- List of Washington Nationals seasons
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The Nationals have played in Nationals Park since 2008.
The Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team that has been based in Washington, D.C. since 2005. The Nationals are a member of both the Major League Baseball’s (MLB) National League Eastern Division and the National League (NL) itself. Since the 2008 season, the Nationals have played in Nationals Park; from 2005 to 2007, the team played in RFK Stadium.
Olympic Stadium, home of the Expos from 1977 until their move in 2004.The Nationals are the successor team to the expansion team Montreal Expos, which played in Montreal, Quebec, from their inception in 1969 until 2004, with the majority of that time being spent in Montreal's Olympic Stadium.
The following takes into account both teams, as all records were carried with the team when they moved from Montreal to Washington.
Contents
Regular season results
World Series Champions National League Champions Division Champions Wild Card Berth
(1994–present)MLB
seasonTeam
seasonLeague[1] Division[1] Regular season Post-season Awards Finish[a] Wins[b] Losses Win% GB[c] Montreal Expos 1969 1969[n] NL East 6th 52 110 .321 48 1970 1970 NL East 6th 73 89 .451 16 Carl Morton (ROY)[j][2] 1971 1971 NL East 5th 71 90 .441 25½ 1972[k] 1972 NL East 5th 70 86 .449 26½ 1973 1973 NL East 4th 79 83 .488 3½ 1974 1974 NL East 4th 79 82 .491 8½ 1975 1975 NL East 5th 75 87 .463 17½ 1976 1976[o] NL East 6th 55 107 .340 46 1977 1977[p] NL East 5th 75 87 .463 26 Andre Dawson (ROY)[2] 1978 1978 NL East 4th 76 86 .469 14 1979 1979 NL East 2nd 95 65 .594 2 1980 1980 NL East 2nd 90 72 .556 1 1981[l] 1981 NL East 3rd 30 25 .545 4 Won NLDS[d] vs Philadelphia Phillies, 3–2
Lost NLCS[e] vs Los Angeles Dodgers, 3–2[3]1st 30 23 .566 — 1982 1982 NL East 3rd 86 76 .531 6 1983 1983 NL East 3rd 82 80 .506 8 1984 1984 NL East 5th 78 83 .484 18 1985 1985 NL East 3rd 84 77 .522 16½ 1986 1986 NL East 4th 78 83 .484 29½ 1987 1987 NL East 3rd 91 71 .562 4 Buck Rodgers (MOY)[h][4] 1988 1988 NL East 3rd 81 81 .500 20 1989 1989 NL East 4th 81 81 .500 12 1990 1990 NL East 3rd 85 77 .525 10 1991 1991 NL East 6th 71 90 .441 26½ 1992 1992 NL East 2nd 87 75 .537 9 1993 1993 NL East 2nd 94 68 .580 3 1994[m] 1994 NL East[m] 1st[m] 74 40 .649 — [m] Felipe Alou (MOY)[4] 1995 1995 NL East 5th 66 78 .458 24 1996 1996 NL East 2nd 88 74 .543 8 1997 1997 NL East 4th 78 84 .441 23 Pedro Martínez (CYA)[g][5] 1998 1998 NL East 4th 65 97 .401 41 1999 1999 NL East 4th 68 94 .420 35 2000 2000 NL East 4th 67 95 .414 28 2001 2001 NL East 5th 68 94 .420 20 2002 2002 NL East 2nd 83 79 .512 19 2003 2003 NL East 4th 83 79 .512 18 2004 2004[q] NL East 5th 67 95 .414 29 Washington Nationals 2005 2005[r] NL East 5th 81 81 .500 9 2006 2006 NL East 5th 71 91 .438 26 2007 2007[s] NL East 4th 73 89 .451 16 Dmitri Young (CPOY)[f][6] 2008 2008[t] NL East 5th 59 102 .366 32½ 2009 2009 NL East 5th 59 103 .364 34 2010 2010 NL East 5th 69 93 .426 28 Totals Wins Losses Win% 2755 2943 .484 All-time Montreal Expos regular season record (1969–2004) 5 5 .500 All-time Montreal Expos postseason record (1969–2004) 412 559 .424 All-time Washington Nationals regular season record (2005–2010) 3167 3502 .475 All-time combined franchise regular season record 5 5 .500 All-time combined franchise postseason record 3172 3507 .475 All-time combined franchise regular and postseason record These statistics are current as of October 3, 2010. Bold denotes a playoff season, pennant or championship; italics denote an active season.
Footnotes
- a The Finish column lists regular season results and excludes postseason play.
- b The Wins and Losses columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Regular and postseason records are combined only at the bottom of the list.
- c The GB column lists "Games Back" from the team that finished in first place that season. It is determined by finding the difference in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two.
- d NLDS stands for National League Division Series.
- e NLCS stands for National League Championship Series.
- f CPOY stands for Comeback Player of the Year
- g CYA stands for Cy Young Award.
- h MOY stands for Manager of the Year.
- j ROY stands for National League Rookie of the Year.
- k The 1972 Major League Baseball strike forced the cancellation of the first seven games (thirteen game-days) of the season.[7]
- l The 1981 Major League Baseball strike caused the season to split into two halves. This caused Major League Baseball to hold the Divisional Series so that the first- and second-half champions could play each other to determine playoff spots for the NLCS and World Series.[8]
- m The 1994 Major League Baseball strike ended the season on August 11, as well as cancelling the entire postseason. While Montreal was leading at the beginning of the strike, no team was officially awarded any division titles.[9]
- n This was the Expos' first season in Jarry Park Stadium.
- o This was the Expos' last season in Jarry Park Stadium.
- p This was the Expos' first season in Olympic Stadium.
- q This was the Expos' last season in Olympic Stadium.
- r This was the Nationals' first season in RFK Stadium.
- s This was the Nationals' last season in RFK Stadium.
- t This was the Nationals' first season in Nationals Park.
References
- ^ a b "Washington Nationals History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSN/. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ^ a b "Rookie of the Year Award Winners". Baseball-Reference.com. 2008-10-30. http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/roy_rol.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ "1981 Montreal Expos". Baseball-Reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MON/1981.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ^ a b "Manager of the Year Award Winners". Baseball-Reference.com. 2008-10-30. http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/manage.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ "Most Valuable Player MVP Awards & Cy Young Awards Winners". Baseball-Reference.com. 2008-10-30. http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mvp_cya.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ Bill Ladson (2007-10-26). "Young honored by Players Association". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071026&content_id=2283333&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ Morgan, Joe (August 21, 2002). "Strike is no longer necessary". ESPN. http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/morgan_joe/1421081.html. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ^ "Year in Review - 1981". Baseball Almanac. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/yr1981a.shtml. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- ^ Zirin, David (August 18, 2004). "The MLB Strike - 25 Years in the Making". Buzzle editorials.. http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/8-18-2004-58021.asp. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
See also
- Washington Nationals team records
- List of managers and owners of the Montreal Expos and Washington Nationals
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