2005 Washington Nationals season

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. Although they recorded an 81-81 record, the Nationals nevertheless finished last for a second consecutive year although they were only nine games behind the NL East champion Atlanta Braves.

2005 Washington Nationals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Major League Baseball
General manager(s)Jim Bowden
Manager(s)Frank Robinson
Local televisionMASN
WDCA (UPN 20)
WTTG (Fox 5)
(Mel Proctor, Ron Darling, Kenny Albert)
Local radioWFED
WWZZ
(Charlie Slowes, Dave Shea)
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Offseason

On November 9, 2004, the Nationals traded Maicer Izturis and Juan Rivera to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for José Guillén.[1] On November 24, 2004, the Nationals traded minor-leaguer Antonio Sucre to the Pittsburgh Pirates for J. J. Davis.[2] On January 19, 2005, they signed Esteban Loaiza as a free agent.[3] On February 7, 2005, they signed Melvin Nieves, also as a free agent.[4] On February 13, 2005, the Nationals traded minor-leaguer Jerry Owens to the Chicago White Sox for Alex Escobar.[5] On February 15, 2005, they traded Alejandro Machado to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later; the Red Sox sent minor-leaguer Carlos Torres to the Nationals on March 28, 2005, to complete the trade.[6] Meanwhile, on March 22, 2005, the Nationals traded minor-leaguer A. J. Wideman to the Toronto Blue Jays for Tyrell Godwin[7] and on March 24, 2005, they traded Seth Greisinger to the Atlanta Braves as part of a conditional deal.[8]

Spring training

The Nationals held their 2005 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium.

Advertising and marketing

The Nationals' marketing slogan for the season was "Let Yourself Go." Nationals Vice President of Sales and Marketing David Cope explained that the slogan told "people to come to the game, to let themselves come out here [to Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium]. But then once you're here, have fun, let loose. We don't want it to feel like stuffy old D.C. -- and it doesn't."[9]

Mascot
Screech, the Washington Nationals' bald eagle mascot, as he appeared from 2005 through 2008. A much slimmer version of Screech debuted just before the beginning of the 2009 season.

Screech, the mascot of the Washington Nationals, made his debut near the beginning of the 2005 season. 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 during the third home game in Nationals history, a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. A nine-year-old fourth-grade student in Washington, Glenda Gutierrez, designed the mascot and won a contest sponsored by the team, explaining that Screech was "strong and eats almost everything." The first, chubby version of Screech appeared during the team's first four seasons in Washington; just before the start of the 2009 season, the Nationals replaced him with a thin version who debuted in March 2009, explaining that Screech had "grown up" and become a "teenager."[10]

Broadcast media difficulties

The Nationals' broadcasting deal for 2005 was put together at the last minute and led to difficulties for fans attempting to follow the team on radio or television. Its two flagship radio stations – FM-104.1 WWZZ in Waldorf, Maryland, and AM-1050 WFED in Silver Spring, Maryland – had weak signals and were not audible in many of Washington′s suburbs. On television, the Nationals′ network, the new Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), was carried on DirecTv, RCN Cable, and Verizon′s fiberoptic service and WTTG Channel 5 and WDCA Channel 20 broadcast 79 games, but the Washington area′s dominant cable television provider, Comcast, refused to carry MASN during the season because of an ongoing legal battle with MASN over broadcast rights to Baltimore Orioles games. The limitation of radio and television coverage forced may Nationals fans to rely on print media and in-person attendance at games to follow the team during 2005.[11]

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.

President George W. Bush throws out a ceremonial first pitch in 2005.

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 5​2⁄3 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 010 002 100 4131
Philadelphia 021 040 10x 8141
W: Lieber (1-0)   L: Hernandez (0-1)   
HRs: Terrmel Sledge, Kenny Lofton Attendance: 44,080.[12]

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

National League East
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9072 0.556 — 53–28 37–44
Philadelphia Phillies 8874 0.543 2 46–35 42–39
Florida Marlins 8379 0.512 7 45–36 38–43
New York Mets 8379 0.512 7 48–33 35–46
Washington Nationals 8181 0.500 9 41–40 40–41

Record vs. opponents
2005 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona—3–35–22–411–72–43–313–52–41–63–43–410–97–112–52–48–10
Atlanta3–3—6–17–32–410–85–13–33–313–69–104–31–54–23–310–97–8
Chicago2–51–6—6–94–35–49–74–27–92–42–411–54–35–210–61–56–9
Cincinnati4–23–79–6—3–32–44–123–46–103–33–49–74–23–55–115–17-8
Colorado 7–114–23–43–3—3–31–511–81–53–42–43–77–117–114–42–46–9
Florida4–28–104–54–23–3—4–35–23–48–109–103–42–44–23–49–910–5
Houston3–31–57–912–45–13-4—4–210–55–56–09–74–33–45–115–27–8
Los Angeles 5–133–32–44–38–112–52–4—5–13–33–35–211–79–102–52–45–13
Milwaukee4–23–39–710–65–14–35–101–5—3–34–59–73–44–35–114–48–7
New York6–16–134–23–34–310–85–53–33–3—11–73–34–23–32–511–85–10
Philadelphia4-310–94–24–34–210–90–63–35–47–11—4–36–05–14–211–87–8
Pittsburgh4–33–45–117–97–34–37–92–57–93–33–4—3–42–44–121–55–7
San Diego9–105–13–42–411–74–23–47–114–32–40–64–3—12–64–35–17–11
San Francisco11–72–42–55–311–72–44–310–93–43–31–54–26–12—2–43–36–12
St. Louis5–23–36–1011–54–44-311–55–211–55–22–412–43–44–2—4–210–5
Washington4–29–105–11–54–29-92–54–24–48–118–115–11–53–32–4—12–6

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Brad WilkersonCenter fielder
Cristian GuzmánShortstop
José VidroSecond baseman
José GuillénRight fielder
Nick JohnsonFirst baseman
Vinny CastillaThird baseman
Termel SledgeLeft fielder
Brian SchneiderCatcher
Liván HernándezStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Draft

The 2005 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place on June 7 and 8. With their first pick – the fourth pick overall – the Nationals selected third baseman Ryan Zimmerman, who would advance through the minor leagues quickly and join the Nationals in September. Other notable players the Nationals selected were outfielder Justin Maxwell (fourth round, 114th overall), pitcher Marco Estrada (sixth round, 174th overall), pitcher John Lannan (11th round, 324th overall), pitcher Craig Stammen (12th round, 354th overall), pitcher Ryan Buchter (33rd round, 984th overall), first baseman Tyler Moore (41st round, 1,222nd overall), and pitcher Scott Barnes (43rd round, 1,280th overall).[19] Moore and Barnes did not sign with the team.

Roster
2005 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers
  • 36 Tony Armas, Jr.
  • 31 Sun Woo Kim
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Attendance

The Nationals drew 2,731,993 fans at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in 2005, placing them eighth in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams.[20]

Game log
Game Log
April (13-11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1April 4@ Philadelphia Phillies4-8Lieber (1-0)Hernández (0-1)44,0800-1
2April 6@ Philadelphia Phillies7-3Eischen (1-0)[21]Worrell (0-1)23,4351-1
3April 7@ Philadelphia Phillies5-4 (10)Cordero (1-0)Cormier (0-1)21,6932-1
4April 8@ Florida Marlins0-9Willis (1-0)Ohka (0-1)19,3272-2
5April 9@ Florida Marlins3-2 (10)Cordero (2-0)Alfonseca (0-1)30,7393-2
6April 10@ Florida Marlins0-8Beckett (2-0)Patterson (0-1)25,0893-3
7April 11@ Atlanta Braves2-11Hampton (1-0)Day (0-1)16,5843-4
8April 12@ Atlanta Braves4-3Ayala (1-0)Kolb (0-1)Cordero (1)20,1224-4
9April 13@ Atlanta Braves11-4Ohka (1-1)Thomson (1-1)19,0935-4
10April 14Arizona Diamondbacks5-3Hernández (1-1)Vázquez (0-2)Cordero (2)45,5966-4
11April 16Arizona Diamondbacks9-3Patterson (1-1)Ortiz (1-1)34,9437-4
12April 17Arizona Diamondbacks7-3Tucker (1-0)Koplove (1-1)35,4638-4
13April 18Florida Marlins4-9Willis (3-0)Ohka (1-2)24,0038-5
14April 19Florida Marlins3-6Moehler (1-0)Hernández (1-2)25,9908-6
15April 20Atlanta Braves2-0Day (1-1)Ramírez (1-1)Cordero (3)27,3749-6
16April 21Atlanta Braves1-2Reitsma (1-0)Cordero (2-1)Kolb (5)30,7289-7
17April 22@ New York Mets1-3Glavine (1-2)Loaiza (0-1)Looper (2)28,4889-8
18April 23@ New York Mets5-10Seo (1-0)Ohka (1-3)44,0589-9
19April 24@ New York Mets11-4Hernández (2-2)Zambrano (1-2)43,31310-9
20April 25Philadelphia Phillies4-5Lidle (1-2)Day (1-2)Wagner (4)24,95610-10
21April 26Philadelphia Phillies3-1Patterson (2-1)Lieber(4-1)Cordero (4)23,33211-10
22April 27Philadelphia Phillies0-3Cormier (1-1)Loaiza (0-2)Wagner (5)27,48311-11
23April 29New York Mets5-1Hernández (3-2)Seo (1-1)Cordero (5)30,62712-11
24April 30New York Mets5-3Ohka (2-3)Zambrano (1-3)Carrasco (1)40,91313-11
May (14-14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
25May 1New York Mets3-6Hernández (2-0)Ayala (1-1)Looper (4)27,33313-12
26May 2@ Los Angeles Dodgers6-2Loaiza (1-2)Erickson (1-3)34,07914-12
27May 3@ Los Angeles Dodgers2-4Weaver (3-2)Rauch (0-1)Brazobán (9)41,19014-13
28May 4@ Los Angeles Dodgers5-2Hernández (4-2)Pérez (4-2)33,08115-13
29May 6@ San Francisco Giants9-3Rauch (1-1)Lowry (1-3)40,42516-13
30May 7@ San Francisco Giants11-8Ayala (2-1)Accardo (0-1)Cordero (6)40,22017-13
31May 8@ San Francisco Giants3-4 (13)Christiansen (2-0)Rauch (1-2)36,90317-14
32May 9@ Arizona Diamondbacks4-3Hernández (5-2)Valverde (0-1)Cordero (7)19,44018-14
33May 10@ Arizona Diamondbacks2-3Estes (3-3)Armas (0-1)Lyon (12)23,18118-15
34May 11@ Arizona Diamondbacks2-3Cormier (2-0)Rauch (1-3)Lyon (13)21,01118-16
35May 13Chicago Cubs3-6Ohman (1-0)Ayala (2-2)Wellemeyer (1)36,58518-17
36May 14Chicago Cubs4-3Hernández (6-2)Zambrano (3-2)Cordero (8)42,82919-17
37May 15Chicago Cubs5-4Carrasco(1-0)Bartosh (0-2)Cordero (9)44,10320-17
38May 16Milwaukee Brewers5-2Armas (1-1)Davis (4-5)Ayala (1)26,60621-17
39May 17Milwaukee Brewers2-8Obermueller (1-0)Vargas (0-1)26,42721-18
40May 18Milwaukee Brewers1-0Majewski (1-0)Capuano (3-3)29,21622-18
41May 19Milwaukee Brewers3-2Hernández (7-2)Santos (1-4)Cordero (10)30,96823-18
42May 20Toronto Blue Jays1-6Lilly (2-4)Vargas (0-2)Walker (1)17,46523-19
43May 21Toronto Blue Jays0-7Halladay (7-2)Armas (1-2)24,51823-20
44May 22Toronto Blue Jays9-2Ohka (3-3)Towers (5-2)28,40824-20
45May 23@ Cincinnati Reds3-5Milton (3-5)Loaiza (1-3)Weathers (1)17,63024-21
46May 24@ Cincinnati Reds3-4 (15)Keisler (1-0)Ayala (2-3)36,53924-22
47May 25@ Cincinnati Reds3-12Belisle (2-4)Vargass (0-3)20,49724-23
48May 27@ St. Louis Cardinals3-6Morris (5-0)Armas (1-3)Isringhausen (13)47,38324-24
49May 28@ St. Louis Cardinals1-3Suppan (4-5)Loaiza (1-4)Isringhausen (14)49,12324-25
50May 29@ St. Louis Cardinals3-2Hernández (8-2)Carpenter (7-3)Cordero (11)47,01225-25
51May 30Atlanta Braves3-2Ohka (4-3)Davies (2-1)Cordero (12)39,70526-25
52May 31Atlanta Braves5-4Ayala (3-3)Colón (0-2)Cordero (13)29,51227-25
June (20-6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
53June 1Atlanta Braves4-5Smoltz (4-2)Carrasco (1-1)Reitsma (2)28,28027-26
54June 2Atlanta Braves8-6Carrasco (2-1)Kolb (1-5)Cordero (14)29,22528-26
55June 3Florida Marlins3-2 (11)Ayala (4-3)Bump (0-3)29,43929-26
56June 4Florida Marlins7-3Kim (1-0)Leiter (2-6)33,19830-26
57June 5Florida Marlins6-3Ayala (5-3)Riedling (2-1)Cordero (15)40,99531-26
58June 7Oakland Athletics2-1Armas (2-3)Zito (2-7)Cordero (16)26,87932-26
59June 8Oakland Athletics7-2Loaiza (2-4)Glynn (0-2)28,74933-26
60June 9Oakland Athletics4-3Hernández (9-2)Blanton (1-6)Cordero (17)26,67234-26
61June 10Seattle Mariners9-3Ayala (6-3)Hasegawa (1-2)28,70735-26
62June 11Seattle Mariners2-1Patterson (3-1)Putz (1-2)Cordero (18)39,10836-26
63June 12Seattle Mariners3-2Armas (3-3)Franklin (2-8)Cordero (19)37,17037-26
64June 13@ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim1-11Byrd (6-5)Loaiza (2-5)40,79037-27
65June 14@ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim6-3Majewski (2-0)Shields (5-4)Cordero (20)43,87438-27
66June 15@ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim1-0Drese (5-6)Colón (8-4)Cordero (21)43,50539-27
67June 17@ Texas Rangers1-8Rogers (9-2)Patterson (3-2)33,65339-28
68June 18@ Texas Rangers4-7Rodríguez (2-0)Armas (3-4)48,66339-29
69June 19@ Texas Rangers8-2Hughes (1-0)Wilson (0-1)34,47440-29
70June 20@ Pittsburgh Pirates7-4Hernández (10-2)Redman (4-5)Cordero (22)21,89341-29
71June 21@ Pittsburgh Pirates4-11Pérez (6-5)Drese (5-7)26,00641-30
72June 22@ Pittsburgh Pirates5-4Carrasco (3-1)Gonzalez (0-3)Cordero (23)24,06442-30
73June 24Toronto Blue Jays3-0Loaiza (3-5)Towers (5-7)Cordero (24)36,68943-30
74June 25Toronto Blue Jays5-2Hernández (11-2)Lilly (5-8)Cordero (25)39,88144-30
75June 26Toronto Blue Jays5-9Speier (1-1)Ayala (6-4)Batista (14)33,55744-31
76June 28Pittsburgh Pirates2-1Drese (6-7)Fogg (4-4)Cordero (26)35,82845-31
77June 29Pittsburgh Pirates3-2Ayala (7-4)Torres (2-3)Cordero (27)31,21346-31
78June 30Pittsburgh Pirates7-5Loaiza (4-5)Wells (5-8)Cordero (28)37,36147-31
July (9-18)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
79July 1@ Chicago Cubs4-3Hernández (12-2)Prior (5-2)Carrasco (2)38,97348-31
80July 2@ Chicago Cubs4-2Armas (4-4)Williams (1-3)Cordero (29)40,48849-31
81July 3@ Chicago Cubs5-4 (12)Eischen (2-0)Mitre (2-4)40,00650-31
82July 4New York Mets2-5Hernández (4-2)Kim (1-1)Looper (18)44,33150-32
83July 5New York Mets3-2Loaiza (5-5)Martínez (9-3)Cordero (30)35,08751-32
84July 6New York Mets3-5Glavine (6-7)Hernández (12-3)Looper (19)38,14851-33
85July 7New York Mets2-3 (11)Bell (1-3)Ayala (7-5)Looper (20)44,49251-34
86July 8@ Philadelphia Phillies8-7Drese (7-7)Tejeda (3-2)Cordero (31)44,68852-34
87July 9@ Philadelphia Phillies0-1Wagner (2-1)Carrasco (3-2)33,36552-35
88July 10@ Philadelphia Phillies4-5 (12)Cormier (3-2)Kim (1-2)34,12452-36
All–Star Break (July 11–13)
89July 14@ Milwaukee Brewers2-4Wise (3-2)Majewski (2-1)Turnbow (18)30,61152-37
90July 15@ Milwaukee Brewers3-4 (10) Santana (2-3)Ayala (7-6)40,69052-38
91July 16@ Milwaukee Brewers5-3Loaiza (6-5)Bottalico (2-2)Cordero (32)45,07953-38
92July 17@ Milwaukee Brewers3-5Ohka (6-4)Drese (7-8)Turnbow (19)23,54353-39
93July 18Colorado Rockies4-5Acevedo (1-0)Cordero (2-2)Fuentes (13)30,16553-40
94July 19Colorado Rockies4-0Patterson (4-2)Chacón (1-6)Cordero (33)30,65554-40
95July 20Colorado Rockies2-3Jennings (6-9)Hernández (12-4)Fuentes (14)32,38154-41
96July 21Houston Astros2-3Oswalt (13-8)Loaiza (6-6)Lidge (22)36,84054-42
97July 22Houston Astros1-14Clemens (8-4)Drese (7-9)38,01954-43
98July 23Houston Astros4-2Armas (5-4)Backe (8-7)Cordero (34)42,68055-43
99July 24Houston Astros1-4 (14)Springer (3-3)Carrasco (3-3)Lidge (23)39,20355-44
100July 26@ Atlanta Braves2-3 (10)Reitsma (3-2)Stanton (1-3)43,30855-45
101July 27@ Atlanta Braves3-4Kolb (3-6)Majewski (2-2)Reitsma (11)40,62555-46
102July 28@ Atlanta Braves4-5Sosa (6-1)Drese (7-10)Reitsma (12)40,26955-47
103July 29@ Florida Marlins3-4Beckett (10-6)Armas (5-5)Jones (19)29,32255-48
104July 30@ Florida Marlins0-3Burnett (8-6)Patterson (4-3)Jones (20)25,30855-49
105July 31@ Florida Marlins4-2Hernández (13-4)Moehler (6-8)Cordero (35)30,39756-49
August (13-15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
106August 2Los Angeles Dodgers4-5Weaver (9-8)Loaiza (6-7)Brazobán (21)36,27756-50
107August 3Los Angeles Dodgers3-1Armas (6-5)Houlton (4-5)Cordero (36)36,55257-50
108August 4Los Angeles Dodgers7-0Patterson (5-3)Penny (5-7)35,48458-50
109August 5San Diego Padres5-6Linebrink (5-1)Cordero (2-3)Hoffman (28)34,49258-51
110August 6San Diego Padres2-3Astacio (3-10)Drese (7-11)Hoffman (29)38,07658-52
111August 7San Diego Padres0-3Peavy (10-4)Loaiza (6-8)36,44058-53
112August 9@ Houston Astros6-5Patterson (6-3)Astacio (2-5)Cordero (37)34,25559-53
113August 10@ Houston Astros6-7Rodríguez (7-5)Hernández (13-5)Lidge (28)34,30959-54
114August 11@ Houston Astros3-6Pettitte (10-8)Drese (7-12)35,03659-55
115August 12@ Colorado Rockies4-2Loaiza (7-8)Wright (6-13)Cordero (38)28,59860-55
116August 13@ Colorado Rockies8-0Armas (7-5)Kim (3-9)31,44761-55
117August 14@ Colorado Rockies9-2Patterson (7-3)Acevedo (2-3)24,55262-55
118August 15@ Philadelphia Phillies6-3Hernández (14-5)Myers (10-6)40,62763-55
August 16@ Philadelphia PhilliesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 18 as part of a double header
119August 17@ Philadelphia Phillies3-4Lieber (12-10)Loaiza (7-9)Wagner (28)33,45063-56
120August 18 (1)@ Philadelphia Phillies1-2Padilla (6-11)Armas (7-6)Wagner (29)30,04663-57
121August 18 (2)@ Philadelphia Phillies5-4Ayala (8-6)Urbina (4-4)Cordero (39)34,49264-57
122August 19@ New York Mets0-1Seo (5-1)Patterson (7-4)Looper (24)38,19664-58
123August 20@ New York Mets8-9 (10)Hernández (6-5)Majewski (2-3)51,78564-59
124August 21@ New York Mets7-4 (10)Loaiza (8-9)Benson (9-5)42,41265-59
125August 23Cincinnati Reds2-6Hudson (5-6)Armas (7-7)35,65665-60
126August 24Cincinnati Reds5-3Patterson (8-4)Ortiz (8-9)Cordero (40)32,64166-60
127August 25Cincinnati Reds3-5Claussen (9-8)Hernández (14-6)Weathers (11)40,76266-61
128August 26St. Louis Cardinals4-1Loaiza (9-9)Suppan (12-10)Cordero (41)37,88567-61
129August 27St. Louis Cardinals0-6Marquis (10-13)White (0-1)44,25467-62
130August 28St. Louis Cardinals0-6Thompson (2-0)Halama (1-2)41,13067-63
August 29@ Atlanta BravesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 31 as part of a double header
131August 30@ Atlanta Braves3-2Bergmann (1-0)Sosa (9-3)Cordero (42)20,00168-63
132August 31 (1)@ Atlanta Braves3-5Ramírez (11-8)Loaiza (9-10)Farnsworth (8)25,555
[note 1]		68-64
133August 31 (2)@ Atlanta Braves4-3Stanton (2-3)Reitsma (3-5)Cordero (43)69-64
September (12-15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
134September 1@ Atlanta Braves7-8 (10)Davies (7-3)Ayala (8-7)19,05369-65
135September 2Philadelphia Phillies1-7Padilla (8-12)Halama (1-3)28,93969-66
136September 3Philadelphia Phillies5-4 (12)Carrasco (4-3)López (0-1)30,56170-66
137September 4Philadelphia Phillies6-1Loaiza (10-10)Floyd (1-2)32,25171-66
138September 5Florida Marlins5-2Hernández (15-6)Vargas (5-3)32,15072-66
139September 6Florida Marlins2-4Valdez (2-1)Rasner (0-1)Jones (35)24.93672-67
140September 7Florida Marlins1-12Willis (20-8)Halama (1-4)25,70272-68
141September 8Florida Marlins4-8Beckett (13-8)Patterson (8-5)27,62572-69
142September 9Atlanta Braves8-6Majewski (3-3)Foster (4-2)Cordero (44)36,29573-69
143September 10Atlanta Braves0-4Sosa (11-3)Hernández (15-7)44,08373-70
144September 11Atlanta Braves7-9McBride (1-0)Cordero (2-4)Farnsworth (12)31,38473-71
145September 13@ New York Mets4-2Majewski (4-3)Glavine (10-13)Cordero (45)34,14374-71
146September 14@ New York Mets6-3Loaiza (11-10)Benson (9-8)Cordero (46)24,04975-71
147September 15@ New York Mets6-5 (10)Bergmann (2-0)Hernández (6-6)Majewski (1)21,44176-71
148September 16@ San Diego Padres5-1Patterson (9-5)Peavy (12-7)38,48077-71
149September 17@ San Diego Padres5-8 (12)Linebrink (7-1)Rauch (1-4)37,70777-72
150September 18@ San Diego Padres1-2Otsuka (2-6)Eischen (2-1)38,05477-73
151September 20San Francisco Giants3-4Taschner (2-0)Hernández (15-8)Benítez (17)32,40377-74
152September 21San Francisco Giants1-5Hennessey (5-8)Patterson (9-6)Benítez (18)32,07677-75
153September 22San Francisco Giants2-0Rauch (2-4)Tomko (7-15)Cordero (47)29,80778-75
154September 23New York Mets2-5 (10)Hernández (8-6)Majewski (4-4)Heilman (2)30,19478-76
155September 24New York Mets2-5Glavine (12-13)Hernández (15-9)Hernández (2)32,46778-77
156September 25New York Mets5-6Padilla (2-1)Hughes (1-1)Heilman (3)29,96778-78
157September 26@ Florida Marlins4-0Carrasco (5-3)Vargas (5-5)11,46779-78
158September 27@ Florida Marlins11-1Stanton (3-3)Willis (22-10)11,50780-78
159September 28@ Florida Marlins11-7Loaiza (12-10)Moehler (6-12)11,96181-78
160September 30Philadelphia Phillies3-4Lidle (13-11)Hernández (15-10)Wagner (37)30,37581-79
October (0-2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
161October 1Philadelphia Phillies4-8Myers (13-8)Patterson (9-7)32,90381-80
162October 2Philadelphia Phillies3-9Lieber (17-13)Carrasco (5-4)Wagner (38)36,49181-81

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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
CBrian Schneider11636938992011044.2681
1BNick Johnson131453661313531574.2894
2BJosé Vidro873093885212732.2750
SSCristian Guzmán14245639100196431.2197
3BVinny Castilla142494531253611266.2534
LFMarlon Byrd742162057152226.2645
CFBrad Wilkerson148565761404271157.2488
RFJosé Guillén148551811563222476.2831
MIJamey Carroll113303447681022.2513
OFRyan Church1022684177153942.2873
CFPreston Wilson6825334661411043.2613
CGary Bennett68199114470121.2210
IFCarlos Baerga93158184070219.2530
2BJunior Spivey287715177027.2212
UTTony Blanco56627113017.1771
3BRyan Zimmerman205862310006.3970
UTWil Cordero2951262002.1180
MIDeivi Cruz20512131001.2550
OFBrandon Watson2540871115.1750
OFTermel Sledge2037790118.2432
UTJeffrey Hammonds1332371001.2190
OFJ. J. Davis1426060002.2311
OFMatthew Cepicky1125163003.2400
IFRick Short1115462024.4000
CFEndy Chávez79221001.2220
IFBrendan Harris49131013.3330
RFKenny Kelly174311000.2501
CKeith Osik64000000.0000
PHTyrell Godwin33000000.0000
2BHenry Mateo11000000.0000
PLiván Hernández35827202127.2440
PEsteban Loaiza34743122004.1620
PJohn Patterson3159263000.1020
PTony Armas, Jr.1932140001.1250
PRyan Drese1214010000.0710
PTomo Ohka1116140000.2500
PHéctor Carrasco648100000.0000
PZach Day128010000.1250
PJon Rauch157110001.1430
PGary Majewski796000000.0000
PSun-woo Kim124000000.0000
PJohn Halama105010000.2000
PJason Bergmann153210000.3330
PLuis Ayala683010000.3330
PJoey Eischen583010000.3330
PClaudio Vargas42010000.5000
PMatt White11000000.0000
PMike Stanton301100000.0000
PJoe Horgan80000000–0
PChad Cordero740000000–0
PAntonio Osuna340000000–0
PT. J. Tucker130000000–0
PTravis Hughes140000000–0
PC. J. Nitkowski70000000–0
PDarrell Rasner50000000–0
Totals1625426639136731132117615.25245

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
SPLiván Hernández15103.9835350246.111610984147
SPEsteban Loaiza12103.7734340217.0939155173
SPJohn Patterson973.1331310198.161564559
SPTony Armas, Jr.774.9719190101.157565459
SPRyan Drese364.981111059.238332226
CLChad Cordero241.827404774.124151761
RPHéctor Carrasco542.04645288.123203875
RPGary Majewski442.93790186.032283750
RPLuis Ayala872.66680171.023211440
RPJoey Eischen213.22570036.114131930
Tomo Ohka433.33109054.023202717
Zach Day126.75125036.029272516
Jon Rauch243.60151030.012121123
Sun-woo Kim126.14122029.12020817
Mike Stanton213.58300027.21311914
John Halama034.64103021.11111811
Jason Bergmann202.75151019.2661121
Travis Hughes115.54140013.08888
Claudio Vargas039.2444012.2151375
T. J. Tucker106.39130012.29925
Darrell Rasner013.685107.13324
Joe Horgan0021.008006.0151445
Matt White019.001104.04433
C. J. Nitkowski008.107003.13322
Antonio Osuna0042.434002.1111170
Totals81813.87162162511458.0673627539997

Team leaders

Batting
Stat Player Total
Avg.Nick Johnson.289
HRPreston Wilson
José Guillén		25 (10 with Nationals)
24
RBIPreston Wilson
José Guillén		90 (43 with Nationals)
76
RJosé Guillén81
HJosé Guillén156
SBBrad Wilkerson8

Pitching
Stat Player Total
WLiván Hernández15
LLiván Hernández
Esteban Loaiza		10
ERAJohn Patterson3.13
SOJohn Patterson185
SVChad Cordero47
IPLiván Hernández246.1

Awards and honors

Nationals among league leaders

Batting
Stat Player Total NL Rank MLB Rank
OBPNick Johnson.40868 (tie)
2BBrad Wilkerson427 (tie)11 (tie)
3BBrad Wilkerson77 (tie)12 (tie)

Pitching
Stat Player Total NL Rank MLB Rank
SVChad Cordero4711
HLDGary Majewski
Luis Ayala		23
5
6 (tie)		10 (tie)
12 (tie)
WLiván Hernández159 (tie)16 (tie)

All-Stars

Annual awards

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
A-Short Season Vermont Expos New York–Penn League José Alguacil and Bobby Williams
Rookie GCL Nationals Gulf Coast League Wendell Kim

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Notes
  1. The two games on August 31 were played as a single-admission doubleheader with attendance counted only for the two games combined.

References
  1. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
  2. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Pittsburgh Pirates
  3. Esteban Loaiza Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml
  5. Trades between Washington Nationals & Chicago White Sox
  6. Trades between Washington Nationals & Boston Red Sox
  7. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Toronto Blue Jays
  8. Trades between Washington Nationals & Atlanta Braves
  9. Svrluga, Barry, "For Nats, What Counts Is Turnstiles," washingtonpost.com, May 2, 2005.
  10. Steinberg, Dan, "About Screech's Unveiling", washingtonpost.com, March 2, 2009.
  11. Anonymous, "Second season of uncertainty," washingtontimes.com, February 18, 2006
  12. Box Score of Game played on Monday, April 4, 2005 at Citizens Bank Park
  13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/byrdma01.shtml
  14. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Milwaukee Brewers
  15. Mike Stanton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  16. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Colorado Rockies
  17. Kenny Kelly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  18. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & San Francisco Giants
  19. baseball-reference.com 2005 Washington Nationals Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  20. baseball-reference.com 2005 Washington Nationals
  21. Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 at Citizens Bank Park
  22. 2005 Washington Nationals Schedule by Baseball Almanac
  23. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  24. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=willia001bob
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