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The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the Washington Nationals National League franchise (2005–present), also known previously as the Montreal Expos (1969–2004). Players in Bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in Italics have had their numbers retired by ...
1.1 Single season records. 1.1.1 Batting. ... View history; Tools. Tools. ... records from 2005 are by Washington Nationals. Single season records
The Nationals have played at Nationals Park since 2008 A 1971 view of Jarry Park Stadium, where the Expos played from 1969 to 1976 The Montreal Olympic Stadium, Canada home of the Expos from 1977 until their move to Washington after the 2004 season A Nationals game in June 2005 at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, where the team played from 2005 to 2007
The 2025 Washington Nationals season is the Nationals' 21st season as the Major League Baseball franchise in the District of Columbia, the 18th season at Nationals Park, and the 57th since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [1] [2] The Nationals are led by Dave Martinez in his seventh year as manager.
The Nationals′ attempt to honor the Montreal-Washington franchise's entire history in the Ring of Honor, as well as by tracking Montreal-Washington franchise records, is not without controversy; it has been criticized as "an embodiment of the team's desire to find history before it can make much."
Between May 29 and June 15, 2005, the Nationals compiled a 15–2 record including a franchise record 10-game win streak (June 2–12). Ten of those games were decided by 1 run. On August 4, 2005, Brad Wilkerson became the first Washington Nationals player to ever hit a grand slam, against then Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Duaner Sánchez.
Shawn Andrew Kelley (born April 26, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners from 2009 to 2012, New York Yankees from 2013 to 2014, San Diego Padres in 2015, Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018, the Oakland Athletics in 2018 and the Texas Rangers in 2019.
The Mariners were created as a result of a lawsuit. In 1970, in the aftermath of the Pilots' purchase and relocation to Milwaukee by future Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig, the City of Seattle, King County, and the state of Washington (represented by then-State Attorney General and future U.S. Senator Slade Gorton) sued the American League for breach of contract. [2]