2006 Washington Nationals season

2006 Washington Nationals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (since 2005)
Washington, D.C. (since 2005)
Other information
Owner(s)	Lerner Enterprises
General manager(s)	Jim Bowden
Manager(s)	Frank Robinson
Local television	MASN WDCA (My 20) (Bob Carpenter, Tom Paciorek)
Local radio	WTWP/WWWT (Charlie Slowes, Dave Jageler)
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The Washington Nationals' 2006 season was the franchise's second season in Washington, D.C. and 38th season overall.

Offseason

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

Advertising and marketing

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

Spring training

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

Regular season

Beltway Series

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

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

Season standings

National League East

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Mets	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
Philadelphia Phillies	85	77	0.525	12	41–40	44–37
Atlanta Braves	79	83	0.488	18	40–41	39–42
Florida Marlins	78	84	0.481	19	42–39	36–45
Washington Nationals	71	91	0.438	26	41–40	30–51

Record vs. opponents

2006 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	6–1	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

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.^[7]
July 28, 2006: The Nationals traded Mike Stanton to the San Francisco Giants for minor-leaguer Shairon Martis.^[3]
August 7, 2006: The Nationals traded Liván Hernández and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Matt Chico and Garrett Mock.^[8]
August 31, 2006: The Nationals traded Daryle Ward to the Atlanta Braves for minor-leaguer Luis Atilano^[9] and Marlon Anderson to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor-leaguer Jhonny Núñez.^[10]
September 1, 2006: The Nationals received Nook Logan from the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.^[11]

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).^[12] 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)

? Randy Knorr (Bullpen)

5 Davey Lopes (First Base)

49 Mitchell Page (Hitting)

14 Eddie Rodríguez (Bench)

46 Randy St. Claire (Pitching)

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.^[13]

Game log

2006 Game Log

April (8-17)

May (14-15)

June (11-16)

July (14-11)

August (9-18)

September (15-13)

October (0-1)

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Complete offensive statistics are available here.

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C	Schneider, BrianBrian Schneider	124	410	30	105	81	0	4	55	.256	2
1B	Johnson, NickNick Johnson	147	500	100	145	46	0	23	77	.290	10
2B	Vidro, JoséJosé Vidro	126	463	52	134	26	1	7	47	.289	1
SS	Clayton, RoyceRoyce Clayton	87	305	36	82	22	1	0	27	.269	8
3B	Zimmerman, RyanRyan Zimmerman	157	614	84	176	47	3	20	110	.287	11
LF	Soriano, AlfonsoAlfonso Soriano	159	647	119	179	41	2	46	95	.277	41
CF	Byrd, MarlonMarlon Byrd	78	197	28	44	8	1	5	18	.223	3
RF	Guillén, JoséJosé Guillén	69	241	28	52	15	1	9	40	.216	1
SS	López, FelipeFelipe López	71	274	43	77	13	2	2	22	.281	21
RF	Kearns, AustinAustin Kearns	63	212	21	33	12	1	8	36	.250	2
2B	Anderson, MarlonMarlon Anderson	109	215	31	59	13	2	5	23	.274	2
CF	Church, RyanRyan Church	71	196	22	54	17	1	10	35	.276	6
C	Fick, RobertRobert Fick	60	128	14	34	4	0	2	9	.266	1
UT	Jackson, DamianDamian Jackson	67	116	16	23	6	1	4	10	.198	1
UT	Ward, DaryleDaryle Ward	78	104	15	32	9	0	6	19	.308	0
2B	Castro, BernieBernie Castro	42	110	18	25	1	3	0	10	.227	7
CF	Logan, NookNook Logan	27	90	13	27	2	1	1	8	.300	2
CF	Escobar, AlexAlex Escobar	33	87	14	31	3	2	4	18	.356	2
UT	LeCroy, MattMatt LeCroy	39	67	5	16	3	0	2	9	.239	0
C	Harper, BrandonBrandon Harper	18	41	6	12	3	0	2	6	.293	0
C	González, WikiWiki González	12	35	3	8	0	0	0	2	.229	0
IF	Harris, BrendanBrendan Harris	17	32	3	8	2	0	0	2	.250	0
CF	Watson, BrandonBrandon Watson	9	28	0	5	0	0	0	0	.179	0
UT	Mateo, HenryHenry Mateo	22	26	5	4	2	0	1	3	.154	0
OF	Lombard, GeorgeGeorge Lombard	20	21	2	3	0	0	1	1	.143	2
RF	Vento, MikeMike Vento	9	18	3	5	1	0	0	1	.278	0
IF	Dorta, MelvinMelvin Dorta	15	19	3	4	1	0	0	0	.211	0
OF	Matos, LuisLuis Matos	14	15	2	3	2	0	0	0	.200	0
P	Ortiz, RamónRamón Ortiz	38	56	5	6	0	0	1	3	.107	0
P	Armas, Jr., TonyTony Armas, Jr.	30	50	1	3	0	0	0	1	.060	0
P	Hernández, LivánLiván Hernández	26	45	6	12	4	0	1	6	.267	0
P	Astacio, PedroPedro Astacio	15	25	2	5	0	0	0	0	.200	0
P	O'Connor, MichaelMichael O'Connor	21	31	2	2	0	0	0	1	.065	0
P	Traber, BillyBilly Traber	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	.077	0
P	Bergmann, JasonJason Bergmann	29	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Patterson, JohnJohn Patterson	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	0
P	Day, ZachZach Day	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Hill, ShawnShawn Hill	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	.167	0
P	Pérez, BeltránBeltrán Pérez	9	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	.500	0
P	Rivera, SaúlSaúl Rivera	54	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Rauch, JonJon Rauch	85	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Majewski, GaryGary Majewski	46	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Wagner, RyanRyan Wagner	26	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	0
P	Drese, RyanRyan Drese	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Eischen, JoeyJoey Eischen	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Cordero, ChadChad Cordero	68	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Corcoran, RoyRoy Corcoran	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Schroder, ChrisChris Schroder	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Bowie, MicahMicah Bowie	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Rodríguez , FélixFélix Rodríguez	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Hughes, TravisTravis Hughes	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
P	Stanton, MikeMike Stanton	56	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Bray, BillBill Bray	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P	Gryboski, KevinKevin Gryboski	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Booker, ChrisChris Booker	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Ramírez, SantiagoSantiago Ramírez	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P	Campbell, BrettBrett Campbell	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
	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; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Complete pitching statistics are available here.

Pos	Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
SP	Ortiz, RamónRamón Ortiz	11	16	5.57	33	33	0	190.2	127	118	64	104
SP	Armas, Jr., TonyTony Armas, Jr.	9	12	5.03	30	30	0	154.0	96	86	64	97
SP	Hernández, LivánLiván Hernández	9	8	5.34	24	24	0	146.2	94	87	52	89
SP	O'Connor, MichaelMichael O'Connor	3	8	4.80	21	20	0	105.0	61	56	45	59
SP	Astacio, PedroPedro Astacio	5	5	5.98	17	17	0	90.1	64	60	31	42
CL	Cordero, ChadChad Cordero	7	4	3.19	68	0	29	73.1	27	26	22	69
RP	Rivera, SaúlSaúl Rivera	3	0	3.43	54	0	1	60.1	28	23	32	41
RP	Rauch, JonJon Rauch	4	5	3.35	85	0	2	91.1	37	34	36	86
RP	Majewski, GaryGary Majewski	3	2	3.58	46	0	0	55.1	24	22	25	34
RP	Stanton, MikeMike Stanton	3	5	4.47	56	0	0	44.1	22	22	21	30
	Bergmann, JasonJason Bergmann	0	2	6.68	29	6	0	64.2	49	48	27	54
	Traber, BillyBilly Traber	4	3	6.44	15	8	0	43.1	33	31	14	25
	Patterson, JohnJohn Patterson	1	2	4.43	8	8	0	40.2	21	20	9	42
	Schroder, ChrisChris Schroder	0	2	6.35	21	0	0	28.1	21	20	15	39
	Hill, ShawnShawn Hill	1	3	4.66	6	6	0	36.2	20	19	12	16
	Rodríguez, FélixFélix Rodríguez	1	1	7.67	31	0	0	29.1	25	25	16	15
	Day, ZachZach Day	1	3	4.73	5	5	0	26.2	15	14	11	13
	Bray, BillBill Bray	1	1	3.91	19	0	0	23.0	11	10	9	16
	Pérez, BeltránBeltrán Pérez	2	1	3.86	8	3	0	21.0	9	9	13	9
	Wagner, RyanRyan Wagner	3	3	4.70	26	0	0	30.2	21	16	15	20
	Bowie, MicahMicah Bowie	0	1	1.37	15	0	0	19.2	3	3	7	11
	Eischen, JoeyJoey Eischen	0	1	8.59	22	0	0	14.2	18	14	19	18
	Booker, ChrisChris Booker	0	0	3.68	10	0	0	7.1	3	3	1	7
	Hughes, TravisTravis Hughes	0	0	6.35	8	0	0	11.1	8	8	6	4
	Drese, RyanRyan Drese	0	2	5.19	2	2	0	8.2	8	5	8	5
	Gryboski, KevinKevin Gryboski	0	0	14.29	6	0	0	5.2	11	9	2	4
	Corcoran, RoyRoy Corcoran	0	1	11.12	6	0	0	5.2	8	7	4	6
	Campbell, BrettBrett Campbell	0	0	10.38	4	0	0	4.1	5	5	2	4
	Ramírez, SantiagoSantiago Ramírez	0	0	8.10	4	0	0	3.1	3	3	2	1
	Totals	71	91	5.03	162	162	32	1436.1	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

References

↑ baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & San Diego Padres
↑ Alfonso Soriano Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 Mike Stanton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Colorado Rockies
↑ baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Philadelphia Phillies
↑ Anonymous, "Second season of uncertainty," washingtontimes.com, February 18, 2006
↑ Felipe López Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Arizona Diamondbacks
↑ Trades between Washington Nationals & Atlanta Braves
↑ Trades between Washington Nationals & Los Angeles Dodgers
↑ baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Detroit Tigers
↑ baseball-reference.com 2006 Washington Nationals Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
↑ baseball-reference.com 2006 Washington Nationals
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

2006 Washington Nationals season at Baseball Reference
2006 Washington Nationals season at Baseball Almanac

2006 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Washington Nationals

Formerly the Montreal Expos
Based in Washington, D.C.

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Space Coast Stadium
Ballpark of The Palm Beaches

Culture and lore

Key personnel

Owner: Ted Lerner
General Manager: Mike Rizzo
Manager: Dusty Baker

Rivalries

Baltimore Orioles

Retired numbers

Division titles (3)

Minors

Broadcasting

Television	Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN)

Radio	106.7 The Fan Radio network affiliates

Broadcasters	Bob Carpenter F. P. Santangelo Johnny Holliday Ray Knight Charlie Slowes Dave Jageler

Seasons (13)

2000s	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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