1956 Washington Nationals Statistics

1955 Season 1957 Season

Record: 59-95-1, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Chuck Dressen (59-95-1)

Ballpark: Griffith Stadium

Attendance: 431,647 (8th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 100
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 53-101, 652 Runs, 924 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	Clint Courtney*	29	101	316	283	31	85	20	3	5	44	0	5	20	10	.300	.362	.445	.807	116	126	9	9	1	3	4
2	1B	Pete Runnels*	28	147	646	578	72	179	29	9	8	76	5	5	58	64	.310	.372	.433	.805	116	250	18	2	4	4	2
3	2B	Herb Plews*	28	91	285	256	24	69	10	7	1	25	1	2	26	40	.270	.337	.375	.712	92	96	6	1	0	2	3
4	SS	José Valdivielso	22	90	279	246	18	58	8	2	4	29	3	1	29	36	.236	.318	.333	.651	76	82	8	1	2	1	1
5	3B	Eddie Yost	29	152	684	515	94	119	17	2	11	53	8	5	151	82	.231	.412	.336	.748	104	173	8	8	9	1	9
6	LF	Roy Sievers	29	152	659	550	92	139	27	2	29	95	0	0	100	88	.253	.370	.467	.838	124	257	12	5	0	4	10
7	CF	Whitey Herzog*	24	117	465	421	49	103	13	7	4	35	8	5	35	74	.245	.302	.337	.639	72	142	5	0	8	1	0
8	RF	Jim Lemon	28	146	613	538	77	146	21	11	27	96	2	4	65	138	.271	.349	.502	.850	127	270	12	2	2	6	2
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	CF	Karl Olson	25	106	353	313	34	77	10	2	4	22	1	1	28	41	.246	.305	.329	.635	71	103	13	1	6	5	1
10	C	Lou Berberet*	26	95	256	207	25	54	6	3	4	27	0	0	46	33	.261	.402	.377	.779	111	78	7	3	0	0	9
11	C	Ed FitzGerald	32	64	170	148	15	45	8	0	2	12	0	0	20	16	.304	.387	.399	.786	112	59	4	0	1	0	1
12	OF	Ernie Oravetz#	24	88	167	137	20	34	3	2	0	11	1	0	27	20	.248	.370	.299	.669	82	41	1	0	2	1	0
13	SS	Jerry Snyder	26	43	161	148	14	40	3	1	2	14	1	0	10	9	.270	.321	.345	.665	79	51	6	1	2	0	0
14	2B	Tony Roig	27	44	141	119	11	25	5	2	0	7	2	0	20	29	.210	.321	.286	.607	65	34	6	0	1	1	0
15	SS	Lyle Luttrell	26	38	138	122	17	23	5	3	2	9	5	1	8	19	.189	.254	.328	.582	56	40	7	3	4	1	0
16	3B	Harmon Killebrew	20	44	110	99	10	22	2	0	5	13	0	0	10	39	.222	.291	.394	.685	83	39	2	0	0	1	0
17	OF	Carlos Paula	28	33	92	82	8	15	2	1	3	13	0	2	8	15	.183	.250	.341	.591	58	28	5	0	0	2	0
18	LF	Dick Tettelbach	27	18	82	64	10	10	1	2	1	9	0	1	14	15	.156	.304	.281	.585	59	18	0	0	3	1	0
19		Tom Wright*	32	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.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
20	P	Chuck Stobbs*	26	38	92	84	3	15	3	0	0	9	0	1	2	15	.179	.205	.214	.419	13	18	3	1	4	1	0
21	P	Camilo Pascual	22	43	67	58	3	8	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	6	.138	.180	.207	.387	4	12	3	1	6	0	0
22	P	Pedro Ramos#	21	56	50	44	9	9	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	16	.205	.239	.295	.535	43	13	1	0	4	0	0
23	P	Dean Stone*	25	42	42	34	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	22	.088	.225	.118	.343	-5	4	0	2	2	0	0
24	P	Bob Wiesler#	25	38	37	33	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.091	.091	.121	.212	-43	4	2	0	4	0	0
25	P	Bunky Stewart*	25	34	32	28	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	7	2	0	4	0	0
26	P	Bob Chakales	28	43	23	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.150	.150	.150	.300	-19	3	0	0	3	0	0
27	P	Hal Griggs	27	36	22	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0	1	2	0	0
28	P	Connie Grob*	23	37	20	18	3	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	2	.333	.368	.389	.757	104	7	1	0	1	0	0
29	P	Ted Abernathy	23	5	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.182	.182	.182	.364	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Evelio Hernández	25	4	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Bud Byerly	36	25	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1	1	0	0	0	0
32	P	Dick Brodowski	23	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Tex Clevenger	23	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.0	155	6044	5202	652	1302	198	62	112	612	37	34	690	877	.250	.341	.377	.717	93	1960	142	41	75	35	42
		Rank in 8 AL teams				6	6	6	6	1	6		7	6	2	8	6	5	6	5		5		2		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.2	155	5618	4827	621	1243	190	59	112	590	37	32	675	768	.258	.351	.391	.742	100	1887	129	36	45	34	42
		Pitcher Totals	24.7	155	426	375	31	59	8	3	0	22	0	2	15	109	.157	.199	.195	.394	7	73	13	5	30	1	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	Chuck Stobbs*	26	15	15	.500	3.60	37	33	2	15	1	1	240.0	264	115	96	29	54	4	97	1	0	5	1026	116	3.82	1.325	9.9	1.1	2.0	3.6	1.80
2	SP	Camilo Pascual	22	6	18	.250	5.87	39	27	9	6	0	2	188.2	194	131	123	33	89	4	162	6	0	7	848	71	4.44	1.500	9.3	1.6	4.2	7.7	1.82
3	SP	Dean Stone*	25	5	7	.417	6.27	41	21	10	2	0	3	132.0	148	107	92	10	93	0	86	7	1	5	636	66	4.32	1.826	10.1	0.7	6.3	5.9	0.92
4	SP	Bob Wiesler*	25	3	12	.200	6.44	37	21	9	3	0	0	123.0	141	98	88	11	112	1	49	3	1	4	598	65	5.54	2.057	10.3	0.8	8.2	3.6	0.44
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	RP	Pedro Ramos	21	12	10	.545	5.27	37	18	10	4	0	0	152.0	178	95	89	23	76	0	54	3	2	2	691	79	5.19	1.671	10.5	1.4	4.5	3.2	0.71
6	RP	Hal Griggs	27	1	6	.143	6.02	34	12	6	1	0	1	98.2	120	82	66	14	76	2	48	1	0	6	481	69	5.58	1.986	10.9	1.3	6.9	4.4	0.63
7	RP	Bob Chakales	28	4	4	.500	4.03	43	1	23	0	0	4	96.0	94	53	43	3	57	7	33	3	0	2	423	104	3.96	1.573	8.8	0.3	5.3	3.1	0.58
8	RP	Connie Grob	23	4	5	.444	7.83	37	1	15	0	0	1	79.1	121	79	69	14	26	1	27	1	1	3	380	53	5.00	1.853	13.7	1.6	2.9	3.1	1.04
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
9		Bunky Stewart*	25	5	7	.417	5.57	33	9	9	1	0	2	105.0	111	77	65	15	82	4	36	5	1	2	501	75	6.03	1.838	9.5	1.3	7.0	3.1	0.44
10		Bud Byerly	36	2	4	.333	2.96	25	0	17	0	0	4	51.2	45	19	17	6	14	3	19	2	0	1	207	141	4.07	1.142	7.8	1.0	2.4	3.3	1.36
11		Tex Clevenger	23	0	0		5.40	20	1	7	0	0	0	31.2	33	22	19	4	21	0	17	0	0	1	149	78	4.93	1.705	9.4	1.1	6.0	4.8	0.81
12		Ted Abernathy	23	1	3	.250	4.15	5	4	0	2	0	0	30.1	35	16	14	2	10	0	18	1	0	0	132	101	3.13	1.484	10.4	0.6	3.0	5.3	1.80
13		Evelio Hernández	25	1	1	.500	4.76	4	4	0	1	0	0	22.2	24	12	12	2	8	0	9	0	0	1	97	89	3.78	1.412	9.5	0.8	3.2	3.6	1.13
14		Dick Brodowski	23	0	3	.000	9.17	7	3	2	1	0	0	17.2	31	18	18	5	12	0	8	0	0	0	94	46	7.18	2.434	15.8	2.5	6.1	4.1	0.67
		Team Totals	24.9	59	95	.383	5.33	155	155	119	36	1	18	1368.2	1539	924	811	171	730	26	663	33	6	39	6263	78	4.70	1.658	10.1	1.1	4.8	4.4	0.91
		Rank in 8 AL teams		7	2		8				7	8	6	7	8	8	8	7	8		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