1955 Washington Nationals Statistics

1954 Season 1956 Season

Record: 53-101-0, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Chuck Dressen (53-101)

Ballpark: Griffith Stadium

Attendance: 425,238 (8th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 94

Pythagorean W-L: 58-96, 598 Runs, 789 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1	Ed FitzGerald	31	C	0.4	74	270	236	28	56	3	1	4	19	0	1	25	23	.237	.317	.309	.626	73	.307	70	73	8	3	5	1	0	2/H
2	Mickey Vernon*	37	1B	2.4	150	627	538	74	162	23	8	14	85	0	4	74	50	.301	.384	.452	.835	129	.387	129	243	17	3	4	8	9	*3/H	AS,MVP-23
3	Pete Runnels*	27	2B	1.2	134	567	503	66	143	16	4	2	49	3	9	55	51	.284	.353	.344	.697	92	.337	95	173	14	1	4	4	2	*4/H6
4	José Valdivielso	21	SS	-0.5	94	325	294	32	65	12	5	2	28	1	2	21	38	.221	.277	.316	.594	63	.293	61	93	6	3	4	3	1	6	MVP-24
5	Eddie Yost	28	3B	2.7	122	490	375	64	91	17	5	7	48	4	3	95	54	.243	.407	.371	.778	115	.392	130	139	7	11	6	3	0	*5H
6	Roy Sievers	28	LF	1.5	144	591	509	74	138	20	8	25	106	1	2	73	66	.271	.364	.489	.853	133	.398	135	249	17	4	0	5	3	*73/H5	MVP-17
7	Tom Umphlett	24	CF	-0.5	110	351	323	34	70	10	0	2	19	2	1	24	35	.217	.271	.266	.537	48	.294	60	86	5	0	4	0	0	*897H
8	Carlos Paula	27	RF	-1.2	115	374	351	34	105	20	7	6	45	2	3	17	43	.299	.332	.447	.779	112	.347	100	157	9	2	0	4	3	9H/7
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
9	Ernie Oravetz#	23	OF	-0.8	100	296	263	24	71	5	1	0	25	1	2	26	19	.270	.336	.297	.632	75	.309	73	78	5	1	4	2	0	H98
10	Clint Courtney*	28	C	0.7	75	264	238	26	71	8	4	2	30	0	0	19	9	.298	.349	.391	.739	103	.341	93	93	4	1	3	3	4	2H
11	Jim Busby	28	CF	-0.1	47	208	191	23	44	6	2	6	14	5	0	13	22	.230	.279	.377	.656	79	.317	71	72	4	0	4	0	1	8
12	Johnny Groth	28	CF	-0.9	63	205	183	22	40	4	5	2	17	2	0	18	18	.219	.286	.328	.614	68	.304	66	60	5	0	2	2	0	8H7/9
13	Bobby Kline	26	SS	-0.3	77	156	140	12	31	5	0	0	9	0	0	11	27	.221	.288	.257	.545	51	.272	44	36	3	2	3	0	0	6/451H
14	Juan Delis	27	3B	-1.5	54	139	132	12	25	3	1	0	11	1	2	3	15	.189	.219	.227	.446	23	.220	12	30	2	2	2	0	0	5H/974
15	Jerry Snyder	25	2B	-0.3	46	117	107	7	24	5	0	0	5	1	1	6	6	.224	.265	.271	.537	48	.295	62	29	4	0	4	0	0	46/H
16	Harmon Killebrew	19	3B	-0.1	38	89	80	12	16	1	0	4	7	0	0	9	31	.200	.281	.363	.643	76	.302	66	29	3	0	0	0	0	5H/4
17	Bruce Edwards	31	C	-0.1	30	73	57	5	10	2	0	0	3	0	1	16	6	.175	.356	.211	.567	59	.307	74	12	3	0	0	0	0	2/5H
18	Tony Roig	26	IF	-0.4	29	60	57	3	13	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	15	.228	.254	.281	.535	47	.250	29	16	2	0	1	0	0	6/5H4
19	Jerry Schoonmaker	21	OF	-0.2	20	52	46	5	7	0	1	1	4	1	0	5	11	.152	.235	.261	.496	36	.319	74	12	1	0	1	0	0	/9H78
20	Steve Korcheck	22	C	0.2	13	38	36	3	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.278	.297	.333	.631	73	.321	79	12	0	1	1	0	0	2/H
21	Jim Lemon	27	OF	0.1	10	28	25	3	5	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	4	.200	.286	.400	.686	87	.317	77	10	0	0	0	0	0	/9H7
22	Jesse Levan*	28			16	16	16	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	.188	.188	.375	.563	51	.251	31	6	1	0	0	0	0	H
23	Julio Becquer*	23	1B	-0.1	10	14	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.214	.214	.214	.429	18	.201	-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	/H3
24	Bob Oldis	27	C	0.0	6	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	.242	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	/2H
25	Tom Wright*	31			7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.137	-48	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
26	Mickey McDermott*	26	P	0.6	70	104	95	10	25	4	0	1	10	1	0	6	16	.263	.311	.337	.648	78	.307	68	32	1	1	1	1	0	H1
27	Bob Porterfield	31	P	-0.2	30	70	63	3	12	3	1	0	7	0	0	0	15	.190	.185	.270	.454	24	.202	-11	17	3	0	5	2	0	1
28	Dean Stone*	24	P	-0.6	43	60	46	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	23	.043	.120	.043	.163	-54	.116	-95	2	0	1	10	0	0	1
29	Johnny Schmitz	34	P	0.0	32	58	54	5	10	3	0	0	5	0	0	1	7	.185	.200	.241	.441	21	.222	6	13	1	0	3	0	0	1
30	Chuck Stobbs*	25	P	0.2	41	44	35	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	7	.171	.326	.200	.526	47	.277	48	7	0	0	1	0	0	1
31	Pedro Ramos#	20	P	-0.3	59	40	38	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	18	.079	.125	.079	.204	-43	.094	-69	3	0	0	0	0	0	1H
32	Camilo Pascual	21	P	-0.1	43	35	32	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.219	.242	.219	.461	27	.221	5	7	0	0	2	0	0	1
33	Ted Abernathy	22	P	-0.2	40	31	26	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.154	.154	.154	.308	-15	.144	-70	4	1	0	4	0	0	1
34	Spec Shea	34	P	0.1	27	10	10	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.400	.400	.600	1.000	172	.452	170	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
35	Bob Chakales	27	P	-0.1	29	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-143	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
36	Webbo Clarke*	27	P	0.0	7	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8	.156	-34	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
37	Bunky Stewart*	24	P	0.0	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-139	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
38	Bill Currie	28	P	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
39	Dick Hyde	26	P	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
40	Vince Gonzales*	29	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
	Team Totals			1.4	154	5833	5142	598	1277	178	54	80	566	25	32	537	651	.248	.322	.351	.672	85	.326	84	1803	127	36	79	38	23
	Non-Pitcher Totals			2.1		5342	4704	565	1200	165	53	78	534	24	31	516	549	.255	.331	.362	.693	90	.336	91	1705	120	34	53	35	23
	Pitcher Totals			-0.6		468	415	32	74	13	1	1	28	1	1	21	99	.178	.220	.222	.442	22	.215	-1	92	6	2	26	3	0

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Dean Stone*	24	6	13	.316	4.15	43	24	5	5	1	1	180.0	180	98	83	14	114	5	84	3	0	9	814	95	4.39	1.633	9.0	0.7	5.7	4.2	0.74
2	SP	Bob Porterfield	31	10	17	.370	4.45	30	27	2	8	2	0	178.0	197	103	88	14	54	5	74	2	0	0	770	88	3.50	1.410	10.0	0.7	2.7	3.7	1.37
3	SP	Johnny Schmitz*	34	7	10	.412	3.71	32	21	6	6	1	2	165.0	187	76	68	8	54	4	49	7	0	2	723	106	3.51	1.461	10.2	0.4	2.9	2.7	0.91
4	SP	Mickey McDermott*	26	10	10	.500	3.75	31	20	7	8	1	1	156.0	140	75	65	9	100	2	78	9	0	4	700	105	4.21	1.538	8.1	0.5	5.8	4.5	0.78
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Pedro Ramos	20	5	11	.313	3.88	45	9	22	3	1	5	130.0	121	62	56	13	39	3	34	11	1	2	548	101	4.30	1.231	8.4	0.9	2.7	2.4	0.87
6	RP	Chuck Stobbs*	25	4	14	.222	5.00	41	16	13	2	0	3	140.1	169	90	78	13	57	8	60	1	0	2	634	79	3.96	1.610	10.8	0.8	3.7	3.8	1.05
7	RP	Camilo Pascual	21	2	12	.143	6.14	43	16	12	1	0	3	129.0	158	94	88	5	70	6	82	6	1	2	605	64	3.37	1.767	11.0	0.3	4.9	5.7	1.17
8	RP	Ted Abernathy	22	5	9	.357	5.96	40	14	12	3	2	0	119.1	136	87	79	9	67	1	79	7	0	2	553	66	3.88	1.701	10.3	0.7	5.1	6.0	1.18
9	RP	Bob Chakales	27	2	3	.400	5.27	29	0	11	0	0	0	54.2	55	38	32	4	25	3	28	1	1	2	242	75	3.72	1.463	9.1	0.7	4.1	4.6	1.12
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Spec Shea	34	2	2	.500	3.99	27	4	16	1	1	2	56.1	53	31	25	4	27	0	16	1	0	2	246	99	4.21	1.420	8.5	0.6	4.3	2.6	0.59
11		Webbo Clarke*	27	0	0		4.64	7	2	5	0	0	0	21.1	17	11	11	2	14	0	9	0	0	0	93	86	4.71	1.453	7.2	0.8	5.9	3.8	0.64
12		Bunky Stewart*	24	0	0		4.11	7	1	2	0	0	0	15.1	18	7	7	0	6	1	10	0	0	0	69	98	2.24	1.565	10.6	0.0	3.5	5.9	1.67
13		Bill Currie	28	0	0		12.46	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	7	7	6	3	2	0	2	1	0	1	24	34	12.52	2.077	14.5	6.2	4.2	4.2	1.00
14		Vince Gonzales*	29	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	6	6	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	15	17	5.87	4.500	27.0	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33
15		Dick Hyde	26	0	0		4.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	9	104	2.87	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
16		Bobby Kline	26	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	20	18.37	5.000	36.0	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	26.2	53	101	.344	4.62	154	154	117	37	9	17	1354.2	1450	789	696	99	634	39	607	49	3	28	6053	85	3.93	1.538	9.6	0.7	4.2	4.0	0.96
		Rank in 8 AL teams		8	1		7				6	5	7	8	7	7	7	1	6		6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W