2006 Washington Nationals season

The Washington Nationals' 2006 season was the franchise's second season in Washington, D.C. and 38th season overall.
The Nationals finished last in the NL East for the third consecutive year, 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 the previous season - as a free agent. On February 11, 2006, the Nationals sold Jamey Carroll to the Colorado Rockies for $300,000, and 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 former Mayor of the District of Columbia Anthony A. Williams, former 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.

Season standings

National League East

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

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, pitcher Sam Dyson, outfielder Khris Davis, first baseman Tyler Moore, and pitcher Brad Peacock. 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

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

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C		124	410	30	105	81	0	4	55	.256	2
1B		147	500	100	145	46	0	23	77	.290	10
2B		126	463	52	134	26	1	7	47	.289	1
SS		87	305	36	82	22	1	0	27	.269	8
3B		157	614	84	176	47	3	20	110	.287	11
LF		159	647	119	179	41	2	46	95	.277	41
CF		78	197	28	44	8	1	5	18	.223	3
RF		69	241	28	52	15	1	9	40	.216	1
SS		71	274	43	77	13	2	2	22	.281	21
RF		63	212	21	33	12	1	8	36	.250	2
2B		109	215	31	59	13	2	5	23	.274	2
CF		71	196	22	54	17	1	10	35	.276	6
C		60	128	14	34	4	0	2	9	.266	1
UT		67	116	16	23	6	1	4	10	.198	1
UT		78	104	15	32	9	0	6	19	.308	0
2B		42	110	18	25	1	3	0	10	.227	7
CF		27	90	13	27	2	1	1	8	.300	2
CF		33	87	14	31	3	2	4	18	.356	2
UT		39	67	5	16	3	0	2	9	.239	0
C		18	41	6	12	3	0	2	6	.293	0
C		12	35	3	8	0	0	0	2	.229	0
IF		17	32	3	8	2	0	0	2	.250	0
CF		9	28	0	5	0	0	0	0	.179	0
UT		22	26	5	4	2	0	1	3	.154	0
OF		20	21	2	3	0	0	1	1	.143	2
RF		9	18	3	5	1	0	0	1	.278	0
IF		15	19	3	4	1	0	0	0	.211	0
OF		14	15	2	3	2	0	0	0	.200	0
P		38	56	5	6	0	0	1	3	.107	0
P		30	50	1	3	0	0	0	1	.060	0
P		26	45	6	12	4	0	1	6	.267	0
P		15	25	2	5	0	0	0	0	.200	0
P		21	31	2	2	0	0	0	1	.065	0
P		15	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	.077	0
P		29	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	0
P		5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	.167	0
P		9	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	.500	0
P		54	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		85	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		46	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		26	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	0
P		2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		68	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
P		56	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0
P		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0
P		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0
P		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

Pos	Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
SP		11	16	5.57	33	33	0	190.2	127	118	64	104
SP		9	12	5.03	30	30	0	154.0	96	86	64	97
SP		9	8	5.34	24	24	0	146.2	94	87	52	89
SP		3	8	4.80	21	20	0	105.0	61	56	45	59
SP		5	5	5.98	17	17	0	90.1	64	60	31	42
CL		7	4	3.19	68	0	29	73.1	27	26	22	69
RP		3	0	3.43	54	0	1	60.1	28	23	32	41
RP		4	5	3.35	85	0	2	91.1	37	34	36	86
RP		3	2	3.58	46	0	0	55.1	24	22	25	34
RP		3	5	4.47	56	0	0	44.1	22	22	21	30
		0	2	6.68	29	6	0	64.2	49	48	27	54
		4	3	6.44	15	8	0	43.1	33	31	14	25
		1	2	4.43	8	8	0	40.2	21	20	9	42
		0	2	6.35	21	0	0	28.1	21	20	15	39
		1	3	4.66	6	6	0	36.2	20	19	12	16
		1	1	7.67	31	0	0	29.1	25	25	16	15
		1	3	4.73	5	5	0	26.2	15	14	11	13
		1	1	3.91	19	0	0	23.0	11	10	9	16
		2	1	3.86	8	3	0	21.0	9	9	13	9
		3	3	4.70	26	0	0	30.2	21	16	15	20
		0	1	1.37	15	0	0	19.2	3	3	7	11
		0	1	8.59	22	0	0	14.2	18	14	19	18
		0	0	3.68	10	0	0	7.1	3	3	1	7
		0	0	6.35	8	0	0	11.1	8	8	6	4
		0	2	5.19	2	2	0	8.2	8	5	8	5
		0	0	14.29	6	0	0	5.2	11	9	2	4
		0	1	11.12	6	0	0	5.2	8	7	4	6
		0	0	10.38	4	0	0	4.1	5	5	2	4
		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
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2006 Washington Nationals season

Offseason

Advertising and marketing

Spring training

Regular season

Groundbreaking for Nationals Park

Beltway Series

Season standings

National League East

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Draft

Roster

Attendance

Game log

Player stats

Batting

Pitching

Team leaders

Batting

Pitching

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Annual awards

Farm system