2005 Washington Nationals season

2005 Washington Nationals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (since 2005)
Washington, D.C. (since 2005)
Other information
Owner(s)	Major League Baseball
Manager(s)	Frank Robinson
Local television	MASN WDCA (UPN 20) WTTG (Fox 5) (Mel Proctor, Ron Darling, Kenny Albert)
Local radio	WFED WWZZ (Charlie Slowes, Dave Shea)
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The Washington Nationals' 2005 season was the first for the team formerly known as the Montreal Expos since moving to Washington, D. C. and 37th overall for the franchise. The team signed four key free agents during the off-season: Vinny Castilla, José Guillén, Cristian Guzmán and Esteban Loaiza.

Offseason

• January 19, 2005: Esteban Loaiza was signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.^[1]
• February 7, 2005: Melvin Nieves was signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.^[2]

Regular season

The Nationals had a terrific first half, as they had a 51-32 record by July 5 and were leading the Atlanta Braves by 4.5 games. However, the team struggled in its final 79 games, going 30-49 and scoring only 299 runs (3.78 per game). They were also shut out 7 times during that span. Nevertheless, the teams was able to finish the season at .500; this was only the fourth time in 10 years that the franchise had finished at or above .500.

Highlights

• On April 4, 2005, Brad Wilkerson (after being the last player to ever wear a Montreal Expo jersey) had the honor of being the first batter for the Washington Nationals and he promptly responded with the first hit in the new team's history. Nevertheless, Kenny Lofton hit a three-run homer and Jon Lieber pitched 5²⁄₃ effective innings, leading the home team Philadelphia Phillies to an 8-4 victory over the new Nationals at Citizens Bank Park. (Lieber was credited with the win for the Phillies and would also score a win for Philadelphia in the last game of the 2005 Nationals season.) Outfielder Terrmel Sledge hit the Nats' first home run in the April 4 contest.

• Scorecard: April 4, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	13	1
Philadelphia	0	2	1	0	4	0	1	0	x	8	14	1
W: Lieber (1-0)   L: Hernandez (0-1)
HRs: Terrmel Sledge, Kenny Lofton Attendance: 44,080.[3] Length of game: 3:19. Umpires: HP: Darling, 1B: Poncino, 2B: Wegner, 3B: Nauert

• On April 6, 2005, the Washington Nationals recorded their first-ever regular season win by beating the Phillies, 7-3. The win came in their second game of the season and was highlighted by Wilkerson's hit for the cycle.
• On April 14, 2005, the Washington Nationals won their first regular season home game at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C, by a score of 5–3 against the Arizona Diamondbacks. President George W. Bush kept up a tradition of sitting U.S. Presidents by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day in Washington, exactly 95 years after William Howard Taft started the tradition at Griffith Stadium in 1910. There were 45,596 fans in attendance, including former Senators players and Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig. Liván Hernández threw eight shutout innings, and Vinny Castilla was denied the chance to hit for the cycle when Diamondback reliever Lance Cormier hit him with a pitch in the bottom of the eighth; Castilla needed only a single to complete the cycle. Chad Cordero recorded the save for Washington.
• On August 4, 2005, Brad Wilkerson became the first Washington Nationals player to ever hit a grand slam, against then Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher, Duaner Sánchez. The Nationals won the game 7–0, on a four-hit complete-game shutout by John Patterson.
• During his August–September callup, Ryan Zimmerman recorded 23 hits in 58 at bats. He thus became the first member of the Washington Nationals to complete the season with a batting average of at least .300 in at least 50 at bats.
• The Nationals led all National League teams in interleague play in 2005, recording 12 wins.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	90	72	0.556	—	53–28	37–44
Philadelphia Phillies	88	74	0.543	2	46–35	42–39
Florida Marlins	83	79	0.512	7	45–36	38–43
New York Mets	83	79	0.512	7	48–33	35–46
Washington Nationals	81	81	0.500	9	41–40	40–41

Notable transactions

• May 14, 2005: Marlon Byrd was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Washington Nationals for Endy Chávez.^[4]
• May 31, 2005: Melvin Nieves was released by the Washington Nationals.^[2]
• July 13, 2005: Mike Stanton was signed as a free agent with the Washington Nationals.^[5]
• July 20, 2005: Kenny Kely was selected off waivers by the Washington Nationals from the Cincinnati Reds.^[6]
• September 29, 2005: Mike Stanton was traded by the Washington Nationals to the Boston Red Sox for Rhys Taylor (minors) and Yader Peralta (minors).^[5]

Mascot

Screech is the mascot of the Washington Nationals. He is a bald eagle who wears the home cap and jersey of the team. He was "hatched" on April 17, 2005 at the "Kids Opening Day" promotion at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. A nine-year-old fourth grade student in Washington, Glenda Gutierrez, designed the mascot and won a contest sponsored by the team, explaining that it was "strong and eats almost everything."

Roster

2005 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers 36 Tony Armas, Jr. 56 Luis Ayala 57 Jason Bergmann 48 Héctor Carrasco 32 Chad Cordero 40 Zach Day 45 Ryan Drese 58 Joey Eischen 54 John Halama 61 Liván Hernández 39 Joe Horgan 34 Travis Hughes 31 Sun Woo Kim 21 Esteban Loaiza 38 Gary Majewski 47 C. J. Nitkowski 34 Tomo Ohka 13 Antonio Osuna 22 John Patterson 31 Darrell Rasner 51 Jon Rauch 30 Mike Stanton 52 T. J. Tucker 45 Claudio Vargas 47 Matt White		Catchers 29 Gary Bennett 55 Keith Osik 23 Brian Schneider Infielders  5 Carlos Baerga  2 Jamey Carroll  9 Vinny Castilla 25 Wil Cordero  4 Deivi Cruz 15 Cristian Guzmán 54 Brendan Harris 24 Nick Johnson  4 Henry Mateo 35 Rick Short 11 Junior Spivey  3 José Vidro 25 Ryan Zimmerman		Outfielders 28 Tony Blanco 26 Marlon Byrd 47 Matt Cepicky 47 Endy Chávez 19 Ryan Church 26 J. J. Davis  6 José Guillén 11 Jeffrey Hammonds 39 Kenny Kelly 18 Terrmel Sledge 00 Brandon Watson  7 Brad Wilkerson 44 Preston Wilson Other batters  1 Tyrell Godwin		Manager 20 Frank Robinson Coaches 12 Don Buford (First Base) 37 Dave Huppert (Third Base) 17 Tommy McCraw (Hitting) 60 Bob Natal (Bullpen) 14 Eddie Rodriguez (Bench) 49 Randy St. Claire (Pitching) 33 Jack Voight (Assistant)

Game log

Game Log
April (13-11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 4 @ Philadelphia Phillies 4-8 Lieber (1-0) Hernández (0-1) 44,080 0-1 2 April 6 @ Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 Eischen (1-0)[7] Worrell (0-1) 23,435 1-1 3 April 7 @ Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 (10) Cordero (1-0) Cormier (0-1) 21,693 2-1 4 April 8 @ Florida Marlins 0-9 Willis (1-0) Ohka (0-1) 19,327 2-2 5 April 9 @ Florida Marlins 3-2 (10) Cordero (2-0) Alfonseca (0-1) 30,739 3-2 6 April 10 @ Florida Marlins 0-8 Beckett (2-0) Patterson (0-1) 25,089 3-3 7 April 11 @ Atlanta Braves 2-11 Hampton (1-0) Day (0-1) 16,584 3-4 8 April 12 @ Atlanta Braves 4-3 Ayala (1-0) Kolb (0-1) Cordero (1) 20,122 4-4 9 April 13 @ Atlanta Braves 11-4 Ohka (1-1) Thomson (1-1) 19,093 5-4 10 April 14 Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 Hernández (1-1) Vázquez (0-2) Cordero (2) 45,596 6-4 11 April 16 Arizona Diamondbacks 9-3 Patterson (1-1) Ortiz (1-1) 34,943 7-4 12 April 17 Arizona Diamondbacks 7-3 Tucker (1-0) Koplove (1-1) 35,463 8-4 13 April 18 Florida Marlins 4-9 Willis (3-0) Ohka (1-2) 24,003 8-5 14 April 19 Florida Marlins 3-6 Moehler (1-0) Hernández (1-2) 25,990 8-6 15 April 20 Atlanta Braves 2-0 Day (1-1) Ramírez (1-1) Cordero (3) 27,374 9-6 16 April 21 Atlanta Braves 1-2 Reitsma (1-0) Cordero (2-1) Kolb (5) 30,728 9-7 17 April 22 @ New York Mets 1-3 Glavine (1-2) Loaiza (0-1) Looper (2) 28,488 9-8 18 April 23 @ New York Mets 5-10 Seo (1-0) Ohka (1-3) 44,058 9-9 19 April 24 @ New York Mets 11-4 Hernández (2-2) Zambrano (1-2) 43,313 10-9 20 April 25 Philadelphia Phillies 4-5 Lidle (1-2) Day (1-2) Wagner (4) 24,956 10-10 21 April 26 Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 Patterson (2-1) Lieber(4-1) Cordero (4) 23,332 11-10 22 April 27 Philadelphia Phillies 0-3 Cormier (1-1) Loaiza (0-2) Wagner (5) 27,483 11-11 23 April 29 New York Mets 5-1 Hernández (3-2) Seo (1-1) Cordero (5) 30,627 12-11 24 April 30 New York Mets 5-3 Ohka (2-3) Zambrano (1-3) Carrasco (1) 40,913 13-11
May (14-14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 New York Mets 3-6 Hernández (2-0) Ayala (1-1) Looper (4) 27,333 13-12 26 May 2 @ Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 Loaiza (1-2) Erickson (1-3) 34,079 14-12 27 May 3 @ Los Angeles Dodgers 2-4 Weaver (3-2) Rauch (0-1) Brazobán (9) 41,190 14-13 28 May 4 @ Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 Hernández (4-2) Pérez (4-2) 33,081 15-13 29 May 6 @ San Francisco Giants 9-3 Rauch (1-1) Lowry (1-3) 40,425 16-13 30 May 7 @ San Francisco Giants 11-8 Ayala (2-1) Accardo (0-1) Cordero (6) 40,220 17-13 31 May 8 @ San Francisco Giants 3-4 (13) Christiansen (2-0) Rauch (1-2) 36,903 17-14 32 May 9 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 Hernández (5-2) Valverde (0-1) Cordero (7) 19,440 18-14 33 May 10 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 2-3 Estes (3-3) Armas (0-1) Lyon (12) 23,181 18-15 34 May 11 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 2-3 Cormier (2-0) Rauch (1-3) Lyon (13) 21,011 18-16 35 May 13 Chicago Cubs 3-6 Ohman (1-0) Ayala (2-2) Wellemeyer (1) 36,585 18-17 36 May 14 Chicago Cubs 4-3 Hernández (6-2) Zambrano (3-2) Cordero (8) 42,829 19-17 37 May 15 Chicago Cubs 5-4 Carrasco(1-0) Bartosh (0-2) Cordero (9) 44,103 20-17 38 May 16 Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 Armas (1-1) Davis (4-5) Ayala (1) 26,606 21-17 39 May 17 Milwaukee Brewers 2-8 Obermueller (1-0) Vargas (0-1) 26,427 21-18 40 May 18 Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 Majewski (1-0) Capuano (3-3) 29,216 22-18 41 May 19 Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 Hernández (7-2) Santos (1-4) Cordero (10) 30,968 23-18 42 May 20 Toronto Blue Jays 1-6 Lilly (2-4) Vargas (0-2) Walker (1) 17,465 23-19 43 May 21 Toronto Blue Jays 0-7 Halladay (7-2) Armas (1-2) 24,518 23-20 44 May 22 Toronto Blue Jays 9-2 Ohka (3-3) Towers (5-2) 28,408 24-20 45 May 23 @ Cincinnati Reds 3-5 Milton (3-5) Loaiza (1-3) Weathers (1) 17,630 24-21 46 May 24 @ Cincinnati Reds 3-4 (15) Keisler (1-0) Ayala (2-3) 36,539 24-22 47 May 25 @ Cincinnati Reds 3-12 Belisle (2-4) Vargass (0-3) 20,497 24-23 48 May 27 @ St. Louis Cardinals 3-6 Morris (5-0) Armas (1-3) Isringhausen (13) 47,383 24-24 49 May 28 @ St. Louis Cardinals 1-3 Suppan (4-5) Loaiza (1-4) Isringhausen (14) 49,123 24-25 50 May 29 @ St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Hernández (8-2) Carpenter (7-3) Cordero (11) 47,012 25-25 51 May 30 Atlanta Braves 3-2 Ohka (4-3) Davies (2-1) Cordero (12) 39,705 26-25 52 May 31 Atlanta Braves 5-4 Ayala (3-3) Colón (0-2) Cordero (13) 29,512 27-25
June (20-6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 Atlanta Braves 4-5 Smoltz (4-2) Carrasco (1-1) Reitsma (2) 28,280 27-26 54 June 2 Atlanta Braves 8-6 Carrasco (2-1) Kolb (1-5) Cordero (14) 29,225 28-26 55 June 3 Florida Marlins 3-2 (11) Ayala (4-3) Bump (0-3) 29,439 29-26 56 June 4 Florida Marlins 7-3 Kim (1-0) Leiter (2-6) 33,198 30-26 57 June 5 Florida Marlins 6-3 Ayala (5-3) Riedling (2-1) Cordero (15) 40,995 31-26 58 June 7 Oakland Athletics 2-1 Armas (2-3) Zito (2-7) Cordero (16) 26,879 32-26 59 June 8 Oakland Athletics 7-2 Loaiza (2-4) Glynn (0-2) 28,749 33-26 60 June 9 Oakland Athletics 4-3 Hernández (9-2) Blanton (1-6) Cordero (17) 26,672 34-26 61 June 10 Seattle Mariners 9-3 Ayala (6-3) Hasegawa (1-2) 28,707 35-26 62 June 11 Seattle Mariners 2-1 Patterson (3-1) Putz (1-2) Cordero (18) 39,108 36-26 63 June 12 Seattle Mariners 3-2 Armas (3-3) Franklin (2-8) Cordero (19) 37,170 37-26 64 June 13 @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1-11 Byrd (6-5) Loaiza (2-5) 40,790 37-27 65 June 14 @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 6-3 Majewski (2-0) Shields (5-4) Cordero (20) 43,874 38-27 66 June 15 @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1-0 Drese (5-6) Colón (8-4) Cordero (21) 43,505 39-27 67 June 17 @ Texas Rangers 1-8 Rogers (9-2) Patterson (3-2) 33,653 39-28 68 June 18 @ Texas Rangers 4-7 Rodríguez (2-0) Armas (3-4) 48,663 39-29 69 June 19 @ Texas Rangers 8-2 Hughes (1-0) Wilson (0-1) 34,474 40-29 70 June 20 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4 Hernández (10-2) Redman (4-5) Cordero (22) 21,893 41-29 71 June 21 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 4-11 Pérez (6-5) Drese (5-7) 26,006 41-30 72 June 22 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 Carrasco (3-1) Gonzalez (0-3) Cordero (23) 24,064 42-30 73 June 24 Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 Loaiza (3-5) Towers (5-7) Cordero (24) 36,689 43-30 74 June 25 Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 Hernández (11-2) Lilly (5-8) Cordero (25) 39,881 44-30 75 June 26 Toronto Blue Jays 5-9 Speier (1-1) Ayala (6-4) Batista (14) 33,557 44-31 76 June 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Drese (6-7) Fogg (4-4) Cordero (26) 35,828 45-31 77 June 29 Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 Ayala (7-4) Torres (2-3) Cordero (27) 31,213 46-31 78 June 30 Pittsburgh Pirates 7-5 Loaiza (4-5) Wells (5-8) Cordero (28) 37,361 47-31
July (9-18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 79 July 1 @ Chicago Cubs 4-3 Hernández (12-2) Prior (5-2) Carrasco (2) 38,973 48-31 80 July 2 @ Chicago Cubs 4-2 Armas (4-4) Williams (1-3) Cordero (29) 40,488 49-31 81 July 3 @ Chicago Cubs 5-4 (12) Eischen (2-0) Mitre (2-4) 40,006 50-31 82 July 4 New York Mets 2-5 Hernández (4-2) Kim (1-1) Looper (18) 44,331 50-32 83 July 5 New York Mets 3-2 Loaiza (5-5) Martínez (9-3) Cordero (30) 35,087 51-32 84 July 6 New York Mets 3-5 Glavine (6-7) Hernández (12-3) Looper (19) 38,148 51-33 85 July 7 New York Mets 2-3 (11) Bell (1-3) Ayala (7-5) Looper (20) 44,492 51-34 86 July 8 @ Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 Drese (7-7) Tejeda (3-2) Cordero (31) 44,688 52-34 87 July 9 @ Philadelphia Phillies 0-1 Wagner (2-1) Carrasco (3-2) 33,365 52-35 88 July 10 @ Philadelphia Phillies 4-5 (12) Cormier (3-2) Kim (1-2) 34,124 52-36 All–Star Break (July 11–13) 89 July 14 @ Milwaukee Brewers 2-4 Wise (3-2) Majewski (2-1) Turnbow (18) 30,611 52-37 90 July 15 @ Milwaukee Brewers 3-4 (10) Santana (2-3) Ayala (7-6) 40,690 52-38 91 July 16 @ Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 Loaiza (6-5) Bottalico (2-2) Cordero (32) 45,079 53-38 92 July 17 @ Milwaukee Brewers 3-5 Ohka (6-4) Drese (7-8) Turnbow (19) 23,543 53-39 93 July 18 Colorado Rockies 4-5 Acevedo (1-0) Cordero (2-2) Fuentes (13) 30,165 53-40 94 July 19 Colorado Rockies 4-0 Patterson (4-2) Chacón (1-6) Cordero (33) 30,655 54-40 95 July 20 Colorado Rockies 2-3 Jennings (6-9) Hernández (12-4) Fuentes (14) 32,381 54-41 96 July 21 Houston Astros 2-3 Oswalt (13-8) Loaiza (6-6) Lidge (22) 36,840 54-42 97 July 22 Houston Astros 1-14 Clemens (8-4) Drese (7-9) 38,019 54-43 98 July 23 Houston Astros 4-2 Armas (5-4) Backe (8-7) Cordero (34) 42,680 55-43 99 July 24 Houston Astros 1-4 (14) Springer (3-3) Carrasco (3-3) Lidge (23) 39,203 55-44 100 July 26 @ Atlanta Braves 2-3 (10) Reitsma (3-2) Stanton (1-3) 43,308 55-45 101 July 27 @ Atlanta Braves 3-4 Kolb (3-6) Majewski (2-2) Reitsma (11) 40,625 55-46 102 July 28 @ Atlanta Braves 4-5 Sosa (6-1) Drese (7-10) Reitsma (12) 40,269 55-47 103 July 29 @ Florida Marlins 3-4 Beckett (10-6) Armas (5-5) Jones (19) 29,322 55-48 104 July 30 @ Florida Marlins 0-3 Burnett (8-6) Patterson (4-3) Jones (20) 25,308 55-49 105 July 31 @ Florida Marlins 4-2 Hernández (13-4) Moehler (6-8) Cordero (35) 30,397 56-49
August (13-15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 2 Los Angeles Dodgers 4-5 Weaver (9-8) Loaiza (6-7) Brazobán (21) 36,277 56-50 107 August 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 Armas (6-5) Houlton (4-5) Cordero (36) 36,552 57-50 108 August 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 7-0 Patterson (5-3) Penny (5-7) 35,484 58-50 109 August 5 San Diego Padres 5-6 Linebrink (5-1) Cordero (2-3) Hoffman (28) 34,492 58-51 110 August 6 San Diego Padres 2-3 Astacio (3-10) Drese (7-11) Hoffman (29) 38,076 58-52 111 August 7 San Diego Padres 0-3 Peavy (10-4) Loaiza (6-8) 36,440 58-53 112 August 9 @ Houston Astros 6-5 Patterson (6-3) Astacio (2-5) Cordero (37) 34,255 59-53 113 August 10 @ Houston Astros 6-7 Rodríguez (7-5) Hernández (13-5) Lidge (28) 34,309 59-54 114 August 11 @ Houston Astros 3-6 Pettitte (10-8) Drese (7-12) 35,036 59-55 115 August 12 @ Colorado Rockies 4-2 Loaiza (7-8) Wright (6-13) Cordero (38) 28,598 60-55 116 August 13 @ Colorado Rockies 8-0 Armas (7-5) Kim (3-9) 31,447 61-55 117 August 14 @ Colorado Rockies 9-2 Patterson (7-3) Acevedo (2-3) 24,552 62-55 118 August 15 @ Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 Hernández (14-5) Myers (10-6) 40,627 63-55 August 16 @ Philadelphia Phillies Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 18 as a double header 119 August 17 @ Philadelphia Phillies 3-4 Lieber (12-10) Loaiza (7-9) Wagner (28) 33,450 63-56 120 August 18 (1) @ Philadelphia Phillies 1-2 Padilla (6-11) Armas (7-6) Wagner (29) 30,046 63-57 121 August 18 (2) @ Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Ayala (8-6) Urbina (4-4) Cordero (39) 34,492 64-57 122 August 19 @ New York Mets 0-1 Seo (5-1) Patterson (7-4) Looper (24) 38,196 64-58 123 August 20 @ New York Mets 8-9 (10) Hernández (6-5) Majewski (2-3) 51,785 64-59 124 August 21 @ New York Mets 7-4 (10) Loaiza (8-9) Benson (9-5) 42,412 65-59 125 August 23 Cincinnati Reds 2-6 Hudson (5-6) Armas (7-7) 35,656 65-60 126 August 24 Cincinnati Reds 5-3 Patterson (8-4) Ortiz (8-9) Cordero (40) 32,641 66-60 127 August 25 Cincinnati Reds 3-5 Claussen (9-8) Hernández (14-6) Weathers (11) 40,762 66-61 128 August 26 St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 Loaiza (9-9) Suppan (12-10) Cordero (41) 37,885 67-61 129 August 27 St. Louis Cardinals 0-6 Marquis (10-13) White (0-1) 44,254 67-62 130 August 28 St. Louis Cardinals 0-6 Thompson (2-0) Halama (1-2) 41,130 67-63 August 29 @ Atlanta Braves Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 31 as a double header 131 August 30 @ Atlanta Braves 3-2 Bergmann (1-0) Sosa (9-3) Cordero (42) 20,001 68-63 132 August 31 (1) @ Atlanta Braves 3-5 Ramírez (11-8) Loaiza (9-10) Farnsworth (8) 68-64 133 August 31 (2) @ Atlanta Braves 4-3 Stanton (2-3) Reitsma (3-5) Cordero (43) 25,555 69-64
September (12-15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 @ Atlanta Braves 7-8 (10) Davies (7-3) Ayala (8-7) 19,053 69-65 135 September 2 Philadelphia Phillies 1-7 Padilla (8-12) Halama (1-3) 28,939 69-66 136 September 3 Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 (12) Carrasco (4-3) López (0-1) 30,561 70-66 137 September 4 Philadelphia Phillies 6-1 Loaiza (10-10) Floyd (1-2) 32,251 71-66 138 September 5 Florida Marlins 5-2 Hernández (15-6) Vargas (5-3) 32,150 72-66 139 September 6 Florida Marlins 2-4 Valdez (2-1) Rasner (0-1) Jones (35) 24.936 72-67 140 September 7 Florida Marlins 1-12 Willis (20-8) Halama (1-4) 25,702 72-68 141 September 8 Florida Marlins 4-8 Beckett (13-8) Patterson (8-5) 27,625 72-69 142 September 9 Atlanta Braves 8-6 Majewski (3-3) Foster (4-2) Cordero (44) 36,295 73-69 143 September 10 Atlanta Braves 0-4 Sosa (11-3) Hernández (15-7) 44,083 73-70 144 September 11 Atlanta Braves 7-9 McBride (1-0) Cordero (2-4) Farnsworth (12) 31,384 73-71 145 September 13 @ New York Mets 4-2 Majewski (4-3) Glavine (10-13) Cordero (45) 34,143 74-71 146 September 14 @ New York Mets 6-3 Loaiza (11-10) Benson (9-8) Cordero (46) 24,049 75-71 147 September 15 @ New York Mets 6-5 (10) Bergmann (2-0) Hernández (6-6) Majewski (1) 21,441 76-71 148 September 16 @ San Diego Padres 5-1 Patterson (9-5) Peavy (12-7) 38,480 77-71 149 September 17 @ San Diego Padres 5-8 (12) Linebrink (7-1) Rauch (1-4) 37,707 77-72 150 September 18 @ San Diego Padres 1-2 Otsuka (2-6) Eischen (2-1) 38,054 77-73 151 September 20 San Francisco Giants 3-4 Taschner (2-0) Hernández (15-8) Benítez (17) 32,403 77-74 152 September 21 San Francisco Giants 1-5 Hennessey (5-8) Patterson (9-6) Benítez (18) 32,076 77-75 153 September 22 San Francisco Giants 2-0 Rauch (2-4) Tomko (7-15) Cordero (47) 29,807 78-75 154 September 23 New York Mets 2-5 (10) Hernández (8-6) Majewski (4-4) Heilman (2) 30,194 78-76 155 September 24 New York Mets 2-5 Glavine (12-13) Hernández (15-9) Hernández (2) 32,467 78-77 156 September 25 New York Mets 5-6 Padilla (2-1) Hughes (1-1) Heilman (3) 29,967 78-78 157 September 26 @ Florida Marlins 4-0 Carrasco (5-3) Vargas (5-5) 11,467 79-78 158 September 27 @ Florida Marlins 11-1 Stanton (3-3) Willis (22-10) 11,507 80-78 159 September 28 @ Florida Marlins 11-7 Loaiza (12-10) Moehler (6-12) 11,961 81-78 160 September 30 Philadelphia Phillies 3-4 Lidle (13-11) Hernández (15-10) Wagner (37) 30,375 81-79
October (0-2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 161 October 1 Philadelphia Phillies 4-8 Myers (13-8) Patterson (9-7) 32,903 81-80 162 October 2 Philadelphia Phillies 3-9 Lieber (17-13) Carrasco (5-4) Wagner (38) 36,491 81-81

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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	Schneider, BrianBrian Schneider	116	369	38	99	20	1	10	44	.268	1
1B	Johnson, NickNick Johnson	131	453	66	131	35	3	15	74	.289	4
2B	Vidro, JoséJosé Vidro	87	309	38	85	21	2	7	32	.275	0
SS	Guzmán, CristianCristian Guzmán	142	456	39	100	19	6	4	31	.219	7
3B	Castilla, VinnyVinny Castilla	142	494	53	125	36	1	12	66	.253	4
LF	Byrd, MarlonMarlon Byrd	74	216	20	57	15	2	2	26	.264	5
CF	Wilkerson, BradBrad Wilkerson	148	565	76	140	42	7	11	57	.248	8
RF	Guillén, JoséJosé Guillén	148	551	81	156	32	2	24	76	.283	1
MI	Carroll, JameyJamey Carroll	113	303	44	76	8	1	0	22	.251	3
OF	Church, RyanRyan Church	102	268	41	77	15	3	9	42	.287	3
CF	Wilson, PrestonPreston Wilson	68	253	34	66	14	1	10	43	.261	3
C	Bennett, GaryGary Bennett	68	199	11	44	7	0	1	21	.221	0
IF	Baerga, CarlosCarlos Baerga	93	158	18	40	7	0	2	19	.253	0
2B	Spivey, JuniorJunior Spivey	28	77	15	17	7	0	2	7	.221	2
UT	Blanco, TonyTony Blanco	56	62	7	11	3	0	1	7	.177	1
3B	Zimmerman, RyanRyan Zimmerman	20	58	6	23	10	0	0	6	.397	0
UT	Cordero, WilWil Cordero	29	51	2	6	2	0	0	2	.118	0
MI	Cruz, DeiviDeivi Cruz	20	51	2	13	1	0	0	1	.255	0
OF	Watson, BrandonBrandon Watson	25	40	8	7	1	1	1	5	.175	0
OF	Sledge, TermelTermel Sledge	20	37	7	9	0	1	1	8	.243	2
UT	Hammonds, JeffreyJeffrey Hammonds	13	32	3	7	1	0	0	1	.219	0
OF	Davis, J. J.J. J. Davis	14	26	0	6	0	0	0	2	.231	1
OF	Cepicky, MatthewMatthew Cepicky	11	25	1	6	3	0	0	3	.240	0
IF	Short, RickRick Short	11	15	4	6	2	0	2	4	.400	0
CF	Chávez, EndyEndy Chávez	7	9	2	2	1	0	0	1	.222	0
IF	Harris, BrendanBrendan Harris	4	9	1	3	1	0	1	3	.333	0
RF	Kelly, KennyKenny Kelly	17	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	.250	1
C	Osik, KeithKeith Osik	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
PH	Godwin, TyrellTyrell Godwin	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
2B	Mateo, HenryHenry Mateo	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Hernández, LivánLiván Hernández	35	82	7	20	2	1	2	7	.244	0
P	Loaiza, EstebanEsteban Loaiza	34	74	3	12	2	0	0	4	.162	0
P	Patterson, JohnJohn Patterson	31	59	2	6	3	0	0	0	.102	0
P	Armas, Jr., TonyTony Armas, Jr.	19	32	1	4	0	0	0	1	.125	0
P	Drese, RyanRyan Drese	12	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.071	0
P	Ohka, TomoTomo Ohka	11	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	.250	0
P	Carrasco, HéctorHéctor Carrasco	64	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Day, ZachZach Day	12	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.125	0
P	Rauch, JonJon Rauch	15	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	.143	0
P	Majewski, GaryGary Majewski	79	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Kim, Sun-wooSun-woo Kim	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Halama, JohnJohn Halama	10	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	0
P	Bergmann, JasonJason Bergmann	15	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	.333	0
P	Ayala, LuisLuis Ayala	68	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	0
P	Eischen, JoeyJoey Eischen	58	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	0
P	Vargas, ClaudioClaudio Vargas	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	0
P	White, MattMatt White	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Stanton, MikeMike Stanton	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Horgan, JoeJoe Horgan	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Cordero, ChadChad Cordero	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Osuna, AntonioAntonio Osuna	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Tucker, T. J.T. J. Tucker	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Hughes, TravisTravis Hughes	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Nitkowski, C. J.C. J. Nitkowski	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Rasner, DarrellDarrell Rasner	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
	Totals	162	5426	639	1367	311	32	117	615	.252	45

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	Hernández, LivánLiván Hernández	15	10	3.98	35	35	0	246.1	116	109	84	147
SP	Loaiza, EstebanEsteban Loaiza	12	10	3.77	34	34	0	217.0	93	91	55	173
SP	Patterson, JohnJohn Patterson	9	7	3.13	31	31	0	198.1	61	56	45	59
SP	Armas, Jr., TonyTony Armas, Jr.	7	7	4.97	19	19	0	101.1	57	56	54	59
SP	Drese, RyanRyan Drese	3	6	4.98	11	11	0	59.2	38	33	22	26
CL	Cordero, ChadChad Cordero	2	4	1.82	74	0	47	74.1	24	15	17	61
RP	Carrasco, HéctorHéctor Carrasco	5	4	2.04	64	5	2	88.1	23	20	38	75
RP	Majewski, GaryGary Majewski	4	4	2.93	79	0	1	86.0	32	28	37	50
RP	Ayala, LuisLuis Ayala	8	7	2.66	68	0	1	71.0	23	21	14	40
RP	Eischen, JoeyJoey Eischen	2	1	3.22	57	0	0	36.1	14	13	19	30
	Ohka, TomoTomo Ohka	4	3	3.33	10	9	0	54.0	23	20	27	17
	Day, ZachZach Day	1	2	6.75	12	5	0	36.0	29	27	25	16
	Rauch, JonJon Rauch	2	4	3.60	15	1	0	30.0	12	12	11	23
	Kim, Sun-wooSun-woo Kim	1	2	6.14	12	2	0	29.1	20	20	8	17
	Stanton, MikeMike Stanton	2	1	3.58	30	0	0	27.2	13	11	9	14
	Halama, JohnJohn Halama	0	3	4.64	10	3	0	21.1	11	11	8	11
	Bergmann, JasonJason Bergmann	2	0	2.75	15	1	0	19.2	6	6	11	21
	Hughes, TravisTravis Hughes	1	1	5.54	14	0	0	13.0	8	8	8	8
	Vargas, ClaudioClaudio Vargas	0	3	9.24	4	4	0	12.2	15	13	7	5
	Tucker, T. J.T. J. Tucker	1	0	6.39	13	0	0	12.2	9	9	2	5
	Rasner, DarrellDarrell Rasner	0	1	3.68	5	1	0	7.1	3	3	2	4
	Horgan, JoeJoe Horgan	0	0	21.00	8	0	0	6.0	15	14	4	5
	White, MattMatt White	0	1	9.00	1	1	0	4.0	4	4	3	3
	Nitkowski, C. J.C. J. Nitkowski	0	0	8.10	7	0	0	3.1	3	3	2	2
	Osuna, AntonioAntonio Osuna	0	0	42.43	4	0	0	2.1	11	11	7	0
	Totals	81	81	3.87	162	162	51	1458.0	673	627	539	997

Team leaders

Batting

Stat	Player	Total
Avg.	Nick Johnson	.289
HR	Preston Wilson José Guillén	25 (10 with Nationals) 24
RBI	Preston Wilson José Guillén	90 (43 with Nationals) 76
R	José Guillén	81
H	José Guillén	156
SB	Brad Wilkerson	8

Pitching

Stat	Player	Total
W	Liván Hernández	15
L	Liván Hernández Esteban Loaiza	10
ERA	John Patterson	3.13
SO	John Patterson	185
SV	Chad Cordero	47
IP	Liván Hernández	246.1

Awards and honors

Nationals among league leaders

Batting

Stat	Player	Total	NL Rank	MLB Rank
OBP	Nick Johnson	.408	6	8 (tie)
2B	Brad Wilkerson	42	7 (tie)	11 (tie)
3B	Brad Wilkerson	7	7 (tie)	12 (tie)

Pitching

Stat	Player	Total	NL Rank	MLB Rank
SV	Chad Cordero	47	1	1
HLD	Gary Majewski Luis Ayala	23	5 6 (tie)	10 (tie) 12 (tie)
W	Liván Hernández	15	9 (tie)	16 (tie)

All-Stars

• Liván Hernández, SP

Annual awards

• National League Rolaids Relief Man Award: Chad Cordero

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	New Orleans Zephyrs	Pacific Coast League	Tim Foli
AA	Harrisburg Senators	Eastern League	Keith Bodie
A	Potomac Nationals	Carolina League	Bob Henley
A	Savannah Sand Gnats	South Atlantic League	Randy Knorr
Short-Season A	Vermont Expos	New York–Penn League	Jose Alguacil and Bobby Williams
Rookie	GCL Nationals	Gulf Coast League	Wendell Kim

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