anderson 30 22 64 13 21 6 1 3 8 0 0 5 8 .328 .377 .594 .971 12.2 4.1 0.3
C  Ken Rudolph 34 12 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .182 .432 0.1 0.0 0.3
RF *Dave Bergman 28 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
1B *Billy Baldwin 30 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 1826 5591 737 1495 269 40 118 716 47 32 531 773 .267 .331 .393 .724 696.2 158.3 39.7
  Rank among 12 NL teams 2 4 4 3 3 7 4 8 7 5 5 4 5 4 4 4  
* - 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
 John Denny 28 24 10 .706 37 37 0 297.0 265 91 10 82 202 2.76 25.4
 Bart Johnson 31 21 8 .724 35 35 0 275.7 221 99 26 106 256 3.23 20.3
*Joe Sambito 29 9 10 .474 31 31 0 194.7 193 92 18 68 110 4.25 7.3
 Elias Sosa 31 10 9 .526 28 28 0 185.0 200 91 11 61 69 4.43 6.3
 Bryn Smith 25 6 9 .400 21 21 0 151.0 183 81 13 56 56 4.83 2.9
 Joe Beckwith 26 15 10 .600 81 0 32 119.7 128 51 9 41 80 3.84 12.6
 Dickie Noles 24 3 1 .750 30 0 3 61.0 52 12 2 17 18 1.77 7.9
 Steve Kline 33 3 2 .600 8 8 0 58.7 75 31 10 14 20 4.76 1.3
 Tom Hume 28 0 3 .000 30 0 5 38.3 44 17 3 12 15 3.99 1.8
*Danny Boone 27 2 2 .500 20 0 1 38.3 34 24 3 14 18 5.64 0.6
 Ron Davis 25 1 1 .500 12 0 1 19.7 24 14 3 9 16 6.41 0.0
 Skip Lockwood 34 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 6.3 4 3 1 2 2 4.27 0.5
Team Totals 28.4 95 65 .594 338 160 42 1445.3 1423 606 109 482 862 3.77 87.0
Rank among 12 NL teams 2 2 7 2 2 8 5 8 6 2 8  
* - 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 33.3
R.Hodges 979.3 106 123 623 43 6 1 .991 36.3
R.Pruitt 444.0 52 54 262 21 0 0 1.000 24.4
K.Rudolph 22.0 2 5 14 5 0 0 1.000 60.0
Team Total 1445.3 160 182 899 69 6 1 .994 33.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.84
P.Guerrero 872.0 103 106 1024 66 9 83 .992 11.25
G.Hendrick 379.7 43 45 453 30 5 41 .990 11.45
S.Bowling 132.7 12 28 162 10 5 23 .972 11.67
K.Garcia 26.0 2 4 38 2 0 0 1.000 13.85
K.Rudolph 16.0 0 7 15 1 0 4 1.000 9.00
W.Gross 10.0 0 5 11 0 0 1 1.000 9.90
D.Bergman 3.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Baldwin 3.0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
R.Pruitt 2.0 0 1 4 0 1 1 .800 18.00
M.Anderson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1445.3 160 203 1714 109 20 155 .989 11.35
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.93
K.Garcia 931.3 110 116 198 355 9 78 .984 5.34
T.Sizemore 396.3 46 51 81 166 6 35 .976 5.61
J.Gantner 90.7 3 38 18 52 1 14 .986 6.95
S.Bowling 20.0 1 10 3 10 0 3 1.000 5.85
W.Randolph 7.0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 5.14
Team Total 1445.3 160 218 302 585 16 131 .982 5.52
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.92
W.Gross 1289.0 147 148 84 303 23 29 .944 2.70
J.Gantner 143.3 13 24 8 46 4 4 .931 3.39
T.Sizemore 9.0 0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00
P.Guerrero 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 160 179 92 352 28 33 .941 2.76
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.39
W.Randolph 1178.7 141 141 188 479 11 75 .984 5.09
J.Gantner 170.3 12 37 28 86 2 18 .983 6.02
K.Garcia 75.7 7 16 10 33 2 10 .956 5.11
T.Sizemore 16.7 0 9 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.78
T.Whitfield 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1445.3 160 205 227 605 15 104 .982 5.18
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.89
D.Thomas 926.7 101 113 173 3 5 1 .972 1.71
P.Guerrero 372.7 42 42 75 3 5 0 .940 1.88
T.Whitfield 107.0 13 17 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.52
S.Bowling 28.0 4 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.61
R.Pruitt 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Elliott 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Denny 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Baldwin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 160 182 283 7 10 1 .967 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 2.51
T.Armas 1136.3 128 136 338 6 5 0 .986 2.72
M.Anderson 159.0 20 21 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.21
S.Bowling 130.7 12 29 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.55
G.Hendrick 14.3 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.51
D.Bergman 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Baldwin 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Gantner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 160 198 419 6 5 0 .988 2.65
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.96
R.Elliott 1242.3 142 146 274 4 0 2 1.000 2.01
T.Whitfield 152.0 16 24 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.78
R.Pruitt 32.0 2 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
G.Hendrick 9.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
M.Anderson 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.Armas 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Bowling 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Baldwin 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1445.3 160 188 312 5 0 2 1.000 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.13
J.Denny 297.0 37 37 22 57 0 6 1.000 2.39
B.Johnson 275.7 35 35 14 30 0 3 1.000 1.44
J.Sambito 194.7 31 31 7 34 1 2 .976 1.90
E.Sosa 185.0 28 28 13 39 0 5 1.000 2.53
B.Smith 151.0 21 21 9 27 0 0 1.000 2.15
J.Beckwith 119.7 0 81 7 17 0 3 1.000 1.81
D.Noles 61.0 0 30 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.07
S.Kline 58.7 8 8 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.84
T.Hume 38.3 0 30 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.88
D.Boone 38.3 0 20 1 10 0 1 1.000 2.58
R.Davis 19.7 0 12 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.29
S.Lockwood 6.3 0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 7.11
Team Total 1445.3 160 338 86 245 1 24 .997 2.06
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hodges .289
On-Base Pct Hodges .392
Slugging Pct Guerrero .458
OPS Thomas .786
XR Thomas 82.6
Games Hendrick 157
At-Bats Thomas 597
Runs Thomas 82
Hits Thomas 170
Total Bases Thomas 266
Singles Elliott 131
Doubles Hendrick 35
Triples Garcia, Thomas 7
Homeruns Guerrero 21
RBIs Hendrick 87
Stolen Bases Randolph 17
Caught Stealing Randolph 7
Walks Hodges 74
Strikeouts Armas 89
ERA Denny 2.76
Wins Denny 24
Losses Beckwith, Denny, Sambito 10
Winning Pct Johnson .724
Saves Beckwith 32
Games Pitched Beckwith 81
Games Started Denny 37
Complete Games Johnson 12
Shutouts Denny 2
Innings Pitched Denny 297.0
Hits Allowed Denny 265
Homeruns Allowed Johnson 26
Strikeouts Johnson 256
Walks Allowed Johnson 106
Walks per 9IP Denny 2.5
Hits per 9IP Johnson 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Johnson 8.4
WHiP Denny 1.17
OAVG Johnson .217
OOBP Johnson .290
OSLG Denny .331
OOPS Denny .624
Team All-Stars
John Denny
Wayne Gross
Dan Thomas
Player Salaries
John Denny $ 8,500,000
Bart Johnson $ 6,040,000
Ron Hodges $ 4,200,000
Joe Sambito $ 3,935,714
Dan Thomas $ 3,600,000
George Hendrick $ 3,340,000
Randy Elliott $ 3,257,143
Ted Sizemore $ 2,505,000
Skip Lockwood $ 2,500,001
Tony Armas $ 2,307,143
Ron Pruitt $ 1,832,143
Terry Whitfield $ 1,620,000
Willie Randolph $ 1,278,571
George Foster $ 1,000,000
Elias Sosa $ 690,000
Mike Anderson $ 350,000
Ron Davis $ 350,000
Bobby Valentine $ 350,000
Larry Gura $ 350,000
Ken Rudolph $ 300,000
Billy Baldwin $ 300,000
Joe Beckwith $ 300,000
Dave Bergman $ 300,000
Danny Boone $ 300,000
Pedro Guerrero $ 300,000
Bryn Smith $ 300,000
Dickie Noles $ 300,000
Tom Hume $ 300,000
Dave Frost $ 300,000
Jim Gantner $ 300,000
Kiko Garcia $ 300,000
Wayne Gross $ 300,000
Steve Bowling $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
10/13 Released Steve Kline    
 
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