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2012 Washington Nationals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2011

98-64, 1st place in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Davey Johnson (98-64)
Scored 731 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66

Ballparks: Nationals Park · Attendance: 2,370,794 (9th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100

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2011 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Future Payrolls

Buyouts are always shown when years are options ([*] for option details)
Age Yrs Acquired SrvTm Agent Contract Status 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Ryan Zimmerman 28 8 Amateur Draft 7.032 CAA Sports (Brodi... 11 yrs/$135M (09-19) & 20 team option $14M $14M $14M $14M $14M $14M $18M $2M [FA-*]
Jayson Werth 34 10 Free Agency 9.102 Scott Boras 7 yrs/$126M (11-17) $16M $20M $21M $21M $21M FA
Gio Gonzalez 27 5 Traded 3.162 5 yrs/$42M (12-16) & 17-18 team/vesting option $6.25M $8.5M $11M $12M $500k [FA-*] $0 [FA-*] FA
Denard Span 29 5 Traded 4.111 CAA Sports (Joe U... 5 yrs/$16.5M (10-14) & 15 team option $4.75M $6.5M $500k [FA-*] FA
Kurt Suzuki 29 6 Traded 5.113 3 yrs/$15.65M (11-13) & 14 team option $6.45M $650k [FA-*] FA
Dan Haren 32 10 Free Agency 8.154 CAA Sports (Greg ... 1 yr/$13M (13) $13M FA
Mike Morse 31 8 Traded 5.114 Levinsons 2 yrs/$10.5M (12-13) $6.75M FA
Bryce Harper 20 1st Amateur Draft 0.159 5 yrs/$9.9M (11-15) $750k $900k $1M Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Yunesky Maya 31 2 Amateur Free Agent 0.070 4 yrs/$8M (10-13) $2M Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Chad Tracy 33 8 Free Agency 7.116 Alan Nero 1 yr/$1M (13) $1M FA
Zach Duke 30 8 Free Agency 6.125 Mark Pieper FA
Jordan Zimmermann 27 4 Amateur Draft 3.154 SFX Arb-2 (~$4.9M) Arb-3 Arb-4 FA
Tyler Clippard 28 6 Traded 3.148 Excel Sports Mana... Arb-2 (~$4.6M) Arb-3 Arb-4 FA
Roger Bernadina 29 5 Amateur Free Agent 3.146 Lapa/Leventhal Arb-1 (~$1.1M) Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Ian Desmond 27 4 Amateur Draft 3.027 Sports One Athlet... Arb-1 (~$3.2M) Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Ross Detwiler 27 5 Amateur Draft 3.002 CAA Sports (Jeff ... Arb-1 (~$2.2M) Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Craig Stammen 29 4 Amateur Draft 2.160 Longo Law Group Arb-1 (~$900k) Arb-2 Arb-3 Arb-4 FA
Ryan Perry 26 4 Traded 2.147 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 Arb-4 FA
Drew Storen 25 3 Amateur Draft 2.140 CAA Sports (Brodi... Arb-1 (~$1.7M) Arb-2 Arb-3 Arb-4 FA
Stephen Strasburg 24 3 Amateur Draft 2.118 Scott Boras Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Henry Rodriguez 26 4 Traded 2.114 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Wilson Ramos 25 3 Traded 2.047 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Danny Espinosa 26 3 Amateur Draft 2.033 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Cole Kimball 27 1st Waivers 1.138 Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Ryan Mattheus 29 2 Traded 1.111 Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Steve Lombardozzi 24 2 Amateur Draft 1.023 Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Tyler Moore 26 1st Amateur Draft 0.149 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 Arb-4 FA
Chris Marrero 24 1st Amateur Draft 0.114 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Sandy Leon 24 1st Amateur Free Agent 0.102 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Jhonatan Solano 27 1st Amateur Free Agent 0.096 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Corey Brown 27 2 Traded 0.067 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Eury Perez 23 1st Amateur Free Agent 0.033 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Christian Garcia 27 1st Free Agency 0.031 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Matt Purke $1.04M $1.04M
Anthony Rendon $1.8M $1.8M
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Signed Players With Guaranteed Contracts (does not include players with options) *10 5 4 3 2 1 1
Dollars Committed Value of Guaranteed Contracts (no options are exercised and includes buyouts) *$73.8M $53.4M $47.5M $47M $35.5M $14M $18M $2M
Contract Options Players with any type of option 1 1 1 1 1
Option Values Maximum value of options if all are exercised $8.5M $9M $12M $12M $18M
Arb Eligible Number of arbitration eligible players (1st-2nd-3rd-4th, "Arb" players = 3rds) 6-2-0-0 4-6-2-0 4-4-6-2 8-4-4-3 0-8-4-0 0-0-8-1 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Arb Costs Rough estimated value of all arbitration cases (uses 3-year averages for 1st yr, 2nd,..) †$18.6M $30.8M $51M $55M $37.2M $36.2M $0 $0
Other Players Additional Players Needed to Fill 25-man (no options exercised) 7 8 5 3 11 15 24 25
Other Costs Estimate of Remaining Players Costs (based on 1-year avg of all pre-arb players) $3.5M $4M $2.5M $1.5M $5.5M $7.5M $12M $12.5M
Payroll (no options) Est. Total Payroll w/o Options (Guaranteed + Arb + Other) $95.9M $88.2M $101M $103.5M $78.2M $57.7M $30M $14.5M
Payroll (options) Est. Total Payroll w/ Options (Guaranteed + Options + Arb + Other) $95.9M $96.2M $109.5M $103.5M $89.7M $69.2M $30M $32M

* - This is not intended as an accurate payroll accounting for current. Trades are not prorated, new debuts are not added, incentives are not included.
† - 2013 arbitration projections are provided by Matt Swartz and MLBTradeRumors.com. Please check the link for a description of process and a lot more great transaction content.
All salary values are VERY unofficial. On occasion, we have estimated arbitration eligibility.
Future arbitration eligibility assumes players will play full major league seasons.
Signing bonuses are as of now all assumed to have been paid at the time of signing.
For information like contract history, contract incentives, and more, we heartily recommend Cot's Contracts
Unsigned players salaries are estimated based on the last three years of salary data:
    $500k for pre-arbitration, $1.7M for 1st-year arb, $2.7M for 2nd-year-arb, $3.9M for 3rd-year-arb, $5M for 4th-year-arb.
Please let us know if you find any errors, updates, or corrections

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Rick Ankiel 32 L L 6' 1" 210 Jul 19, 1979 10 68 37 68 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 0 62 0 13 0 -0.8 $1,250,000
Roger Bernadina 28 L L 6' 2" 215 Jun 12, 1984 5 129 48 129 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 37 7 94 0 46 8 0.9 $493,500
Corey Brown 26 L L 6' 1" 210 Nov 26, 1985 2 19 2 19 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 11 0 11 0 0.2 $
Sean Burnett 29 L L 6' 1" 180 Sep 17, 1982 6 70 0 65 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $2,300,000
Brett Carroll 29 R R 5' 11" 210 Oct 3, 1982 6 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 3 0.0 $580,000
Tyler Clippard 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 14, 1985 6 74 0 69 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $1,650,000
Mark DeRosa 37 R R 6' 1" 215 Feb 26, 1975 15 48 16 48 29 0 0 3 1 11 1 9 0 7 16 0 24 1 -0.8 $800,000
Ian Desmond 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 20, 1985 4 130 126 130 128 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3.2 $512,500 All-Star
Ross Detwiler 26 R L 6' 5" 190 Mar 6, 1986 5 33 27 30 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $485,000
Zach Duke 29 L L 6' 1" 205 Apr 19, 1983 8 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Danny Espinosa 25 B R 6' 0" 195 Apr 25, 1987 3 160 153 160 158 0 0 0 126 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2.4 $506,000
Jesus Flores 27 R R 6' 1" 210 Oct 26, 1984 5 83 75 83 80 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.6 $850,000
Christian Garcia 26 R R 6' 5" 215 Aug 24, 1985 1st 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Gio Gonzalez 26 R L 6' 0" 200 Sep 19, 1985 5 32 32 31 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $3,250,000 All-Star
Mike Gonzalez 34 R L 6' 2" 215 May 23, 1978 10 47 0 45 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Tom Gorzelanny 29 R L 6' 2" 205 Jul 12, 1982 8 45 1 44 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $3,000,000
Bryce Harper 19 L R 6' 3" 215 Oct 16, 1992 1st 139 133 139 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 92 65 138 0 2 1 5.0 $500,000 All-Star
Cesar Izturis 32 B R 5' 9" 180 Feb 10, 1980 12 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.0 $
Edwin Jackson 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 9, 1983 10 34 31 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.0 $11,000,000
John Lannan 27 L L 6' 4" 235 Sep 27, 1984 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $5,000,000
Adam LaRoche 32 L L 6' 3" 210 Nov 6, 1979 9 154 149 154 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4.0 $8,000,000
Sandy Leon 23 B R 5' 11" 220 Mar 13, 1989 1st 12 9 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Brad Lidge 35 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 23, 1976 11 11 0 9 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $1,000,000
Steve Lombardozzi 23 B R 6' 0" 195 Sep 20, 1988 2 126 83 126 98 0 0 0 51 13 1 41 0 0 41 0 30 1 0.3 $481,000
Carlos Maldonado 33 R R 6' 2" 290 Jan 3, 1979 4 4 3 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Ryan Mattheus 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Nov 10, 1983 2 66 0 64 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $481,000
Tyler Moore 25 R R 6' 2" 215 Jan 30, 1987 1st 75 35 75 54 0 0 14 0 0 0 40 0 2 41 0 31 0 -0.2 $
Mike Morse 30 R R 6' 5" 245 Mar 22, 1982 8 102 102 102 93 0 0 1 0 0 0 68 0 36 93 9 0 0 0.6 $3,250,000
Xavier Nady 33 R R 6' 2" 215 Nov 14, 1978 11 40 24 40 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 15 35 0 11 1 -1.1 $700,000
Eury Perez 22 R R 6' 0" 180 May 30, 1990 1st 13 0 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 7 0 3 8 0.0 $
Ryan Perry 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Feb 13, 1987 4 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Wilson Ramos 24 R R 6' 0" 250 Aug 10, 1987 3 25 24 25 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.4 $491,250
Henry Rodriguez 25 R R 6' 1" 225 Feb 25, 1987 4 35 0 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $491,000
Jhonatan Solano 26 R R 5' 9" 205 Aug 12, 1985 1st 12 10 12 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.5 $
Craig Stammen 28 R R 6' 4" 225 Mar 9, 1984 4 59 0 55 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $485,000
Drew Storen 24 B R 6' 2" 190 Aug 11, 1987 3 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $498,750
Stephen Strasburg 23 R R 6' 4" 220 Jul 20, 1988 3 28 28 26 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $3,000,000 All-Star
Kurt Suzuki 28 R R 5' 11" 195 Oct 4, 1983 6 43 41 43 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.4 $5,000,000
Chad Tracy 32 L R 6' 1" 220 May 22, 1980 8 73 12 73 23 0 0 14 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 0.4 $750,000
Chien-Ming Wang 32 R R 6' 4" 225 Mar 31, 1980 7 10 5 9 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $4,000,000
Jayson Werth 33 R R 6' 5" 225 May 20, 1979 10 81 79 81 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 76 79 0 2 0 0.6 $13,000,000
Ryan Zimmerman 27 R R 6' 3" 230 Sep 28, 1984 8 145 144 145 145 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.8 $12,000,000
Jordan Zimmermann 26 R R 6' 2" 220 May 23, 1986 4 32 32 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 $2,300,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

2011 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers