2010 Washington Nationals season

2010  Washington Nationals
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

Offseason

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]

Spring training

The Nationals held their 2010 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	97	65	.599	—	54‍–‍30	43‍–‍35
Atlanta Braves	91	71	.562	6	56‍–‍25	35‍–‍46
Florida Marlins	80	82	.494	17	41‍–‍40	39‍–‍42
New York Mets	79	83	.488	18	47‍–‍34	32‍–‍49
Washington Nationals	69	93	.426	28	41‍–‍40	28‍–‍53

National League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies	97	65	.599
San Francisco Giants	92	70	.568
Cincinnati Reds	91	71	.562

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Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	91	71	.562	—
San Diego Padres	90	72	.556	1
St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	.531	5
Colorado Rockies	83	79	.512	8
Florida Marlins	80	82	.494	11
Los Angeles Dodgers	80	82	.494	11
New York Mets	79	83	.488	12
Milwaukee Brewers	77	85	.475	14
Houston Astros	76	86	.469	15
Chicago Cubs	75	87	.463	16
Washington Nationals	69	93	.426	22
Arizona Diamondbacks	65	97	.401	26
Pittsburgh Pirates	57	105	.352	34

Record vs. opponents

2010 National League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2010 v t e
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

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Nyjer Morgan	Center fielder
Willie Harris	Right fielder
Ryan Zimmerman	Third baseman
Adam Dunn	First baseman
Josh Willingham	Left fielder
Adam Kennedy	Second baseman
Iván Rodríguez	Catcher
Ian Desmond	Shortstop
John Lannan	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• May 24, 2010: The Nationals sent Andrew Brown to the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal. ^[2]
• July 29, 2010: The Nationals traded Matt Capps to the Minnesota Twins for Wilson Ramos and minor-leaguer Joe Testa. ^[3]
• July 30, 2010: The Nationals traded Cristian Guzmán to the Texas Rangers for Tanner Roark and minor-leaguer Ryan Tatusko. ^[4]
• August 7, 2010: The Nationals purchased Brian Bixler from the Pittsburgh Pirates. ^[5]

Draft

The 2010 Major League Baseball 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). ^[6]

Roster

2010 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers 56 Luis Atilano 99 Collin Balester 43 Miguel Batista 57 Jason Bergmann 46 Joe Bisenius 32 Brian Bruney 17 Sean Burnett 55 Matt Capps 47 Matt Chico 36 Tyler Clippard 48 Ross Detwiler 50 Jesse English 61 Liván Hernández 31 John Lannan 21 Jason Marquis 51 J. D. Martin 29 Yunesky Maya 49 Garrett Mock 19 Scott Olsen 62,52 Joel Peralta 45 Doug Slaten 35 Craig Stammen 58 Drew Storen 37 Stephen Strasburg 25,39 Tyler Walker 27 Jordan Zimmermann		Catchers 32 Jamie Burke 25 Carlos Maldonado 23 Wil Nieves  3 Wilson Ramos  7 Iván Rodríguez Infielders  6 Ian Desmond 44 Adam Dunn 18 Danny Espinosa 12 Alberto González 15 Cristian Guzmán 20 Adam Kennedy 11 Ryan Zimmerman Outfielders  2 Roger Bernadina 22 Willie Harris 30 Justin Maxwell 32 Kevin Mench  1 Nyjer Morgan 28 Mike Morse  3 Willy Taveras 16 Josh Willingham		Manager  5 Jim Riggleman Coaches 14 Rick Eckstein (hitting)  9 Jim Lett (bullpen) 37 Pat Listach (third base) 54 Steve McCatty (pitching)  8 John McLaren (bench) 53 Dan Radison (first base)

Attendance

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. ^[7] 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. ^[8]

Game log

Legend
	Nationals win
	Nationals loss
	Postponement
Bold	Nationals team member

2010 game log
April (13–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 Phillies 11 – 1 Halladay (1-0) Lannan (0-1) 41,290 0-1 2 April 7 Phillies 8 – 4 Hamels (1-0) Marquis (0-1) Madson (1) 27,240 0-2 3 April 8 Phillies 6 – 5 Clippard (1-0) Figueroa (0-1) Capps (1) 20,217 1-2 4 April 9 @ Mets 8 – 2 Pelfrey (1-0) Batista (0-1) 28,055 1-3 5 April 10 @ Mets 4 – 3 Lannan (1-1) Pérez (0-1) Capps (2) 33,044 2-3 6 April 11 @ Mets 5 – 2 Hernández (1-0) Santana (1-1) Capps (3) 33,672 3-3 7 April 12 @ Phillies 7 – 4 Hamels (2-0) Marquis (0-2) Madson (2) 44,791 3-4 8 April 14 @ Phillies 14 – 7 Figueroa (1-1) Bergmann (0-1) 45,438 3-5 9 April 15 @ Phillies 7 – 5 Clippard (2-0) Báez (0-1) Capps (4) 44,157 4-5 10 April 16 Brewers 5 – 3 Bruney (1-0) Hawkins (0-2) Capps (5) 17,234 5-5 11 April 17 Brewers 8 – 0 Hernández (2-0) Wolf (1-1) 18,673 6-5 12 April 18 Brewers 11 – 7 Vargas (1-0) Marquis (0-3) 18,789 6-6 13 April 19 Rockies 5 – 2 Stammen (1-0) Cook (0-2) Capps (6) 11,623 7-6 14 April 20 Rockies 10 – 4 de la Rosa (2-1) Olsen (0-1) 15,037 7-7 15 April 21 Rockies 6 – 4 Clippard (3-0) Betancourt (0-1) Capps (7) 11,191 8-7 16 April 22 Rockies 2 – 0 Jiménez (4-0) Hernández (2-1) Morales (3) 15,518 8-8 17 April 23 Dodgers 5 – 1 Atilano (1-0) Haeger (0-2) 23,859 9-8 18 April 24 Dodgers 4 – 3 (13) Monasterios (1-0) Batista (0-2) 18,039 9-9 19 April 25 Dodgers 1 – 0 Olsen (1-1) Billingsley (1-1) Capps (8) 18,395 10-9 20 April 26 @ Cubs 4 – 3 (10) Mármol (1-0) Bruney (1-1) 37,850 10-10 21 April 27 @ Cubs 3 – 1 Hernández (3-1) Gorzelanny (0-3) Capps (9) 37,440 11-10 22 April 28 @ Cubs 3 – 2 Atilano (2-0) Dempster (2-1) Capps (10) 36,660 12-10 23 April 30 @ Marlins 7 – 1 Olsen (2-1) Nolasco (2-1) 20,856 13-10
May (13–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 @ Marlins 7 – 1 Volstad (2-2) Stammen (1-1) 34,886 13-11 25 May 2 @ Marlins 9 – 3 Johnson (3-1) Lannan (1-2) 13,169 13-12 26 May 4 Braves 6 – 3 Hernández (4-1) Kawakami (0-5) Capps (11) 17,098 14-12 27 May 5 Braves 7 – 6 (10) Medlen (1-1) Capps (0-1) Wagner (3) 15,616 14-13 28 May 6 Braves 3 – 2 Clippard (4-0) O'Flaherty (1-1) 17,131 15-13 29 May 7 Marlins 4 – 2 Volstad (3-2) Bruney (1-2) Oviedo (5) 20,161 15-14 30 May 8 Marlins 5 – 4 Clippard (5-0) Badenhop (0-4) Capps (12) 21,633 16-14 31 May 9 Marlins 3 – 2 Clippard (6-0) Hensley (1-1) Capps (13) 21,299 17-14 32 May 10 @ Mets 3 – 2 Atilano (3-0) Maine (1-2) Batista (1) 29,313 18-14 33 May 11 @ Mets 8 – 6 Valdés (1-0) Clippard (6-1) Rodríguez (5) 31,606 18-15 34 May 12 @ Mets 6 – 4 Clippard (7-1) Rodríguez (2-1) Capps (14) 33,024 19-15 35 May 13 @ Rockies 14 – 6 (8) Slaten (1-0) Chacín (2-1) 20,795 20-15 – May 14 @ Rockies Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 15 as part of a doubleheader 36 May 15 (1) @ Rockies 6 – 2 Jiménez (7-1) Hernández (4-2) 29,111 20-16 37 May 15 (2) @ Rockies 4 – 3 Hammel (1-2) Burnett (0-1) Corpas (1) 35,258 20-17 38 May 16 @ Rockies 2 – 1 Bélisle (1-0) Clippard (7-2) Corpas (2) 42,874 20-18 39 May 17 @ Cardinals 6 – 2 Lohse (1-3) Stammen (1-2) 38,005 20-19 40 May 18 @ Cardinals 3 – 2 Carpenter (5-1) Clippard (7-3) Franklin (9) 36,345 20-20 41 May 19 Mets 5 – 3 Storen (1-0) Valdés (1-1) Capps (15) 19,384 21-20 42 May 20 Mets 10 – 7 Valdés (2-1) Atilano (3-1) 23,612 21-21 43 May 21 Orioles 5 – 3 Hernández (1-5) Olsen (2-2) Simón (6) 27,378 21-22 44 May 22 Orioles 7 – 6 Walker (1-0) Hendrickson (1-2) Capps (16) 30,290 22-22 45 May 23 Orioles 4 – 3 (10) Slaten (2-0) Meredith (0-2) 27,535 23-22 46 May 25 @ Giants 4 – 2 Wellemeyer (3-4) Hernández (4-3) Wilson (11) 27,981 23-23 47 May 26 @ Giants 7 – 3 Atilano (4-1) Lincecum (5-1) 30,230 24-23 48 May 27 @ Giants 5 – 4 Casilla (1-0) Burnett (0-2) Wilson (12) 28,251 24-24 49 May 28 @ Padres 5 – 3 Lannan (2-2) Richard (4-3) Capps (17) 23,468 25-24 50 May 29 @ Padres 4 – 2 Latos (5-3) Martin (0-1) Bell (14) 25,956 25-25 51 May 30 @ Padres 3 – 2 (11) Gregerson (1-1) Burnett (0-3) 28,591 25-26 52 May 31 @ Astros 14 – 4 Atilano (5-1) Oswalt (3-7) 34,704 26-26
June (8–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 @ Astros 8 – 7 López (2-0) Capps (0-2) 25,249 26-27 54 June 2 @ Astros 5 – 1 Rodríguez (3-7) Lannan (2-3) 26,736 26-28 55 June 3 @ Astros 6 – 4 Lindstrom (2-1) Capps (0-3) 21,814 26-29 56 June 4 Reds 4 – 2 Clippard (8-3) del Rosario (1-1) Capps (18) 33,774 27-29 57 June 5 Reds 5 – 1 Leake (5-0) Atilano (5-2) 22,896 27-30 58 June 6 Reds 5 – 4 (10) Cordero (2-3) Slaten (2-1) Masset (1) 27,202 27-31 59 June 8 Pirates 5 – 2 Strasburg (1-0) Karstens (1-2) Capps (19) 40,315 28-31 60 June 9 Pirates 7 – 5 Storen (2-0) Carrasco (1-2) Capps (20) 18,876 29-31 61 June 10 Pirates 4 – 2 Hernández (5-3) Duke (3-7) Clippard (1) 21,767 30-31 62 June 11 @ Indians 7 – 2 Westbrook (4-3) Atilano (5-3) Pérez (6) 22,041 30-32 63 June 12 @ Indians 7 – 1 Hernández (5-5) Martin (0-2) 19,484 30-33 64 June 13 @ Indians 9 – 4 Strasburg (2-0) Huff (2-8) 32,876 31-33 65 June 15 @ Tigers 7 – 4 Scherzer (3-6) Lannan (2-4) Valverde (14) 24,821 31-34 66 June 16 @ Tigers 8 – 3 Verlander (8-4) Hernández (5-4) 24,767 31-35 67 June 17 @ Tigers 8 – 3 Bonderman (3-4) Atilano (5-4) 33,630 31-36 68 June 18 White Sox 2 – 1 (11) Putz (2-2) Storen (2-1) Jenks (14) 40,325 31-37 69 June 19 White Sox 1 – 0 Peavy (6-5) Martin (0-3) 36,487 31-38 70 June 20 White Sox 6 – 3 García (8-3) Lannan (2-5) Putz (1) 31,763 31-39 71 June 21 Royals 2 – 1 Hernández (6-4) Chen (3-2) Capps (21) 13,592 32-39 72 June 22 Royals 4 – 3 Atilano (6-4) Lerew (0-1) Capps (22) 21,168 33-39 73 June 23 Royals 1 – 0 Bannister (7-5) Strasburg (2-1) Soria (17) 31,913 33-40 74 June 25 @ Orioles 7 – 6 Simón (2-1) Clippard (8-4) 43,484 33-41 75 June 26 @ Orioles 6 – 5 Berken (1-1) Burnett (0-4) Simón (8) 28,635 33-42 76 June 27 @ Orioles 4 – 3 Hernández (3-6) Clippard (8-5) Simón (9) 22,951 33-43 77 June 28 @ Braves 5 – 0 Hudson (8-3) Strasburg (2-2) 42,889 33-44 78 June 29 @ Braves 7 – 2 Stammen (2-2) Lowe (9-6) 19,045 34-44 79 June 30 @ Braves 4 – 1 Jurrjens (1-3) Martin (0-4) Wagner (16) 20,091 34-45
July (12–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 Mets 2 – 1 Capps (1-3) Feliciano (2-4) 20,167 35-45 81 July 2 Mets 5 – 3 Niese (6-2) Atilano (6-5) Rodríguez (19) 24,410 35-46 82 July 3 Mets 6 – 5 Capps (2-3) Rodríguez (2-2) 39,214 36-46 83 July 4 Mets 9 – 5 Takahashi (7-3) Stammen (2-3) Rodríguez (20) 29,234 36-47 84 July 6 Padres 6 – 5 Capps (3-3) Gregerson (2-4) 14,039 37-47 85 July 7 Padres 7 – 6 Martin (1-4) Garland (8-6) Capps (23) 13,762 38-47 86 July 8 Padres 7 – 1 Latos (10-4) Atilano (6-6) 17,364 38-48 87 July 9 Giants 8 – 1 Strasburg (3-2) Cain (6-8) 34,723 39-48 88 July 10 Giants 10 – 5 Casilla (2-2) Clippard (8-6) 23,977 39-49 89 July 11 Giants 6 – 2 Bumgarner (2-2) Hernández (6-5) Wilson (23) 22,403 39-50 All–Star Break (July 12–14) 90 July 16 @ Marlins 4 – 0 Strasburg (4-2) Nolasco (9-7) 27,037 40-50 91 July 17 @ Marlins 2 – 0 Johnson (10-3) Hernández (6-6) Oviedo (21) 23,005 40-51 92 July 18 @ Marlins 1 – 0 Sanabia (1-1) Stammen (2-4) Oviedo (22) 21,057 40-52 93 July 19 @ Reds 7 – 2 Cueto (9-2) Martin (1-5) 21,243 40-53 94 July 20 @ Reds 8 – 7 Leake (7-1) Atilano (6-7) Cordero (26) 22,876 40-54 95 July 21 @ Reds 8 – 5 Strasburg (5-2) Arroyo (10-5) Capps (24) 37,868 41-54 96 July 22 @ Reds 7 – 1 Hernández (7-6) Vólquez (1-1) 23,115 42-54 97 July 23 @ Brewers 7 – 5 Loe (1-1) Burnett (0-5) Axford (14) 34,822 42-55 98 July 24 @ Brewers 4 – 3 Axford (6-1) Storen (2-2) 41,987 42-56 99 July 25 @ Brewers 8 – 3 Bush (5-8) Detwiler (0-1) 42,414 42-57 100 July 27 Braves 3 – 0 Batista (1-2) Hanson (8-7) Capps (25) 40,043 43-57 101 July 28 Braves 3 – 1 Hudson (11-5) Hernández (7-7) Wagner (23) 24,263 43-58 102 July 29 Braves 5 – 3 Olsen (3-2) Lowe (10-9) Capps (26) 30,263 44-58 103 July 30 Phillies 8 – 1 Stammen (3-4) Oswalt (6-13) 32,590 45-58 104 July 31 Phillies 7 – 5 Storen (3-2) Lidge (1-1) 38,049 46-58
August (11–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 Phillies 6 – 4 (11) Contreras (6-3) Balester (0-1) Lidge (11) 35,807 46-59 106 August 2 @ Diamondbacks 3 – 1 Hernández (8-7) López (5-10) Burnett (1) 16,793 47-59 107 August 3 @ Diamondbacks 6 – 1 Saunders (7-10) Olsen (3-3) 17,164 47-60 108 August 4 @ Diamondbacks 7 – 2 Stammen (4-4) Kennedy (6-9) 15,670 48-60 109 August 5 @ Diamondbacks 8 – 4 Enright (3-2) Detwiler (0-2) 16,638 48-61 110 August 6 @ Dodgers 6 – 3 Lannan (3-5) Kershaw (10-7) Storen (1) 39,153 49-61 111 August 7 @ Dodgers 3 – 2 (10) Broxton (4-3) Burnett (0-6) 44,896 49-62 112 August 8 @ Dodgers 8 – 3 Lilly (5-8) Marquis (0-4) 43,639 49-63 113 August 10 Marlins 8 – 2 Sánchez (9-7) Strasburg (5-3) 25,939 49-64 114 August 11 Marlins 9 – 5 Volstad (6-8) Olsen (3-4) 15,061 49-65 115 August 12 Marlins 5 – 0 Nolasco (13-8) Hernández (8-8) 16,496 49-66 116 August 13 Diamondbacks 4 – 2 Lannan (4-5) Saunders (7-12) Burnett (2) 19,549 50-66 117 August 14 Diamondbacks 9 – 2 Kennedy (7-9) Marquis (0-5) 22,400 50-67 118 August 15 Diamondbacks 5 – 3 Clippard (9-6) Norberto (0-2) Storen (2) 21,695 51-67 119 August 17 @ Braves 10 – 2 Minor (1-0) Olsen (3-5) 16,911 51-68 120 August 18 @ Braves 3 – 2 Wagner (7-2) Burnett (0-7) 18,105 51-69 121 August 19 @ Braves 6 – 2 Lannan (5-5) Lowe (11-11) 15,593 52-69 122 August 20 @ Phillies 1 – 0 Halladay (16-8) Marquis (0-6) Lidge (17) 45,093 52-70 123 August 21 @ Phillies 8 – 1 Slaten (3-1) Kendrick (8-6) 45,266 53-70 124 August 22 @ Phillies 6 – 0 Oswalt (9-13) Olsen (3-6) 44,539 53-71 125 August 23 Cubs 9 – 1 Coleman (1-1) Hernández (8-9) 17,921 53-72 126 August 24 Cubs 5 – 4 Zambrano (5-6) Lannan (5-6) Mármol (23) 18,250 53-73 127 August 25 Cubs 4 – 0 Dempster (12-8) Marquis (0-7) 18,344 53-74 128 August 26 Cardinals 11 – 10 (13) Slaten (4-1) Hawksworth (4-8) 22,317 54-74 129 August 27 Cardinals 4 – 2 García (12-6) Olsen (3-7) Franklin (22) 22,871 54-75 130 August 28 Cardinals 14 – 5 Hernández (9-9) Lohse (2-6) 30,688 55-75 131 August 29 Cardinals 4 – 2 Lannan (6-6) Wainwright (17-9) Storen (3) 24,782 56-75 132 August 30 @ Marlins 9 – 3 Marquis (1-7) Sanabia (3-2) 18,326 57-75 133 August 31 @ Marlins 1 – 0 (10) Hensley (3-4) Storen (3-3) 18,506 57-76
September (11–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 @ Marlins 16 – 10 Volstad (9-9) Olsen (3-8) 18,045 57-77 135 September 3 @ Pirates 8 – 5 Duke (7-12) Hernández (9-10) Hanrahan (3) 19,734 57-78 136 September 4 @ Pirates 9 – 2 Lannan (7-6) Maholm (7-14) 30,263 58-78 137 September 5 @ Pirates 8 – 1 Marquis (2-7) Morton (1-11) 18,057 59-78 138 September 6 Mets 13 – 3 Olsen (4-8) Pelfrey (13-9) 20,224 60-78 139 September 7 Mets 4 – 1 Gee (1-0) Maya (0-1) Takahashi (4) 13,835 60-79 140 September 8 Mets 3 – 2 Dickey (10-6) Hernández (9-11) Takahashi (5) 16,002 60-80 141 September 10 Marlins 3 – 1 Sanabia (4-2) Lannan (7-7) Hensley (1) 17,180 60-81 142 September 11 Marlins 4 – 1 Sánchez (12-9) Marquis (2-8) Hensley (2) 17,941 60-82 143 September 12 Marlins 6 – 5 Sanches (1-2) Zimmermann (0-1) Hensley (3) 16,788 60-83 144 September 13 @ Braves 4 – 0 Lowe (13-12) Maya (0-2) 18,647 60-84 145 September 14 @ Braves 6 – 0 Hernández (10-11) Jurrjens (7-6) 26,954 61-84 146 September 15 @ Braves 4 – 2 Lannan (8-7) Minor (3-1) Storen (4) 19,237 62-84 147 September 17 @ Phillies 9 – 1 Oswalt (13-13) Marquis (2-9) 45,338 62-85 148 September 18 @ Phillies 5 – 2 Kendrick (10-9) Zimmermann (0-2) Lidge (23) 45,222 62-86 149 September 19 @ Phillies 7 – 6 Worley (1-1) Storen (3-4) 44,936 62-87 150 September 20 Astros 8 – 2 Norris (9-8) Hernández (10-12) 10,999 62-88 151 September 21 Astros 8 – 4 Clippard (10-6) Paulino (1-9) 11,893 63-88 152 September 22 Astros 4 – 3 Clippard (11-6) Fulchino (2-1) Burnett (3) 12,213 64-88 153 September 23 Astros 7 – 2 Detwiler (1-2) Figueroa (5-4) 14,633 65-88 154 September 24 Braves 8 – 3 Zimmermann (1-2) Hudson (16-9) 22,515 66-88 155 September 25 Braves 5 – 0 Lowe (15-12) Maya (0-3) 23,824 66-89 156 September 26 Braves 4 – 2 Burnett (1-7) Farnsworth (3-2) Storen (5) 21,625 67-89 157 September 27 Phillies 8 – 0 Halladay (21-10) Lannan (8-8) 14,309 67-90 158 September 28 Phillies 2 – 1 Storen (4-4) Contreras (6-4) 19,117 68-90 159 September 29 Phillies 7 – 1 Blanton (9-6) Detwiler (1-3) 20,026 68-91
October (1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 @ Mets 2 – 1 (10) Takahashi (10-6) Clippard (11-7) 29,424 68-92 161 October 2 @ Mets 7 – 2 Igarashi (1-1) Clippard (11-8) 30,386 68-93 162 October 3 @ Mets 2 – 1 (14) Peralta (1-0) Pérez (0-5) Batista (2) 30,849 69-93

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

Complete offensive statistics are available here.

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
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

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

Complete pitching statistics are available here.

Pos	Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
SP	Liván Hernández	10	12	3.66	33	33	0	211.2	216	93	86	64	114
SP	John Lannan	8	8	4.65	25	25	0	143.1	175	82	74	49	71
SP	Craig Stammen	4	4	5.13	19	3	0	128.0	151	78	73	41	85
SP	Luis Atilano	6	7	5.15	16	16	0	85.2	96	56	49	32	40
SP	Scott Olsen	4	8	5.56	17	15	0	81.0	93	54	50	27	53
SP	Jason Marquis	2	9	6.60	13	13	0	58.2	76	47	43	24	31
CL	Matt Capps	3	3	2.74	47	0	26	46.0	51	20	14	9	38
RP	Tyler Clippard	11	8	3.07	78	0	1	91.0	69	33	31	41	112
RP	Miguel Batista	1	2	3.70	58	1	2	82.2	71	36	34	39	55
RP	Sean Burnett	1	7	2.14	73	0	3	63.0	52	17	15	20	62
RP	Drew Storen	4	4	3.58	54	0	5	55.1	48	24	22	22	52
SP	Stephen Strasburg	5	3	2.91	12	12	0	68.0	56	25	22	17	92
	Joel Peralta	1	0	2.02	39	0	0	49.0	30	12	11	9	49
	J. D. Martin	1	5	4.13	9	9	0	48.0	56	30	22	11	31
	Doug Slaten	4	1	3.10	49	0	0	40.2	34	18	14	19	38
	Tyler Walker	1	0	3.57	24	0	0	35.1	35	16	14	8	30
SP	Jordan Zimmermann	1	2	4.94	7	7	0	31.0	31	20	17	10	27
	Ross Detwiler	1	3	4.25	8	5	0	29.2	34	22	14	14	17
	Yunesky Maya	0	3	5.88	5	5	0	26.0	30	18	17	11	12
	Collin Balester	0	1	2.57	17	0	0	21.0	15	6	6	11	28
	Brian Bruney	1	2	7.64	19	0	0	17.2	21	18	15	20	16
	Jesse English	0	0	3.86	7	0	0	7.0	10	3	3	2	4
	Matt Chico	0	0	3.60	1	1	0	5.0	6	2	2	0	3
	Joe Bisenius	0	0	9.64	5	0	0	4.2	6	6	5	6	5
	Garrett Mock	0	0	5.40	1	1	0	3.1	4	2	11	5	3
	Jason Bergmann	0	1	15.43	4	0	0	2.1	3	4	4	1	2
	Team Totals	69	93	4.13	162	162	37	1435.0	1469	742	658	512	1068

Team leaders

Qualifying players only.

Batting

Stat	Player	Total
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

Pitching

Stat	Player	Total
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

Awards and honors

All-Stars

• Matt Capps, P

Annual awards

• Silver Slugger: Ryan Zimmerman, 3B

Ryan Zimmermann won the Silver Slugger Award for the second consecutive year, becoming the first Washington Nationals player to win two Silver Slugger Awards. ^[9]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Trent Jewett
AA	Harrisburg Senators	Eastern League	Randy Knorr
A	Potomac Nationals	Carolina League	Gary Cathcart
A	Hagerstown Suns	South Atlantic League	Matthew LeCroy
A-Short Season	Vermont Lake Monsters	New York–Penn League	Jeff Garber
Rookie	GCL Nationals	Gulf Coast League	Bobby Williams

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Potomac

References

1. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & New York Yankees
2. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & St. Louis Cardinals
3. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Minnesota Twins
4. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Texas Rangers
5. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Pittsburgh Pirates
6. baseball-reference.com 2010 Washington Nationals Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
7. baseball-reference.com 2010 Washington Nationals
8. baseball-almanac.com Washington Nationals Attendance Data
9. Wagner, James, "Ian Desmond, Anthony Rendon win Silver Slugger awards", washingtonpost.com, November 6, 2014, 6:32 PM EST.

External links

• 2010 Washington Nationals Season Official Site
• 2010 Washington Nationals season at Baseball Reference