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2008 Washington Nationals
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkNationals Park
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersLerner Enterprises
General managersJim Bowden
ManagersManny Acta
TelevisionMASN
WDCA (My 20)
RadioWWWT
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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.

Offseason

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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

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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

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

Regular season

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March

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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

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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

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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

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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

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 92 70 .568 — 48‍–‍33 44‍–‍37
New York Mets 89 73 .549 3 48‍–‍33 41‍–‍40
Florida Marlins 84 77 .522 7½ 45‍–‍36 39‍–‍41
Atlanta Braves 72 90 .444 20 43‍–‍38 29‍–‍52
Washington Nationals 59 102 .366 32½ 34‍–‍46 25‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

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2008 National League record

Source: [1]
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona – 3–5 2–4 2–4 15–3 2–7 4–2 8–10 2–5 3–3 3–4 4–3 10–8 11–7 3–4 4–2 6–9
Atlanta 5–3 – 0–6 3–3 4–3 10–8 3–3 4–2 3–6 11–7 4–14 2–5 5–1 2–5 2–5 6–12 8–7
Chicago 4–2 6–0 – 8–7 5–1 4–3 8–9 5–2 9–7 4–2 3–4 14–4 5–2 4–3 9–6 3–3 6–9
Cincinnati 4–2 3–3 7–8 – 1–5 6–2 3–12 1–7 10–8 3–4 3–5 6–9 4–3 5–1 5–10 4–3 9–6
Colorado 3–15 3–4 1–5 5–1 – 5–3 3–3 8–10 4–3 3–6 0–5 5–2 9–9 11–7 3–4 4–3 7–8
Florida 7–2 8–10 3–4 2–6 3–5 – 4–2 3–4 5–1 8–10 10–8 3–2 4–2 3–3 2–5 14–3 5–10
Houston 2–4 3–3 9–8 12–3 3–3 2–4 – 4–3 7–8 5–2 3–4 8–8 3–3 7–1 7–8 4–2 7–11
Los Angeles 10–8 2–4 2–5 7–1 10–8 4–3 3–4 – 4–2 3–4 4–4 5–2 11–7 9–9 2–4 3–3 5–10
Milwaukee 5–2 6–3 7–9 8–10 3–4 1–5 8–7 2–4 – 2–4 1–5 14–1 4–3 6–0 10–5 6–2 7–8
New York 3–3 7–11 2–4 4–3 6–3 10–8 2–5 4–3 4–2 – 11–7 4–3 2–5 5–1 4–3 12–6 9–6
Philadelphia 4–3 14–4 4–3 5–3 5–0 8–10 4–3 4–4 5–1 7–11 – 4–2 4–2 3–3 5–4 12–6 4–11
Pittsburgh 3–4 5–2 4–14 9–6 2–5 2–3 8–8 2–5 1–14 3–4 2–4 – 3–4 4–2 10–7 3–4 6–9
San Diego 8–10 1–5 2–5 3–4 9–9 2–4 3–3 7–11 3–4 5–2 2–4 4–3 – 5–13 1–6 5–1 3–15
San Francisco 7–11 5–2 3–4 1–5 7–11 3–3 1–7 9–9 0–6 1–5 3–3 2–4 13–5 – 4–3 7–0 6–12
St. Louis 4–3 5–2 6–9 10–5 4–3 5–2 8–7 4–2 5–10 3–4 4–5 7–10 6–1 3–4 – 5–1 7–8
Washington 2–4 12–6 3–3 3–4 3–4 3–14 2–4 3–3 2–6 6–12 6–12 4–3 1–5 0–7 1–5 – 8–10
Nationals vs. American League
Team AL Central  
BAL LAA MIN SEA TEX
Washington 3—3 1—2 0—3 3—0 1–2

Opening Day lineup

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Opening Day Starters
Name Position
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

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Draft

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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

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2008 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Attendance

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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

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2008 Game Log
March (2–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 March 30 Braves 3–2 Rauch (1–0) Moylan (0–1) 39,389 1–0
2 March 31 @ Phillies 11–6 Rivera (1–0) Gordon (0–1) 44,553 2–0
April (9–17)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
3 April 2 @ Phillies 1–0 Redding (1–0) Hamels (0–1) Rauch (1) 44,986 3–0
4 April 3 @ Phillies 8–7 (10) Condrey (1–0) Colomé (0–1) 25,831 3–1
5 April 4 @ Cardinals 5–4 Looper (1-0) Pérez (0–1) Isringhausen (2) 37,191 3–2
6 April 5 @ Cardinals 5–4 Wainwright (1–0) Chico (0–1) Flores (1) 41,463 3–3
7 April 6 @ Cardinals 3–0 Lohse (1–0) Lannan (0–1) Isringhausen (3) 41,912 3–4
8 April 7 Marlins 10–7 Pinto (1–0) Redding (1–1) 20,487 3–5
9 April 9 Marlins 10–4 Olsen (1–0) Bergmann (0–1) 23,340 3–6
10 April 10 Marlins 4–3 Hendrickson (2–1) Pérez (0–2) Gregg (2) 24,549 3–7
11 April 11 Braves 3–0 Hudson (2–0) Chico (0–2) Moylan (1) 28,051 3–8
12 April 12 Braves 10–2 Smoltz (2–0) Lannan (0–2) 32,532 3–9
13 April 13 Braves 5–4 Redding (2–1) Glavine (0–1) Rauch (2) 29,151 4–9
14 April 15 @ Mets 6–0 Pelfrey (2–0) Pérez (0–3) 46,567 4–10
15 April 16 @ Mets 5–2 Maine (1–1) Chico (0–3) Wagner (2) 46,106 4–11
16 April 17 @ Mets 3–2 (14) Sosa (2–1) Hanrahan (0–1) 47,785 4–12
17 April 18 @ Marlins 6–4 Redding (3–1) J. Miller (1–1) Rauch (3) 13,279 5–12
18 April 19 @ Marlins 6–5 Gregg (2–0) Rivera (1–1) 18,944 5–13
19 April 20 @ Marlins 6–1 Olsen (3–0) Ayala (0–1) 11,635 5–14
20 April 21 @ Braves 7–3 Hudson (3–1) Chico (0–4) 16,706 5–15
21 April 22 @ Braves 6–0 Lannan (1–2) Smoltz (3–1) 23,482 6–15
22 April 23 Mets 7–2 Santana (3–2) Redding (3–2) 32,780 6–16
23 April 24 Mets 10–5 O'Connor (1–0) Pérez (2–1) 29,750 7–16
24 April 25 Cubs 5–3 Rauch (2–0) Howry (0–1) 35,154 8–16
25 April 26 Cubs 7–0 Zambrano (4–1) Chico (0–5) 35,188 8–17
26 April 27 Cubs 2–0 Lannan (2–2) Lilly (1–4) Rauch (4) 33,795 9–17
27 April 29 Braves 6–3 Rivera (2–1) Boyer (0–3) Rauch (5) 25,285 10–17
28 April 30 Braves 3–2 (12) Rivera (3–1) Acosta (0–1) 29,473 11–17
May (13–16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
29 May 1 Pirates 3–2 Ayala (1–1) Grabow (1–1) Rauch (6) 24,723 12–17
30 May 2 Pirates 11–4 Marte (2–0) Lannan (2–3) 26,001 12–18
31 May 3 Pirates 9–8 Colomé (1–1) Maholm (2–3) Rauch (7) 34,128 13–18
32 May 4 Pirates 5–2 Redding (4–2) Snell (2–2) 30,564 14–18
33 May 6 @ Astros 6–5 Brocail (2–0) Ayala (1–2) Valverde (7) 30,335 14–19
34 May 7 @ Astros 4–3 Valverde (4–1) Hanrahan (0–2) 30,432 14–20
35 May 8 @ Astros 8–3 Lannan (3–3) Backe (2–4) 33,433 15–20
36 May 9 Marlins 7–3 Nolasco (2–3) Redding (4–3) 23,379 15–21
37 May 10 Marlins 11–0 A. Miller (3–2) O'Connor (1–1) 28,663 15–22
38 May 11 Marlins 5–4 Kensing (2–0) Ayala (1–3) Gregg (7) 25,871 15–23
39 May 12 @ Mets 10–4 Pérez (1–3) Figueroa (2–3) 45,321 16–23
40 May 13 @ Mets 6–3 Maine (5–2) Lannan (3–4) Wagner (8) 46,618 16–24
41 May 14 @ Mets 5–3 Redding (5–3) Vargas (0–1) Rauch (8) 48,529 17–24
42 May 15 @ Mets 1–0 Bergmann (1–1) Pelfrey (2–4) Rauch (9) 51,769 18–24
43 May 16 @ Orioles 5–3 Olson (3–0) Hill (0–1) Sherrill (16) 29,266 18–25
44 May 17 @ Orioles 6–5 Burres (4–4) Pérez (1–4) Sherrill (17) 32,662 18–26
45 May 18 @ Orioles 2–1 Lannan (4–4) Guthrie (2–4) Rauch (10) 33,745 19–26
46 May 19 Phillies 4–0 Redding (6–3) Myers (2–5) 25,394 20–26
47 May 20 Phillies 1–0 Gordon (4–2) Rauch (2–1) Lidge (11) 28,105 20–27
48 May 21 Phillies 12–2 Moyer (4–3) Chico (0–6) 28,055 20–28
49 May 23 Brewers 5–1 Sanches (1–0) Suppan (2–4) 28,007 21–28
50 May 24 Brewers 5–2 McClung (2–1) Lannan (4–5) Torres (2) 30,029 21–29
51 May 25 Brewers 7–6 Rauch (3–1) Mota (1–3) 35,567 22–29
52 May 26 Brewers 4–3 (11) Villanueva (3–5) Rivera (3–2) Torres (3) 28,552 22–30
53 May 27 @ Padres 4–2 Bell (1–3) Manning (0–1) Hoffman (10) 18,744 22–31
54 May 28 @ Padres 6–4 Pérez (2–4) Estes (1–1) Rauch (11) 19,201 23–31
55 May 29 @ Padres 5–2 Bell (2–3) Rivera (3–3) Hoffman (11) 25,021 23–32
56 May 30 @ D-backs 7–4 Hanrahan (1–0) Owings (6–3) Rauch (12) 25,391 24–32
57 May 31 @ D-backs 4–0 Webb (10–2) Bergmann (1–2) 38,507 24–33
June (9–18)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
58 June 1 @ D-backs 5–0 Haren (6–4) Hill (0–2) 28,249 24–34
59 June 3 Cardinals 6–1 Lohse (6–2) Pérez (2–5) 26,875 24–35
— June 4 Cardinals Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 5 as part of a doubleheader
60 June 5 (1) Cardinals 4–1 Wellemeyer (7–1) Lannan (4–6) Franklin (7) 27,264 24–36
61 June 5 (2) Cardinals 10–9 (10) Sanches (2–0) Franklin (2–2) 32,357 25–36
62 June 6 Giants 10–1 Lincecum (8–1) Bergmann (1–3) 25,987 25–37
63 June 7 Giants 6–0 Sánchez (5–3) Hill (0–3) 30,652 25–38
64 June 8 Giants 6–3 Zito (2–9) Mock (0–1) Wilson (17) 30,224 25–39
65 June 9 Giants 3–2 Cain (3–4) Clippard (0–1) Wilson (18) 26,209 25–40
66 June 10 @ Pirates 7–6 Hanrahan (2–2) Capps (0–1) Rauch (13) 12,957 26–40
67 June 11 @ Pirates 3–1 Snell (3–6) Lannan (4–7) Capps (16) 15,439 26–41
68 June 12 @ Pirates 7–5 Gorzelanny (5–5) Bergmann (1–4) Marte (1) 16,306 26–42
69 June 13 @ Mariners 7–6 Hill (1–3) Dickey (1–2) Rauch (14) 35,941 27–42
70 June 14 @ Mariners 5–2 Clippard (1–1) Batista (3–8) Rauch (15) 32,145 28–42
71 June 15 @ Mariners 6–2 Colomé (2–1) Lowe (1–3) 38,548 29–42
72 June 17 @ Twins 2–1 Hernández (7–4) Lannan (4–8) Nathan (18) 20,920 29–43
73 June 18 @ Twins 11–2 Slowey (4–6) Bergmann (1–5) 23,841 29–44
74 June 19 @ Twins 9–3 Perkins (3–2) Hill (1–4) 24,793 29–45
75 June 20 Rangers 4–3 (14) Hanrahan (3–2) Wright (4–3) 30,359 30–45
76 June 21 Rangers 13–3 Gabbard (2–3) Mock (0–2) Mendoza (1) 32,975 30–46
77 June 22 Rangers 5–3 Padilla (10–3) Ayala (1–4) Wilson (15) 32,690 30–47
78 June 23 Angels 3–2 Lackey (5–1) Rivera (3–4) Rodríguez (31) 24,805 30–48
79 June 24 Angels 8–3 Garland (7–4) Hill (1–5) 28,531 30–49
80 June 25 Angels 5–4 Rauch (4–1) Shields (3–2) 29,180 31–49
81 June 27 Orioles 4–2 Hanrahan (4–2) Cabrera (5–4) Rauch (16) 35,830 32–49
82 June 28 Orioles 9–1 Olson (6–3) Lannan (4–9) Cormier (1) 39,479 32–50
83 June 29 Orioles 3–2 (12) Hanrahan (5–2) Sherrill (2–3) 39,824 33–50
84 June 30 @ Marlins 6–5 (10) Gregg (6–2) Rauch (4–2) 10,888 33–51
July (5–19)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
85 July 1 @ Marlins 9–6 Balester (1–0) Hendrickson (7–7) 12,166 34–51
86 July 2 @ Marlins 4–2 Nolasco (9–4) Manning (0–2) 23,624 34–52
87 July 3 @ Reds 5–3 Cueto (7–8) Colomé (2–2) Cordero (16) 23,259 34–53
88 July 4 @ Reds 3–0 Arroyo (6–7) Bergmann (1–6) Cordero (17) 22,626 34–54
89 July 5 @ Reds 3–2 Cordero (4–1) Hanrahan (5–3) 37,121 34–55
90 July 6 @ Reds 6–5 Vólquez (11–3) Balester (1–1) Cordero (18) 28,814 34–56
91 July 8 D-backs 2–0 Webb (13–4) Pérez (2–6) Lyon (19) 26,820 34–57
92 July 9 D-backs 5–0 Lannan (5–9) Owings (6–8) 25,862 35–57
93 July 10 D-backs 7–5 (11) Qualls (2–6) Ayala (1–5) 27,330 35–58
94 July 11 Astros 10–0 Redding (7–3) Paronto (0–1) Shell (1) 33,653 36–58
95 July 12 Astros 6–4 Rodríguez (4–3) Balester (1–2) Valverde (24) 30,682 36–59
96 July 13 Astros 5–0 Backe (6–9) Pérez (2–7) 31,463 36–60
All–Star Break (July 14–16)
97 July 18 @ Braves 7–6 Hudson (10–7) Redding (7–4) González (4) 39,861 36–61
98 July 19 @ Braves 8–2 Lannan (6–9) Jurrjens (9–5) 43,285 37–61
99 July 20 @ Braves 15–6 Pérez (3–7) Reyes (3–9) 29,320 38–61
100 July 22 @ Giants 6–3 Zito (5–12) Bergmann (1–7) Wilson (26) 34,813 38–62
101 July 23 @ Giants 6–4 Espineli (1–0) Ayala (1–6) Wilson (27) 35,539 38–63
102 July 24 @ Giants 1–0 Cain (6–8) Redding (7–5) 36,963 38–64
103 July 25 @ Dodgers 3–2 Billingsley (10–9) Lannan (6–10) Broxton (3) 47,313 38–65
104 July 26 @ Dodgers 6–0 Lowe (8–8) Pérez (3–8) 42,122 38–66
105 July 27 @ Dodgers 2–0 Kershaw (1–3) Bergmann (1–8) Broxton (4) 38,660 38–67
106 July 29 Phillies 2–1 Myers (4–9) Balester (1–3) Lidge (25) 34,039 38–68
107 July 30 Phillies 8–5 Moyer (10–6) Redding (7–6) Lidge (26) 31,798 38–69
108 July 31 Phillies 8–4 Kendrick (9–5) Lannan (6–11) 31,658 38–70
August (14–15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
109 August 1 Reds 5–2 Pérez (4–8) Bailey (0–5) 30,572 39–70
110 August 2 Reds 10–6 Manning (1–2) Lincoln (1–3) 30,970 40–70
111 August 3 Reds 4–2 Balester (2–3) Cueto (7–11) Hanrahan (1) 32,939 41–70
112 August 4 @ Rockies 9–4 Redding (8–6) Cook (14–7) 33,143 42–70
113 August 5 @ Rockies 8–2 Corpas (2–3) Ayala (1–7) 27,483 42–71
— August 6 @ Rockies Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 7 as part of a doubleheader
114 August 7 (1) @ Rockies 6–3 Bergmann (2–8) Francis (3–8) Hanrahan (2) 30,448 43–71
115 August 7 (2) @ Rockies 6–3 Pérez (5–8) Jiménez (8–10) Hanrahan (3) 30,448 44–71
116 August 8 @ Brewers 5–0 Sabathia (6–0) Balester (2–4) 43,209 44–72
117 August 9 @ Brewers 6–0 Sheets (11–5) Redding (8–7) 42,974 44–73
118 August 10 @ Brewers 5–4 Mota (3–5) (13) Ayala (1–8) 42,423 44–74
119 August 11 @ Brewers 7–1 Bush (7–9) Mock (0–3) 42,196 44–75
120 August 12 Mets 4–3 Santana (10–7) Rivera (3–5) Feliciano (1) 32,186 44–76
121 August 13 Mets 12–0 Maine (10–7) Bergmann (2–9) Stokes (1) 30,814 44–77
122 August 14 Mets 9–3 Pérez (9–7) Balester (2–5) 31,058 44–78
123 August 15 Rockies 4–3 de la Rosa (6–6) Redding (8–8) Fuentes (23) 27,965 44–79
124 August 16 Rockies 13–6 Hernández (1–1) Lannan (6–12) 28,909 44–80
125 August 17 Rockies 7–2 Cook (15–8) Pérez (5–9) 31,467 44–81
126 August 19 @ Phillies 5 – 4 Madson (3-1) Shell (0-1) Lidge (31) 44,143 44-82
127 August 20 @ Phillies 4 – 0 Myers (6-10) Balester (2-6) 45,166 44-83
128 August 21 @ Phillies 4-3 Rivera (4-5) Madson (3-2) Hanrahan (4) 41,568 45-83
129 August 22 @ Cubs 13-5 Lannan (7-12) Cotts (0-2) 40,513 46-83
130 August 23 @ Cubs 9-2 Dempster (15-5) Pérez (5-10) 40,708 46-84
131 August 24 @ Cubs 6-1 Harden (9-2) Bergmann (2-10) 40,682 46-85
132 August 26 Dodgers 2-1 Balester (3-6) Derek Lowe Hanrahan (5) 26,110 47-85
133 August 27 Dodgers 5-4 Redding (9-8) Maddux (6-11) Hanrahan (6) 22,907 48-85
134 August 28 Dodgers 11-2 Lannan (8-12) Kershaw (2-5) 26,338 49-85
135 August 29 Braves 7-3 Pérez (6-10) Campillo Hanrahan 22,737 50-85
136 August 30 Braves 9-8 Shell (1-1) V. Núñez (0-2) 30,326 51-85
137 August 31 Braves 8-4 Mock (1-3) Elmer Dessens (0-1) 31,090 52-85
September (7–17)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
138 September 1 Phillies 7–4 Redding (10–8) Kendrick (11–8) 28,393 53–85
139 September 2 Phillies 4–0 Hamels (12–8) Lannan (8–13) 23,150 53–86
140 September 3 Phillies 9–7 Rivera (5–5) C. Durbin (5–4) 23,122 54–86
141 September 4 @ Braves 2-0 Parr (1–0) Martis (0–1) Gonzalez (9) 18,708 54–87
142 September 5 @ Braves 10-5 Jurrjens (12–9) Bergmann (2–11) 25,064 54–88
143 September 6 @ Braves 8-5 (10) Hanrahan (6–3) Gonzalez (0–2) Shell (2) 34,369 55–88
144 September 7 @ Braves 7-4 (14) Shell (2–1) Bennett (2–6) Hanrahan (8) 30,753 56–88
145 September 9 @ Mets 10–8 Smith (4–3) Manning (1–3) Ayala (6) 50,382 56–89
146 September 10 @ Mets 13–10 Smith (5–3) Rivera (5–6) Ayala (7) 52,431 56–90
147 September 12 @ Marlins 2 – 1 Olsen (7-10) Martis (0-2) Lindstrom (3) 12,121 56–91
148 September 13 @ Marlins 4 – 2 Johnson (5-1) Redding (10-9) Lindstrom (4) 16,307 56–92
149 September 14 @ Marlins 8 – 7 A. Miller (6-9) Shell (2-2) Rhodes (2) 12,024 56–93
150 September 15 Mets 7–2 Lannan (9–13) P. Martínez (5–5) 21,759 57–93
151 September 16 Mets 1–0 Pérez (7–10) Pelfrey (13–10) Hanrahan (9) 24,997 58–93
152 September 17 Mets 9–7 Knight (1–0) Martis (0–3) Ayala (8) 25,019 58–94
153 September 18 Mets 7–2 Santana (14–7) Redding (10–10) 25,426 58–95
154 September 19 Padres 11-6(14) Hampson (2-1) Speigner (0-1) 28,600 58-96
155 September 20 Padres 6-1 Young (6-6) Lannan (9-14) 27,474 58-97
156 September 21 Padres 6-2 Baek (6-10) Pérez (7-11) 29,608 58-98
157 September 23 Marlins 9 – 4 Martis (1-3) Olsen (8-11) 20,657 59–98
158 September 24 Marlins 9 – 4 Johnson (7-1) Redding (10-11) 23,299 59–99
-- September 25 Marlins Cancelled (rain) No make-up game was scheduled
159 September 26 @ Phillies 8–4 Blanton (9–12) Balester (3–7) 44,145 59–100
160 September 27 @ Phillies 4–3 Moyer (16–7) Lannan (9–15) Lidge (41) 45,177 59–101
161 September 28 @ Phillies 8–3 Walrond (1–1) Pérez (7–12) 44,945 59–102

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Batting

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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

Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
LF Willie Harris 140 367 28 92 14 4 13 43 .251 13
CF Lastings Milledge 138 523 65 140 24 2 14 61 .268 24
SS Cristian Guzmán 138 579 77 183 35 5 9 55 .316 6
3B Ryan Zimmerman 106 428 51 121 24 1 14 51 .283 1
1B Aaron Boone 104 232 23 56 13 1 6 28 .241 0
2B Felipe López 100 325 34 76 20 0 2 25 .234 4
IF Ronnie Belliard 96 296 37 85 22 0 11 46 .287 3
C Jesus Flores 90 301 23 77 18 1 8 59 .256 0
RF Austin Kearns 86 313 40 68 10 0 7 32 .217 2
RF Elijah Dukes 81 276 48 73 16 2 13 44 .264 13
OF Ryan Langerhans 73 111 17 26 5 2 3 12 .234 2
P Saúl Rivera 72 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
C Wil Nieves 68 176 15 46 9 1 1 20 .261 0
CI Kory Casto 66 163 15 35 10 0 2 16 .215 1
P Joel Hanrahan 65 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
LF Wily Mo Pena 64 195 10 40 6 0 2 10 .205 0
P Luis Ayala 60 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Jesús Colomé 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Charlie Manning 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
1B Dmitri Young 50 150 15 42 6 0 4 10 .280 0
UT Pete Orr 49 75 10 19 2 1 0 7 .253 1
UT Paul Lo Duca 46 139 13 32 7 0 0 12 .230 1
P Jon Rauch 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
2B Emilio Bonifacio 41 157 26 39 5 5 0 12 .248 6
P Steven Shell 39 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
1B Nick Johnson 38 109 15 24 8 0 5 20 .220 0
OF Rob Mackowiak 38 53 7 7 1 0 1 4 .132 0
P Tim Redding 34 47 2 8 1 0 0 3 .170 0
P Odalis Perez 30 53 4 8 2 0 0 2 .151 0
P John Lannan 29 45 0 1 0 0 0 0 .022 0
P Jason Bergmann 29 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
2B Anderson Hernandez 28 81 11 27 4 0 0 17 .333 0
P Garrett Mock 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
OF Roger Bernadina 26 76 10 16 1 1 0 2 .211 4
C Johnny Estrada 23 53 0 9 0 0 0 4 .170 0
IF Alberto González 17 49 9 17 6 0 1 9 .347 0
P Collin Balester 15 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 .200 0
P Mike Hinckley 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Ray King 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Marco Estrada 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Matt Chico 10 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 .154 0
C Luke Montz 10 21 2 3 0 0 1 3 .143 0
P Brian Sanches 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Shawn Hill 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Levale Speigner 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Chad Cordero 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Shairon Martis 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Michael O'Connor 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Chris Schroder 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Tyler Clippard 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0
Team Totals 161 5491 641 1376 269 26 117 608 .251 81

Pitching

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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

Pos Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
SP Tim Redding 10 11 4.95 33 33 0 182.0 195 110 100 65 120
SP John Lannan 9 15 3.91 31 31 0 182.0 172 89 79 72 117
SP Odalis Perez 7 12 4.34 30 30 0 159.2 182 87 77 55 119
RP Joel Hanrahan 6 3 3.95 69 0 9 84.1 73 40 37 42 93
RP Saúl Rivera 5 6 3.96 76 0 0 84.0 90 41 37 35 65
CL Jon Rauch 4 2 2.98 48 0 17 48.1 42 18 16 7 44
SP Collin Balester 3 7 5.51 15 15 0 80.0 92 53 49 28 50
SP Jason Bergmann 2 11 5.09 30 22 0 139.2 153 94 79 47 96
Steven Shell 2 2 2.16 39 0 2 50.0 34 14 12 20 41
Brian Sanches 2 0 7.36 12 0 0 11.1 16 10 9 5 10
RP Jesús Colomé 2 2 4.31 61 0 0 71.0 61 38 34 39 55
Tyler Clippard 1 1 4.35 2 2 0 10.1 12 5 5 7 8
Charlie Manning 1 3 5.14 57 0 0 42.0 35 25 24 31 37
Garrett Mock 1 3 4.17 26 3 0 41.0 37 20 19 23 46
Shairon Martis 1 3 5.66 5 4 0 20.2 18 14 13 12 23
Mike O'Connor 1 1 13.00 5 1 0 9.0 11 13 13 11 4
Shawn Hill 1 5 5.83 12 12 0 63.1 88 47 41 23 39
RP Luis Ayala 1 8 5.77 62 0 0 57.2 63 41 37 22 36
Marco Estrada 0 0 7.82 11 0 0 12.2 17 13 11 5 10
Ray King 0 0 5.68 12 0 0 6.1 9 4 4 4 1
Levale Speigner 0 1 11.25 7 0 0 8.0 13 10 10 6 1
Chris Schroder 0 0 5.4 4 0 0 5.0 6 3 3 6 3
Matt Chico 0 6 6.19 11 8 0 48.0 63 34 34 17 31
Chad Cordero 0 0 2.08 6 0 0 4.1 6 1 1 3 5
Mike Hinckley 0 0 0.00 14 0 0 13.2 8 1 0 3 9
Team Totals 59 102 4.66 161 161 28 1434.0 1496 825 742 588 1063

Team leaders

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Qualifying players only.

Batting

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Stat Player Total
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

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Stat Player Total
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

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All-Stars

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Washington's Top 20 Prospects

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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

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Potomac

References

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  1. ^ a b baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & New York Mets
  2. ^ baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Tampa Bay Rays
  3. ^ a b baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & New York Yankees
  4. ^ Anonymous, "," Washington Nationals press release, March 12, 2008, 8:55 a.m. EDT.
  5. ^ baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Arizona Diamondbacks
  6. ^ baseball-reference.com 2008 Washington Nationals Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  7. ^ baseball-reference.com 2008 Washington Nationals
  8. ^ baseball-reference.com 2005 Washington Nationals
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