# 2006 Washington Nationals season

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.
* On December 8, 2005, they traded Brad Wilkerson, Terrmel Sledge, and minor leaguer Armando Galarraga to the Texas Rangers for Alfonso Soriano.
* 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.
* On February 11, 2006, the Nationals sold Jamey Carroll to the Colorado Rockies for $300,000,
* On March 31, 2006, they sold Jim Crowell to the Philadelphia Phillies.

## Advertising and marketing

The Nationals' marketing slogan for the season was "Make It Your Pastime." 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.

### 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

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Mets | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 85 | 77 | .525 | 12 | 41‍–‍40 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Atlanta Braves | 79 | 83 | .488 | 18 | 40‍–‍41 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Florida Marlins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 19 | 42‍–‍39 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Washington Nationals | 71 | 91 | .438 | 26 | 41‍–‍40 | 30‍–‍51 |

#### Record vs. opponents

2006 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | — | 6–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 4–5 | 8–10 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 9–10 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 4–11 |
| Atlanta | 1–6 | — | 6–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 3–3 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 10–8 | 5–10 |
| Chicago | 2–4 | 1–6 | — | 10–9 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 7–8 | 4–2 | 8–8 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 6–9 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 4–11 |
| Cincinnati | 2–4 | 3–4 | 9–10 | — | 5–1 | 4–2 | 10–5 | 0–6 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 9–7 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 9–6 | 5–1 | 6-9 |
| Colorado | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | — | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–15 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 10–8 | 2–7 | 8–0 | 11–4 |
| Florida | 4–2 | 8–11 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–3 | — | 3–4 | 1–5 | 7–0 | 8–11 | 6–13 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 11–7 | 9–9 |
| Houston | 5–4 | 4–3 | 8–7 | 5–10 | 2–4 | 4-3 | — | 3–3 | 10–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 13–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 9–7 | 4–4 | 7–11 |
| Los Angeles | 10–8 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 3–3 | — | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 5–13 | 13–6 | 0–7 | 4–2 | 5–10 |
| Milwaukee | 3–3 | 4–2 | 8–8 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 0–7 | 5–10 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 7–9 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 7–9 | 1–5 | 6–9 |
| New York | 6–1 | 11–7 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | — | 11–8 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 12–6 | 6–9 |
| Philadelphia | 5-1 | 11–7 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 8–11 | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 5–13 |
| Pittsburgh | 1–5 | 3–3 | 9–6 | 7–9 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–13 | 4–6 | 9–7 | 4–5 | 3–3 | — | 1–5 | 6–1 | 6–9 | 3–3 | 3–12 |
| San Diego | 10–9 | 2–7 | 7–0 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 5–1 | — | 7–12 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 7–8 |
| San Francisco | 11–8 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 6–13 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 12–7 | — | 1–4 | 1–5 | 8–7 |
| St. Louis | 3–4 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 6–9 | 7–2 | 5-1 | 7–9 | 7–0 | 9–7 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–6 | 2–4 | 4–1 | — | 4–3 | 5–10 |
| Washington | 5–1 | 8–10 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 0–8 | 7-11 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 6–12 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 3–4 | — | 7–11 |
Nationals vs. American League :
| Team | AL East | AL East | AL East | AL East | AL East |
| Team | BAL | BOS | NYY | TB | TOR |
| Washington | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 |

### Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| Name | Position |
| Brandon Watson | Center fielder |
| José Vidro | Second baseman |
| José Guillén | Right fielder |
| Nick Johnson | First baseman |
| Alfonso Soriano | Left fielder |
| Ryan Zimmerman | Third baseman |
| Royce Clayton | Shortstop |
| Brian Schneider | Catcher |
| Liván 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.
* 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.
* August 31, 2006: The Nationals traded Daryle Ward to the Atlanta Braves for minor-leaguer Luis Atilano and Marlon Anderson to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor-leaguer Jhonny Núñez.
* September 1, 2006: The Nationals received Nook Logan from the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

### 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). 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.

### 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.

### Game log

2006 game log :
April (8-17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3@ New York Mets2-3Glavine (1-0)Hernández (0-1)Wagner (1)54,3710-1
2April 5@ New York Mets9-5 (10)Cordero (1-0)Julio (0-1)19,5571-1
3April 6@ New York Mets5-10Martínez (1-0)Ortiz (0-1)25,8391-2
4April 7@ Houston Astros1-6Backe (1-0)Armas (0-1)26,9781-3
5April 8@ Houston Astros12-8Hernández (1-1)Qualls (0-1)39,3242-3
6April 9@ Houston Astros3-7Pettitte (1-1)Drese (0-1)31,6622-4
7April 10@ Houston Astros4-5 (12)Qualls (1-1)Stanton (0-1)27,9442-5
8April 11New York Mets1-7Bannister (1-0)Ortiz (0-2)40,5162-6
9April 12New York Mets1-3Martínez (2-0)Armas (0-2)Wagner (2)29,9862-7
10April 13New York Mets13-4Zambrano (1-0)Hernández (1-2)25,4602-8
11April 14@ Florida Marlins3-5Willis (1-0)Drese (0-2)Borowski (1)12,9132-9
12April 15@ Florida Marlins2-1Patterson (1-0)Olsen (0-1)Cordero (1)15,6683-9
13April 16@ Florida Marlins7-5Majewski (1-0)Herges (0-1)Cordero (2)10,2964-9
14April 18@ Philadelphia Phillies10-3Armas (1-2)Lidle (1-2)20,0725-9
15April 19@ Philadelphia Phillies6-7 (10)Franklin (1-1)Stanton (0-2)27,9135-10
16April 20@ Philadelphia Phillies10-4Traber (1-0)Madson (1-1)28,1776-10
17April 21Atlanta Braves7-3Stanton (1-2)Cormier (0-1)24,5977-10
April 22Atlanta BravesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 18
18April 23Atlanta Braves1-3Cormier (1-1)Majewski (1-1)Remlinger (1)21,5697-11
19April 24Cincinnati Reds2-4Ramírez (1-0)Hernández (1-3)Weathers (5)19,2637-12
20April 25Cincinnati Reds5-6Williams (1-2)Traber (1-1)Weathers (6)21,6427-13
21April 26Cincinnati Reds0-5Arroyo (4-0)Ortiz (0-3)19,3807-14
22April 27@ St. Louis Cardinals2-6Ponson (3-0)O'Connor (0-1)39,5157-15
23April 28@ St. Louis Cardinals8-3Armas (2-2)Marquis (3-2)40,8418-15
24April 29@ St. Louis Cardinals1-2Looper (2-0)Rauch (0-1)Isringhausen (7)39,5968-16
25April 30@ St. Louis Cardinals2-9Suppan (2-2)Day (1-3)39,3838-17 :
May (14-15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ New York Mets1-2Wagner (2-0)Majewski (1-2)28,3108-18
27May 2@ New York Mets6-2O'Connor (1-1)Maine (0-1)34,0469-18
28May 3Florida Marlins5-6Nolasco (2-1)Stanton (1-3)Borowski (4)21,9189-19
29May 4Florida Marlins3-11Johnson (2-2)Hernández (1-4)20,9849-20
30May 5Pittsburgh Pirates6-0Day (2-3)Pérez (1-5)21,05910-20
31May 6Pittsburgh Pirates4-5 (11)Gonzalez (1-2)Rodriguez (0-1)29,95310-21
32May 7Pittsburgh Pirates5-4O'Connor (2-1)Duke (2-3)Cordero (3)30,65911-21
33May 9@ Cincinnati Reds7-1Armas (3-2)Claussen (2-4)16,71612-21
34May 10@ Cincinnati Reds6-9Weathers (1-1)Stanton (1-4)14,18012-22
35May 11@ Cincinnati Reds4-5 (11)Shackelford (1-0)Eischen (0-1)16,71612-23
36May 12@ Atlanta Braves2-6Smoltz (3-2)Ortiz (0-4)31,81812-24
37May 13@ Atlanta Braves5-8Reitsma (1-1)Cordero (1-1)37,04012-25
38May 14@ Atlanta Braves8-1Armas (4-2)Thomson (1-3)31,06213-25
39May 16@ Chicago Cubs0-4Zambrano (2-2)Hernández (1-5)39,29813-26
40May 17@ Chicago Cubs0-5Marshall (3-1)Day (2-4)39,75713-27
41May 18@ Chicago Cubs5-3Ortiz (1-4)Wood (0-1)Cordero (4)40,51714-27
42May 19Baltimore Orioles1-5Benson (6-3)O'Connor (2-2)30,32014-28
43May 20Baltimore Orioles8-3Rauch (1-1)Lopez (1-7)32,50215-28
44May 21Baltimore Orioles3-1Hernández (5-2)Chen (0-5)Cordero (5)32,15216-28
45May 22Houston Astros3-10Rodríguez (6-2)Day (2-5)18,80316-29
46May 23Houston Astros4-1Ortiz (2-4)Nieve (1-3)Cordero (6)23,18917-29
47May 24Houston Astros5-1Majewski (2-2)Wheeler (0-3)24,19418-29
48May 25Houston Astros8-5Armas (5-2)Pettitte (3-6)Cordero (7)24,73319-29
49May 26Los Angeles Dodgers10-4Hernández (3-5)Tomko (5-2)22,71220-29
50May 27Los Angeles Dodgers1-3Lowe (3-3)Stanton (1-5)Saito (2)26,86720-30
51May 28Los Angeles Dodgers10-4Ortiz (3-4)Seo (2-3)30,34821-30
52May 29@ Philadelphia Phillies2-11Condrey (1-0)O'Connor (2-3)33,68221-31
53May 30@ Philadelphia Phillies2-4Myers (4-2)Armas (5-3)Gordon (15)23,80521-32
54May 31@ Philadelphia Phillies3-2Hernández (4-5)Lidle (4-5)Cordero (8)30,38622-32 :
June (11-16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 2@ Milwaukee Brewers10-4Ortiz (4-4)Eveland (0-3)21,47623-32
56June 3@ Milwaukee Brewers4-3Bray (1-0)Turnbow (2-3)Cordero (9)40,39224-32
57June 4@ Milwaukee Brewers8-4Armas (6-3)de la Rosa (2-2)21,60825-32
58June 5@ Atlanta Braves5-4Hernández (5-5)Hudson (5-4)Cordero (10)20,70226-32
59June 6@ Atlanta Braves3-5Ramírez (2-1)Hill (0-1)Ray (3)23,49726-33
60June 7@ Atlanta Braves5-2Ortiz (5-4)Smoltz (4-4)Cordero (11)32,00127-33
61June 8Philadelphia Phillies5-2O'Connor (3-3)Brito (0-2)Cordero (12)24,66928-33
62June 9Philadelphia Phillies9-8 (12)Cordero (2-1)Condrey (1-1)24,75129-33
63June 10Philadelphia Phillies2-6Geary (4-0)Hernández (5-6)32,08929-34
64June 11Philadelphia Phillies6-0Hill (1-1)Hamels (1-1)30,58330-34
65June 12Colorado Rockies3-4Francis (5-5)Ramón Ortiz (5-5)Fuentes (14)20,63330-35
66June 13Colorado Rockies2-9Fogg (4-4)O'Connor (3-4)21,68930-36
67June 14Colorado Rockies8-14Martin (1-0)Bray (1-1)24,27330-37
68June 15Colorado Rockies1-8Jennings (5-6)Hernández (5-7)22,79330-38
69June 16New York Yankees5-7Rivera (4-3)Cordero (2-2)44,74930-39
70June 17New York Yankees11-9Rauch (2-1)Rivera (4-4)Cordero (13)45,08531-39
71June 18New York Yankees3-2Majewski (3-2)Wang (7-3)45,15732-39
72June 19@ Boston Red Sox3-6Snyder (1-0)Armas (6-4)Timlin (1)36,25232-40
73June 20@ Boston Red Sox3-11Wakefield (5-8)Hernández (5-8)36,42132-41
74June 21@ Boston Red Sox3-9Lester (2-0)Hill (1-2)36,46432-42
75June 23@ Baltimore Orioles1-2Lopez (5-8)Patterson (1-1)Ray (19)48,33132-43
76June 24@ Baltimore Orioles2-3Williams (2-3)Cordero (2-3)36,29032-44
77June 25@ Baltimore Orioles9-5Hernández (6-8)Cabrera (4-5)27,68033-44
78June 27@ Toronto Blue Jays0-6Burnett (1-1)Ortiz (5-6)20,22833-45
79June 28@ Toronto Blue Jays1-6Lilly (8-7)Hill (1-3)17,06733-46
80June 29@ Toronto Blue Jays4-8Halladay (10-2)Patterson (1-2)17,17533-47
81June 30Tampa Bay Devil Rays1-11Corcoran (2-0)O'Connor (3-5)21,85433-48 :
July (14-11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1Tampa Bay Devil Rays4-3 (10)Cordero (3-3)Meadows (2-2)21,51534-48
83July 2Tampa Bay Devil Rays6-2Ortiz (6-6)Seo (2-5)23,82335-48
84July 3Florida Marlins9-1Astacio (1-0)Nolasco (6-5)24,94336-48
85July 4Florida Marlins6-4Cordero (4-3)Borowski (0-2)23,11837-48
86July 5Florida Marlins9-18Petit (1-1)O'Connor (3-6)Pinot (1)18,44137-49
87July 6Florida Marlins8-7 (11)Cordero (5-3)Vargas (1-2)29,05338-49
88July 7San Diego Padres2-3Williams (4-1)Ortiz (6-7)Hoffman (23)25,16138-50
89July 8San Diego Padres2-5Young (8-4)Astacio (1-1)Hoffman (24)27,06038-51
90July 9San Diego Padres9-10Cassidy (5-4)Cordero (5-4)Linebrink (1)22,00038-52
All–Star Break (July 10–12)
91July 14@ Pittsburgh Pirates4-7Duke (6-8)Ortiz (6-8)Gonzalez (14)26,72038-53
92July 15@ Pittsburgh Pirates6-7Gonzalez (3-3)Corcoran (0-1)32,62638-54
93July 16@ Pittsburgh Pirates8-4 (11)Stanton (2-5)Hernández (0-3)18,90839-54
94July 17@ Florida Marlins2-4Nolasco (7-6)Armas (6-5)Borowski (18)7,56239-55
95July 18@ Florida Marlins7-6Stanton (3-5)Kensing (1-3)Cordero (14)11,24740-55
96July 19@ Florida Marlins0-1Sánchez (3-0)Ortiz (6-9)Borowski (19)25,54640-56
97July 21Chicago Cubs7-6Rauch (3-1)Howry (3-3)Cordero (15)35,44241-56
98July 22Chicago Cubs7-3Hernández (7-8)Williamson (2-3)38,02142-56
99July 23Chicago Cubs7-1Armas (7-5)Mármol (3-4)30,85143-56
100July 25San Francisco Giants8-6Ortiz (7-9)Morris (8-8)Cordero (16)33,35844-56
101July 26San Francisco Giants4-3Rivera (1-0)Benítez (4-2)30,24845-56
102July 27San Francisco Giants6-5Hernández (8-8)Cain (7-7)Cordero (17)29,71746-56
103July 28@ Los Angeles Dodgers1-13Billingsley (2-3)Armas (7-6)55,82546-57
104July 29@ Los Angeles Dodgers5-7Lowe (8-7)O'Connor (3-7)Broxton (1)41,54046-58
105July 30@ Los Angeles Dodgers3-4Broxton (2-0)Rauch (3-2)Saito (9)43,34646-59
106July 31@ San Francisco Giants10-7Astacio (2-1)Lowry (5-7)Cordero (18)37,10647-59 :
August (9-18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ San Francisco Giants4-1Hernández (9-8)Cain (7-8)Cordero (19)37,25848-59
108August 2@ San Francisco Giants6-8Schmidt (8-7)Armas (7-7)Stanton (1)38,28348-60
109August 4@ San Diego Padres6-2Ortiz (8-9)Young (9-5)36,53849-58
110August 5@ San Diego Padres3-6Embree (4-2)Astacio (2-2)Hoffman (30)40,33949-61
111August 6@ San Diego Padres2-3 (10)Brocail (2-0)Bowie (0-1)35,64849-62
112August 8Florida Marlins2-4Nolasco (10-7)Armas (7-8)Borowski (23)24,92249-63
113August 9Florida Marlins5-2Ortiz (9-9)Willis (7-9)Cordero (20)21,39050-63
114August 10Florida Marlins6-9Moehler (6-8)Wagner (0-1)Borowski (24)21,30450-64
115August 11New York Mets2-1Traber (2-1)Glavine (12-5)Cordero (21)29,41451-64
116August 12New York Mets4-6Feliciano (5-2)Schroder (0-1)Wagner (27)42,50751-65
117August 13New York Mets1-3Bradford (4-2)Rauch (3-3)Wagner (28)37,73251-66
118August 14Atlanta Braves4-10James (5-3)Ortiz (9-10)21,55051-67
119August 15Atlanta Braves5-0Astacio (3-2)Cormier (2-4)24,03652-67
120August 16Atlanta Braves9-6Traber (3-1)Smoltz (10-6)Cordero (22)28,09453-67
121August 17Atlanta Braves0-5Villarreal (9-1)Bergmann (0-1)29,00753-68
122August 18@ Philadelphia Phillies6-4Armas (8-8)Myers (8-6)Cordero (23)30,12354-68
123August 19@ Philadelphia Phillies2-11Hamels (6-6)Ortiz (9-11)34,88154-69
124August 20@ Philadelphia Phillies10-12Wolf (2-0)Astacio (3-3)Rhodes (2)36,02354-70
125August 21@ Florida Marlins1-3Sánchez (5-2)Traber (3-2)Borowski (28)9,31654-71
126August 22@ Florida Marlins5-7Tankersley (2-1)Wagner (0-2)Borowski (29)10,26054-72
127August 23@ Florida Marlins7-9Olsen (10-7)Armas (8-9)11,31854-73
128August 25@ Atlanta Braves7-6Wagner (1-2)Paronto (1-2)Rivera (1)33,62155-73
129August 26@ Atlanta Braves1-10Smoltz (12-6)Astacio (3-4)38,61055-74
130August 27@ Atlanta Braves6-13McBride (4-1)Traber (3-3)30,58755-75
131August 29Philadelphia Phillies6-10Myers (10-6)Armas (8-10)Rhodes (4)25,73555-76
132August 30Philadelphia Phillies1-5Hamels (7-7)Ortiz (9-12)24,43855-77
133August 31Philadelphia Phillies6-5 (10)Wagner (2-2)Fultz (3-1)22,22156-77 :
September (15-13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
September 1Arizona DiamondbacksPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 2 as part of a double header
134September 2 (1)Arizona Diamondbacks7-6Cordero (6-4)Lyon (2-4)22,01257-77
135September 2 (2)Arizona Diamondbacks4-3RiveraHernández (10-12)Cordero (24)22,92258-77
136September 3Arizona Diamondbacks5-3Wagner (3-2)Webb (14-6)Rauch (1)30,77159-77
137September 4St. Louis Cardinals4-1Ortiz (10-12)Marquis (14-13)31,09260-77
138September 5St. Louis Cardinals0-2Suppan (11-7)Astacio (3-5)Isringhausen (33)25,93760-78
139September 6St. Louis Cardinals7-6Cordero (7-4)Isringhausen (4-8)21,32261-78
140September 7@ Colorado Rockies5-10Corpas (1-1)Wagner (3-3)18,61761-79
141September 8@ Colorado Rockies8-11Field (1-1)Rauch (3-4)Fuentes (24)22,21461-80
142September 9@ Colorado Rockies5-9Venafro (1-0)Ortiz (10-13)22,73561-81
143September 10@ Colorado Rockies9-13Mesa (1-5)Schroder (0-2)Fuentes (25)18,64761-82
144September 11@ Arizona Diamondbacks7-6Rauch (4-4)Vizcaíno (4-5)Cordero (25)29,61062-82
145September 12@ Arizona Diamondbacks5-4Rodríguez (1-1)Peña (3-4)Cordero (26)31,18263-82
146September 13@ Arizona Diamondbacks2-4Hernández (12-12)Armas (8-11)Valverde (16)19,03163-83
147September 15Milwaukee Brewers2-5Villanueva (1-1)Ortiz (10-14)Cordero (19)21,16863-84
148September 16Milwaukee Brewers8-5Astacio (4-5)Bush (11-11)Cordero (27)24,25264-84
149September 17Milwaukee Brewers6-1Rivera (3-0)Davis (10-11)26,12865-84
150September 18Atlanta Braves1-6Davies (3-5)Armas (8-12)25,21165-85
151September 19Atlanta Braves9-2Pérez (1-0)James (10-4)20,59666-85
152September 20Atlanta Braves3-7Cormier (4-5)Ortiz (10-15)19,02766-86
153September 22@ New York Mets3-2Astacio (5-5)Hernández (10-11)Cordero (28)42,78867-86
154September 23@ New York Mets6-12Maine (6-5)O'Connor (3-8)45,24567-87
155September 24@ New York Mets5-1Armas (9-12)Trachsel (15-8)44,54368-87
156September 25@ New York Mets7-3Pérez (2-0)Glavine (14-7)34,02769-87
157September 26Philadelphia Phillies4-3Ortiz (11-15)Myers (12-7)Corero (29)18,96070-87
158September 27Philadelphia Phillies7-8 (14)Condrey (2-2)Bergmann (0-2)Castro (1)21,80970-88
159September 28Philadelphia Phillies3-1Traber (4-3)Lieber (9-11)Rauch (2)18,32471-88
160September 29New York Mets3-4Feliciano (7-2)Rauch (4-5)Wagner (40)27,80571-89
161September 30New York Mets0-13Glavine (15-7)Pérez (2-1)30,44971-90 :
October (0-1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1New York Mets2-6Mota (4-3)Ortiz (11-16)29,04471-91 :

## 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| P | Santiago Ramírez | 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 | 190.2 | 230 | 127 | 118 | 64 | 104 |
| SP | Tony Armas Jr. | 9 | 12 | 5.03 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 154.0 | 167 | 96 | 86 | 64 | 97 |
| SP | Liván Hernández | 9 | 8 | 5.34 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 146.2 | 176 | 94 | 87 | 52 | 89 |
| SP | Michael O'Connor | 3 | 8 | 4.80 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 105.0 | 96 | 61 | 56 | 45 | 59 |
| SP | Pedro Astacio | 5 | 5 | 5.98 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 90.1 | 109 | 64 | 60 | 31 | 42 |
| CL | Chad Cordero | 7 | 4 | 3.19 | 68 | 0 | 29 | 73.1 | 59 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 69 |
| RP | Jon Rauch | 4 | 5 | 3.35 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 91.1 | 78 | 37 | 34 | 36 | 86 |
| RP | Saúl Rivera | 3 | 0 | 3.43 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 60.1 | 59 | 28 | 23 | 32 | 41 |
| RP | Gary Majewski | 3 | 2 | 3.58 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 55.1 | 49 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 34 |
| RP | Mike Stanton | 3 | 5 | 4.47 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 44.1 | 47 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 30 |
| | Jason Bergmann | 0 | 2 | 6.68 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 64.2 | 81 | 49 | 48 | 27 | 54 |
| | Billy Traber | 4 | 3 | 6.44 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 43.1 | 53 | 33 | 31 | 14 | 25 |
| | John Patterson | 1 | 2 | 4.43 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 40.2 | 36 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 42 |
| | Chris Schroder | 0 | 2 | 6.35 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 39 |
| | Shawn Hill | 1 | 3 | 4.66 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 36.2 | 43 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 16 |
| | Félix Rodríguez | 1 | 1 | 7.67 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 29.1 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 15 |
| | Zach Day | 1 | 3 | 4.73 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 26.2 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 13 |
| | Bill Bray | 1 | 1 | 3.91 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 16 |
| | Beltrán Pérez | 2 | 1 | 3.86 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21.0 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 9 |
| | Ryan Wagner | 3 | 3 | 4.70 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 30.2 | 36 | 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 | 14.2 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 18 |
| | Chris Booker | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| | Travis Hughes | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| | Ryan Drese | 0 | 2 | 5.19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8.2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| | Kevin Gryboski | 0 | 0 | 14.29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| | Roy Corcoran | 0 | 1 | 11.12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| | Brett Campbell | 0 | 0 | 10.38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| | Santiago Ramírez | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| | Team Totals | 71 | 91 | 5.03 | 162 | 162 | 32 | 1436.1 | 1535 | 872 | 803 | 584 | 960 |

### Team leaders

Qualifying players only.

#### Batting

| Stat | Player | Total |
| 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

| 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 |