1952 Washington Nationals Statistics

1951 Season 1953 Season

Record: 78-76-3, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bucky Harris (78-76-3)

Ballpark: Griffith Stadium

Attendance: 699,457 (6th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97
One-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 76-78, 598 Runs, 608 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Mickey Grasso	32	115	394	361	22	78	9	0	0	27	1	0	29	36	.216	.276	.241	.517	47	87	12	1	3		8
2	1B	Mickey Vernon*	34	154	664	569	71	143	33	9	10	80	7	7	89	66	.251	.353	.394	.746	110	224	11	0	5		9
3	2B	Floyd Baker*	35	79	298	263	27	69	8	0	0	33	1	0	30	17	.262	.342	.293	.635	80	77	1	2	3		2
4	SS	Pete Runnels*	24	152	632	555	70	158	18	3	1	64	0	10	72	55	.285	.368	.333	.701	99	185	14	1	4		6
5	3B	Eddie Yost	25	157	734	587	92	137	32	3	12	49	4	3	129	73	.233	.378	.359	.738	109	211	9	8	10		2
6	OF	Jim Busby	25	129	546	512	58	125	24	4	2	47	5	6	22	48	.244	.281	.318	.599	69	163	11	4	8		1
7	OF	Jackie Jensen	25	144	641	570	80	163	29	5	10	80	17	6	63	40	.286	.360	.407	.767	116	232	15	3	5		4
8	OF	Gil Coan*	30	107	365	332	50	68	11	6	5	20	9	4	32	35	.205	.277	.319	.596	68	106	2	1	0		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Ken Wood	27	61	240	210	26	50	8	6	6	32	0	1	30	21	.238	.333	.419	.752	111	88	6	0	0		3
10	2B	Mel Hoderlein#	29	72	236	208	16	56	8	2	0	17	2	0	18	22	.269	.333	.327	.660	87	68	17	2	6		0
11	C	Clyde Kluttz	34	58	158	144	7	33	5	0	1	11	0	0	12	11	.229	.293	.285	.578	63	41	7	1	1		5
12	OF	Frank Campos*	28	53	117	112	9	29	6	1	0	8	0	0	1	13	.259	.278	.330	.609	71	37	1	2	2		0
13	OF	Archie Wilson	28	26	102	96	8	20	2	3	0	14	0	0	5	11	.208	.255	.292	.547	54	28	8	1	0		1
14	2B	Cass Michaels	26	22	93	86	10	20	4	1	1	7	0	0	7	15	.233	.290	.337	.628	77	29	5	0	0		0
15	OF	Earl Rapp*	31	46	74	67	7	19	6	0	0	9	0	0	6	13	.284	.351	.373	.724	104	25	0	1	0		2
16	2B	Jerry Snyder	22	36	64	57	5	9	2	0	0	2	1	0	5	8	.158	.226	.193	.419	19	11	1	0	2		0
17	OF	Irv Noren*	27	12	56	49	4	12	3	1	0	2	1	0	6	3	.245	.327	.347	.674	90	17	1	0	1		0
18	OF	Sam Mele	30	9	29	28	2	12	3	0	2	10	0	0	1	2	.429	.448	.750	1.198	234	21	0	0	0		0
19	C	George Bradshaw	27	10	25	23	3	5	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	2	.217	.280	.304	.584	65	7	2	1	0		0
20	UT	Fred Marsh	28	9	25	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.042	.080	.042	.122	-65	1	2	0	0		0
21	C	Hal Keller*	24	11	24	23	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.174	.208	.261	.469	32	6	0	0	0		0
22	1B	Fred Taylor*	27	10	22	19	3	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	2	.263	.364	.316	.679	93	6	0	0	0		0
23	SS	Tom Upton	25	5	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	0	0	0	1		0
24	OF	Buck Varner*	21	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-40	0	1	0	0		0
25		Sherry Robertson*	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
26	P	Bob Porterfield	28	31	84	79	5	15	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	18	.190	.210	.228	.438	23	18	2	0	3		0
27	P	Connie Marrero	41	22	70	63	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	15	.079	.108	.079	.187	-47	5	2	0	5		0
28	P	Spec Shea	31	22	66	63	6	15	2	0	0	10	0	0	2	16	.238	.262	.270	.531	50	17	2	0	1		0
29	P	Walt Masterson	32	24	62	50	5	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	21	.120	.185	.140	.325	-7	7	0	0	8		0
30	P	Julio Moreno	31	26	51	49	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.122	.140	.143	.283	-20	7	3	0	1		0
31	P	Randy Gumpert	34	20	39	34	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.206	.250	.206	.456	29	7	0	1	3		0
32	P	Sid Hudson	37	7	25	24	0	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.208	.375	5	5	0	0	1		0
33	P	Joe Haynes	34	22	21	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.105	.190	.105	.296	-15	2	1	1	0		0
34	P	Lou Sleater*	25	15	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.050	.050	.050	.100	-72	1	1	0	1		0
35	P	Sandy Consuegra	31	30	20	17	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.176	.222	.176	.399	13	3	0	0	2		0
36	P	Don Johnson	25	29	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.077	.077	.077	.154	-57	1	0	0	2		0
37	P	Mike Fornieles	20	4	10	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
38	P	Tom Ferrick	37	27	9	5	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.400	.733	106	2	0	0	1		0
39	P	Raúl Sánchez	21	3	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
40	P	Bobo Newsom	44	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
41	P	Mickey Harris*	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
42	P	Harley Grossman	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
43	P	Bunky Stewart*	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.5	157	6051	5357	598	1282	225	44	50	555	48	37	580	605	.239	.317	.326	.643	81	1745	137	30	79		46
		Rank in 8 AL teams				1	7	7	2	4	8		5	2	3	4	8	8	8	8		8		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.2	157	5551	4904	574	1216	216	44	50	523	48	37	565	499	.248	.329	.341	.670	89	1670	126	28	51		46
		Pitcher Totals	32.1	157	500	453	24	66	9	0	0	32	0	0	15	106	.146	.177	.166	.342	-3	75	11	2	28		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

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	Bob Porterfield	28	13	14	.481	2.72	31	29	2	15	3	0	231.1	222	80	70	7	85	9	80	4	0	2	973	131	3.25	1.327	8.6	0.3	3.3	3.1	0.94
2	SP	Connie Marrero	41	11	8	.579	2.88	22	22	0	16	2	0	184.1	175	68	59	9	53	8	77	4	0	2	771	124	3.12	1.237	8.5	0.4	2.6	3.8	1.45
3	SP	Spec Shea	31	11	7	.611	2.93	22	21	1	12	2	0	169.0	144	62	55	6	92	2	65	2	0	4	723	122	3.75	1.396	7.7	0.3	4.9	3.5	0.71
4	SP	Walt Masterson	32	9	8	.529	3.70	24	21	2	11	0	2	160.2	153	71	66	11	72	2	89	3	0	2	686	97	3.57	1.400	8.6	0.6	4.0	5.0	1.24
5	SP	Julio Moreno	31	9	9	.500	3.97	26	22	3	7	0	0	147.1	154	75	65	10	52	3	62	5	0	3	633	90	3.59	1.398	9.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.19
6	SP	Randy Gumpert	34	4	9	.308	4.24	20	12	6	2	0	0	104.0	112	55	49	12	30	3	29	5	0	1	451	84	4.34	1.365	9.7	1.0	2.6	2.5	0.97
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
7	CL	Sandy Consuegra	31	6	0	1.000	3.05	30	2	14	0	0	5	73.2	80	30	25	2	27	3	19	0	1	1	320	117	3.33	1.452	9.8	0.2	3.3	2.3	0.70
8	RP	Don Johnson	25	0	5	.000	4.43	29	6	11	0	0	2	69.0	80	41	34	4	33	3	37	4	0	2	319	81	3.68	1.638	10.4	0.5	4.3	4.8	1.12
9	RP	Joe Haynes	34	0	3	.000	4.50	22	2	14	0	0	3	66.0	70	35	33	2	35	1	18	1	0	1	296	80	3.88	1.591	9.5	0.3	4.8	2.5	0.51
10	RP	Lou Sleater*	25	4	2	.667	3.63	14	9	1	3	1	0	57.0	56	29	23	4	30	1	22	2	0	1	248	99	4.22	1.509	8.8	0.6	4.7	3.5	0.73
11	RP	Tom Ferrick	37	4	3	.571	3.02	27	0	17	0	0	1	50.2	53	19	17	2	11	2	28	0	0	4	207	119	2.45	1.263	9.4	0.4	2.0	5.0	2.55
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
12		Sid Hudson	37	3	4	.429	2.73	7	7	0	6	0	0	62.2	59	22	19	4	29	2	24	0	0	0	265	132	3.84	1.404	8.5	0.6	4.2	3.4	0.83
13		Mike Fornieles	20	2	2	.500	1.37	4	2	2	2	1	0	26.1	13	4	4	1	11	1	12	0	0	0	104	265	3.23	0.911	4.4	0.3	3.8	4.1	1.09
14		Raúl Sánchez	21	1	1	.500	3.55	3	2	0	1	1	0	12.2	13	5	5	0	7	0	6	0	0	0	57	104	3.10	1.579	9.2	0.0	5.0	4.3	0.86
15		Bobo Newsom	44	1	1	.500	4.97	10	0	8	0	0	2	12.2	16	7	7	2	9	0	5	0	0	0	63	74	5.79	1.974	11.4	1.4	6.4	3.6	0.56
16		Mickey Harris*	35	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	57	15.39	1.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
17		Bunky Stewart*	21	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	28	3.39	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
18		Harley Grossman	22	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	41.39	6.000	54.0	27.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	32.0	78	76	.506	3.37	157	157	82	75	10	15	1429.2	1405	608	536	78	577	40	574	30	1	23	6128	106	3.57	1.386	8.8	0.5	3.6	3.6	0.99
		Rank in 8 AL teams		5	4		4				2	5	7	1	8	4	4	1	3		7
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