2006 Washington Nationals
[edit] Summary
The 2006 Washington Nationals finished with a record of 71-91. They scored 746 runs and belted 164 home runs to go along with a .262 batting average. The offense was powered by Alfonso Soriano, who led the team with 46 home runs and 179 hits. Ryan Zimmerman was the best run producer with 110 RBI. Alfonso Soriano had a great year on the basepaths with 41 stolen bases.
The team allowed 872 runs and had a team ERA of 5.03. Ramon Ortiz led the pitching staff with 11 wins and 104 strikeouts. Chad Cordero led the team with 29 saves.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Player Name | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | AVG |
| Infielders | ||||||||||||
| Marlon Anderson | 2B | 109 | 215 | 31 | 59 | 5 | 23 | 2 | .331 | .423 | .754 | .274 |
| Bernie Castro | 2B | 42 | 110 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .286 | .291 | .577 | .227 |
| Royce Clayton | SS | 87 | 305 | 36 | 82 | 0 | 27 | 8 | .315 | .348 | .663 | .269 |
| Melvin Dorta | 3B | 15 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .263 | .513 | .211 |
| Brendan Harris | SS | 17 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .313 | .646 | .250 |
| Nick Johnson | 1B | 147 | 500 | 100 | 145 | 23 | 77 | 10 | .428 | .520 | .948 | .290 |
| Felipe Lopez | SS | 71 | 274 | 43 | 77 | 2 | 22 | 21 | .362 | .365 | .727 | .281 |
| Henry Mateo | SS | 22 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .214 | .346 | .560 | .154 |
| Jose Vidro | 2B | 126 | 463 | 52 | 134 | 7 | 47 | 1 | .348 | .395 | .743 | .289 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 3B | 157 | 614 | 84 | 176 | 20 | 110 | 11 | .351 | .471 | .822 | .287 |
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||
| Marlon Byrd | OF | 78 | 197 | 28 | 44 | 5 | 18 | 3 | .317 | .350 | .667 | .223 |
| Ryan Church | OF | 71 | 196 | 22 | 54 | 10 | 35 | 6 | .366 | .526 | .892 | .276 |
| Alex Escobar | OF | 33 | 87 | 14 | 31 | 4 | 18 | 2 | .394 | .575 | .969 | .356 |
| Jose Guillen | OF | 69 | 241 | 28 | 52 | 9 | 40 | 1 | .276 | .398 | .674 | .216 |
| Damian Jackson | OF | 67 | 116 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .295 | .371 | .666 | .198 |
| Austin Kearns | OF | 63 | 212 | 33 | 53 | 8 | 36 | 2 | .381 | .429 | .810 | .250 |
| Nook Logan | OF | 27 | 90 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .337 | .389 | .726 | .300 |
| George Lombard | OF | 20 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .308 | .286 | .594 | .143 |
| Luis Matos | OF | 14 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .533 | .200 |
| Alfonso Soriano | OF | 159 | 647 | 119 | 179 | 46 | 95 | 41 | .351 | .560 | .911 | .277 |
| Mike Vento | OF | 9 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .409 | .333 | .742 | .278 |
| Daryle Ward | OF | 78 | 104 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 19 | 0 | .390 | .567 | .957 | .308 |
| Brandon Watson | OF | 9 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .179 | .386 | .179 |
| Catchers | ||||||||||||
| Robert Fick | C | 60 | 128 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 9 | 1 | .324 | .344 | .668 | .266 |
| Wiki Gonzalez | C | 12 | 35 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .263 | .229 | .492 | .229 |
| Brandon Harper | C | 18 | 41 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .362 | .512 | .874 | .293 |
| Matt LeCroy | C | 39 | 67 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .350 | .373 | .723 | .239 |
| Brian Schneider | C | 124 | 410 | 30 | 105 | 4 | 55 | 2 | .320 | .329 | .649 | .256 |
| Team Totals | - | - | 5495 | 746 | 1437 | 164 | 695 | 123 | .334 | .418 | .752 | .262 |
| Player Name | G | GS | IP | W | L | Win % | SV | SO | BB | ERA | WHIP | |||
| Pitchers | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Armas | 30 | 30 | 154 | 9 | 12 | .429 | 0 | 97 | 64 | 5.03 | 1.500 | |||
| Pedro Astacio | 17 | 17 | 90.3 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 0 | 42 | 31 | 5.98 | 1.550 | |||
| Jason Bergmann | 29 | 6 | 64.7 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 54 | 27 | 6.68 | 1.669 | |||
| Chris Booker | 10 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3.68 | 0.822 | |||
| Micah Bowie | 15 | 0 | 19.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1.37 | 0.914 | |||
| Bill Bray | 19 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 3.91 | 1.435 | |||
| Brett Campbell | 4 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1.38 | 1.395 | |||
| Roy Corcoran | 6 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11.12 | 2.807 | |||
| Chad Cordero | 68 | 0 | 73.3 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 29 | 69 | 22 | 3.19 | 1.105 | |||
| Zach Day | 5 | 5 | 26.7 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 4.72 | 1.498 | |||
| Ryan Drese | 2 | 2 | 8.7 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5.19 | 1.954 | |||
| Joey Eischen | 22 | 0 | 14.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 8.59 | 2.517 | |||
| Kevin Gryboski | 6 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14.29 | 2.807 | |||
| Livan Hernandez | 24 | 24 | 146.7 | 9 | 8 | .529 | 0 | 89 | 52 | 5.34 | 1.554 | |||
| Shawn Hill | 6 | 6 | 36.7 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4.66 | 1.499 | |||
| Travis Hughes | 8 | 0 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6.35 | 1.681 | |||
| Gary Majewski | 46 | 0 | 55.3 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0 | 34 | 25 | 3.58 | 1.338 | |||
| Mike O'Connor | 21 | 20 | 105 | 3 | 8 | .273 | 0 | 59 | 45 | 4.80 | 1.343 | |||
| Ramon Ortiz | 33 | 33 | 190.7 | 11 | 16 | .407 | 0 | 104 | 64 | 5.57 | 1.542 | |||
| John Patterson | 8 | 8 | 40.7 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 42 | 9 | 4.43 | 1.106 | |||
| Beltran Perez | 8 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 3.86 | 1.381 | |||
| Santiago Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8.10 | 2.424 | |||
| Jon Rauch | 85 | 0 | 91.3 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2 | 86 | 36 | 3.35 | 1.249 | |||
| Saul Rivera | 54 | 0 | 60.3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 41 | 32 | 3.43 | 1.509 | |||
| Felix Rodriguez | 31 | 0 | 29.3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 7.67 | 1.638 | |||
| Chris Schroder | 21 | 0 | 28.3 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 39 | 15 | 6.35 | 1.343 | |||
| Mike Stanton | 56 | 0 | 44.3 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 0 | 30 | 21 | 4.47 | 1.535 | |||
| Billy Traber | 15 | 8 | 43.3 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 6.44 | 1.547 | |||
| Ryan Wagner | 26 | 0 | 30.7 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 4.70 | 1.661 | |||
| Team Totals | 679 | 162 | 1436.3 | 71 | 91 | .438 | 32 | 960 | 584 | 5.03 | 1.475 | |||
[edit] Batting Leaders
| Category | ||
| Games | Alfonso Soriano | 159 |
| At Bats | Alfonso Soriano | 647 |
| Plate Appearances (approx.) | Alfonso Soriano | 728 |
| Batting Average | Nick Johnson | .290 |
| On-Base % | Nick Johnson | .428 |
| Slugging % | Alfonso Soriano | .560 |
| OPS | Nick Johnson | .948 |
| Runs | Alfonso Soriano | 119 |
| Hits | Alfonso Soriano | 179 |
| Total Bases | Alfonso Soriano | 362 |
| Doubles | Ryan Zimmerman | 47 |
| Triples | Bernie Castro and Ryan Zimmerman | 3 |
| Home Runs | Alfonso Soriano | 46 |
| RBI | Ryan Zimmerman | 110 |
| Walks | Nick Johnson | 110 |
| Strikeouts | Alfonso Soriano | 160 |
| Stolen Bases | Alfonso Soriano | 41 |
| Caught Stealing | Alfonso Soriano | 17 |
| Sacrifice Hits | Livan Hernandez | 9 |
| Sacrifice Flies | Royce Clayton and Jose Guillen | 5 |
| Grounded into Double Plays | Jose Vidro | 16 |
[edit] Pitching Leaders
| Category | ||
| Wins | Ramon Ortiz | 11 |
| Losses | Ramon Ortiz | 16 |
| Saves | Chad Cordero | 29 |
| Won-Loss % | Livan Hernandez | .529 |
| ERA | Ramon Ortiz | 5.57 |
| WHIP | Ramon Ortiz | 1.542 |
| Innings Pitched | Ramon Ortiz | 190.7 |
| Games | Jon Rauch | 85 |
| Games Started | Ramon Ortiz | 33 |
| Strikeouts | Ramon Ortiz | 104 |
| Complete Games | Pedro Astacio | 1 |
| Shutouts | Pedro Astacio | 1 |
| Batters Faced | Ramon Ortiz | 871 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | Ramon Ortiz | 118 |
| Hits Allowed | Ramon Ortiz | 230 |
| Walks Allowed | Tony Armas and Ramon Ortiz | 64 |
| Home Runs Allowed | Ramon Ortiz | 31 |
| Doubles Allowed | Ramon Ortiz | 46 |
| Triples Allowed | Jason Bergmann | 6 |
| Wild Pitches | Mike O'Connor | 8 |
| Hit Batsmen | Ramon Ortiz | 18 |
| Double Plays Induced | Tony Armas and Ramon Ortiz | 14 |



