2006 Washington Nationals season

March 2026 November 2013 Washington Nationals 2006 National League East Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Washington, D.C. 71–91 (.438) 5th Lerner Enterprises Jim Bowden Frank Robinson MASNWDCA (My 20)(Bob Carpenter, Tom Paciorek) WTWP/WWWT(Charlie Slowes, Dave Jageler) The 2006 Washington Nationals season was the franchise's second season in Washington, D.C., and 38th season overall. The Nationals finished last in the National League 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.baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & San Diego Padres On December 8, 2005, they traded Brad Wilkerson, Terrmel Sledge, and minor leaguer Armando Galarraga to the Texas Rangers for Alfonso Soriano.Alfonso Soriano Statistics Baseball-Reference.com On December 24, 2005, they signed Mike Stanton – who they had traded to the Boston Red Sox late in the previous season – as a free agent.Mike Stanton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com On February 11, 2006, the Nationals sold Jamey Carroll to the Colorado Rockies for $300,000,baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Colorado Rockies On March 31, 2006, they sold Jim Crowell to the Philadelphia Phillies.baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Philadelphia Phillies Advertising and marketing The Nationals' marketing slogan for the season was "Make It Your Pastime."Anonymous, "Second season of uncertainty," washingtontimes.com, February 18, 2006 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 Mayor of the District of Columbia Anthony A. Williams, 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.Anonymous, "Today in Nationals’ History: Nationals Park Groundbreaking Ceremony," mlblogs.com, May 4, 2017. 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. Alfonso Soriano joins the 40–40 club On September 16, Soriano stole second base in the first inning to become the fourth player to join the 40–40 club, after Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds, and Alex Rodriguez. Season standings National League East Washington Nationals Record vs. opponents WSH +Nationals vs. American LeagueTeamAL EastBALBOSNYYTBTORWashington3–30–32–12–10–3 Opening Day lineup +Opening Day StartersName Position Brandon Watson Center fielderJosé Vidro Second basemanJosé Guillén Right fielderNick Johnson First basemanAlfonso Soriano Left fielderRyan Zimmerman Third basemanRoyce Clayton ShortstopBrian Schneider CatcherLiván Hernández Starting pitcher Notable transactions July 13, 2006: The Nationals traded Gary Majewski, Royce Clayton, Bill Bray, Brendan Harris, and minor-leaguer Daryl Thompson to the Cincinnati Reds for Felipe López. Austin Kearns, and Ryan Wagner.Felipe López Statistics Baseball-Reference.com July 28, 2006: The Nationals traded Mike Stanton to the San Francisco Giants for minor-leaguer Shairon Martis. August 7, 2006: The Nationals traded Liván Hernández and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Matt Chico and Garrett Mock.baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Arizona Diamondbacks August 31, 2006: The Nationals traded Daryle Ward to the Atlanta Braves for minor-leaguer Luis AtilanoTrades between Washington Nationals & Atlanta Braves and Marlon Anderson to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor-leaguer Jhonny Núñez.Trades between Washington Nationals & Los Angeles Dodgers September 1, 2006: The Nationals received Nook Logan from the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Detroit Tigers Draft The 2006 Major League Baseball 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).baseball-reference.com 2006 Washington Nationals Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft 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 36 Tony Armas Jr. 34 Pedro Astacio 57 Jason Bergmann 30 Chris Booker 59 Micah Bowie 43 Bill Bray 39 Brett Campbell 43 Roy Corcoran 32 Chad Cordero 27 Zach Day 45 Ryan Drese 58 Joey Eischen 61 Liván Hernández 41 Shawn Hill 37 Travis Hughes 38 Gary Majewski 48 Mike O'Connor 26 Ramón Ortiz 22 John Patterson 54 Beltrán Pérez 55 Santiago Ramírez 51 Jon Rauch 52 Saúl Rivera 47 Félix Rodríguez 55 Chris Schroder 30 Mike Stanton 40 Billy Traber 35 Ryan Wagner Catchers 13 Robert Fick  7 Wiki González 10 Brandon Harper 18 Matthew LeCroy 23 Brian Schneider Infielders  8 Marlon Anderson  9 Bernie Castro 10 Royce Clayton 18 Melvin Dorta  4 Brendan Harris 24 Nick Johnson 7,2 Felipe López  4 Henry Mateo  3 José Vidro 11 Ryan Zimmerman Outfielders 26 Marlon Byrd 19 Ryan Church 44 Alex Escobar  6 José Guillén  2 Damian Jackson 28 Austin Kearns  7 Nook Logan 17 George Lombard 21 Luis Matos 12 Alfonso Soriano 16 Mike Vento 31 Daryle Ward 00 Brandon Watson Manager 20 Frank Robinson Coaches 29 Tony Beasley (Third Base) 53 Randy Knorr (Bullpen) (June 15-)  5 Davey Lopes (First Base) 49 Mitchell Page (Hitting) 14 Eddie Rodríguez (Bench) 46 Randy St. Claire (Pitching) 35 John Wetteland (Bullpen) (-June 14) 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.baseball-reference.com 2006 Washington Nationals Game log #ba122b white 2006 2006 game log y #11225b white April (8-17) |- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 || April 3 || @ New York Mets || 2-3 || Glavine (1-0) || Hernández (0-1) || Wagner (1) || 54,371 || 0-1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 || April 5 || @ New York Mets || 9-5 (10)|| Cordero (1-0) || Julio (0-1) || || 19,557 || 1-1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || April 6 || @ New York Mets || 5-10 || Martínez (1-0) || Ortiz (0-1) || || 25,839 || 1-2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 7 || @ Houston Astros || 1-6 || Backe (1-0) || Armas (0-1) || || 26,978 || 1-3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 || April 8 || @ Houston Astros || 12-8 || Hernández (1-1) || Qualls (0-1) || || 39,324 || 2-3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || April 9 || @ Houston Astros || 3-7 || Pettitte (1-1) || Drese (0-1) || || 31,662 || 2-4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 10 || @ Houston Astros || 4-5 (12)|| Qualls (1-1) || Stanton (0-1) || || 27,944 || 2-5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 8 || April 11 || New York Mets || 1-7 || Bannister (1-0) || Ortiz (0-2) || || 40,516 || 2-6 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 9 || April 12 || New York Mets || 1-3 || Martínez (2-0) || Armas (0-2) || Wagner (2) || 29,986 || 2-7 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 10 || April 13 || New York Mets || 13-4 || Zambrano (1-0) || Hernández (1-2) || || 25,460 || 2-8 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 14 || @ Florida Marlins || 3-5 || Willis (1-0) || Drese (0-2) || Borowski (1) || 12,913 || 2-9 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 12 || April 15 || @ Florida Marlins || 2-1 || Patterson (1-0) || Olsen (0-1) || Cordero (1) || 15,668 || 3-9 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 13 || April 16 || @ Florida Marlins || 7-5 || Majewski (1-0) || Herges (0-1) || Cordero (2) || 10,296 || 4-9 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 14 || April 18 || @ Philadelphia Phillies || 10-3 || Armas (1-2) || Lidle (1-2) || || 20,072 || 5-9 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 15 || April 19 || @ Philadelphia Phillies || 6-7 (10)|| Franklin (1-1) || Stanton (0-2) || || 27,913 || 5-10 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 16 || April 20 || @ Philadelphia Phillies || 10-4 || Traber (1-0) || Madson (1-1) || || 28,177 || 6-10 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 17 || April 21 || Atlanta Braves || 7-3 || Stanton (1-2) || Cormier (0-1) || || 24,597 || 7-10 |- style="background:#bbb;" | || April 22 || Atlanta Braves || colspan=6 |Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 18 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 23 || Atlanta Braves || 1-3 || Cormier (1-1) || Majewski (1-1) || Remlinger (1) || 21,569 || 7-11 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 24 || Cincinnati Reds || 2-4 || Ramírez (1-0) || Hernández (1-3) || Weathers (5) || 19,263 || 7-12 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 20 || April 25 || Cincinnati Reds || 5-6 || Williams (1-2) || Traber (1-1) || Weathers (6) || 21,642 || 7-13 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 26 || Cincinnati Reds || 0-5 || Arroyo (4-0) || Ortiz (0-3) || || 19,380 || 7-14 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 22 || April 27 || @ St. Louis Cardinals || 2-6 || Ponson (3-0) || O'Connor (0-1) || || 39,515 || 7-15 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 23 || April 28 || @ St. Louis Cardinals || 8-3 || Armas (2-2) || Marquis (3-2) || || 40,841 || 8-15 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 24 || April 29 || @ St. Louis Cardinals || 1-2 || Looper (2-0) || Rauch (0-1) || Isringhausen (7) || 39,596 || 8-16 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 25 || April 30 || @ St. Louis Cardinals || 2-9 || Suppan (2-2) || Day (1-3) || || 39,383 || 8-17 y #11225b white May (14-15) |- style="background:#fbb;" | 26 || May 1 || @ New York Mets || 1-2 || Wagner (2-0) || Majewski (1-2) || || 28,310 || 8-18 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 27 || May 2 || @ New York Mets || 6-2 || O'Connor (1-1) || Maine (0-1) || || 34,046 || 9-18 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 28 || May 3 || Florida Marlins || 5-6 || Nolasco (2-1) || Stanton (1-3) || Borowski (4) || 21,918 || 9-19 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 29 || May 4 || Florida Marlins || 3-11 || Johnson (2-2) || Hernández (1-4) || || 20,984 || 9-20 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 30 || May 5 || Pittsburgh Pirates || 6-0 || Day (2-3) || Pérez (1-5) || || 21,059 || 10-20 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 31 || May 6 || Pittsburgh Pirates || 4-5 (11)|| Gonzalez (1-2) || Rodriguez (0-1) || || 29,953 || 10-21 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 32 || May 7 || Pittsburgh Pirates || 5-4 || O'Connor (2-1) || Duke (2-3) || Cordero (3) || 30,659 || 11-21 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 33 || May 9 || @ Cincinnati Reds || 7-1 || Armas (3-2) || Claussen (2-4) || || 16,716 || 12-21 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 34 || May 10 || @ Cincinnati Reds || 6-9 || Weathers (1-1) || Stanton (1-4) || || 14,180 || 12-22 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 35 || May 11 || @ Cincinnati Reds || 4-5 (11)|| Shackelford (1-0) || Eischen (0-1) || || 16,716 || 12-23 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 36 || May 12 || @ Atlanta Braves || 2-6 || Smoltz (3-2) || Ortiz (0-4) || ||31,818 || 12-24 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 37 || May 13 || @ Atlanta Braves || 5-8 || Reitsma (1-1) || Cordero (1-1) || || 37,040 || 12-25 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 38 || May 14 || @ Atlanta Braves || 8-1 || Armas (4-2) || Thomson (1-3) || || 31,062 || 13-25 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 39 || May 16 || @ Chicago Cubs || 0-4 || Zambrano (2-2) || Hernández (1-5) || || 39,298 || 13-26 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 40 || May 17 || @ Chicago Cubs || 0-5 || Marshall (3-1) || Day (2-4) || || 39,757 || 13-27 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 41 || May 18 || @ Chicago Cubs || 5-3 || Ortiz (1-4) || Wood (0-1) || Cordero (4) || 40,517 || 14-27 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 42 || May 19 || Baltimore Orioles || 1-5 || Benson (6-3) || O'Connor (2-2) || || 30,320 || 14-28 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 43 || May 20 || Baltimore Orioles || 8-3 || Rauch (1-1) || Lopez (1-7) || || 32,502 || 15-28 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 44 || May 21 || Baltimore Orioles || 3-1 || Hernández (5-2) || Chen (0-5) || Cordero (5) || 32,152 || 16-28 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 45 || May 22 || Houston Astros || 3-10 || Rodríguez (6-2) || Day (2-5) || || 18,803 || 16-29 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 46 || May 23 || Houston Astros || 4-1 || Ortiz (2-4) || Nieve (1-3) || Cordero (6) || 23,189 || 17-29 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 47 || May 24 || Houston Astros || 5-1 || Majewski (2-2) || Wheeler (0-3) || || 24,194 || 18-29 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 48 || May 25 || Houston Astros || 8-5 || Armas (5-2) || Pettitte (3-6) || Cordero (7) || 24,733 || 19-29 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 49 || May 26 || Los Angeles Dodgers || 10-4 || Hernández (3-5) || Tomko (5-2) || || 22,712 || 20-29 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 50 || May 27 || Los Angeles Dodgers || 1-3 || Lowe (3-3) || Stanton (1-5) || Saito (2) || 26,867 || 20-30 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 51 || May 28 || Los Angeles Dodgers || 10-4 || Ortiz (3-4) || Seo (2-3) || || 30,348 || 21-30 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 52 || May 29 || @ Philadelphia Phillies || 2-11 || Condrey (1-0) || O'Connor (2-3) || || 33,682 || 21-31 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 53 || May 30 || @ Philadelphia Phillies || 2-4 || Myers (4-2) || Armas (5-3) || Gordon (15) || 23,805 || 21-32 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 54 || May 31 || @ Philadelphia Phillies || 3-2 || Hernández (4-5) || Lidle (4-5) || Cordero (8) || 30,386 || 22-32 y #11225b white June (11-16) |- style="background:#bfb;" | 55 || June 2 || @ Milwaukee Brewers || 10-4 || Ortiz (4-4) || Eveland (0-3) || || 21,476 || 23-32 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 56 || June 3 || @ Milwaukee Brewers || 4-3 || Bray (1-0) || Turnbow (2-3) || Cordero (9) || 40,392 || 24-32 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 57 || June 4 || @ Milwaukee Brewers || 8-4 || Armas (6-3) || de la Rosa (2-2) || || 21,608 || 25-32 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 58 || June 5 || @ Atlanta Braves || 5-4 || Hernández (5-5) || Hudson (5-4) || Cordero (10) || 20,702 || 26-32 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 59 || June 6 || @ Atlanta Braves || 3-5 || Ramírez (2-1) || Hill (0-1) || Ray (3) || 23,497 || 26-33 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 60 || June 7 || @ Atlanta Braves || 5-2 || Ortiz (5-4) || Smoltz (4-4) || Cordero (11) || 32,001 || 27-33 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 61 || June 8 || Philadelphia Phillies || 5-2 || O'Connor (3-3) || Brito (0-2) || Cordero (12) || 24,669 || 28-33 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 62 || June 9 || Philadelphia Phillies || 9-8 (12)|| Cordero (2-1) || Condrey (1-1) || || 24,751 || 29-33 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 63 || June 10 || Philadelphia Phillies || 2-6 || Geary (4-0) || Hernández (5-6) || || 32,089 || 29-34 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 64 || June 11 || Philadelphia Phillies || 6-0 || Hill (1-1) || Hamels (1-1) || || 30,583 || 30-34 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 65 || June 12 || Colorado Rockies || 3-4 || Francis (5-5) || Ramón Ortiz (5-5) || Fuentes (14) || 20,633 || 30-35 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 66 || June 13 || Colorado Rockies || 2-9 || Fogg (4-4) || O'Connor (3-4) || || 21,689 || 30-36 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 67 || June 14 || Colorado Rockies || 8-14 || Martin (1-0) || Bray (1-1) || || 24,273 || 30-37 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 68 || June 15 || Colorado Rockies || 1-8 || Jennings (5-6) || Hernández (5-7) || || 22,793 || 30-38 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 69 || June 16 || New York Yankees || 5-7 || Rivera (4-3) || Cordero (2-2) || || 44,749 || 30-39 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 70 || June 17 || New York Yankees || 11-9 || Rauch (2-1) || Rivera (4-4) || Cordero (13) || 45,085 || 31-39 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 71 || June 18 || New York Yankees || 3-2 || Majewski (3-2) || Wang (7-3) || || 45,157 || 32-39 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 72 || June 19 || @ Boston Red Sox || 3-6 || Snyder (1-0) || Armas (6-4) || Timlin (1) || 36,252 || 32-40 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 73 || June 20 || @ Boston Red Sox || 3-11 || Wakefield (5-8) || Hernández (5-8) || || 36,421 || 32-41 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 74 || June 21 || @ Boston Red Sox || 3-9 || Lester (2-0) || Hill (1-2) || || 36,464 || 32-42 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 75 || June 23 || @ Baltimore Orioles || 1-2 || Lopez (5-8) || Patterson (1-1) || Ray (19) || 48,331 || 32-43 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 76 || June 24 || @ Baltimore Orioles || 2-3 || Williams (2-3) || Cordero (2-3) || || 36,290 || 32-44 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 77 || June 25 || @ Baltimore Orioles || 9-5 || Hernández (6-8) || Cabrera (4-5) || || 27,680 || 33-44 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 78 || June 27 || @ Toronto Blue Jays || 0-6 || Burnett (1-1) || Ortiz (5-6) || || 20,228 || 33-45 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 79 || June 28 || @ Toronto Blue Jays || 1-6 || Lilly (8-7) || Hill (1-3) || || 17,067 || 33-46 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 80 || June 29 || @ Toronto Blue Jays || 4-8 || Halladay (10-2) || Patterson (1-2) || || 17,175 || 33-47 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 81 || June 30 || Tampa Bay Devil Rays || 1-11 || Corcoran (2-0) || O'Connor (3-5) || || 21,854 || 33-48 y #11225b white July (14-11) |- style="background:#bfb;" | 82 || July 1 || Tampa Bay Devil Rays || 4-3 (10) || Cordero (3-3) || Meadows (2-2) || || 21,515 || 34-48 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 83 || July 2 || Tampa Bay Devil Rays || 6-2 || Ortiz (6-6) || Seo (2-5) || || 23,823 || 35-48 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 84 || July 3 || Florida Marlins || 9-1 || Astacio (1-0) || Nolasco (6-5) || || 24,943 || 36-48 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 85 || July 4 || Florida Marlins || 6-4 || Cordero (4-3) || Borowski (0-2) || || 23,118 || 37-48 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 86 || July 5 || Florida Marlins || 9-18 || Petit (1-1) || O'Connor (3-6) || Pinot (1) || 18,441 || 37-49 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 87 || July 6 || Florida Marlins || 8-7 (11) || Cordero (5-3) || Vargas (1-2) || || 29,053 || 38-49 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 88 || July 7 || San Diego Padres || 2-3 || Williams (4-1) || Ortiz (6-7) || Hoffman (23) || 25,161 || 38-50 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 89 || July 8 || San Diego Padres || 2-5 || Young (8-4) || Astacio (1-1) || Hoffman (24) || 27,060 || 38-51 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 90 || July 9 || San Diego Padres || 9-10 || Cassidy (5-4) || Cordero (5-4) || Linebrink (1) || 22,000 || 38-52 |- style="background:#bbb;" |colspan=9| All–Star Break (July 10–12) |- style="background:#fbb;" | 91 || July 14 || @ Pittsburgh Pirates || 4-7 || Duke (6-8) || Ortiz (6-8) || Gonzalez (14) || 26,720 || 38-53 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 92 || July 15 || @ Pittsburgh Pirates || 6-7 || Gonzalez (3-3) || Corcoran (0-1) || || 32,626 || 38-54 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 93 || July 16 || @ Pittsburgh Pirates || 8-4 (11)|| Stanton (2-5) || Hernández (0-3) || || 18,908 || 39-54 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 94 || July 17 || @ Florida Marlins || 2-4 || Nolasco (7-6) || Armas (6-5) || Borowski (18) || 7,562 || 39-55 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 95 || July 18 || @ Florida Marlins || 7-6 || Stanton (3-5) || Kensing (1-3) || Cordero (14) || 11,247 || 40-55 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 96 || July 19 || @ Florida Marlins || 0-1 || Sánchez (3-0) || Ortiz (6-9) || Borowski (19) || 25,546 || 40-56 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 97 || July 21 || Chicago Cubs || 7-6 || Rauch (3-1) || Howry (3-3) || Cordero (15) || 35,442 || 41-56 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 98 || July 22 || Chicago Cubs || 7-3 || Hernández (7-8) || Williamson (2-3) || || 38,021 || 42-56 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 99 || July 23 || Chicago Cubs || 7-1 || Armas (7-5) || Mármol (3-4) || || 30,851 || 43-56 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 100 || July 25 || San Francisco Giants || 8-6 || Ortiz (7-9) || Morris (8-8) || Cordero (16) || 33,358 || 44-56 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 101 || July 26 || San Francisco Giants || 4-3 || Rivera (1-0) || Benítez (4-2) || || 30,248 || 45-56 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 102 || July 27 || San Francisco Giants || 6-5 || Hernández (8-8) || Cain (7-7) || Cordero (17) || 29,717 || 46-56 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 103 || July 28 || @ Los Angeles Dodgers || 1-13 || Billingsley (2-3) || Armas (7-6) || || 55,825 || 46-57 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 104 || July 29 || @ Los Angeles Dodgers || 5-7 || Lowe (8-7) || O'Connor (3-7) || Broxton (1) || 41,540 || 46-58 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 105 || July 30 || @ Los Angeles Dodgers || 3-4 || Broxton (2-0) || Rauch (3-2) || Saito (9) || 43,346 || 46-59 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 106 || July 31 || @ San Francisco Giants || 10-7 || Astacio (2-1) || Lowry (5-7) || Cordero (18) || 37,106 || 47-59 y #11225b white August (9-18) |- style="background:#bfb;" | 107 || August 1 || @ San Francisco Giants || 4-1 || Hernández (9-8) || Cain (7-8) || Cordero (19) || 37,258 || 48-59 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 108 || August 2 || @ San Francisco Giants || 6-8 || Schmidt (8-7) || Armas (7-7) || Stanton (1) || 38,283 || 48-60 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 109 || August 4 || @ San Diego Padres || 6-2 || Ortiz (8-9) || Young (9-5) || || 36,538 || 49-58 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 110 || August 5 || @ San Diego Padres || 3-6 || Embree (4-2) || Astacio (2-2) || Hoffman (30) || 40,339 || 49-61 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 111 || August 6 || @ San Diego Padres || 2-3 (10)|| Brocail (2-0) || Bowie (0-1) || || 35,648 || 49-62 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 112 || August 8 || Florida Marlins || 2-4 || Nolasco (10-7) || Armas (7-8) || Borowski (23) || 24,922 || 49-63 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 113 || August 9 || Florida Marlins || 5-2 || Ortiz (9-9) || Willis (7-9) || Cordero (20) || 21,390 || 50-63 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 114 || August 10 || Florida Marlins || 6-9 || Moehler (6-8) || Wagner (0-1) || Borowski (24) || 21,304 || 50-64 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 115 || August 11 || New York Mets || 2-1 || Traber (2-1) || Glavine (12-5) || Cordero (21) || 29,414 || 51-64 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 116 || August 12 || New York Mets || 4-6 || Feliciano (5-2) || Schroder (0-1) || Wagner (27) || 42,507 || 51-65 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 117 || August 13 || New York Mets || 1-3 || Bradford (4-2) || Rauch (3-3) || Wagner (28) || 37,732 || 51-66 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 118 || August 14 || Atlanta Braves || 4-10 || James (5-3) || Ortiz (9-10) || || 21,550 || 51-67 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 119 || August 15 || Atlanta Braves || 5-0 || Astacio (3-2) || Cormier (2-4) || || 24,036 || 52-67 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 120 || August 16 || Atlanta Braves || 9-6 || Traber (3-1) || Smoltz (10-6) || Cordero (22) || 28,094 || 53-67 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 121 || August 17 || Atlanta Braves || 0-5 || Villarreal (9-1) || Bergmann (0-1) || || 29,007 || 53-68 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 122 || August 18 || @ Philadelphia Phillies || 6-4 || Armas (8-8) || Myers (8-6) || Cordero (23) || 30,123 || 54-68 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 123 || August 19 || @ Philadelphia Phillies || 2-11 || Hamels (6-6) || Ortiz (9-11) || || 34,881 || 54-69 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 124 || August 20 || @ Philadelphia Phillies || 10-12 || Wolf (2-0) || Astacio (3-3) || Rhodes (2) || 36,023 || 54-70 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 125 || August 21 || @ Florida Marlins || 1-3 || Sánchez (5-2) || Traber (3-2) || Borowski (28) || 9,316 || 54-71 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 126 || August 22 || @ Florida Marlins || 5-7 || Tankersley (2-1) || Wagner (0-2) || Borowski (29) || 10,260 || 54-72 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 127 || August 23 || @ Florida Marlins || 7-9 || Olsen (10-7) || Armas (8-9) || || 11,318 || 54-73 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 128 || August 25 || @ Atlanta Braves || 7-6 || Wagner (1-2) || Paronto (1-2) || Rivera (1) || 33,621 || 55-73 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 129 || August 26 || @ Atlanta Braves || 1-10 || Smoltz (12-6) || Astacio (3-4) || || 38,610 || 55-74 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 130 || August 27 || @ Atlanta Braves || 6-13 || McBride (4-1) || Traber (3-3) || || 30,587 || 55-75 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 131 || August 29 || Philadelphia Phillies || 6-10 || Myers (10-6) || Armas (8-10) || Rhodes (4) || 25,735 || 55-76 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 132 || August 30 || Philadelphia Phillies || 1-5 || Hamels (7-7) || Ortiz (9-12) || || 24,438 || 55-77 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 133 || August 31 || Philadelphia Phillies || 6-5 (10)|| Wagner (2-2) || Fultz (3-1) || || 22,221 || 56-77 y #11225b white September (15-13) |- style="background:#bbb;" | || September 1 || Arizona Diamondbacks || colspan=6 |Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 2 as part of a double header |- style="background:#bfb;" | 134 || September 2 (1) || Arizona Diamondbacks || 7-6 || Cordero (6-4) || Lyon (2-4) || || 22,012 || 57-77 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 135 || September 2 (2) || Arizona Diamondbacks || 4-3 || Rivera || Hernández (10-12) || Cordero (24) || 22,922 || 58-77 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 136 || September 3 || Arizona Diamondbacks || 5-3 || Wagner (3-2) || Webb (14-6) || Rauch (1) || 30,771 || 59-77 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 137 || September 4 || St. Louis Cardinals || 4-1 || Ortiz (10-12) || Marquis (14-13) || || 31,092 || 60-77 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 138 || September 5 || St. Louis Cardinals || 0-2 || Suppan (11-7) || Astacio (3-5) || Isringhausen (33) || 25,937 || 60-78 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 139 || September 6 || St. Louis Cardinals || 7-6 || Cordero (7-4) || Isringhausen (4-8) || || 21,322 || 61-78 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 140 || September 7 || @ Colorado Rockies || 5-10 || Corpas (1-1) || Wagner (3-3) || || 18,617 || 61-79 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 141 || September 8 || @ Colorado Rockies || 8-11 || Field (1-1) || Rauch (3-4) || Fuentes (24) || 22,214 || 61-80 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 142 || September 9 || @ Colorado Rockies || 5-9 || Venafro (1-0) || Ortiz (10-13) || || 22,735 || 61-81 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 143 || September 10 || @ Colorado Rockies || 9-13 || Mesa (1-5) || Schroder (0-2) || Fuentes (25) || 18,647 || 61-82 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 144 || September 11 || @ Arizona Diamondbacks || 7-6 || Rauch (4-4) || Vizcaíno (4-5) || Cordero (25) || 29,610 || 62-82 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 145 || September 12 || @ Arizona Diamondbacks || 5-4 || Rodríguez (1-1) || Peña (3-4) || Cordero (26) || 31,182 || 63-82 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 146 || September 13 || @ Arizona Diamondbacks || 2-4 || Hernández (12-12) || Armas (8-11) || Valverde (16) || 19,031 || 63-83 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 147 || September 15 || Milwaukee Brewers || 2-5 || Villanueva (1-1) || Ortiz (10-14) || Cordero (19) || 21,168 || 63-84 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 148 || September 16 || Milwaukee Brewers || 8-5 || Astacio (4-5) || Bush (11-11) || Cordero (27) || 24,252 || 64-84 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 149 || September 17 || Milwaukee Brewers || 6-1 || Rivera (3-0) || Davis (10-11) || || 26,128 || 65-84 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 150 || September 18 || Atlanta Braves || 1-6 || Davies (3-5) || Armas (8-12) || || 25,211 || 65-85 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 151 || September 19 || Atlanta Braves || 9-2 || Pérez (1-0) || James (10-4) || || 20,596 || 66-85 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 152 || September 20 || Atlanta Braves || 3-7 || Cormier (4-5) || Ortiz (10-15) || || 19,027 || 66-86 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 153 || September 22 || @ New York Mets || 3-2 || Astacio (5-5) || Hernández (10-11) || Cordero (28) || 42,788 || 67-86 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 154 || September 23 || @ New York Mets || 6-12 || Maine (6-5) || O'Connor (3-8) || || 45,245 || 67-87 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 155 || September 24 || @ New York Mets || 5-1 || Armas (9-12) || Trachsel (15-8) || || 44,543 || 68-87 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 156 || September 25 || @ New York Mets || 7-3 || Pérez (2-0) || Glavine (14-7) || || 34,027 || 69-87 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 157 || September 26 || Philadelphia Phillies || 4-3 || Ortiz (11-15) || Myers (12-7) || Corero (29) || 18,960 || 70-87 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 158 || September 27 || Philadelphia Phillies || 7-8 (14)|| Condrey (2-2) || Bergmann (0-2) || Castro (1) || 21,809 || 70-88 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 159 || September 28 || Philadelphia Phillies || 3-1 || Traber (4-3) || Lieber (9-11) || Rauch (2) || 18,324 || 71-88 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 160 || September 29 || New York Mets || 3-4 || Feliciano (7-2) || Rauch (4-5) || Wagner (40) || 27,805 || 71-89 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 161 || September 30 || New York Mets || 0-13 || Glavine (15-7) || Pérez (2-1) || || 30,449 || 71-90 y #11225b white October (0-1) |- style="background:#fbb;" | 162 || October 1 || New York Mets || 2-6 || Mota (4-3) || Ortiz (11-16) || || 29,044 || 71-91 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 Brian Schneider 124 410 30 105 81 0 4 55 .256 2 1B Nick Johnson Nick Johnson (baseball) 147 500 100 145 46 0 23 77 .290 10 2B José Vidro 126 463 52 134 26 1 7 47 .289 1 SS Royce Clayton 87 305 36 82 22 1 0 27 .269 8 3B Ryan Zimmerman 157 614 84 176 47 3 20 110 .287 11 LF Alfonso Soriano 159 647 119 179 41 2 46 95 .277 41 CF Marlon Byrd 78 197 28 44 8 1 5 18 .223 3 RF José Guillén 69 241 28 52 15 1 9 40 .216 1 SS Felipe López Felipe López (baseball) 71 274 43 77 13 2 2 22 .281 21 RF Austin Kearns 63 212 21 33 12 1 8 36 .250 2 2B Marlon Anderson 109 215 31 59 13 2 5 23 .274 2 CF Ryan Church 71 196 22 54 17 1 10 35 .276 6 C Robert Fick 60 128 14 34 4 0 2 9 .266 1 UT Damian Jackson Damian Jackson (baseball) 67 116 16 23 6 1 4 10 .198 1 UT Daryle Ward 78 104 15 32 9 0 6 19 .308 0 2B Bernie Castro 42 110 18 25 1 3 0 10 .227 7 CF Nook Logan 27 90 13 27 2 1 1 8 .300 2 CF Alex Escobar 33 87 14 31 3 2 4 18 .356 2 UT Matt LeCroy 39 67 5 16 3 0 2 9 .239 0 C Brandon Harper 18 41 6 12 3 0 2 6 .293 0 C Wiki González 12 35 3 8 0 0 0 2 .229 0 IF Brendan Harris 17 32 3 8 2 0 0 2 .250 0 CF Brandon Watson 9 28 0 5 0 0 0 0 .179 0 UT Henry Mateo 22 26 5 4 2 0 1 3 .154 0 OF George Lombard 20 21 2 3 0 0 1 1 .143 2 RF Mike Vento 9 18 3 5 1 0 0 1 .278 0 IF Melvin Dorta 15 19 3 4 1 0 0 0 .211 0 OF Luis Matos Luis Matos (baseball, born 1978) 14 15 2 3 2 0 0 0 .200 0 P Ramón Ortiz 38 56 5 6 0 0 1 3 .107 0 P Tony Armas Jr. 30 50 1 3 0 0 0 1 .060 0 P Liván Hernández 26 45 6 12 4 0 1 6 .267 0 P Pedro Astacio 15 25 2 5 0 0 0 0 .200 0 P Michael O'Connor Michael O'Connor (baseball) 21 31 2 2 0 0 0 1 .065 0 P Billy Traber 15 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 .077 0 P Jason Bergmann 29 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 P John Patterson John Patterson (pitcher) 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 0 P Zach Day 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 P Shawn Hill 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 0 P Beltrán Pérez 9 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 .500 0 P Saúl Rivera 54 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 P Jon Rauch 85 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 P Gary Majewski 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 P Ryan Wagner 26 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 0 P Ryan Drese 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 P Joey Eischen 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 P Chad Cordero 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 P Roy Corcoran 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 P Chris Schroder 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 P Micah Bowie 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 P Félix Rodríguez Félix Rodríguez (baseball) 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 P Travis Hughes 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 P Mike Stanton Mike Stanton (left-handed pitcher) 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 P Bill Bray 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 P Kevin Gryboski 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 P Chris Booker Chris Booker (baseball) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 P Santiago Ramírez Santiago Ramírez (baseball) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 P Brett Campbell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 Team totals 162 5495 746 1437 322 22 164 695 .262 123 Pitching Note: Pos = Position; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Complete pitching statistics are available here. Pos Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K SP Ramón Ortiz 11 16 5.57 33 33 0 190.2230 127 118 64 104 SP Tony Armas Jr. 9 12 5.03 30 30 0 154.0167 96 86 64 97 SP Liván Hernández 9 8 5.34 24 24 0 146.2176 94 87 52 89 SP Michael O'Connor Michael O'Connor (baseball) 3 8 4.80 21 20 0 105.096 61 56 45 59 SP Pedro Astacio 5 5 5.98 17 17 0 90.1109 64 60 31 42 CL Chad Cordero 7 4 3.19 68 0 29 73.159 27 26 22 69 RP Jon Rauch 4 5 3.35 85 0 2 91.178 37 34 36 86 RP Saúl Rivera 3 0 3.43 54 0 1 60.159 28 23 32 41 RP Gary Majewski 3 2 3.58 46 0 0 55.149 24 22 25 34 RP Mike Stanton Mike Stanton (left-handed pitcher) 3 5 4.47 56 0 0 44.147 22 22 21 30 Jason Bergmann 0 2 6.68 29 6 0 64.281 49 48 27 54 Billy Traber 4 3 6.44 15 8 0 43.153 33 31 14 25 John Patterson John Patterson (pitcher) 1 2 4.43 8 8 0 40.236 21 20 9 42 Chris Schroder 0 2 6.35 21 0 0 28.123 21 20 15 39 Shawn Hill 1 3 4.66 6 6 0 36.243 20 19 12 16 Félix Rodríguez Félix Rodríguez (baseball) 1 1 7.67 31 0 0 29.132 25 25 16 15 Zach Day 1 3 4.73 5 5 0 26.229 15 14 11 13 Bill Bray 1 1 3.91 19 0 0 23.024 11 10 9 16 Beltrán Pérez 2 1 3.86 8 3 0 21.016 9 9 13 9 Ryan Wagner 3 3 4.70 26 0 0 30.236 21 16 15 20 Micah Bowie 0 1 1.37 15 0 0 19.2 11 3 3 7 11 Joey Eischen 0 1 8.59 22 0 0 14.218 18 14 19 18 Chris Booker Chris Booker (baseball) 0 0 3.68 10 0 0 7.15 3 3 1 7 Travis Hughes 0 0 6.35 8 0 0 11.113 8 8 6 4 Ryan Drese 0 2 5.19 2 2 0 8.29 8 5 8 5 Kevin Gryboski 0 0 14.29 6 0 0 5.214 11 9 2 4 Roy Corcoran 0 1 11.12 6 0 0 5.212 8 7 4 6 Brett Campbell 0 0 10.38 4 0 0 4.14 5 5 2 4 Santiago Ramírez Santiago Ramírez (baseball) 0 0 8.10 4 0 0 3.16 3 3 2 1 Team totals 71 91 5.03 162 162 32 1436.11535 872 803 584 960 Team leaders Qualifying players only. Batting StatPlayerTotal Avg. Nick Johnson .290 HR Alfonso Soriano 46 RBI Ryan Zimmerman 110 R Alfonso Soriano 119 H Alfonso Soriano 179 SB Alfonso Soriano 41 Pitching Stat Player Total W Ramón Ortiz 11 L Ramón Ortiz 16 ERA Ramón Ortiz 5.57 SO Ramón Ortiz 104 SV Chad Cordero 29 IP Ramón Ortiz 190.2 Awards and honors All-Stars Alfonso Soriano, OF Annual awards Silver Slugger: Alfonso Soriano, OF Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 HenleyJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 2006 Washington Nationals season at Baseball Reference 2006 Washington Nationals season at Baseball Almanac 53em Category:Washington Nationals seasons Washington Nationals Nat