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1917 Washington Nationals Statistics

1916 Season 1918 Season

Record: 74-79-4, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Clark Griffith (74-79-4)

Ballpark: Griffith Stadium

Attendance: 89,682 (8th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 93

Pythagorean W-L: 74-79, 544 Runs, 566 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

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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	Eddie Ainsmith	27	125	409	350	38	67	17	4	0	42	16		40	48	.191	.280	.263	.543	66	92		3	16
2	1B	Joe Judge*	23	102	451	393	62	112	15	15	2	30	17		50	40	.285	.369	.415	.783	140	163		2	6
3	2B	Ray Morgan	28	101	390	338	32	90	9	1	1	33	7		40	29	.266	.346	.308	.653	100	104		1	11
4	SS	Howie Shanks	26	126	501	430	45	87	15	5	0	28	15		33	37	.202	.269	.260	.529	62	112		6	27
5	3B	Eddie Foster	30	143	619	554	66	130	16	8	0	43	11		46	23	.235	.293	.292	.586	79	162		0	18
6	OF	Mike Menosky*	22	114	382	322	46	83	12	10	1	34	22		45	55	.258	.359	.366	.726	122	118		6	9
7	OF	Clyde Milan*	30	155	662	579	60	170	15	4	0	48	20		58	26	.294	.364	.333	.697	114	193		6	19
8	OF	Sam Rice*	27	155	657	586	77	177	25	7	0	69	35		50	41	.302	.360	.369	.729	123	216		3	14
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	CI	Joe Leonard*	23	99	358	297	30	57	6	7	0	23	6		45	40	.192	.302	.259	.562	72	77		2	11
10	1B	Patsy Gharrity	25	76	197	176	15	50	5	0	0	18	7		14	18	.284	.337	.313	.649	99	55		0	6
11	C	John Henry	27	65	195	163	10	31	6	0	0	18	1		24	16	.190	.302	.227	.529	62	37		2	6
12	SS	George McBride	36	50	164	141	6	27	3	0	0	9	1		10	17	.191	.265	.213	.477	46	30		4	9
13	OF	Elmer Smith*	24	35	130	117	8	26	4	3	0	17	1		5	14	.222	.260	.308	.568	74	36		1	5
14	SS	Sam Crane	22	32	104	95	6	17	2	0	0	4	0		4	14	.179	.212	.200	.412	26	19		0	5
15	OF	Horace Milan	23	31	81	73	8	21	3	1	0	9	4		4	9	.288	.342	.356	.698	114	26		2	2
16	OF	Charlie Jamieson*	24	20	41	35	4	6	2	0	0	2	0		6	5	.171	.293	.229	.521	60	8		0	0
17	MI	Bill Murray#	23	8	24	21	2	3	0	1	0	4	1		2	2	.143	.217	.238	.455	39	5		0	1
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
18	P	Walter Johnson	29	57	145	130	15	33	12	1	0	15	1		9	30	.254	.312	.362	.674	106	47		2	2
19	P	Jim Shaw	23	47	97	91	4	14	1	2	0	4	0		3	30	.154	.181	.209	.390	19	19		0	3
20	P	Bert Gallia	25	44	74	67	6	14	3	1	0	4	0		5	23	.209	.264	.284	.547	68	19		0	2
21	P	George Dumont	21	37	67	58	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		5	28	.034	.138	.034	.173	-47	2		2	2
22	P	Doc Ayers	26	40	67	63	2	13	1	0	0	5	0		1	13	.206	.219	.222	.441	35	14		0	3
23	P	Harry Harper*	22	31	64	60	1	7	1	0	0	2	1		1	15	.117	.145	.133	.278	-15	8		1	2
24	P	Molly Craft	21	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	206	1		0	0
25	P	Doc Waldbauer	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	26.6	157	5882	5142	543	1238	173	70	4	462	166		500	574	.241	.313	.304	.617	89	1563		43	179
		Rank in 8 AL teams				1	5	6	6	3	8		3		3	7	7	6	8	8		8		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.8	157	5365	4670	515	1154	155	66	4	431	164		476	434	.247	.322	.311	.633	94	1453		38	165
		Pitcher Totals	25.0	157	517	472	28	84	18	4	0	31	2		24	140	.178	.226	.233	.459	40	110		5	14
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	Walter Johnson	29	23	16	.590	2.21	47	34	12	30	8	3	326.0	248	105	80	3	68		188	14	0	7	1255	120	1.98	0.969	6.8	0.1	1.9	5.2	2.76
2	SP	Jim Shaw	23	15	14	.517	3.21	47	31	9	15	2	1	266.1	233	118	95	1	123		118	1	2	3	1087	82	2.82	1.337	7.9	0.0	4.2	4.0	0.96
3	SP	Bert Gallia	25	9	13	.409	2.99	42	23	15	9	1	1	207.2	191	92	69	1	93		84	4	0	9	836	88	2.92	1.368	8.3	0.0	4.0	3.6	0.90
4	SP	George Dumont	21	5	14	.263	2.55	37	23	8	8	2	2	204.2	171	76	58	3	76		65	6	1	7	836	104	3.02	1.207	7.5	0.1	3.3	2.9	0.86
5	SP	Harry Harper*	22	11	12	.478	3.01	31	31	0	10	4	0	179.1	145	85	60	1	106		99	5	0	10	741	88	3.09	1.400	7.3	0.1	5.3	5.0	0.93
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
6	RP	Doc Ayers	26	11	10	.524	2.17	40	15	21	12	3	1	207.2	192	67	50	3	59		78	8	0	4	816	122	2.67	1.209	8.3	0.1	2.6	3.4	1.32
7	RP	Molly Craft	21	0	0		3.86	8	0	6	0	0	1	14.0	17	10	6	0	8		2	0	0	2	62	71	3.69	1.786	10.9	0.0	5.1	1.3	0.25
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
8		Doc Waldbauer	25	0	0		7.20	2	0	2	0	0	1	5.0	10	4	4	0	2		2	0	0	0	23	41	2.66	2.400	18.0	0.0	3.6	3.6	1.00
9		Charlie Jamieson*	24	0	0		38.57	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	10	10	10	0	2		1	0	0	0	18	9	3.98	5.143	38.6	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
		Team Totals	24.7	74	79	.484	2.75	157	157	73	84	20	10	1413.0	1217	567	432	12	537		637	38	3	42	5674	96	2.69	1.241	7.8	0.1	3.4	4.1	1.19
		Rank in 8 AL teams		5	4		6				3	2	5	3	3	5	6	2	6		1
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