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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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	Ed FitzGerald	31	74	270	236	28	56	3	1	4	19	0	1	25	23	.237	.317	.309	.626	73	73	8	3	5	1	0
2	1B	Mickey Vernon*	37	150	627	538	74	162	23	8	14	85	0	4	74	50	.301	.384	.452	.835	129	243	17	3	4	8	9
3	2B	Pete Runnels*	27	134	567	503	66	143	16	4	2	49	3	9	55	51	.284	.353	.344	.697	92	173	14	1	4	4	2
4	SS	José Valdivielso	21	94	325	294	32	65	12	5	2	28	1	2	21	38	.221	.277	.316	.594	63	93	6	3	4	3	1
5	3B	Eddie Yost	28	122	490	375	64	91	17	5	7	48	4	3	95	54	.243	.407	.371	.778	115	139	7	11	6	3	0
6	LF	Roy Sievers	28	144	591	509	74	138	20	8	25	106	1	2	73	66	.271	.364	.489	.853	133	249	17	4	0	5	3
7	CF	Tom Umphlett	24	110	351	323	34	70	10	0	2	19	2	1	24	35	.217	.271	.266	.537	48	86	5	0	4	0	0
8	RF	Carlos Paula	27	115	374	351	34	105	20	7	6	45	2	3	17	43	.299	.332	.447	.779	112	157	9	2	0	4	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	Ernie Oravetz#	23	100	296	263	24	71	5	1	0	25	1	2	26	19	.270	.336	.297	.632	75	78	5	1	4	2	0
10	C	Clint Courtney*	28	75	264	238	26	71	8	4	2	30	0	0	19	9	.298	.349	.391	.739	103	93	4	1	3	3	4
11	CF	Jim Busby	28	47	208	191	23	44	6	2	6	14	5	0	13	22	.230	.279	.377	.656	79	72	4	0	4	0	1
12	CF	Johnny Groth	28	63	205	183	22	40	4	5	2	17	2	0	18	18	.219	.286	.328	.614	68	60	5	0	2	2	0
13	SS	Bobby Kline	26	77	156	140	12	31	5	0	0	9	0	0	11	27	.221	.288	.257	.545	51	36	3	2	3	0	0
14	3B	Juan Delis	27	54	139	132	12	25	3	1	0	11	1	2	3	15	.189	.219	.227	.446	23	30	2	2	2	0	0
15	2B	Jerry Snyder	25	46	117	107	7	24	5	0	0	5	1	1	6	6	.224	.265	.271	.537	48	29	4	0	4	0	0
16	3B	Harmon Killebrew	19	38	89	80	12	16	1	0	4	7	0	0	9	31	.200	.281	.363	.643	76	29	3	0	0	0	0
17	C	Bruce Edwards	31	30	73	57	5	10	2	0	0	3	0	1	16	6	.175	.356	.211	.567	59	12	3	0	0	0	0
18	IF	Tony Roig	26	29	60	57	3	13	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	15	.228	.254	.281	.535	47	16	2	0	1	0	0
19	OF	Jerry Schoonmaker	21	20	52	46	5	7	0	1	1	4	1	0	5	11	.152	.235	.261	.496	36	12	1	0	1	0	0
20	C	Steve Korcheck	22	13	38	36	3	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.278	.297	.333	.631	73	12	0	1	1	0	0
21	OF	Jim Lemon	27	10	28	25	3	5	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	4	.200	.286	.400	.686	87	10	0	0	0	0	0
22		Jesse Levan*	28	16	16	16	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	.188	.188	.375	.563	51	6	1	0	0	0	0
23	1B	Julio Becquer*	23	10	14	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.214	.214	.214	.429	18	3	0	0	0	0	0
24	C	Bob Oldis	27	6	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	1	0	1	0	0
25		Tom Wright*	31	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	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
26	P	Mickey McDermott*	26	70	104	95	10	25	4	0	1	10	1	0	6	16	.263	.311	.337	.648	78	32	1	1	1	1	0
27	P	Bob Porterfield	31	30	70	63	3	12	3	1	0	7	0	0	0	15	.190	.185	.270	.454	24	17	3	0	5	2	0
28	P	Dean Stone*	24	43	60	46	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	23	.043	.120	.043	.163	-54	2	0	1	10	0	0
29	P	Johnny Schmitz	34	32	58	54	5	10	3	0	0	5	0	0	1	7	.185	.200	.241	.441	21	13	1	0	3	0	0
30	P	Chuck Stobbs*	25	41	44	35	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	7	.171	.326	.200	.526	47	7	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Pedro Ramos#	20	59	40	38	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	18	.079	.125	.079	.204	-43	3	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Camilo Pascual	21	43	35	32	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.219	.242	.219	.461	27	7	0	0	2	0	0
33	P	Ted Abernathy	22	40	31	26	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.154	.154	.154	.308	-15	4	1	0	4	0	0
34	P	Spec Shea	34	27	10	10	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.400	.400	.600	1.000	172	6	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bob Chakales	27	29	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Webbo Clarke*	27	7	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Bunky Stewart*	24	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Vince Gonzales*	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Dick Hyde	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Bill Currie	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.6	154	5833	5142	598	1277	178	54	80	566	25	32	537	651	.248	.322	.351	.672	85	1803	127	36	79	38	23
		Rank in 8 AL teams				8	7	7	7	2	7		7	5	7	3	7	6	7	7		7		3		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.7	154	5365	4727	566	1203	165	53	79	538	24	31	516	552	.254	.330	.362	.692	90	1711	121	34	53	35	23
		Pitcher Totals	26.4	154	468	415	32	74	13	1	1	28	1	1	21	99	.178	.220	.222	.442	22	92	6	2	26	3	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	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