2010 Washington Nationals | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Nationals Park | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Record | 69–93 (.426) | |
Divisional place | 5th | |
Owners | Lerner Enterprises | |
General managers | Mike Rizzo | |
Managers | Jim Riggleman | |
Television | MASN WDCW (CW 50) (Bob Carpenter, Rob Dibble, Ray Knight) | |
Radio | WWWT (Charlie Slowes, Dave Jageler) | |
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The Washington Nationals' 2010 season was the sixth season for the American baseball franchise of Major League Baseball in the District of Columbia, and the 42nd since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It involved the Nationals attempting to win the National League East after a 59–103 season the year before – the worst record of any MLB team in 2009. Jim Riggleman was kept as full-time manager after being instituted on July 12, 2009 after Manny Acta's firing.
Highlights from the season include Stephen Strasburg's 14-strikeout Major League debut on June 8 against the Pittsburgh Pirates and a bench-clearing brawl on September 1 at the Florida Marlins.
The Nationals finished 2010 in last place in the NL East for the third year in a row with a 69–93 record, though they did have a ten-game improvement from 2009. They had a 41–40 record at home, their first winning home record since 2006.
Third baseman Ryan Zimmerman won the Silver Slugger Award for the second straight year as the best offensive third baseman in the National League.
As the Texas Rangers won their first pennant that season, the Nationals became one of only two teams to have never played in the World Series, along with the Seattle Mariners
On December 7, 2009, the Nationals traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Brian Bruney; they sent Jamie Hoffman to the Yankees on December 10, 2009, to complete the trade. [1]
The Nationals held their 2010 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium.
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 97 | 65 | 0.599 | — | 54–30 | 43–35 |
Atlanta Braves | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | 6 | 56–25 | 35–46 |
Florida Marlins | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 17 | 41–40 | 39–42 |
New York Mets | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 18 | 47–34 | 32–49 |
Washington Nationals | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 28 | 41–40 | 28–53 |
Division leaders | W | L | Pct. |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 97 | 65 | 0.599 |
San Francisco Giants | 92 | 70 | 0.568 |
Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 71 | 0.562 |
(Top team qualifies for postseason) | Wild Card teamW | L | Pct. | GB |
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Atlanta Braves | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | — |
San Diego Padres | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 1 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 5 |
Colorado Rockies | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 8 |
Florida Marlins | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 11 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 11 |
New York Mets | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 12 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 14 |
Houston Astros | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 15 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 16 |
Washington Nationals | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 22 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 65 | 97 | 0.401 | 26 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 105 | 0.352 | 34 |
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
Arizona | – | 3–4 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–13 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 6–9 |
Atlanta | 4–3 | – | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–6 | 8–10 | 9–6 |
Chicago | 6–1 | 2–4 | – | 4–12 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 7–11 | 3–4 | 9–6 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–10 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 9–6 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
Cincinnati | 5–2 | 2–3 | 12–4 | – | 2–5 | 5–2 | 10–5 | 5–4 | 11–3 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 10–6 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 6–12 | 4–3 | 8–7 |
Colorado | 9–9 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | – | 3–4 | 2–4 | 7–11 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 5–3 | 9–6 |
Florida | 3–3 | 7–11 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | – | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 12–6 | 5–13 | 6–2 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 13–5 | 7–8 |
Houston | 3–4 | 1–5 | 11–7 | 5–10 | 4–2 | 3–3 | – | 2–4 | 8–7 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–4 | 2–5 | 2–7 | 10–5 | 4–4 | 3–12 |
Los Angeles | 13–5 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 4–5 | 11–7 | 2–4 | 4–2 | – | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–11 |
Milwaukee | 4–3 | 2–5 | 6–9 | 3–11 | 4–5 | 4–4 | 7–8 | 2–4 | – | 5–2 | 1–5 | 13–5 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 8–7 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
New York | 1–5 | 7–11 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–12 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | – | 9–9 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 9–9 | 13–5 |
Philadelphia | 4–2 | 10–8 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 13–5 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 9–9 | – | 2–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 12–6 | 10–8 |
Pittsburgh | 4–2 | 3–6 | 10–5 | 6–10 | 4–3 | 2–6 | 4–11 | 3–4 | 5–13 | 1–6 | 4–2 | – | 0–6 | 2–4 | 6–9 | 1–5 | 2–13 |
San Diego | 10–8 | 2–4 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 6–3 | 5–2 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 6–0 | – | 12–6 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 9–6 |
San Francisco | 13–5 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 10–8 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 6–12 | – | 3–3 | 4–2 | 7–8 |
St. Louis | 5–4 | 6–2 | 6–9 | 12–6 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 5–10 | 4–3 | 7–8 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 9–6 | 4–3 | 3–3 | – | 3–3 | 9–6 |
Washington | 4–3 | 10–8 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 3–5 | 5–13 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | – | 5–13 |
The 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place from June 7 to June 9. With their first pick – the first pick overall – the Nationals selected outfielder Bryce Harper. Other notable players the Nationals selected were pitcher Sammy Solis (second round, 51st overall), pitcher A. J. Cole (fourth round, 116th overall), pitcher Matt Grace (eighth round, 236th overall), pitcher Aaron Barrett (ninth round, 266th overall), and pitcher Robbie Ray (12th round, 356th overall). [7]
The Nationals drew 1,828,066 fans at Nationals Park in 2010, a slight improvement over their 2009 attendance. However, it placed them 14th in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams, down from 13th the previous year. [8] Their highest attendance at a home game was on April 5, when they drew 41,290 for a game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Opening Day, while their lowest was 10,999 for a game against the Houston Astros on September 20. Their average home attendance was 22,569 per game, their lowest since arriving in Washington in 2005. [9]
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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 |
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C | Iván "Pudge" Rodríguez | 111 | 398 | 32 | 106 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 49 | .266 | 2 |
1B | Adam Dunn | 158 | 558 | 85 | 145 | 36 | 2 | 38 | 103 | .260 | 0 |
2B | Adam Kennedy | 135 | 342 | 43 | 85 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 31 | .249 | 14 |
SS | Ian Desmond | 154 | 525 | 59 | 141 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 65 | .269 | 17 |
3B | Ryan Zimmerman | 142 | 525 | 85 | 161 | 32 | 0 | 25 | 85 | .307 | 4 |
LF | Josh Willingham | 114 | 370 | 54 | 99 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 56 | .268 | 8 |
CF | Nyjer Morgan | 136 | 509 | 60 | 129 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 24 | .253 | 34 |
RF | Michael Morse | 98 | 266 | 36 | 77 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 41 | .289 | 0 |
OF | Roger Bernadina | 134 | 414 | 52 | 102 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 47 | .246 | 16 |
2B | Cristian Guzmán | 89 | 319 | 44 | 90 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 25 | .282 | 4 |
OF | Willie Harris | 132 | 224 | 25 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 32 | .183 | 5 |
IF | Alberto González | 114 | 186 | 19 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .247 | 0 |
C | Wil Nieves | 59 | 158 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .203 | 0 |
OF | Justin Maxwell | 67 | 104 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .144 | 5 |
2B | Danny Espinosa | 28 | 103 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | .214 | 0 |
C | Wilson Ramos | 15 | 52 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .269 | 0 |
OF | Willy Taveras | 27 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .200 | 1 |
LF | Kevin Mench | 27 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | 0 |
C | Carlos Maldonado | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .273 | 0 |
C | Jamie Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
P | Liván Hernández | 35 | 61 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .148 | 0 |
P | John Lannan | 25 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .091 | 0 |
P | Craig Stammen | 36 | 38 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .237 | 0 |
P | Scott Olsen | 17 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | 0 |
P | Luis Atilano | 126 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .040 | 0 |
P | Jason Marquis | 17 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .136 | 0 |
P | Stephen Strasburg | 12 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .050 | 0 |
P | J. D. Martin | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | 0 |
P | Jordan Zimmermann | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
P | Miguel Batista | 58 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | 0 |
P | Yunesky Maya | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | 0 |
P | Ross Detwiler | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Tyler Clippard | 78 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
P | Joel Peralta | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Tyler Walker | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Matt Chico | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Drew Storen | 54 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
P | Garrett Mock | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Jesse English | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
P | Matt Capps | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
P | Joe Bisenius | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
P | Jason Bergmann | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
P | Doug Slaten | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
P | Brian Bruney | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
P | Sean Burnett | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
P | Collin Balester | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5418 | 655 | 1355 | 250 | 31 | 149 | 634 | .250 | 110 |
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; 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 |
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SP | Liván Hernández | 10 | 12 | 3.66 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 211.2 | 93 | 86 | 64 | 114 |
SP | John Lannan | 8 | 8 | 4.65 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 143.1 | 82 | 74 | 49 | 71 |
SP | Craig Stammen | 4 | 4 | 5.13 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 128.0 | 78 | 73 | 41 | 85 |
SP | Luis Atilano | 6 | 7 | 5.15 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 85.2 | 56 | 49 | 32 | 40 |
SP | Scott Olsen | 4 | 8 | 5.56 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 81.0 | 54 | 50 | 27 | 53 |
SP | Jason Marquis | 2 | 9 | 6.60 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 58.2 | 47 | 43 | 24 | 31 |
CL | Matt Capps | 3 | 3 | 2.74 | 47 | 0 | 26 | 46.0 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 38 |
RP | Tyler Clippard | 11 | 8 | 3.07 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 91.0 | 33 | 31 | 41 | 112 |
RP | Miguel Batista | 1 | 2 | 3.70 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 82.2 | 36 | 34 | 39 | 55 |
RP | Sean Burnett | 1 | 7 | 2.14 | 73 | 0 | 3 | 63.0 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 62 |
RP | Drew Storen | 4 | 4 | 3.58 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 55.1 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 52 |
SP | Stephen Strasburg | 5 | 3 | 2.91 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 68.0 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 92 |
Joel Peralta | 1 | 0 | 2.02 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 49 | |
J. D. Martin | 1 | 5 | 4.13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 48.0 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 31 | |
Doug Slaten | 4 | 1 | 3.10 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 40.2 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 38 | |
Tyler Walker | 1 | 0 | 3.57 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 35.1 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 30 | |
SP | Jordan Zimmermann | 1 | 2 | 4.94 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 31.0 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 27 |
Ross Detwiler | 1 | 3 | 4.25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 29.2 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 17 | |
Yunesky Maya | 0 | 3 | 5.88 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 26.0 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 12 | |
Collin Balester | 0 | 1 | 2.57 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28 | |
Brian Bruney | 1 | 2 | 7.64 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 16 | |
Jesse English | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
Matt Chico | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Joe Bisenius | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
Garrett Mock | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | |
Jason Bergmann | 0 | 1 | 15.43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
Team Totals | 69 | 93 | 4.13 | 162 | 162 | 37 | 1435.0 | 742 | 658 | 512 | 1068 |
Qualifying players only.
Stat | Player | Total |
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Avg. | Ryan Zimmerman | .307 |
HR | Adam Dunn | 38 |
RBI | Adam Dunn | 103 |
R | Adam Dunn Ryan Zimmerman | 85 85 |
H | Ryan Zimmerman | 161 |
SB | Nyjer Morgan | 34 |
Stat | Player | Total |
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W | Tyler Clippard | 11 |
L | Liván Hernández | 12 |
ERA | Liván Hernández | 3.66 |
SO | Liván Hernández | 114 |
SV | Matt Capps | 26 |
IP | Liván Hernández | 211.2 |
Ryan Zimmermann won the Silver Slugger Award for the second consecutive year, becoming the first Washington Nationals player to win two Silver Slugger Awards. [10]
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