2008 Washington Nationals season

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2008  Washington Nationals
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Nationals Park
CityWashington, D.C.
Owners Lerner Enterprises
General managers Jim Bowden
Managers Manny Acta
Television MASN
WDCA (My 20)
Radio WWWT
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The Washington Nationals' 2008 season was the fourth season for the franchise in the District of Columbia, and the 40th since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, in 1969. It also marked the first season the Nationals played at Nationals Park. The team finished in last place in the National League East with a record of 59–102, the worst record in Major League Baseball.

Contents

Offseason

On November 30, 2007, the Nationals traded Ryan Church and Brian Schneider to the New York Mets for Lastings Milledge. [1] On December 3, 2007, they traded minor-leaguer Glenn Gibson to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Elijah Dukes, [2] and on the following day they traded Jonathan Albaladejo to the New York Yankees for Tyler Clippard. [3]

Advertising and marketing

The Nationals′ marketing slogan for 2008 was "Welcome Home." The slogan welcomed Nationals fans to their new "home" at Nationals Park, where the Nationals began play in 2008 after three seasons at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. [4]

Spring training

The Nationals held their 2008 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium.

Regular season

March

President George W. Bush throws the ceremonial first pitch before a sold out crowd at the Washington Nationals' season opener on March 30, 2008 Bush Nationals season open.jpg
President George W. Bush throws the ceremonial first pitch before a sold out crowd at the Washington Nationals' season opener on March 30, 2008

The Nationals opened the 2008 MLB season by hosting the Atlanta Braves in a nationally televised night game on March 30, 2008. It was the first professional regular-season game to be played at the Nationals' new facility Nationals Park. President George W. Bush threw the ceremonial first pitch to Nationals' manager Manny Acta, and Ryan Zimmerman hit a two-out, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to mark an exciting beginning to the 2008 season. The Nationals also blew out the Phillies 11-6.

April

The Nationals clinched the series against the Phillies, winning 1-0. However, the Nationals struggled after a promising 3-0 start, losing 16 of their next 19 games to start off 6-16. They improved for the rest of the month, earning splits at Atlanta and at home against the Mets, and winning series against the Braves and the Pirates. Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass at Nationals Park in front of 47,000 people on April 17 while the Nationals were on a road trip.

May

The Nats started May winning 3 of the first 4 games of the month, earning them a 14-18 record, but lost 2 of 3 at Houston and were swept by the Florida Marlins at home. Then they took 3 of 4 against the struggling Mets at Shea Stadium, but in the first Beltway Series of 2008 they were nipped by the Orioles at Baltimore and lost two of three against the high-powered Phillies' offense. They split a series two games apiece against the Brewers and lost a series to the Padres. The Nats then beat up on the Diamondbacks in the first game of a series.

September

The team finished 59-102, the worst record in Major League Baseball. Six of the team's coaches were dismissed the day before the final game (a loss to the 2008 World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies); only manager Manny Acta and pitching coach Randy St. Clair were retained.

Season standings

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9270.568—48‍–‍3344‍–‍37
New York Mets 8973.549348‍–‍3341‍–‍40
Florida Marlins 8477.5227½45‍–‍3639‍–‍41
Atlanta Braves 7290.4442043‍–‍3829‍–‍52
Washington Nationals 59102.36632½34‍–‍4625‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League record

Source:
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona –3–52–42–415–32–74–28–102–53–33–44–310–811–73–44–26–9
Atlanta 5–3–0–63–34–310–83–34–23–611–74–142–55–12–52–56–128–7
Chicago 4–26–0–8–75–14–38–95–29–74–23–414–45–24–39–63–36–9
Cincinnati 4–23–37–8–1–56–23–121–710–83–43–56–94–35–15–104–39–6
Colorado 3–153–41–55–1–5–33–38–104–33–60–55–29–911–73–44–37–8
Florida 7–28–103–42–63–5–4–23–45–18–1010–83–24–23–32–514–35–10
Houston 2–43–39–812–33–32–4–4–37–85–23–48–83–37–17–84–27–11
Los Angeles 10–82–42–57–110–84–33–4–4–23–44–45–211–79–92–43–35–10
Milwaukee 5–26–37–98–103–41–58–72–4–2–41–514–14–36–010–56–27–8
New York 3–37–112–44–36–310–82–54–34–2–11–74–32–55–14–312–69–6
Philadelphia 4–314–44–35–35–08–104–34–45–17–11–4–24–23–35–412–64–11
Pittsburgh 3–45–24–149–62–52–38–82–51–143–42–4–3–44–210–73–46–9
San Diego 8–101–52–53–49–92–43–37–113–45–22–44–3–5–131–65–13–15
San Francisco 7–115–23–41–57–113–31–79–90–61–53–32–413–5–4–37–06–12
St. Louis 4–35–26–910–54–35–28–74–25–103–44–57–106–13–4–5–17–8
Washington 2–412–63–33–43–43–142–43–32–66–126–124–31–50–71–5–8–10
Nationals vs. American League
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Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Cristian Guzmán Shortstop
Lastings Milledge Center fielder
Ryan Zimmerman Third baseman
Nick Johnson First baseman
Austin Kearns Right fielder
Paul Lo Duca Catcher
Elijah Dukes Left fielder
Ronnie Belliard Second baseman
Odalis Pérez Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

Draft

The 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place on June 5 and 6. With their first pick – the ninth pick overall – the Nationals selected pitcher Aaron Crow. Other notable players the Nationals selected were shortstop Danny Espinosa (third round, 87th overall), catcher Adrián Nieto (fifth round, 151st overall), pitcher Tommy Milone (10th round, 301st overall), pitcher Louis Coleman (14th round, 421st overall), first baseman Tyler Moore (16th round, 481st overall), shortstop Steve Lombardozzi Jr. (19th round, 571st overall), pitcher Cory Mazzoni (26th round, 781st overall), pitcher Chris Heston (29th round, 871st overall), catcher Rob Brantly (46th round, 1,378th overall), and outfielder Alex Dickerson (48th round, 1,432nd overall). [6] Crow, Coleman, Mazzoni, Heston, Brantly, and Dickerson all opted not to sign with the team. Moore finally did sign with the Nationals; it was the third time they had drafted him, but he had opted not to sign with them the first two times (in 2005 and 2006).

Roster

2008 Washington Nationals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Attendance

The Nationals drew 2,320,400 fans at Nationals Park in 2008, placing them 13th in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams. Boosted by the opening of Nationals Park at the beginning of the season, it was their second-best attendance total in their short history in Washington, exceeded only by the 2,731,993 they drew in 2005, their first season in Washington. [7] [8]

Game log

2008 Game Log
March (2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 30 Braves 3–2 Rauch (1–0) Moylan (0–1)39,3891–0
2March 31@ Phillies 11–6 Rivera (1–0) Gordon (0–1)44,5532–0
April (9–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
3April 2@ Phillies 1–0 Redding (1–0) Hamels (0–1) Rauch (1)44,9863–0
4April 3@ Phillies 8–7 (10) Condrey (1–0) Colomé (0–1)25,8313–1
5April 4@ Cardinals 5–4 Looper (1-0) Pérez (0–1) Isringhausen (2)37,1913–2
6April 5@ Cardinals 5–4 Wainwright (1–0) Chico (0–1) Flores (1)41,4633–3
7April 6@ Cardinals 3–0 Lohse (1–0) Lannan (0–1) Isringhausen (3)41,9123–4
8April 7 Marlins 10–7 Pinto (1–0) Redding (1–1)20,4873–5
9April 9 Marlins 10–4 Olsen (1–0) Bergmann (0–1)23,3403–6
10April 10 Marlins 4–3 Hendrickson (2–1) Pérez (0–2) Gregg (2)24,5493–7
11April 11 Braves 3–0 Hudson (2–0) Chico (0–2) Moylan (1)28,0513–8
12April 12 Braves 10–2 Smoltz (2–0) Lannan (0–2)32,5323–9
13April 13 Braves 5–4 Redding (2–1) Glavine (0–1) Rauch (2)29,1514–9
14April 15@ Mets 6–0 Pelfrey (2–0) Pérez (0–3)46,5674–10
15April 16@ Mets 5–2 Maine (1–1) Chico (0–3) Wagner (2)46,1064–11
16April 17@ Mets 3–2 (14) Sosa (2–1) Hanrahan (0–1)47,7854–12
17April 18@ Marlins 6–4 Redding (3–1) J. Miller (1–1) Rauch (3)13,2795–12
18April 19@ Marlins 6–5 Gregg (2–0) Rivera (1–1)18,9445–13
19April 20@ Marlins 6–1 Olsen (3–0) Ayala (0–1)11,6355–14
20April 21@ Braves 7–3 Hudson (3–1) Chico (0–4)16,7065–15
21April 22@ Braves 6–0 Lannan (1–2) Smoltz (3–1)23,4826–15
22April 23 Mets 7–2 Santana (3–2) Redding (3–2)32,7806–16
23April 24 Mets 10–5 O'Connor (1–0) Pérez (2–1)29,7507–16
24April 25 Cubs 5–3 Rauch (2–0) Howry (0–1)35,1548–16
25April 26 Cubs 7–0 Zambrano (4–1) Chico (0–5)35,1888–17
26April 27 Cubs 2–0 Lannan (2–2) Lilly (1–4) Rauch (4)33,7959–17
27April 29 Braves 6–3 Rivera (2–1) Boyer (0–3) Rauch (5)25,28510–17
28April 30 Braves 3–2 (12) Rivera (3–1) Acosta (0–1)29,47311–17
May (13–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
29May 1 Pirates 3–2 Ayala (1–1) Grabow (1–1) Rauch (6)24,72312–17
30May 2 Pirates 11–4 Marte (2–0) Lannan (2–3)26,00112–18
31May 3 Pirates 9–8 Colomé (1–1) Maholm (2–3) Rauch (7)34,12813–18
32May 4 Pirates 5–2 Redding (4–2) Snell (2–2)30,56414–18
33May 6@ Astros 6–5 Brocail (2–0) Ayala (1–2) Valverde (7)30,33514–19
34May 7@ Astros 4–3 Valverde (4–1) Hanrahan (0–2)30,43214–20
35May 8@ Astros 8–3 Lannan (3–3) Backe (2–4)33,43315–20
36May 9 Marlins 7–3 Nolasco (2–3) Redding (4–3)23,37915–21
37May 10 Marlins 11–0 A. Miller (3–2) O'Connor (1–1)28,66315–22
38May 11 Marlins 5–4 Kensing (2–0) Ayala (1–3) Gregg (7)25,87115–23
39May 12@ Mets 10–4 Pérez (1–3) Figueroa (2–3)45,32116–23
40May 13@ Mets 6–3 Maine (5–2) Lannan (3–4) Wagner (8)46,61816–24
41May 14@ Mets 5–3 Redding (5–3) Vargas (0–1) Rauch (8)48,52917–24
42May 15@ Mets 1–0 Bergmann (1–1) Pelfrey (2–4) Rauch (9)51,76918–24
43May 16@ Orioles 5–3 Olson (3–0) Hill (0–1) Sherrill (16)29,26618–25
44May 17@ Orioles 6–5 Burres (4–4) Pérez (1–4) Sherrill (17)32,66218–26
45May 18@ Orioles 2–1 Lannan (4–4) Guthrie (2–4) Rauch (10)33,74519–26
46May 19 Phillies 4–0 Redding (6–3) Myers (2–5)25,39420–26
47May 20 Phillies 1–0 Gordon (4–2) Rauch (2–1) Lidge (11)28,10520–27
48May 21 Phillies 12–2 Moyer (4–3) Chico (0–6)28,05520–28
49May 23 Brewers 5–1 Sanches (1–0) Suppan (2–4)28,00721–28
50May 24 Brewers 5–2 McClung (2–1) Lannan (4–5) Torres (2)30,02921–29
51May 25 Brewers 7–6 Rauch (3–1) Mota (1–3)35,56722–29
52May 26 Brewers 4–3 (11) Villanueva (3–5) Rivera (3–2) Torres (3)28,55222–30
53May 27@ Padres 4–2 Bell (1–3) Manning (0–1) Hoffman (10)18,74422–31
54May 28@ Padres 6–4 Pérez (2–4) Estes (1–1) Rauch (11)19,20123–31
55May 29@ Padres 5–2 Bell (2–3) Rivera (3–3) Hoffman (11)25,02123–32
56May 30@ D-backs 7–4 Hanrahan (1–0) Owings (6–3) Rauch (12)25,39124–32
57May 31@ D-backs 4–0 Webb (10–2) Bergmann (1–2)38,50724–33
June (9–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
58June 1@ D-backs 5–0 Haren (6–4) Hill (0–2)28,24924–34
59June 3 Cardinals 6–1 Lohse (6–2) Pérez (2–5)26,87524–35
—June 4 Cardinals Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for June 5 as part of a doubleheader
60June 5 (1) Cardinals 4–1 Wellemeyer (7–1) Lannan (4–6) Franklin (7)27,26424–36
61June 5 (2) Cardinals 10–9 (10) Sanches (2–0) Franklin (2–2)32,35725–36
62June 6 Giants 10–1 Lincecum (8–1) Bergmann (1–3)25,98725–37
63June 7 Giants 6–0 Sánchez (5–3) Hill (0–3)30,65225–38
64June 8 Giants 6–3 Zito (2–9) Mock (0–1) Wilson (17)30,22425–39
65June 9 Giants 3–2 Cain (3–4) Clippard (0–1) Wilson (18)26,20925–40
66June 10@ Pirates 7–6 Hanrahan (2–2) Capps (0–1) Rauch (13)12,95726–40
67June 11@ Pirates 3–1 Snell (3–6) Lannan (4–7) Capps (16)15,43926–41
68June 12@ Pirates 7–5 Gorzelanny (5–5) Bergmann (1–4) Marte (1)16,30626–42
69June 13@ Mariners 7–6 Hill (1–3) Dickey (1–2) Rauch (14)35,94127–42
70June 14@ Mariners 5–2 Clippard (1–1) Batista (3–8) Rauch (15)32,14528–42
71June 15@ Mariners 6–2 Colomé (2–1) Lowe (1–3)38,54829–42
72June 17@ Twins 2–1 Hernández (7–4) Lannan (4–8) Nathan (18)20,92029–43
73June 18@ Twins 11–2 Slowey (4–6) Bergmann (1–5)23,84129–44
74June 19@ Twins 9–3 Perkins (3–2) Hill (1–4)24,79329–45
75June 20 Rangers 4–3 (14) Hanrahan (3–2) Wright (4–3)30,35930–45
76June 21 Rangers 13–3 Gabbard (2–3) Mock (0–2) Mendoza (1)32,97530–46
77June 22 Rangers 5–3 Padilla (10–3) Ayala (1–4) Wilson (15)32,69030–47
78June 23 Angels 3–2 Lackey (5–1) Rivera (3–4) Rodríguez (31)24,80530–48
79June 24 Angels 8–3 Garland (7–4) Hill (1–5)28,53130–49
80June 25 Angels 5–4 Rauch (4–1) Shields (3–2)29,18031–49
81June 27 Orioles 4–2 Hanrahan (4–2) Cabrera (5–4) Rauch (16)35,83032–49
82June 28 Orioles 9–1 Olson (6–3) Lannan (4–9) Cormier (1)39,47932–50
83June 29 Orioles 3–2 (12) Hanrahan (5–2) Sherrill (2–3)39,82433–50
84June 30@ Marlins 6–5 (10) Gregg (6–2) Rauch (4–2)10,88833–51
July (5–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
85July 1@ Marlins 9–6 Balester (1–0) Hendrickson (7–7)12,16634–51
86July 2@ Marlins 4–2 Nolasco (9–4) Manning (0–2)23,62434–52
87July 3@ Reds 5–3 Cueto (7–8) Colomé (2–2) Cordero (16)23,25934–53
88July 4@ Reds 3–0 Arroyo (6–7) Bergmann (1–6) Cordero (17)22,62634–54
89July 5@ Reds 3–2 Cordero (4–1) Hanrahan (5–3)37,12134–55
90July 6@ Reds 6–5 Vólquez (11–3) Balester (1–1) Cordero (18)28,81434–56
91July 8 D-backs 2–0 Webb (13–4) Pérez (2–6) Lyon (19)26,82034–57
92July 9 D-backs 5–0 Lannan (5–9) Owings (6–8)25,86235–57
93July 10 D-backs 7–5 (11) Qualls (2–6) Ayala (1–5)27,33035–58
94July 11 Astros 10–0 Redding (7–3) Paronto (0–1) Shell (1)33,65336–58
95July 12 Astros 6–4 Rodríguez (4–3) Balester (1–2) Valverde (24)30,68236–59
96July 13 Astros 5–0 Backe (6–9) Pérez (2–7)31,46336–60
All–Star Break (July 14–16)
97July 18@ Braves 7–6 Hudson (10–7) Redding (7–4) González (4)39,86136–61
98July 19@ Braves 8–2 Lannan (6–9) Jurrjens (9–5)43,28537–61
99July 20@ Braves 15–6 Pérez (3–7) Reyes (3–9)29,32038–61
100July 22@ Giants 6–3 Zito (5–12) Bergmann (1–7) Wilson (26)34,81338–62
101July 23@ Giants 6–4 Espineli (1–0) Ayala (1–6) Wilson (27)35,53938–63
102July 24@ Giants 1–0 Cain (6–8) Redding (7–5)36,96338–64
103July 25@ Dodgers 3–2 Billingsley (10–9) Lannan (6–10) Broxton (3)47,31338–65
104July 26@ Dodgers 6–0 Lowe (8–8) Pérez (3–8)42,12238–66
105July 27@ Dodgers 2–0 Kershaw (1–3) Bergmann (1–8) Broxton (4)38,66038–67
106July 29 Phillies 2–1 Myers (4–9) Balester (1–3) Lidge (25)34,03938–68
107July 30 Phillies 8–5 Moyer (10–6) Redding (7–6) Lidge (26)31,79838–69
108July 31 Phillies 8–4 Kendrick (9–5) Lannan (6–11)31,65838–70
August (14–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1 Reds 5–2 Pérez (4–8) Bailey (0–5)30,57239–70
110August 2 Reds 10–6 Manning (1–2) Lincoln (1–3)30,97040–70
111August 3 Reds 4–2 Balester (2–3) Cueto (7–11) Hanrahan (1)32,93941–70
112August 4@ Rockies 9–4 Redding (8–6) Cook (14–7)33,14342–70
113August 5@ Rockies 8–2 Corpas (2–3) Ayala (1–7)27,48342–71
—August 6@ Rockies Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 7 as part of a doubleheader
114August 7 (1)@ Rockies 6–3 Bergmann (2–8) Francis (3–8) Hanrahan (2)30,44843–71
115August 7 (2)@ Rockies 6–3 Pérez (5–8) Jiménez (8–10) Hanrahan (3)30,44844–71
116August 8@ Brewers 5–0 Sabathia (6–0) Balester (2–4)43,20944–72
117August 9@ Brewers 6–0 Sheets (11–5) Redding (8–7)42,97444–73
118August 10@ Brewers 5–4 Mota (3–5) (13) Ayala (1–8)42,42344–74
119August 11@ Brewers 7–1 Bush (7–9) Mock (0–3)42,19644–75
120August 12 Mets 4–3 Santana (10–7) Rivera (3–5) Feliciano (1)32,18644–76
121August 13 Mets 12–0 Maine (10–7) Bergmann (2–9) Stokes (1)30,81444–77
122August 14 Mets 9–3 Pérez (9–7) Balester (2–5)31,05844–78
123August 15 Rockies 4–3 de la Rosa (6–6) Redding (8–8) Fuentes (23)27,96544–79
124August 16 Rockies 13–6 Hernández (1–1) Lannan (6–12)28,90944–80
125August 17 Rockies 7–2 Cook (15–8) Pérez (5–9)31,46744–81
126August 19@ Phillies 5 – 4 Madson (3-1) Shell (0-1) Lidge (31)44,14344-82
127August 20@ Phillies 4 – 0 Myers (6-10) Balester (2-6)45,16644-83
128August 21@ Phillies 4-3 Rivera (4-5) Madson (3-2) Hanrahan (4)41,56845-83
129August 22@ Cubs 13-5 Lannan (7-12) Cotts (0-2)40,51346-83
130August 23@ Cubs 9-2 Dempster (15-5) Pérez (5-10)40,70846-84
131August 24@ Cubs 6-1 Harden (9-2) Bergmann (2-10)40,68246-85
132August 26 Dodgers 2-1 Balester (3-6) Derek Lowe Hanrahan (5)26,11047-85
133August 27 Dodgers 5-4 Redding (9-8) Maddux (6-11) Hanrahan (6)22,90748-85
134August 28 Dodgers 11-2 Lannan (8-12) Kershaw (2-5)26,33849-85
135August 29 Braves 7-3 Pérez (6-10) Campillo Hanrahan 22,73750-85
136August 30 Braves 9-8 Shell (1-1) V. Núñez (0-2)30,32651-85
137August 31 Braves 8-4 Mock (1-3) Elmer Dessens (0-1)31,09052-85
September (7–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1 Phillies 7–4 Redding (10–8) Kendrick (11–8)28,39353–85
139September 2 Phillies 4–0 Hamels (12–8) Lannan (8–13)23,15053–86
140September 3 Phillies 9–7 Rivera (5–5) C. Durbin (5–4)23,12254–86
141September 4@ Braves 2-0 Parr (1–0) Martis (0–1) Gonzalez (9)18,70854–87
142September 5@ Braves 10-5 Jurrjens (12–9) Bergmann (2–11)25,06454–88
143September 6@ Braves 8-5 (10) Hanrahan (6–3) Gonzalez (0–2) Shell (2)34,36955–88
144September 7@ Braves 7-4 (14) Shell (2–1) Bennett (2–6) Hanrahan (8)30,75356–88
145September 9@ Mets 10–8 Smith (4–3) Manning (1–3) Ayala (6)50,38256–89
146September 10@ Mets 13–10 Smith (5–3) Rivera (5–6) Ayala (7)52,43156–90
147September 12@ Marlins 2 – 1 Olsen (7-10) Martis (0-2) Lindstrom (3)12,12156–91
148September 13@ Marlins 4 – 2 Johnson (5-1) Redding (10-9) Lindstrom (4)16,30756–92
149September 14@ Marlins 8 – 7 A. Miller (6-9) Shell (2-2) Rhodes (2)12,02456–93
150September 15 Mets 7–2 Lannan (9–13) P. Martínez (5–5)21,75957–93
151September 16 Mets 1–0 Pérez (7–10) Pelfrey (13–10) Hanrahan (9)24,99758–93
152September 17 Mets 9–7 Knight (1–0) Martis (0–3) Ayala (8)25,01958–94
153September 18 Mets 7–2 Santana (14–7) Redding (10–10)25,42658–95
154September 19 Padres 11-6(14) Hampson (2-1) Speigner (0-1)28,60058-96
155September 20 Padres 6-1 Young (6-6) Lannan (9-14)27,47458-97
156September 21 Padres 6-2 Baek (6-10) Pérez (7-11)29,60858-98
157September 23 Marlins 9 – 4 Martis (1-3) Olsen (8-11)20,65759–98
158September 24 Marlins 9 – 4 Johnson (7-1) Redding (10-11)23,29959–99
--September 25 Marlins Cancelled (rain)No make-up game was scheduled
159September 26@ Phillies 8–4 Blanton (9–12) Balester (3–7)44,14559–100
160September 27@ Phillies 4–3 Moyer (16–7) Lannan (9–15) Lidge (41)45,17759–101
161September 28@ Phillies 8–3 Walrond (1–1) Pérez (7–12)44,94559–102

Player stats

Batting

Table is sortable.

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

PosPlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
LF Willie Harris 14036728921441343.25113
CF Lastings Milledge 138523651402421461.26824
SS Cristian Guzmán 13857977183355955.3166
3B Ryan Zimmerman 106428511212411451.2831
1B Aaron Boone 1042322356131628.2410
2B Felipe López 1003253476200225.2344
IF Ronnie Belliard 9629637852201146.2873
C Jesus Flores 903012377181859.2560
RF Austin Kearns 863134068100732.2172
RF Elijah Dukes 8127648731621344.26413
OF Ryan Langerhans 73111172652312.2342
P Saúl Rivera 721000000.0000
C Wil Nieves 68176154691120.2610
CI Kory Casto 661631535100216.2151
P Joel Hanrahan 652000000.0000
LF Wily Mo Pena 64195104060210.2050
P Luis Ayala 601000000.0000
P Jesús Colomé 580000000–0
P Charlie Manning 560000000–0
1B Dmitri Young 50150154260410.2800
UT Pete Orr 497510192107.2531
UT Paul Lo Duca 46139133270012.2301
P Jon Rauch 441000000.0000
2B Emilio Bonifacio 41157263955012.2486
P Steven Shell 394000000.0000
1B Nick Johnson 38109152480520.2200
OF Rob Mackowiak 3853771014.1320
P Tim Redding 3447281003.1700
P Odalis Perez 3053482002.1510
P John Lannan 2945010000.0220
P Jason Bergmann 2940000000.0000
2B Anderson Hernandez 2881112740017.3330
P Garrett Mock 264000000.0000
OF Roger Bernadina 267610161102.2114
C Johnny Estrada 2353090004.1700
IF Alberto González 17499176019.3470
P Collin Balester 1515130001.2000
P Mike Hinckley 140000000–0
P Ray King 120000000–0
P Marco Estrada 110100000–0
P Matt Chico 1013220000.1540
C Luke Montz 1021230013.1430
P Brian Sanches 100000000–0
P Shawn Hill 97000000.0000
P Levale Speigner 70000000–0
P Chad Cordero 60000000–0
P Shairon Martis 57000000.0000
P Michael O'Connor 52000000.0000
P Chris Schroder 40000000–0
P Tyler Clippard 110100001.0000
Team Totals1615491641137626926117608.25181

Pitching

Table is sortable.

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

PosPlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBK
SP Tim Redding 10114.9533330182.019511010065120
SP John Lannan 9153.9131310182.0172897972117
SP Odalis Perez 7124.3430300159.2182877755119
RP Joel Hanrahan 633.95690984.17340374293
RP Saúl Rivera 563.96760084.09041373565
CL Jon Rauch 422.984801748.1421816744
SP Collin Balester 375.511515080.09253492850
SP Jason Bergmann 2115.0930220139.215394794796
Steven Shell 222.16390250.03414122041
Brian Sanches 207.36120011.116109510
RP Jesús Colomé 224.31610071.06138343955
Tyler Clippard 114.3522010.1125578
Charlie Manning 135.14570042.03525243137
Garrett Mock 134.17263041.03720192346
Shairon Martis 135.6654020.21814131223
Mike O'Connor 1113.005109.0111313114
Shawn Hill 155.831212063.18847412339
RP Luis Ayala 185.77620057.26341372236
Marco Estrada 007.82110012.2171311510
Ray King 005.6812006.194441
Levale Speigner 0111.257008.013101061
Chris Schroder 005.44005.063363
Matt Chico 066.19118048.06334341731
Chad Cordero 002.086004.161135
Mike Hinckley 000.00140013.281039
Team Totals591024.66161161281434.014968257425881063

Team leaders

Qualifying players only.

Batting

StatPlayerTotal
Avg. Cristian Guzmán .316
HR Lastings Milledge
Ryan Zimmerman 		14
14
RBI Lastings Milledge 61
R Cristian Guzmán 77
H Cristian Guzmán 183
SB Lastings Milledge 24

Pitching

StatPlayerTotal
W Tim Redding 10
L John Lannan 15
ERA John Lannan 3.91
SO Tim Redding 120
SV Jon Rauch 17
IP John Lannan
Tim Redding 		182.0
182.0

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Washington's Top 20 Prospects

1. Chris Marrero, 1B/OF
2. Ross Detwiler, LHP
3. Collin Balester, RHP
4. Michael Burgess, OF
5. Jack McGeary, LHP
6. Josh Smoker, LHP
7. Jordan Zimmermann, RHP
8. Justin Maxwell, OF
9. Colton Willems, RHP
10. John Lannan, LHP
11. Jake Smolinski, OF
12. Tyler Clippard, RHP
13. Adam Carr, RHP
14. Ian Desmond, SS
15. Garrett Mock, RHP
16. Stephen King, SS
17. Esmailyn Gonzalez, SS
18. Shairon Martis, RHP
19. Brad Peacock, RHP
20. Kory Casto, OF/3B

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Tim Foli
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League John Stearns
A Potomac Nationals Carolina League Randy Knorr
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Darnell Coles
A-Short Season Vermont Lake Monsters New York–Penn League Ramón Avilés
Rookie GCL Nationals Gulf Coast League Bob Henley

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