# 2007 Washington Nationals season

The 2007 Washington Nationals season began with the team trying to win its first National League East title since moving to Washington. During the offseason, the team replaced manager Frank Robinson with former Montreal Expos coach Manny Acta. They lost several players through free agency and trades. The most notable of those are José Guillén, Ramón Ortiz, Alfonso Soriano, and José Vidro. The Nationals signed few major league free agents. Their most experienced free agent signing was Dmitri Young. Luis Ayala, Alex Escobar, Cristian Guzmán, Nick Johnson, Michael O'Connor and John Patterson were expected to return from season-ending injuries.
After losing four starters (Liván Hernández, Tony Armas, Ramón Ortiz and Pedro Astacio) from the prior year, the Nationals invited an extraordinary 36 pitchers to spring training. By year's end, the team would become the first team in modern baseball (except for strike-shortened seasons) with no pitcher in double figures with wins or losses.
The season was notable for it being the Nationals final year at RFK Stadium and for Dmitri Young winning Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award, marking the team's first annual award since moving to D.C. The Nationals finished 73–89, 16 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies and fourth in the NL East. This was their only season in Washington prior to 2011 that the Nationals did not finish last in their division.

## Offseason

On December 18, 2006, the Nationals traded José Vidro and cash to the Seattle Mariners for Emiliano Fruto and Chris Snelling.

## Spring training

The Nationals held their 2007 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium. They invited Danny Ardoin to spring training, but he did not make the team; they traded him to the Houston Astros for minor-leaguer Wade Robinson on March 26, 2007.

## Regular season
### April

On Opening Day, the Nationals lost their starting shortstop (Cristian Guzmán, hamstring) and center fielder (Nook Logan) for five weeks. At the end of April, one of their starters, Jerome Williams hurt his ankle while batting and was placed on the 15-day disabled list.

### May

Hitting coach Mitchell Page left his post with the team in May due to a relapse of alcoholism.
In the space of just 10 days in May, Shawn Hill, John Patterson, and Jason Bergmann went on the disabled list. Jerome Williams returned, pitched one game, and went back on the DL with a shoulder injury. The Washington Post wrote: "Almost everything that could sink a team's attitude has befallen the Nats. They started the year 1-8, then they lost eight in a row to drop to 9-25."
They pressed journeymen Mike Bacsik, Micah Bowie (a relief pitcher) and Jason Simontacchi, along with rookie reliever Levale Speigner into the starting rotation, amidst predictions that the 2007 Nationals might equal the 1962 Mets' record of futility, 120 losses in one season.
After the team lost 8 straight games to sink to 9-25, the Nats won 11 of 15, mostly with patchwork starting pitching and timely hitting. and the return of Cristian Guzmán, who was hitting .343 by the end of May.

### June

In June, the Nationals have been led by key hits by Dmitri Young, Cristian Guzmán and the power hitting of Ryan Zimmerman. But towards the end of the month, Guzman, hitting .329, was injured and lost for the season, and, following the injury, the Nationals lost 9 of their next 11 games.

### July

Dmitri Young, hitting .339 (third in the league) and slugging .512, was selected as the lone Nationals' representative in the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Despite rumors that the Nationals were seeking to trade Ronnie Belliard, Chad Cordero, Jon Rauch and Young, the Nationals did not make any major trades before the non-waiver trade deadline.

### Season standings
#### National League East

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 89 | 73 | .549 | — | 47‍–‍34 | 42‍–‍39 |
| New York Mets | 88 | 74 | .543 | 1 | 41‍–‍40 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Atlanta Braves | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 | 44‍–‍37 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Washington Nationals | 73 | 89 | .451 | 16 | 40‍–‍41 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Florida Marlins | 71 | 91 | .438 | 18 | 36‍–‍45 | 35‍–‍46 |

#### Record vs. opponents

2007 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 8–7 |
| Atlanta | 2–4 | — | 5–4 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 10–8 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 11–7 | 4–11 |
| Chicago | 2–4 | 4–5 | — | 9–9 | 5–2 | 0–6 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 9–6 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 8–7 | 3–5 | 5–2 | 11–5 | 6–1 | 8–4 |
| Cincinnati | 4–2 | 6–1 | 9–9 | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–11 | 2–4 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 9–7 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 6–9 | 1–6 | 7-11 |
| Colorado | 10–8 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | — | 3–3 | 3–4 | 12–6 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 10–8 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 10–8 |
| Florida | 1–6 | 8–10 | 6–0 | 3–4 | 3–3 | — | 2–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 9–9 |
| Houston | 2–5 | 3–3 | 7–8 | 11–4 | 4–3 | 3-2 | — | 4–3 | 5–13 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–10 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 7–9 | 2–5 | 9–9 |
| Los Angeles | 10–8 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 3–4 | 3–4 | — | 3–3 | 5–5 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–10 |
| Milwaukee | 5–2 | 2–5 | 6–9 | 7–8 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 13–5 | 3–3 | — | 2–4 | 3–4 | 10–6 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 7–8 | 4–2 | 8–7 |
| New York | 4–3 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 5–2 | 5–5 | 4–2 | — | 6–12 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 8–7 |
| Philadelphia | 1-5 | 9–9 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 12–6 | — | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–4 | 6–3 | 12–6 | 8–7 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–5 | 1–5 | 7–8 | 7–9 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 10–5 | 2–5 | 6–10 | 2–4 | 2–4 | — | 1–6 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 4–2 | 5–10 |
| San Diego | 8–10 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 10–8 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | — | 14–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 6–9 |
| San Francisco | 8–10 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 8–10 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 8–10 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 4–14 | — | 4–1 | 3–4 | 5–10 |
| St. Louis | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–11 | 9–6 | 4–3 | 4-2 | 9–7 | 3–3 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 12–6 | 4–3 | 1–4 | — | 1–5 | 6–9 |
| Washington | 1–6 | 7–11 | 1–6 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 10-8 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 5–1 | — | 9–9 |
Nationals vs. American League :
| Team | AL East | AL East | AL Central | AL Central | AL Central |
| Team | BAL | TOR | CLE | DET | MIN |
| Washington | 4–2 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 |

### Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| Name | Position |
| Felipe López | Second baseman |
| Cristian Guzmán | Shortstop |
| Ryan Zimmerman | Third baseman |
| Austin Kearns | Right fielder |
| Dmitri Young | First baseman |
| Brian Schneider | Catcher |
| Ryan Church | Left fielder |
| Nook Logan | Center fielder |
| John Patterson | Starting pitcher |

### Notable transactions

* April 13, 2007: The Nationals received minor-leaguer Brent Abernathy from the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal.
* April 20, 207: The Nationals received Manny Alexander from the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.
* May 2, 2007: The Nationals traded Chris Snelling to the Oakland Athletics for Ryan Langerhans.
* June 20, 2007: The Nationals sold Anastacio Martínez to the Detroit Tigers.
* June 24, 2007: The Nationals traded minor-leaguer Darnell McDonald to the Minnesota Twins for Levale Speigner. The move allowed the Nationals to keep Speigner – a Rule 5 draft pick – when they outrighted him to the Triple A Columbus Clippers.
* June 26, 2007: The Nationals sent minor-leaguer Jermaine Van Buren to the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal.
* August 17, 2007: The Nationals traded a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox for Wily Mo Peña and cash.
* August 21, 2007: The Nationals traded minor-leaguer Emiliano Fruto to the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor-leaguer Chris Carter, and sent Carter to the Boston Red Sox to complete the August 17, 2007, trade.
* September 4, 2007: The Nationals traded Ray King to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later. The Brewers sent minor-leaguer Andrew Lefave to the Nationals on September 14, 2007, to complete the trade.

### Draft

The 2007 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place on June 7 and 8. With their first pick – the sixth pick overall – the Nationals selected pitcher Ross Detwiler. Other notable players the Nationals selected were pitcher Jordan Zimmermann (second round, 67th overall), left fielder-third baseman Jake Smolinski (second round, 70th overall), third baseman Steven Souza Jr. (third round, 100th overall), catcher Derek Norris (fourth round, 130th overall), and pitcher Pat McCoy (10th round, 310th overall).

### Attendance

The Nationals drew 1,943,812 fans at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in 2007, placing them 14th in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams.

### Game log

2007 Game Log :
April (9-17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2Marlins9 – 2Willis (1-0)Patterson (0-1)40,3890-1
2April 3Marlins9 – 3Olsen (1-0)Hill (0-1)20,8940-2
3April 4Marlins7 – 6Rauch (1-0)Julio (0-1)18,8351-2
4April 5D-backs4 – 3González (1-0)Bergmann (0-1)Valverde (2)16,0171-3
5April 6D-backs7 – 1Owings (1-0)Williams (0-1)19,2341-4
6April 7D-backs7 – 1Webb (1-0)Patterson (0-2)16,6171-5
7April 8D-backs3 – 1Hernández (1-0)Hill (0-2)Valverde (3)17,2441-6
8April 10@ Braves8 – 0Hudson (1-0)Chico (0-1)18,3961-7
9April 11@ Braves8 – 3James (2-0)Williams (0-2)15,6311-8
10April 12@ Braves2 – 0Colomé (1-0)Smoltz (1-1)Cordero (1)23,8972-8
11April 13@ Mets3 – 2Heilman (1-1)R. Wagner (0-1)B. Wagner (3)47,3112-9
12April 14@ Mets6 – 2Hill (1-2)Hernández (1-1)53,5603-9
--April 15@ MetsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 28 as part of a doubleheader3-9
13April 16Braves5 – 1Chico (1-1)James (2-1)16,3164-9
14April 17Braves6 – 4Smoltz (2-1)Williams (0-3)Wickman (4)17,7914-10
15April 18Phillies5 – 4 (13)Speigner (1-0)Rosario (0-1)18,5845-10
16April 19Phillies4 – 2Moyer (2-1)Patterson (0-3)Gordon (3)18,6715-11
17April 20@ Marlins6 – 5 (14)Colomé (2-0)Gardner (0-1)Rivera (1)16,4696-11
18April 21@ Marlins9 – 3Sánchez (2-0)Chico (1-2)24,1076-12
19April 22@ Marlins12 – 6Obermueller (1-0)Williams (0-4)Gregg (1)18,4436-13
20April 24@ Phillies6 – 3Alfonseca (1-0)Bowie (0-1)Gordon (4)24,7456-14
21April 25@ Phillies9 – 3Lieber (1-0)Patterson (0-4)23,5266-15
22April 26@ Phillies4 – 2Hill (2-2)Hamels (2-1)Cordero (2)26,5727-15
23April 27Mets4 – 3Chico (2-2)Pérez (2-2)Cordero (3)21,6628-15
24April 28Mets6 – 2 (12)Sele (1-0)Rivera (0-1)29,2928-16
25April 29Mets1 – 0Maine (4-0)Bergmann (0-2)B. Wagner (4)27,3618-17
26April 30@ Padres3 – 2Patterson (1-4)Peavy (3-1)Cordero (4)19,7699-17 :
May (13-15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1@ Padres3 – 0Young (3-2)Hill (2-3)Hoffman (6)19,4389-18
28May 2@ Padres7 – 3Brocail (2-0)Chico (2-3)22,1539-19
29May 4@ Cubs6 – 4Zambrano (3-2)Bergmann (0-3)Dempster (6)39,4449-20
30May 5@ Cubs5 – 3R. Hill (4-1)Patterson (1-5)Dempster (7)40,2679-21
31May 6@ Cubs4 – 3 (10)Dempster (1-1)Wagner (0-2)40,4819-22
32May 7@ Brewers3 – 0Capuano (5-0)Chico (2-4)F. Cordero (13)17,7519-23
33May 8@ Brewers6 – 4Bush (3-3)Simontacchi (0-1)F. Cordero (14)19,3989-24
34May 9@ Brewers3 – 1Turnbow (1-0)Bowie (0-2)F. Cordero (15)24,6589-25
35May 11Marlins6 – 0Hill (3-3)Olsen (3-3)23,00610-25
36May 12Marlins7 – 3Rauch (2-0)Tankersley (2-1)19,27811-25
37May 13Marlins6 – 4Simontacchi (1-1)Obermueller (1-2)Rauch (1)20,48612-25
38May 14Braves2 – 1Bergmann (1-3)Smoltz (5-2)Colomé (1)18,82913-25
39May 15Braves6 – 2Hudson (5-1)Williams (0-5)21,25813-26
40May 16Braves6 – 4Traber (1-0)Davies (1-2)Rauch (2)20,32914-26
41May 17Braves4 – 3Chico (3-4)Paronto (2-1)Rauch (3)24,63115-26
42May 18Orioles5 – 4Trachsel (2-3)Simontacchi (1-2)Ray (9)22,37515-27
43May 19Orioles3 – 2 (11)Parrish (2-0)Abreu (0-1)Ray (10)30,66115-28
44May 20Orioles4 – 3Colomé (3-0)Báez (0-3)Cordero (5)29,28116-28
45May 21@ Reds8 – 7Coutlangus (2-0)Rauch (2-1)Weathers (9)15,27116-29
46May 22@ Reds8 – 4Colomé (4-0)Coutlangus (2-1)16,73217-29
47May 23@ Reds12 – 7Simontacchi (2-2)Lohse (1-6)31,97118-29
48May 24@ Reds4 – 3Bacsik (1-0)Belisle (4-4)Cordero (6)19,54119-29
49May 25@ Cardinals5 – 4Bowie (1-2)Reyes (0-8)Cordero (7)43,61820-29
50May 26@ Cardinals8 – 6Thompson (3-1)Speigner (1-1)Isringhausen (13)44,27020-30
51May 27@ Cardinals7 – 2Rivera (1-1)Wainwright (4-4)44,57821-30
52May 29Dodgers10 – 0Penny (7-1)Simontacchi (2-3)18,48321-31
53May 30Dodgers5 – 0Lowe (5-5)Bacsik (1-1)22,36021-32
54May 31Dodgers11 – 4Bowie (2-2)Hendrickson (2-3)20,98222-32 :
June (10-16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1Padres4 – 3 (10)Rauch (3-1)Meredith (2-3)22,35423-32
56June 2Padres11 – 3Germano (4-0)Speigner (1-2)21,63523-33
57June 3Padres7 – 3Wells (3-3)Simontacchi (2-4)26,96723-34
58June 5Pirates7 – 6Chacón (2-0)Bacsik (1-2)Capps (2)19,16923-35
59June 6Pirates6 – 5Cordero (1-0)Torres (0-3)24,75524-35
60June 7Pirates3 – 2Capps (3-2)Cordero (1-1)25,62224-36
61June 8@ Twins8 – 5Simontacchi (3-4)Silva (3-7)Rivera (2)25,14425-36
62June 9@ Twins3 – 1Speigner (2-2)Santana (6-6)Cordero (8)39,74226-36
63June 10@ Twins6 – 3Bonser (5-2)Bacsik (1-3)Nathan (14)31,03526-37
64June 12@ Orioles7 – 4Bowie (3-2)Cabrera (5-7)Cordero (9)21,15127-37
65June 13@ Orioles9 – 6 (11)Traber (2-0)Ray (3-5)Rivera (3)21,78228-37
66June 14@ Orioles3 – 1Simontacchi (4-4)Bradford (0-3)Cordero (10)20,77029-37
67June 15@ Blue Jays7 – 2Halladay (7-2)Bacsik (1-4)22,04229-38
68June 16@ Blue Jays7 – 3Marcum (4-2)Speigner (2-3)26,34229-39
69June 17@ Blue Jays4 – 2Bowie (4-2)Towers (6-6)Cordero (11)28,86730-39
70June 18Tigers9 – 8Maroth (5-2)Chico (3-5)22,56230-40
71June 19Tigers15 – 1Durbin (6-3)Simontacchi (4-5)22,22730-41
72June 20Tigers8 – 4Bonderman (8-0)Rivera (1-2)26,63730-42
73June 22Indians4 – 1Rivera (2-2)Carmona (8-3)Cordero (12)24,53431-42
74June 23Indians4 – 3Mastny (5-2)Cordero (1-2)Borowski (21)32,53931-43
75June 24Indians3 – 1Simontacchi (5-5)Westbrook (1-3)Cordero (13)26,41332-43
76June 25@ Braves4 – 1Hudson (7-5)Bergmann (1-4)Wickman (13)25,37532-44
77June 26@ Braves6 – 2Carlyle (2-2)Bacsik (1-5)Wickman (14)22,50832-45
78June 27@ Braves13 – 0Smoltz (9-4)Bowie (4-3)29,14432-46
79June 29@ Pirates3 – 2Capps (4-4)Rauch (3-2)32,36132-47
80June 30@ Pirates7 – 2Gorzelanny (8-4)Bergmann (1-5)26,95932-48 :
July (14-12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1@ Pirates3 – 2Bacsik (2-5)Maholm (4-11)Cordero (14)19,14933-48
82July 2Cubs7 – 2Lilly (7-4)Simontacchi (5-6)24,01533-49
83July 3Cubs3 – 1Zambrano (10-6)Redding (0-1)Howry (3)30,10633-50
84July 4Cubs6 – 0Chico (4-5)Hill (5-6)39,20734-50
85July 5Cubs4 – 2Ohman (1-4)Ayala (0-1)Howry (4)22,59434-51
86July 6Brewers6 – 2Bush (7-7)Bacsik (2-6)18,96134-52
87July 7Brewers5 – 4Simontacchi (6-6)Suppan (8-8)C. Cordero (15)24,77435-52
88July 8Brewers7 – 2Redding (1-1)Capuano (5-6)20,63736-52
All–Star Break (July 9–11)
89July 13@ Marlins14 – 10Rivera (3-2)Willis (7-8)11,43837-52
90July 14@ Marlins5 – 2Mitre (4-4)Chico (4-6)Gregg (19)21,01237-53
91July 15@ Marlins5 – 3Olsen (7-7)Simontacchi (6-7)Gregg (20)12,11937-54
92July 16Astros4 – 3Rivera (4-2)Williams (4-11)Cordero (16)22,39238-54
93July 17Astros4 – 2Sampson (7-6)Redding (1-2)Lidge (1)22,36238-55
94July 18Astros7 – 6Bergmann (2-5)Jennings (1-6)Cordero (17)27,11939-55
95July 19Rockies5 – 4 (10)Rauch (4-2)Hawkins (1-5)20,57340-55
96July 20Rockies3 – 1Cook (6-6)Traber (2-1)Corpas (4)27,58140-56
97July 21Rockies3 – 0Bacsik (3-6)R. López (5-3)Cordero (18)31,67441-56
98July 22Rockies3 – 0Rauch (5-2)Julio (0-3)Cordero (19)21,79342-56
99July 24@ Phillies4 – 3Madson (2-2)Ayala (0-2)Alfonseca (8)40,11042-57
100July 25@ Phillies7 – 5 (14)Condrey (4-0)Booker (0-1)44,93142-58
101July 26@ Phillies7 – 6Rauch (6-2)Mesa (1-3)Cordero (20)43,41343-58
102July 27@ Mets6 – 2Bacsik (4-6)Sosa (7-6)51,17944-58
103July 28 (1)@ Mets3 – 1Hernández (7-4)Rivera (4-3)Wagner (24)51,94744-59
104July 28 (2)@ Mets6 – 5Rauch (7-2)Feliciano (2-2)Cordero (21)46,26545-59
105July 29@ Mets5 – 0 (5)Maine (12-5)Traber (2-2)47,26445-60
106July 31Reds6 – 3Chico (5-6)Livingston (2-2)Cordero (22)20,16546-60 :
August (12-17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1Reds7 – 2Lannan (1-0)Arroyo (4-12)28,94447-60
108August 2Reds7 – 3Bacsik (5-6)Dumatrait (0-1)26,22348-60
109August 3Cardinals3 – 2Cordero (2-2)Franklin (4-1)27,99249-60
110August 4Cardinals12 – 1Hanrahan (1-0)Piñeiro (1-2)29,25250-60
111August 5Cardinals6 – 3King (1-0)Franklin (4-2)Cordero (23)33,51751-60
112August 6@ Giants3 – 2 (11)Hennessey (2-3)King (1-1)43,05251-61
113August 7@ Giants8 – 6Schroder (1-0)Correia (1-6)Cordero (24)43,15452-61
114August 8@ Giants5 – 0Cain (4-12)Redding (1-3)42,99152-62
115August 9@ Giants3 – 1Hanrahan (2-0)Misch (0-2)Cordero (25)41,55553-62
116August 10@ D-backs11 – 4Hernández (8-7)Rivera (4-4)31,11053-63
117August 11@ D-backs1 – 0Webb (12-8)Lannan (1-1)32,12153-64
118August 12@ D-backs7 – 6Rauch (8-2)Valverde (1-4)Cordero (26)29,83954-64
119August 14Phillies3 – 2Alfonseca (4-1)Rauch (8-3)Myers (10)27,12854-65
120August 15Phillies4 – 2Redding (2-3)Kendrick (5-3)Cordero (27)25,57555-65
121August 16Phillies4 – 2Hamels (14-5)Hanrahan (2-1)Myers (11)27,30855-66
122August 17Mets6 – 2Glavine (11-6)Chico (5-7)23,63655-67
123August 18Mets7 – 4Pérez (11-8)Lannan (1-2)Wagner (29)35,15755-68
124August 19Mets8 – 2Hernández (8-4)Rauch (8-4)29,09255-69
125August 20@ Astros7 – 0Redding (3-3)Jennings (2-9)30,37456-69
126August 21@ Astros11 – 6Hanrahan (3-1)Rodríguez (7-12)34,07357-69
127August 22@ Astros3 – 2Williams (8-12)Bacsik (5-7)Lidge (12)32,02357-70
128August 23@ Astros7 – 6Lannan (2-2)Gutiérrez (0-1)Cordero (28)36,40758-70
129August 24@ Rockies6 – 5Fuentes (1-5)Cordero (2-3)25,23258-71
130August 25@ Rockies5 – 1U. Jiménez (3-2)Redding (3-4)27,17958-72
131August 26@ Rockies10 – 5Dessens (2-1)Hanrahan (3-2)24,08658-73
132August 27@ Dodgers5 – 4Lowe (11-11)Bacsik (5-8)Saito (35)46,94458-74
133August 28@ Dodgers4 – 3Billingsley (9-4)Schroder (1-1)Saito (36)49,69858-75
134August 29@ Dodgers10 – 9 (12)Proctor (5-5)Rivera (4-5)41,91358-76
135August 31Giants3 – 2Correia (3-6)Redding (3-5)Hennessey (17)25,16958-77 :
September (15-12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Giants4 – 1Hanrahan (4-2)Sánchez (1-3)Cordero (29)30,22159-77
137September 2Giants2 – 1Cordero (3-3)Wilson (1-1)27,31060-77
138September 3Marlins6 – 3Bergmann (3-5)VandenHurk (4-5)Cordero (30)27,59261-77
139September 4Marlins4 – 3Schroder (2-1)Gregg (0-5)15,61162-77
140September 5Marlins6 – 4Ayala (1-2)Lindstrom (2-4)Cordero (31)19,22263-77
141September 7@ Braves7 – 1Smoltz (13-7)Hanrahan (4-2)31,11663-78
142September 8@ Braves9 – 2James (10-10)Chico (5-8)36,94063-79
143September 9@ Braves7 – 4Bergmann (4-5)Cormier (2-5)Cordero (32)31,58264-79
144September 10@ Marlins5 – 4Hill (4-3)Olsen (9-13)Cordero (33)12,34565-79
145September 11@ Marlins13 – 8Lindstrom (3-4)Schroder (2-2)11,07865-80
146September 12@ Marlins5 – 4 (12)Barone (1-2)Rivera (4-6)10,12165-81
147September 14Braves8 – 5 (13)Ascanio (1-1)Colomé (4-1)18,56865-82
148September 15Braves7 – 4Bergmann (5-5)Cormier (2-6)Cordero (34)26,86666-82
149September 16Braves3 – 0Hudson (16-8)Hill (4-4)23,93566-83
150September 17Mets12 – 4Albaladejo (1-0)Sele (3-2)18,67867-83
151September 18Mets9 – 8Colomé (5-1)Maine (14-10)Cordero (35)19,96668-83
152September 19Mets8 – 4Pelfrey (3-7)Chico (5-9)20,55868-84
153September 20Phillies7 – 6Romero (2-2)Albaladejo (1-1)Myers (18)19,96668-85
154September 21Phillies6 – 3Eaton (10-9)Hill (4-5)Myers (19)26,94968-86
155September 22Phillies4 – 1 (10)Myers (5-7)Schroder (2-3)Condrey (2)26,41268-87
156September 23Phillies5 – 3Ayala (2-2)Alfonseca (5-2)Cordero (36)40,51969-87
157September 24@ Mets13 – 4Chico (6-9)Pelfrey (3-8)49,16470-87
158September 25@ Mets10 – 9Bergmann (6-5)Glavine (13-7)Rauch (4)49,24471-87
159September 26@ Mets9 – 6Hanrahan (5-3)Smith (3-2)Ayala (1)51,94072-87
160September 28@ Phillies6 – 0Hamels (15-5)Redding (3-6)45,08472-88
161September 29@ Phillies4 – 2Chico (7-9)Eaton (10-10)Cordero (37)44,53273-88
162September 30@ Phillies6 – 1Moyer (14-12)Bergmann (6-6)44,86573-89 :

## 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 | 129 | 408 | 33 | 96 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 54 | .235 | 0 |
| 1B | Dmitri Young | 136 | 460 | 57 | 147 | 38 | 1 | 13 | 74 | .320 | 0 |
| 2B | Ronnie Belliard | 147 | 511 | 57 | 148 | 35 | 1 | 11 | 58 | .290 | 3 |
| SS | Felipe López | 154 | 603 | 70 | 148 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 50 | .245 | 24 |
| 3B | Ryan Zimmerman | 162 | 653 | 99 | 174 | 43 | 5 | 24 | 91 | .266 | 4 |
| LF | Ryan Church | 144 | 470 | 57 | 128 | 43 | 1 | 15 | 70 | .272 | 3 |
| CF | Nook Logan | 118 | 325 | 39 | 86 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 21 | .265 | 23 |
| RF | Austin Kearns | 161 | 587 | 84 | 156 | 35 | 1 | 16 | 74 | .266 | 2 |
| RF | Robert Fick | 118 | 197 | 24 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .234 | 0 |
| C | Jesus Flores | 79 | 180 | 21 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .244 | 0 |
| SS | Christian Guzmán | 46 | 174 | 31 | 57 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | .328 | 2 |
| CF | Ryan Langerhans | 103 | 162 | 24 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | .198 | 3 |
| LF | Wily Mo Peña | 37 | 133 | 24 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .293 | 2 |
| IF | D'Angelo Jiménez | 73 | 102 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .245 | 2 |
| 1B | Tony Batista | 80 | 101 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .257 | 0 |
| LF | Chris Snelling | 24 | 49 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .204 | 0 |
| UT | Kory Casto | 16 | 54 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .130 | 0 |
| OF | Michael Restovich | 15 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | 0 |
| OF | Justin Maxwell | 15 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .269 | 0 |
| SS | Josh Wilson | 15 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 | 0 |
| OF | Brandon Watson | 5 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .278 | 1 |
| P | Matt Chico | 31 | 48 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | 0 |
| P | Jason Bergmann | 22 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .135 | 0 |
| P | Shawn Hill | 16 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | 0 |
| P | Mike Bacsik | 29 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .103 | 0 |
| P | Tim Redding | 15 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .071 | 0 |
| P | Jason Simontacchi | 13 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 | 0 |
| P | Joel Hanrahan | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .286 | 0 |
| P | John Lannan | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 | 0 |
| P | Micah Bowie | 30 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | 0 |
| P | John Patterson | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | Jerome Williams | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | 0 |
| P | Levale Speigner | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | Billy Traber | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | Jon Rauch | 88 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | Saúl Rivera | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | Winston Abreu | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | Chris Schroder | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | Chad Cordero | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | Jesús Colomé | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| P | Chris Booker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| P | Ross Detwiler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| P | Arnie Muñoz | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| P | Jonathan Albaladejo | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| P | Ryan Wagner | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| P | Luis Ayala | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| P | Ray King | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| | Team Totals | 162 | 5520 | 673 | 1415 | 309 | 31 | 123 | 646 | .256 | 69 |

### 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 | Matt Chico | 7 | 9 | 4.63 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 167.0 | 183 | 96 | 86 | 74 | 94 |
| SP | Mike Bacsik | 5 | 8 | 5.11 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 118.0 | 141 | 73 | 67 | 29 | 45 |
| SP | Jason Bergmann | 6 | 6 | 4.45 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 115.1 | 99 | 59 | 57 | 42 | 86 |
| SP | Shawn Hill | 4 | 5 | 3.42 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 97.1 | 86 | 42 | 37 | 25 | 65 |
| SP | Tim Redding | 3 | 6 | 3.64 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 84.0 | 84 | 35 | 34 | 38 | 47 |
| SP | Jason Simontacchi | 6 | 7 | 6.37 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 70.2 | 95 | 53 | 50 | 23 | 42 |
| CL | Chad Cordero | 3 | 3 | 3.36 | 76 | 0 | 37 | 75.0 | 75 | 31 | 28 | 29 | 62 |
| RP | Saúl Rivera | 4 | 6 | 3.68 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 93.0 | 88 | 39 | 38 | 42 | 64 |
| RP | Jon Rauch | 8 | 4 | 3.61 | 88 | 0 | 4 | 87.1 | 75 | 37 | 35 | 21 | 71 |
| RP | Jesús Colomé | 5 | 1 | 3.82 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 64 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 43 |
| RP | Ray King | 1 | 1 | 4.54 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 33.2 | 31 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| | Micah Bowie | 4 | 3 | 4.55 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 57.1 | 55 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 42 |
| | Joel Hanrahan | 5 | 3 | 6.00 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 51.0 | 59 | 35 | 34 | 38 | 43 |
| | Chris Schroder | 2 | 3 | 3.18 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 45.1 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 43 |
| | Luis Ayala | 2 | 2 | 3.19 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 42.1 | 43 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 28 |
| | Levale Speigner | 2 | 3 | 8.78 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 40.0 | 58 | 39 | 39 | 23 | 19 |
| | Billy Traber | 2 | 2 | 4.76 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 39.2 | 50 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 27 |
| | John Lannan | 2 | 2 | 4.15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 34.2 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 10 |
| | John Patterson | 1 | 5 | 7.47 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 31.1 | 39 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 15 |
| | Winston Abreu | 0 | 1 | 5.93 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 30.1 | 37 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 26 |
| | Jerome Williams | 0 | 5 | 7.20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 30.0 | 34 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 15 |
| | Ryan Wagner | 0 | 2 | 5.74 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| | Jonathan Albaladejo | 1 | 1 | 1.88 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| | Arnie Muñoz | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| | Chris Booker | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| | Ross Detwiler | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Team Totals | 73 | 89 | 4.58 | 162 | 162 | 46 | 1446.2 | 1502 | 783 | 736 | 580 | 931 |

### Team leaders

Qualifying players only.

#### Batting

| Stat | Player | Total |
| Avg. | Dmitri Young | .320 |
| HR | Ryan Zimmerman | 24 |
| RBI | Ryan Zimmerman | 110 |
| R | Ryan Zimmerman | 91 |
| H | Ryan Zimmerman | 174 |
| SB | Felipe López | 24 |

#### Pitching

| Stat | Player | Total |
| W | Jon Rauch | 8 |
| L | Matt Chico | 9 |
| ERA | Matt Chico | 4.63 |
| SO | Matt Chico | 94 |
| SV | Chad Cordero | 37 |
| IP | Matt Chico | 167.0 |

## Awards and honors
### All-Stars

* Dmitri Young, 1B

### Annual awards

* National League Comeback Player of the Year: Dmitri Young

## Records and firsts

The 2007 Nationals became the first team in modern baseball (1901–present) to trail 4-0 in each of their first six games. as well as the first to not score during the first three innings of each of their first ten games.
The 2007 Nationals also set the National League record for not scoring a run in the first inning of their first 22 games.
On August 7, 2007, in a game against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park, Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik gave up career home run number 756 to Barry Bonds, who broke a 33-year-old record previously held by Hank Aaron.

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Columbus Clippers | International League | John Stearns |
| AA | Harrisburg Senators | Eastern League | Scott Little |
| A | Potomac Nationals | Carolina League | Randy Knorr |
| A | Hagerstown Suns | South Atlantic League | Tom Herr |
| A-Short Season | Vermont Lake Monsters | New York–Penn League | Darnell Coles |
| Rookie | GCL Nationals | Gulf Coast League | Bob Henley |