2006 Washington Nationals season

The Washington Nationals' 2006 season was the franchise's second season in Washington, D.C. and 38th season overall.

2006 Washington Nationals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record71–91 (.438)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Lerner Enterprises
General manager(s)Jim Bowden
Manager(s)Frank Robinson
Local televisionMASN
WDCA (My 20)
(Bob Carpenter, Tom Paciorek)
Local radioWTWP/WWWT
(Charlie Slowes, Dave Jageler)
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The Nationals finished last in the NL East for the third consecutive year (counting their final season in Montreal), 26 games behind the New York Mets with a 71-91 record.

Offseason

On November 4, 2005, the Nationals traded Vinny Castilla to the San Diego Padres for Brian Lawrence.[1] On December 8, 2005, they traded Brad Wilkerson, Terrmel Sledge, and minor-leaguer Armando Galarraga to the Texas Rangers for Alfonso Soriano.[2] On December 24, 2005, they signed Mike Stanton – who they had traded to the Boston Red Sox late the previous season – as a free agent.[3] On February 11, 2006, the Nationals sold Jamey Carroll to the Colorado Rockies for $300,000,[4] and on March 31, 2006, they sold Jim Crowell to the Philadelphia Phillies.[5]

Advertising and marketing

The Nationals' marketing slogan for the season was "Make It Your Pastime."[6] The slogan was a reference to the common saying that baseball is "the national pastime" in the United States.

Spring training

The Nationals held their 2006 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium.

Regular season

Groundbreaking for Nationals Park

On May 4, 2006, the groundbreaking ceremony took place for the Nationals' new ballpark, Nationals Park in Southeast Washington, D.C. Principal Owner Mark D. Lerner, Managing Principal Owner Theodore N. Lerner, Principal Owner Robert K. Tanenbaum, and Principal Owner Edward L. Cohen wielded the shovels at the ceremony; public address announcer Charlie Brotman emceed the event, and former Mayor of the District of Columbia Anthony A. Williams, former Nationals Manager Frank Robinson, representatives from Major League Baseball, the District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission, the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation, and Clark-Hunt-Smoot Construction, and former Washington Senators and Homestead Grays players also attended. Less than two years later, the Nationals moved to Nationals Park for the 2008 season.[7]

Beltway Series

During spring training in 2006, the Nationals and Orioles played each other in Washington on March 31 and in Baltimore on April 1. The first match-up of the regular-season Beltway Series rivalry took place on May 19, 2006, at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium; the Orioles won. This marked first time in 35 years that the Orioles played a regular-season game in Washington; previously, they had played the original Washington Senators of the American League annually from 1954 to 1960 and the expansion Washington Senators – which replaced the original Senators – each year from 1961 to 1971.

The two teams split the 2006 season series 3-3 with each team winning two games at home and one on the road.

Season standings

National League East
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 9765 0.599 — 50–31 47–34
Philadelphia Phillies 8577 0.525 12 41–40 44–37
Atlanta Braves 7983 0.488 18 40–41 39–42
Florida Marlins 7884 0.481 19 42–39 36–45
Washington Nationals 7191 0.438 26 41–40 30–51

Record vs. opponents
2006 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona—6–14–24–212–72–44–58–103–31–61–55–19–108–114–31–54–11
Atlanta1–6—6–14–33–311–83–43–32–47–117–113–37–23–44–210–85–10
Chicago2–41–6—10–92–42–47–84–28–83–32–56–90–72–411–82–44–11
Cincinnati2–43–49–10—5–14–210–50–69–103–42–49–72–42–59–65–16-9
Colorado 7–123–34–21–5—3–34–24–152–41–53–43–310–910–82–78–011–4
Florida4–28–114–22–43–3—3–41–57–08–116–135–23–33–31–511–79–9
Houston5–44–38–75–102–44-3—3–310–52–42–413–33–31–59–74–47–11
Los Angeles 10–83–32–46–015–45–13–3—4–23–44–36–45–1313–60–74–25–10
Milwaukee3–34–28–810–94–20–75–102–4—3–35–17–94–36–37–91–56–9
New York6–111–73–34–35–111–84–24–33–3—11–85–45–23–34–212–66–9
Philadelphia5-111–75–24–24–313–64–23–41–58–11—3–32–45–13–39–105–13
Pittsburgh1–53–39–67–93–32–53–134–69–74–53–3—1–56–16–93–33–12
San Diego10–92–77–04–29–103–33–313–53–42–54–25–1—7–124–25–17–8
San Francisco11–84–34–25–28–103–35–16–133–63–31–51–612–7—1–41–58–7
St. Louis3–42–48–116–97–25-17–97–09–72–43–39–62–44–1—4–35–10
Washington5–18–104–21–50–87-114–42–45–16–1210–93–31–55–13–4—7–11

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Brandon WatsonCenter fielder
José VidroSecond baseman
José GuillénRight fielder
Nick JohnsonFirst baseman
Alfonso SorianoLeft fielder
Ryan ZimmermanThird baseman
Royce ClaytonShortstop
Brian SchneiderCatcher
Liván HernándezStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Draft

The 2006 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place on June 6 and 7. With their first pick – the 15th pick overall – the Nationals selected outfielder Chris Marrero. Other notable players the Nationals selected were pitcher Cole Kimball (12th round, 361st overall), pitcher Sam Dyson (19th round, 571st overall), outfielder Khris Davis (29th round, 871st overall), first baseman Tyler Moore (33rd round, 991st overall), and pitcher Brad Peacock (41st round, 1,231st overall).[13] The Nationals had drafted Moore in 2005, but he had not signed, and he did not sign again this year. Dyson and Davis also did not sign with the Nationals.

Roster
2006 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Attendance

The Nationals drew 2,153,056 fans at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in 2006, placing them 11th in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams.[14]

Game log
2006 game log
April (8-17)
May (14-15)
June (11-16)
July (14-11)
August (9-18)
September (15-13)
October (0-1)

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 Schneider12441030105810455.2562
1BNick Johnson1475001001454602377.29010
2BJosé Vidro12646352134261747.2891
SSRoyce Clayton873053682221027.2698
3BRyan Zimmerman1576148417647320110.28711
LFAlfonso Soriano1596471191794124695.27741
CFMarlon Byrd78197284481518.2233
RFJosé Guillén692412852151940.2161
SSFelipe López712744377132222.28121
RFAustin Kearns632122133121836.2502
2BMarlon Anderson1092153159132523.2742
CFRyan Church7119622541711035.2766
CRobert Fick6012814344029.2661
UTDamian Jackson67116162361410.1981
UTDaryle Ward78104153290619.3080
2BBernie Castro42110182513010.2277
CFNook Logan279013272118.3002
CFAlex Escobar3387143132418.3562
UTMatt LeCroy39675163029.2390
CBrandon Harper18416123026.2930
CWiki González1235380002.2290
IFBrendan Harris1732382002.2500
CFBrandon Watson928050000.1790
UTHenry Mateo2226542013.1540
OFGeorge Lombard2021230011.1432
RFMike Vento918351001.2780
IFMelvin Dorta1519341000.2110
OFLuis Matos1415232000.2000
PRamón Ortiz3856560013.1070
PTony Armas, Jr.3050130001.0600
PLiván Hernández26456124016.2670
PPedro Astacio1525250000.2000
PMichael O'Connor2131220001.0650
PBilly Traber1513110001.0770
PJason Bergmann298000000.0000
PJohn Patterson88020000.2500
PZach Day57000000.0000
PShawn Hill66110000.1670
PBeltrán Pérez96030000.5000
PSaúl Rivera544000000.0000
PJon Rauch854000000.0000
PGary Majewski463000000.0000
PRyan Wagner263010000.3330
PRyan Drese23000000.0000
PJoey Eischen222000000.0000
PChad Cordero682000000.0000
PRoy Corcoran61000000.0000
PChris Schroder212000000.0000
PMicah Bowie151000000.0000
PFélix Rodríguez 311000000.0000
PTravis Hughes810100001.0000
PMike Stanton561000000.0000
PBill Bray191000000.0000
PKevin Gryboski60000000–0
PChris Booker100000000–0
PSantiago Ramírez40000000–0
PBrett Campbell40000000–0
Totals1625495746143732222164695.262123

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
SPRamón Ortiz11165.5733330190.212711864104
SPTony Armas, Jr.9125.0330300154.096866497
SPLiván Hernández985.3424240146.294875289
SPMichael O'Connor384.8021200105.061564559
SPPedro Astacio555.981717090.164603142
CLChad Cordero743.196802973.127262269
RPSaúl Rivera303.43540160.128233241
RPJon Rauch453.35850291.137343686
RPGary Majewski323.58460055.124222534
RPMike Stanton354.47560044.122222130
Jason Bergmann026.68296064.249482754
Billy Traber436.44158043.133311425
John Patterson124.4388040.22120942
Chris Schroder026.35210028.121201539
Shawn Hill134.6666036.220191216
Félix Rodríguez117.67310029.125251615
Zach Day134.7355026.215141113
Bill Bray113.91190023.01110916
Beltrán Pérez213.8683021.099139
Ryan Wagner334.70260030.221161520
Micah Bowie011.37150019.233711
Joey Eischen018.59220014.218141918
Chris Booker003.6810007.13317
Travis Hughes006.3580011.18864
Ryan Drese025.192208.28585
Kevin Gryboski0014.296005.211924
Roy Corcoran0111.126005.28746
Brett Campbell0010.384004.15524
Santiago Ramírez008.104003.13321
Totals71915.03162162321436.1872803584960

Team leaders

Qualifying players only.

Batting
Stat Player Total
Avg.Nick Johnson.290
HRAlfonso Soriano46
RBIRyan Zimmerman110
RAlfonso Soriano119
HAlfonso Soriano179
SBAlfonso Soriano41

Pitching
Stat Player Total
WRamón Ortiz11
LRamón Ortiz16
ERARamón Ortiz5.57
SORamón Ortiz104
SVChad Cordero29
IPRamón Ortiz190.2

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Annual awards

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA New Orleans Zephyrs Pacific Coast League Tim Foli
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League John Stearns
A Potomac Nationals Carolina League Randy Knorr and Edgar Caceres
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Bobby Williams
A-Short Season Vermont Lake Monsters New York–Penn League José Alguacil
Rookie GCL Nationals Gulf Coast League Bob Henley

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References
  1. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & San Diego Padres
  2. Alfonso Soriano Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Mike Stanton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Colorado Rockies
  5. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Philadelphia Phillies
  6. Anonymous, "Second season of uncertainty," washingtontimes.com, February 18, 2006
  7. Anonymous, "Today in Nationals’ History: Nationals Park Groundbreaking Ceremony," mlblogs.com, May 4, 2017.
  8. Felipe López Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Arizona Diamondbacks
  10. Trades between Washington Nationals & Atlanta Braves
  11. Trades between Washington Nationals & Los Angeles Dodgers
  12. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Detroit Tigers
  13. baseball-reference.com 2006 Washington Nationals Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  14. baseball-reference.com 2006 Washington Nationals
  15. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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