2007 Washington Nationals season

2007  Washington Nationals
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	Lerner Enterprises
General managers	Jim Bowden
Managers	Manny Acta
Television	MASN WDCA (My 20) Bob Carpenter, Ray Knight, Don Sutton, Johnny Holliday
Radio	WTWP/WWWT Charlie Slowes, Dave Jageler
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The 2007 Washington Nationals season began with the team trying to win its first National League East title since moving to Washington. During the offseason, the team replaced manager Frank Robinson with former Montreal Expos coach Manny Acta. They lost several players through free agency and trades. The most notable of those are José Guillén, Ramón Ortiz, Alfonso Soriano, and José Vidro. The Nationals signed few major league free agents. Their most experienced free agent signing was Dmitri Young. Luis Ayala, Alex Escobar, Cristian Guzmán, Nick Johnson, Michael O'Connor and John Patterson were expected to return from season-ending injuries.

After losing four starters (Liván Hernández, Tony Armas, Ramón Ortiz and Pedro Astacio) from the prior year, the Nationals invited an extraordinary 36 pitchers to spring training. ^{[1] [2]} By year's end, the team would become the first team in modern baseball (except for strike-shortened seasons) with no pitcher in double figures with wins or losses. ^[3]

The season was notable for it being the Nationals final year at RFK Stadium and for Dmitri Young winning Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award, marking the team's first annual award since moving to D.C. The Nationals finished 73–89, 16 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies and fourth in the NL East. This was their only season in Washington prior to 2011 that the Nationals did not finish last in their division.

Offseason

On December 18, 2006, the Nationals traded José Vidro and cash to the Seattle Mariners for Emiliano Fruto and Chris Snelling. ^[4]

Advertising and marketing

The 2007 season saw the Nationals′ first strategic marketing campaign since Lerner Enterprises purchased the team. It emphasized the upcoming opening of Nationals Park planned for 2008. The marketing slogan for the 2007 season was "Pledge Your Allegiance," ^[5] a reference to the Pledge of Allegiance of the United States encouraging Nationals fans to show their loyalty to the team.

Spring training

The Nationals held their 2007 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium. They invited Danny Ardoin to spring training, but he did not make the team; they traded him to the Houston Astros for minor-leaguer Wade Robinson on March 26, 2007. ^[6]

Regular season

April

On Opening Day, the Nationals lost their starting shortstop (Cristian Guzmán, hamstring) and center fielder (Nook Logan) for five weeks. At the end of April, one of their starters, Jerome Williams hurt his ankle while batting and was placed on the 15-day disabled list.

May

Hitting coach Mitchell Page left his post with the team in May due to a relapse of alcoholism. ^[7]

In the space of just 10 days in May, Shawn Hill, John Patterson, and Jason Bergmann went on the disabled list. Jerome Williams returned, pitched one game, and went back on the DL with a shoulder injury. The Washington Post wrote: "Almost everything that could sink a team's attitude has befallen the Nats. They started the year 1-8, then they lost eight in a row to drop to 9-25." ^[8]

They pressed journeymen Mike Bacsik, Micah Bowie (a relief pitcher) and Jason Simontacchi, along with rookie reliever Levale Speigner into the starting rotation, amidst predictions that the 2007 Nationals might equal the 1962 Mets' record of futility, 120 losses in one season. ^[9]

After the team lost 8 straight games to sink to 9-25, the Nats won 11 of 15, mostly with patchwork starting pitching and timely hitting. and the return of Cristian Guzmán, who was hitting .343 by the end of May.

June

In June, the Nationals have been led by key hits by Dmitri Young, Cristian Guzmán and the power hitting of Ryan Zimmerman. But towards the end of the month, Guzman, hitting .329, was injured and lost for the season, and, following the injury, the Nationals lost 9 of their next 11 games.

July

Dmitri Young, hitting .339 (third in the league) and slugging .512, was selected as the lone Nationals' representative in the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Despite rumors that the Nationals were seeking to trade Ronnie Belliard, Chad Cordero, Jon Rauch and Young, the Nationals did not make any major trades before the non-waiver trade deadline. ^{[10] [11]}

Season standings

National League East

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	89	73	0.549	—	47–34	42–39
New York Mets	88	74	0.543	1	41–40	47–34
Atlanta Braves	84	78	0.519	5	44–37	40–41
Washington Nationals	73	89	0.451	16	40–41	33–48
Florida Marlins	71	91	0.438	18	36–45	35–46

Record vs. opponents

2007 National League record v t e Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	4–2	4–2	2–4	8–10	6–1	5–2	8–10	2–5	3–4	5–1	5–4	10–8	10–8	4–3	6–1	8–7
Atlanta	2–4	—	5–4	1–6	4–2	10–8	3–3	4–3	5–2	9–9	9–9	5–1	5–2	4–3	3–4	11–7	4–11
Chicago	2–4	4–5	—	9–9	5–2	0–6	8–7	2–5	9–6	2–5	3–4	8–7	3–5	5–2	11–5	6–1	8–4
Cincinnati	4–2	6–1	9–9	—	2–4	4–3	4–11	2–4	8–7	2–5	2–4	9–7	2–4	4–3	6–9	1–6	7-11
Colorado	10–8	2–4	2–5	4–2	—	3–3	3–4	12–6	4–2	4–2	4–3	4–3	11–8	10–8	3–4	4–3	10–8
Florida	1–6	8–10	6–0	3–4	3–3	—	2–3	4–3	2–5	7–11	9–9	3–4	3–4	1–6	2–4	8–10	9–9
Houston	2–5	3–3	7–8	11–4	4–3	3-2	—	4–3	5–13	2–5	3–3	5–10	4–3	2–4	7–9	2–5	9–9
Los Angeles	10–8	3–4	5–2	4–2	6–12	3–4	3–4	—	3–3	5–5	4–2	5–2	8–10	10–8	3–3	5–1	5–10
Milwaukee	5–2	2–5	6–9	7–8	2–4	5–2	13–5	3–3	—	2–4	3–4	10–6	2–5	4–5	7–8	4–2	8–7
New York	4–3	9–9	5–2	5–2	2–4	11–7	5–2	5–5	4–2	—	6–12	4–2	2–4	4–2	5–2	9–9	8–7
Philadelphia	1-5	9–9	4–3	4–2	3–4	9–9	3–3	2–4	4–3	12–6	—	4–2	4–3	4–4	6–3	12–6	8–7
Pittsburgh	4–5	1–5	7–8	7–9	3–4	4–3	10–5	2–5	6–10	2–4	2–4	—	1–6	4–2	6–12	4–2	5–10
San Diego	8–10	2–5	5–3	4–2	8–11	4–3	3–4	10–8	5–2	4–2	3–4	6–1	—	14–4	3–4	4–2	6–9
San Francisco	8–10	3–4	2–5	3–4	8–10	6–1	4–2	8–10	5–4	2–4	4–4	2–4	4–14	—	4–1	3–4	5–10
St. Louis	3–4	4–3	5–11	9–6	4–3	4-2	9–7	3–3	8–7	2–5	3–6	12–6	4–3	1–4	—	1–5	6–9
Washington	1–6	7–11	1–6	6–1	3–4	10-8	5–2	1–5	2–4	9–9	6–12	2–4	2–4	4–3	5–1	—	9–9

Nationals vs. American League

Team	AL Central
	BAL	CLE	DET	MIN	TOR
Washington	4–2	2—1	0—3	2–1	1–2

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Felipe López	Second baseman
Cristian Guzmán	Shortstop
Ryan Zimmerman	Third baseman
Austin Kearns	Right fielder
Dmitri Young	First baseman
Brian Schneider	Catcher
Ryan Church	Left fielder
Nook Logan	Center fielder
John Patterson	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• April 13, 2007: The Nationals received minor-leaguer Brent Abernathy from the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal. ^[12]
• April 20, 207: The Nationals received Manny Alexander from the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal. ^[13]
• May 2, 2007: The Nationals traded Chris Snelling to the Oakland Athletics for Ryan Langerhans. ^[14]
• June 20, 2007: The Nationals sold Anastacio Martínez to the Detroit Tigers. ^[15]
• June 24, 2007: The Nationals traded minor-leaguer Darnell McDonald to the Minnesota Twins for Levale Speigner. ^[16] The move allowed the Nationals to keep Speigner – a Rule 5 draft pick – when they outrighted him to the Triple A Columbus Clippers.
• June 26, 2007: The Nationals sent minor-leaguer Jermaine Van Buren to the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal. ^[14]
• August 17, 2007: The Nationals traded a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox for Wily Mo Peña and cash. ^[17]
• August 21, 2007: The Nationals traded minor-leaguer Emiliano Fruto to the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor-leaguer Chris Carter, ^[18] and sent Carter to the Boston Red Sox to complete the August 17, 2007, trade. ^[17]
• September 4, 2007: The Nationals traded Ray King to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later. The Brewers sent minor-leaguer Andrew Lefave to the Nationals on September 14, 2007, to complete the trade. ^[19]

Draft

The 2007 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place on June 7 and 8. With their first pick – the sixth pick overall – the Nationals selected pitcher Ross Detwiler. Other notable players the Nationals selected were pitcher Jordan Zimmermann (second round, 67th overall), left fielder-third baseman Jake Smolinski (second round, 70th overall), third baseman Steven Souza Jr. (third round, 100th overall), catcher Derek Norris (fourth round, 130th overall), and pitcher Pat McCoy (10th round, 310th overall). ^[20]

Roster

2007 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers 63 Winston Abreu 53 Jonathan Albaladejo 56 Luis Ayala 37 Mike Bacsik 57 Jason Bergmann 30 Chris Booker 59 Micah Bowie 47 Matt Chico 43 Jesús Colomé 32 Chad Cordero 29 Ross Detwiler 38 Joel Hanrahan 41 Shawn Hill 26 John Lannan 67 Arnie Muñoz 22 John Patterson 51 Jon Rauch 17 Tim Redding 52 Saúl Rivera 45 Chris Schroder 50 Jason Simontacchi 36 Levale Speigner 40 Billy Traber 35 Ryan Wagner 26 Jerome Williams		Catchers  3 Jesús Flores 23 Brian Schneider Infielders 77 Tony Batista 10 Ronnie Belliard 13 Robert Fick 15 Cristian Guzmán 4,6 D'Angelo Jiménez  2 Felipe López 12 Josh Wilson 21,42 Dmitri Young 11 Ryan Zimmerman Outfielders  5 Kory Casto 19 Ryan Church 25 Austin Kearns  4 Ryan Langerhans  7 Nook Logan 16 Justin Maxwell 16,26 Wily Mo Peña 29 Michael Restovich  8 Chris Snelling 00 Brandon Watson		Manager 14 Manny Acta Coaches 27 Rick Aponte (bullpen) 39 Pat Corrales (bench)  9 Lenny Harris (hitting, interim) 28 Jerry Morales (first base) -- Mitchell Page (hitting coach) (until May) 46 Randy St. Claire (pitching) 18 Tim Tolman (third base)

Attendance

The Nationals drew 1,943,812 fans at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in 2007, placing them 14th in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams. ^[21]

Game log

2007 Game Log
April (9-17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 2 Marlins 9 – 2 Willis (1-0) Patterson (0-1) 40,389 0-1 2 April 3 Marlins 9 – 3 Olsen (1-0) Hill (0-1) 20,894 0-2 3 April 4 Marlins 7 – 6 Rauch (1-0) Julio (0-1) 18,835 1-2 4 April 5 D-backs 4 – 3 González (1-0) Bergmann (0-1) Valverde (2) 16,017 1-3 5 April 6 D-backs 7 – 1 Owings (1-0) Williams (0-1) 19,234 1-4 6 April 7 D-backs 7 – 1 Webb (1-0) Patterson (0-2) 16,617 1-5 7 April 8 D-backs 3 – 1 Hernández (1-0) Hill (0-2) Valverde (3) 17,244 1-6 8 April 10 @ Braves 8 – 0 Hudson (1-0) Chico (0-1) 18,396 1-7 9 April 11 @ Braves 8 – 3 James (2-0) Williams (0-2) 15,631 1-8 10 April 12 @ Braves 2 – 0 Colomé (1-0) Smoltz (1-1) Cordero (1) 23,897 2-8 11 April 13 @ Mets 3 – 2 Heilman (1-1) R. Wagner (0-1) B. Wagner (3) 47,311 2-9 12 April 14 @ Mets 6 – 2 Hill (1-2) Hernández (1-1) 53,560 3-9 -- April 15 @ Mets Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 28 as part of a doubleheader 3-9 13 April 16 Braves 5 – 1 Chico (1-1) James (2-1) 16,316 4-9 14 April 17 Braves 6 – 4 Smoltz (2-1) Williams (0-3) Wickman (4) 17,791 4-10 15 April 18 Phillies 5 – 4 (13) Speigner (1-0) Rosario (0-1) 18,584 5-10 16 April 19 Phillies 4 – 2 Moyer (2-1) Patterson (0-3) Gordon (3) 18,671 5-11 17 April 20 @ Marlins 6 – 5 (14) Colomé (2-0) Gardner (0-1) Rivera (1) 16,469 6-11 18 April 21 @ Marlins 9 – 3 Sánchez (2-0) Chico (1-2) 24,107 6-12 19 April 22 @ Marlins 12 – 6 Obermueller (1-0) Williams (0-4) Gregg (1) 18,443 6-13 20 April 24 @ Phillies 6 – 3 Alfonseca (1-0) Bowie (0-1) Gordon (4) 24,745 6-14 21 April 25 @ Phillies 9 – 3 Lieber (1-0) Patterson (0-4) 23,526 6-15 22 April 26 @ Phillies 4 – 2 Hill (2-2) Hamels (2-1) Cordero (2) 26,572 7-15 23 April 27 Mets 4 – 3 Chico (2-2) Pérez (2-2) Cordero (3) 21,662 8-15 24 April 28 Mets 6 – 2 (12) Sele (1-0) Rivera (0-1) 29,292 8-16 25 April 29 Mets 1 – 0 Maine (4-0) Bergmann (0-2) B. Wagner (4) 27,361 8-17 26 April 30 @ Padres 3 – 2 Patterson (1-4) Peavy (3-1) Cordero (4) 19,769 9-17
May (13-15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 1 @ Padres 3 – 0 Young (3-2) Hill (2-3) Hoffman (6) 19,438 9-18 28 May 2 @ Padres 7 – 3 Brocail (2-0) Chico (2-3) 22,153 9-19 29 May 4 @ Cubs 6 – 4 Zambrano (3-2) Bergmann (0-3) Dempster (6) 39,444 9-20 30 May 5 @ Cubs 5 – 3 R. Hill (4-1) Patterson (1-5) Dempster (7) 40,267 9-21 31 May 6 @ Cubs 4 – 3 (10) Dempster (1-1) Wagner (0-2) 40,481 9-22 32 May 7 @ Brewers 3 – 0 Capuano (5-0) Chico (2-4) F. Cordero (13) 17,751 9-23 33 May 8 @ Brewers 6 – 4 Bush (3-3) Simontacchi (0-1) F. Cordero (14) 19,398 9-24 34 May 9 @ Brewers 3 – 1 Turnbow (1-0) Bowie (0-2) F. Cordero (15) 24,658 9-25 35 May 11 Marlins 6 – 0 Hill (3-3) Olsen (3-3) 23,006 10-25 36 May 12 Marlins 7 – 3 Rauch (2-0) Tankersley (2-1) 19,278 11-25 37 May 13 Marlins 6 – 4 Simontacchi (1-1) Obermueller (1-2) Rauch (1) 20,486 12-25 38 May 14 Braves 2 – 1 Bergmann (1-3) Smoltz (5-2) Colomé (1) 18,829 13-25 39 May 15 Braves 6 – 2 Hudson (5-1) Williams (0-5) 21,258 13-26 40 May 16 Braves 6 – 4 Traber (1-0) Davies (1-2) Rauch (2) 20,329 14-26 41 May 17 Braves 4 – 3 Chico (3-4) Paronto (2-1) Rauch (3) 24,631 15-26 42 May 18 Orioles 5 – 4 Trachsel (2-3) Simontacchi (1-2) Ray (9) 22,375 15-27 43 May 19 Orioles 3 – 2 (11) Parrish (2-0) Abreu (0-1) Ray (10) 30,661 15-28 44 May 20 Orioles 4 – 3 Colomé (3-0) Báez (0-3) Cordero (5) 29,281 16-28 45 May 21 @ Reds 8 – 7 Coutlangus (2-0) Rauch (2-1) Weathers (9) 15,271 16-29 46 May 22 @ Reds 8 – 4 Colomé (4-0) Coutlangus (2-1) 16,732 17-29 47 May 23 @ Reds 12 – 7 Simontacchi (2-2) Lohse (1-6) 31,971 18-29 48 May 24 @ Reds 4 – 3 Bacsik (1-0) Belisle (4-4) Cordero (6) 19,541 19-29 49 May 25 @ Cardinals 5 – 4 Bowie (1-2) Reyes (0-8) Cordero (7) 43,618 20-29 50 May 26 @ Cardinals 8 – 6 Thompson (3-1) Speigner (1-1) Isringhausen (13) 44,270 20-30 51 May 27 @ Cardinals 7 – 2 Rivera (1-1) Wainwright (4-4) 44,578 21-30 52 May 29 Dodgers 10 – 0 Penny (7-1) Simontacchi (2-3) 18,483 21-31 53 May 30 Dodgers 5 – 0 Lowe (5-5) Bacsik (1-1) 22,360 21-32 54 May 31 Dodgers 11 – 4 Bowie (2-2) Hendrickson (2-3) 20,982 22-32
June (10-16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 55 June 1 Padres 4 – 3 (10) Rauch (3-1) Meredith (2-3) 22,354 23-32 56 June 2 Padres 11 – 3 Germano (4-0) Speigner (1-2) 21,635 23-33 57 June 3 Padres 7 – 3 Wells (3-3) Simontacchi (2-4) 26,967 23-34 58 June 5 Pirates 7 – 6 Chacón (2-0) Bacsik (1-2) Capps (2) 19,169 23-35 59 June 6 Pirates 6 – 5 Cordero (1-0) Torres (0-3) 24,755 24-35 60 June 7 Pirates 3 – 2 Capps (3-2) Cordero (1-1) 25,622 24-36 61 June 8 @ Twins 8 – 5 Simontacchi (3-4) Silva (3-7) Rivera (2) 25,144 25-36 62 June 9 @ Twins 3 – 1 Speigner (2-2) Santana (6-6) Cordero (8) 39,742 26-36 63 June 10 @ Twins 6 – 3 Bonser (5-2) Bacsik (1-3) Nathan (14) 31,035 26-37 64 June 12 @ Orioles 7 – 4 Bowie (3-2) Cabrera (5-7) Cordero (9) 21,151 27-37 65 June 13 @ Orioles 9 – 6 (11) Traber (2-0) Ray (3-5) Rivera (3) 21,782 28-37 66 June 14 @ Orioles 3 – 1 Simontacchi (4-4) Bradford (0-3) Cordero (10) 20,770 29-37 67 June 15 @ Blue Jays 7 – 2 Halladay (7-2) Bacsik (1-4) 22,042 29-38 68 June 16 @ Blue Jays 7 – 3 Marcum (4-2) Speigner (2-3) 26,342 29-39 69 June 17 @ Blue Jays 4 – 2 Bowie (4-2) Towers (6-6) Cordero (11) 28,867 30-39 70 June 18 Tigers 9 – 8 Maroth (5-2) Chico (3-5) 22,562 30-40 71 June 19 Tigers 15 – 1 Durbin (6-3) Simontacchi (4-5) 22,227 30-41 72 June 20 Tigers 8 – 4 Bonderman (8-0) Rivera (1-2) 26,637 30-42 73 June 22 Indians 4 – 1 Rivera (2-2) Carmona (8-3) Cordero (12) 24,534 31-42 74 June 23 Indians 4 – 3 Mastny (5-2) Cordero (1-2) Borowski (21) 32,539 31-43 75 June 24 Indians 3 – 1 Simontacchi (5-5) Westbrook (1-3) Cordero (13) 26,413 32-43 76 June 25 @ Braves 4 – 1 Hudson (7-5) Bergmann (1-4) Wickman (13) 25,375 32-44 77 June 26 @ Braves 6 – 2 Carlyle (2-2) Bacsik (1-5) Wickman (14) 22,508 32-45 78 June 27 @ Braves 13 – 0 Smoltz (9-4) Bowie (4-3) 29,144 32-46 79 June 29 @ Pirates 3 – 2 Capps (4-4) Rauch (3-2) 32,361 32-47 80 June 30 @ Pirates 7 – 2 Gorzelanny (8-4) Bergmann (1-5) 26,959 32-48
July (14-12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 @ Pirates 3 – 2 Bacsik (2-5) Maholm (4-11) Cordero (14) 19,149 33-48 82 July 2 Cubs 7 – 2 Lilly (7-4) Simontacchi (5-6) 24,015 33-49 83 July 3 Cubs 3 – 1 Zambrano (10-6) Redding (0-1) Howry (3) 30,106 33-50 84 July 4 Cubs 6 – 0 Chico (4-5) Hill (5-6) 39,207 34-50 85 July 5 Cubs 4 – 2 Ohman (1-4) Ayala (0-1) Howry (4) 22,594 34-51 86 July 6 Brewers 6 – 2 Bush (7-7) Bacsik (2-6) 18,961 34-52 87 July 7 Brewers 5 – 4 Simontacchi (6-6) Suppan (8-8) C. Cordero (15) 24,774 35-52 88 July 8 Brewers 7 – 2 Redding (1-1) Capuano (5-6) 20,637 36-52 All–Star Break (July 9–11) 89 July 13 @ Marlins 14 – 10 Rivera (3-2) Willis (7-8) 11,438 37-52 90 July 14 @ Marlins 5 – 2 Mitre (4-4) Chico (4-6) Gregg (19) 21,012 37-53 91 July 15 @ Marlins 5 – 3 Olsen (7-7) Simontacchi (6-7) Gregg (20) 12,119 37-54 92 July 16 Astros 4 – 3 Rivera (4-2) Williams (4-11) Cordero (16) 22,392 38-54 93 July 17 Astros 4 – 2 Sampson (7-6) Redding (1-2) Lidge (1) 22,362 38-55 94 July 18 Astros 7 – 6 Bergmann (2-5) Jennings (1-6) Cordero (17) 27,119 39-55 95 July 19 Rockies 5 – 4 (10) Rauch (4-2) Hawkins (1-5) 20,573 40-55 96 July 20 Rockies 3 – 1 Cook (6-6) Traber (2-1) Corpas (4) 27,581 40-56 97 July 21 Rockies 3 – 0 Bacsik (3-6) R. López (5-3) Cordero (18) 31,674 41-56 98 July 22 Rockies 3 – 0 Rauch (5-2) Julio (0-3) Cordero (19) 21,793 42-56 99 July 24 @ Phillies 4 – 3 Madson (2-2) Ayala (0-2) Alfonseca (8) 40,110 42-57 100 July 25 @ Phillies 7 – 5 (14) Condrey (4-0) Booker (0-1) 44,931 42-58 101 July 26 @ Phillies 7 – 6 Rauch (6-2) Mesa (1-3) Cordero (20) 43,413 43-58 102 July 27 @ Mets 6 – 2 Bacsik (4-6) Sosa (7-6) 51,179 44-58 103 July 28 (1) @ Mets 3 – 1 Hernández (7-4) Rivera (4-3) Wagner (24) 51,947 44-59 104 July 28 (2) @ Mets 6 – 5 Rauch (7-2) Feliciano (2-2) Cordero (21) 46,265 45-59 105 July 29 @ Mets 5 – 0 (5) Maine (12-5) Traber (2-2) 47,264 45-60 106 July 31 Reds 6 – 3 Chico (5-6) Livingston (2-2) Cordero (22) 20,165 46-60
August (12-17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 107 August 1 Reds 7 – 2 Lannan (1-0) Arroyo (4-12) 28,944 47-60 108 August 2 Reds 7 – 3 Bacsik (5-6) Dumatrait (0-1) 26,223 48-60 109 August 3 Cardinals 3 – 2 Cordero (2-2) Franklin (4-1) 27,992 49-60 110 August 4 Cardinals 12 – 1 Hanrahan (1-0) Piñeiro (1-2) 29,252 50-60 111 August 5 Cardinals 6 – 3 King (1-0) Franklin (4-2) Cordero (23) 33,517 51-60 112 August 6 @ Giants 3 – 2 (11) Hennessey (2-3) King (1-1) 43,052 51-61 113 August 7 @ Giants 8 – 6 Schroder (1-0) Correia (1-6) Cordero (24) 43,154 52-61 114 August 8 @ Giants 5 – 0 Cain (4-12) Redding (1-3) 42,991 52-62 115 August 9 @ Giants 3 – 1 Hanrahan (2-0) Misch (0-2) Cordero (25) 41,555 53-62 116 August 10 @ D-backs 11 – 4 Hernández (8-7) Rivera (4-4) 31,110 53-63 117 August 11 @ D-backs 1 – 0 Webb (12-8) Lannan (1-1) 32,121 53-64 118 August 12 @ D-backs 7 – 6 Rauch (8-2) Valverde (1-4) Cordero (26) 29,839 54-64 119 August 14 Phillies 3 – 2 Alfonseca (4-1) Rauch (8-3) Myers (10) 27,128 54-65 120 August 15 Phillies 4 – 2 Redding (2-3) Kendrick (5-3) Cordero (27) 25,575 55-65 121 August 16 Phillies 4 – 2 Hamels (14-5) Hanrahan (2-1) Myers (11) 27,308 55-66 122 August 17 Mets 6 – 2 Glavine (11-6) Chico (5-7) 23,636 55-67 123 August 18 Mets 7 – 4 Pérez (11-8) Lannan (1-2) Wagner (29) 35,157 55-68 124 August 19 Mets 8 – 2 Hernández (8-4) Rauch (8-4) 29,092 55-69 125 August 20 @ Astros 7 – 0 Redding (3-3) Jennings (2-9) 30,374 56-69 126 August 21 @ Astros 11 – 6 Hanrahan (3-1) Rodríguez (7-12) 34,073 57-69 127 August 22 @ Astros 3 – 2 Williams (8-12) Bacsik (5-7) Lidge (12) 32,023 57-70 128 August 23 @ Astros 7 – 6 Lannan (2-2) Gutiérrez (0-1) Cordero (28) 36,407 58-70 129 August 24 @ Rockies 6 – 5 Fuentes (1-5) Cordero (2-3) 25,232 58-71 130 August 25 @ Rockies 5 – 1 U. Jiménez (3-2) Redding (3-4) 27,179 58-72 131 August 26 @ Rockies 10 – 5 Dessens (2-1) Hanrahan (3-2) 24,086 58-73 132 August 27 @ Dodgers 5 – 4 Lowe (11-11) Bacsik (5-8) Saito (35) 46,944 58-74 133 August 28 @ Dodgers 4 – 3 Billingsley (9-4) Schroder (1-1) Saito (36) 49,698 58-75 134 August 29 @ Dodgers 10 – 9 (12) Proctor (5-5) Rivera (4-5) 41,913 58-76 135 August 31 Giants 3 – 2 Correia (3-6) Redding (3-5) Hennessey (17) 25,169 58-77
September (15-12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 136 September 1 Giants 4 – 1 Hanrahan (4-2) Sánchez (1-3) Cordero (29) 30,221 59-77 137 September 2 Giants 2 – 1 Cordero (3-3) Wilson (1-1) 27,310 60-77 138 September 3 Marlins 6 – 3 Bergmann (3-5) VandenHurk (4-5) Cordero (30) 27,592 61-77 139 September 4 Marlins 4 – 3 Schroder (2-1) Gregg (0-5) 15,611 62-77 140 September 5 Marlins 6 – 4 Ayala (1-2) Lindstrom (2-4) Cordero (31) 19,222 63-77 141 September 7 @ Braves 7 – 1 Smoltz (13-7) Hanrahan (4-2) 31,116 63-78 142 September 8 @ Braves 9 – 2 James (10-10) Chico (5-8) 36,940 63-79 143 September 9 @ Braves 7 – 4 Bergmann (4-5) Cormier (2-5) Cordero (32) 31,582 64-79 144 September 10 @ Marlins 5 – 4 Hill (4-3) Olsen (9-13) Cordero (33) 12,345 65-79 145 September 11 @ Marlins 13 – 8 Lindstrom (3-4) Schroder (2-2) 11,078 65-80 146 September 12 @ Marlins 5 – 4 (12) Barone (1-2) Rivera (4-6) 10,121 65-81 147 September 14 Braves 8 – 5 (13) Ascanio (1-1) Colomé (4-1) 18,568 65-82 148 September 15 Braves 7 – 4 Bergmann (5-5) Cormier (2-6) Cordero (34) 26,866 66-82 149 September 16 Braves 3 – 0 Hudson (16-8) Hill (4-4) 23,935 66-83 150 September 17 Mets 12 – 4 Albaladejo (1-0) Sele (3-2) 18,678 67-83 151 September 18 Mets 9 – 8 Colomé (5-1) Maine (14-10) Cordero (35) 19,966 68-83 152 September 19 Mets 8 – 4 Pelfrey (3-7) Chico (5-9) 20,558 68-84 153 September 20 Phillies 7 – 6 Romero (2-2) Albaladejo (1-1) Myers (18) 19,966 68-85 154 September 21 Phillies 6 – 3 Eaton (10-9) Hill (4-5) Myers (19) 26,949 68-86 155 September 22 Phillies 4 – 1 (10) Myers (5-7) Schroder (2-3) Condrey (2) 26,412 68-87 156 September 23 Phillies 5 – 3 Ayala (2-2) Alfonseca (5-2) Cordero (36) 40,519 69-87 157 September 24 @ Mets 13 – 4 Chico (6-9) Pelfrey (3-8) 49,164 70-87 158 September 25 @ Mets 10 – 9 Bergmann (6-5) Glavine (13-7) Rauch (4) 49,244 71-87 159 September 26 @ Mets 9 – 6 Hanrahan (5-3) Smith (3-2) Ayala (1) 51,940 72-87 160 September 28 @ Phillies 6 – 0 Hamels (15-5) Redding (3-6) 45,084 72-88 161 September 29 @ Phillies 4 – 2 Chico (7-9) Eaton (10-10) Cordero (37) 44,532 73-88 162 September 30 @ Phillies 6 – 1 Moyer (14-12) Bergmann (6-6) 44,865 73-89

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Complete offensive statistics are available here.

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C	Brian Schneider	129	408	33	96	21	1	6	54	.235	0
1B	Dmitri Young	136	460	57	147	38	1	13	74	.320	0
2B	Ronnie Belliard	147	511	57	148	35	1	11	58	.290	3
SS	Felipe López	154	603	70	148	25	6	9	50	.245	24
3B	Ryan Zimmerman	162	653	99	174	43	5	24	91	.266	4
LF	Ryan Church	144	470	57	128	43	1	15	70	.272	3
CF	Nook Logan	118	325	39	86	18	4	0	21	.265	23
RF	Austin Kearns	161	587	84	156	35	1	16	74	.266	2
RF	Robert Fick	118	197	24	46	6	1	2	16	.234	0
C	Jesus Flores	79	180	21	44	9	0	4	25	.244	0
SS	Christian Guzmán	46	174	31	57	6	6	2	14	.328	2
CF	Ryan Langerhans	103	162	24	32	6	2	6	22	.198	3
LF	Wily Mo Peña	37	133	24	39	4	0	8	22	.293	2
IF	D'Angelo Jiménez	73	102	14	25	7	0	2	10	.245	2
1B	Tony Batista	80	101	10	26	3	0	2	16	.257	0
LF	Chris Snelling	24	49	6	10	1	1	1	7	.204	0
UT	Kory Casto	16	54	1	7	2	0	0	3	.130	0
OF	Michael Restovich	15	28	0	4	1	0	0	1	.143	0
OF	Justin Maxwell	15	26	5	7	0	0	2	5	.269	0
SS	Josh Wilson	15	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	.053	0
OF	Brandon Watson	5	18	2	5	1	0	0	2	.278	1
P	Matt Chico	31	48	1	8	0	0	0	3	.167	0
P	Jason Bergmann	22	37	2	5	0	0	0	0	.135	0
P	Shawn Hill	16	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	.077	0
P	Mike Bacsik	29	29	1	3	1	0	0	1	.103	0
P	Tim Redding	15	28	1	2	1	0	0	2	.071	0
P	Jason Simontacchi	13	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.053	0
P	Joel Hanrahan	12	14	3	4	2	1	0	3	.286	0
P	John Lannan	6	13	1	2	1	0	0	1	.154	0
P	Micah Bowie	30	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	.091	0
P	John Patterson	7	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Jerome Williams	6	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143	0
P	Levale Speigner	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Billy Traber	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Jon Rauch	88	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Saúl Rivera	85	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Winston Abreu	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Chris Schroder	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Chad Cordero	76	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Jesús Colomé	61	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Chris Booker	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Ross Detwiler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Arnie Muñoz	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Jonathan Albaladejo	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Ryan Wagner	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Luis Ayala	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Ray King	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
	Team Totals	162	5520	673	1415	309	31	123	646	.256	69

Pitching

Note: Pos = Position; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Complete pitching statistics are available here.

Pos	Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
SP	Matt Chico	7	9	4.63	31	31	0	167.0	96	86	74	94
SP	Mike Bacsik	5	8	5.11	29	20	0	118.0	73	67	29	45
SP	Jason Bergmann	6	6	4.45	21	21	0	115.1	59	57	42	86
SP	Shawn Hill	4	5	3.42	16	16	0	97.1	42	37	25	65
SP	Tim Redding	3	6	3.64	15	15	0	84.0	35	34	38	47
SP	Jason Simontacchi	6	7	6.37	13	13	0	70.2	53	50	23	42
CL	Chad Cordero	3	3	3.36	76	0	37	75.0	31	28	29	62
RP	Saúl Rivera	4	6	3.68	85	0	3	93.0	39	38	42	64
RP	Jon Rauch	8	4	3.61	88	0	4	87.1	37	35	21	71
RP	Jesús Colomé	5	1	3.82	61	0	1	66.0	30	28	27	43
RP	Ray King	1	1	4.54	55	0	0	33.2	17	17	18	18
	Micah Bowie	4	3	4.55	30	8	0	57.1	30	29	27	42
	Joel Hanrahan	5	3	6.00	12	11	0	51.0	35	34	38	43
	Chris Schroder	2	3	3.18	37	0	0	45.1	19	16	15	43
	Luis Ayala	2	2	3.19	44	0	1	42.1	16	15	12	28
	Levale Speigner	2	3	8.78	19	6	0	40.0	39	39	23	19
	Billy Traber	2	2	4.76	28	2	0	39.2	22	21	13	27
	John Lannan	2	2	4.15	6	6	0	34.2	17	16	17	10
	John Patterson	1	5	7.47	7	7	0	31.1	26	26	22	15
	Winston Abreu	0	1	5.93	26	0	0	30.1	21	20	9	26
	Jerome Williams	0	5	7.20	6	6	0	30.0	26	24	18	15
	Ryan Wagner	0	2	5.74	14	0	0	15.2	11	10	8	9
	Jonathan Albaladejo	1	1	1.88	14	0	0	14.1	3	3	2	12
	Arnie Muñoz	0	0	6.75	13	0	0	5.1	4	4	7	3
	Chris Booker	0	1	18.00	3	0	0	1.0	2	2	1	1
	Ross Detwiler	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1
	Team Totals	73	89	4.58	162	162	46	1446.2	783	736	580	931

Team leaders

Qualifying players only.

Batting

Stat	Player	Total
Avg.	Dmitri Young	.320
HR	Ryan Zimmerman	24
RBI	Ryan Zimmerman	110
R	Ryan Zimmerman	91
H	Ryan Zimmerman	174
SB	Felipe López	24

Pitching

Stat	Player	Total
W	Jon Rauch	8
L	Matt Chico	9
ERA	Matt Chico	4.63
SO	Matt Chico	94
SV	Chad Cordero	37
IP	Matt Chico	167.0

Awards and honors

All-Stars

• Dmitri Young, 1B

Annual awards

• National League Comeback Player of the Year: Dmitri Young

Records and firsts

The 2007 Nationals became the first team in modern baseball (1901–present) to trail 4-0 in each of their first six games. ^[22] as well as the first to not score during the first three innings of each of their first ten games. ^[23]

The 2007 Nationals also set the National League record for not scoring a run in the first inning of their first 22 games. ^[24]

On August 7, 2007, in a game against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park, Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik gave up career home run number 756 to Barry Bonds, who broke a 33-year-old record previously held by Hank Aaron. ^[25]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	John Stearns
AA	Harrisburg Senators	Eastern League	Scott Little
A	Potomac Nationals	Carolina League	Randy Knorr
A	Hagerstown Suns	South Atlantic League	Tom Herr
A-Short Season	Vermont Lake Monsters	New York–Penn League	Darnell Coles
Rookie	GCL Nationals	Gulf Coast League	Bob Henley

References

• Game Logs:

1st Half: Washington Nationals Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Washington Nationals Game Log on ESPN.com

• Batting Statistics: Washington Nationals Batting Stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching Statistics: Washington Nationals Pitching Stats on ESPN.com

• 2007 Washington Nationals at Baseball Reference

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