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2008 Washington Nationals season

Field	Value
name	Washington Nationals
season	2008
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Nationals Park
city	Washington, D.C.
owners	Lerner Enterprises
general_managers	Jim Bowden
managers	Manny Acta
television	MASN
WDCA (My 20)
radio	WWWT

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The Washington Nationals' 2008 season was the fourth season for the franchise in the District of Columbia, and the 40th since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, in 1969. It also marked the first season the Nationals played at Nationals Park. The team finished in last place in the National League East with a record of 59–102, the worst record in Major League Baseball.

Offseason

On November 30, 2007, the Nationals traded Ryan Church and Brian Schneider to the New York Mets for Lastings Milledge. On December 3, 2007, they traded minor-leaguer Glenn Gibson to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Elijah Dukes, and on the following day they traded Jonathan Albaladejo to the New York Yankees for Tyler Clippard.

Advertising and marketing

The Nationals′ marketing slogan for 2008 was "Welcome Home." The slogan welcomed Nationals fans to their new "home" at Nationals Park, where the Nationals began play in 2008 after three seasons at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium.

Spring training

The Nationals held their 2008 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium.

Regular season

March

The Nationals opened the 2008 MLB season by hosting the Atlanta Braves in a nationally televised night game on March 30, 2008. It was the first professional regular-season game to be played at the Nationals' new facility Nationals Park. President George W. Bush threw the ceremonial first pitch to Nationals' manager Manny Acta, and Ryan Zimmerman hit a two-out, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to mark an exciting beginning to the 2008 season. The Nationals also blew out the Phillies 11-6.

April

The Nationals clinched the series against the Phillies, winning 1-0. However, the Nationals struggled after a promising 3–0 start, losing 16 of their next 19 games to start off 6-16. They improved for the rest of the month, earning splits at Atlanta and at home against the Mets, and winning series against the Braves and the Pirates. Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass at Nationals Park in front of 47,000 people on April 17 while the Nationals were on a road trip.

May

The Nats started May winning 3 of the first 4 games of the month, earning them a 14–18 record, but lost 2 of 3 at Houston and were swept by the Florida Marlins at home. Then they took 3 of 4 against the struggling Mets at Shea Stadium, but in the first Beltway Series of 2008 they were nipped by the Orioles at Baltimore and lost two of three against the high-powered Phillies' offense. They split a series two games apiece against the Brewers and lost a series to the Padres. The Nats then beat up on the Diamondbacks in the first game of a series.

September

The team finished 59-102, the worst record in Major League Baseball. Six of the team's coaches were dismissed the day before the final game (a loss to the 2008 World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies); only manager Manny Acta and pitching coach Randy St. Clair were retained.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters	Name	Position
Cristian Guzmán	Shortstop
Lastings Milledge	Center fielder
Ryan Zimmerman	Third baseman
Nick Johnson	First baseman
Austin Kearns	Right fielder
Paul Lo Duca	Catcher
Elijah Dukes	Left fielder
Ronnie Belliard	Second baseman
Odalis Pérez	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

July 22, 2008: The Nationals traded Jon Rauch to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Emilio Bonifacio.
July 31, 2008: The Nationals traded Jhonny Núñez to the New York Yankees for Alberto González.
August 17, 2008: The Nationals traded Luis Ayala to the New York Mets for a player to be named later. The Mets sent Anderson Hernández to the Nationals to complete the trade on August 20, 2008.

Draft

The 2008 Major League Baseball draft took place on June 5 and 6. With their first pick – the ninth pick overall – the Nationals selected pitcher Aaron Crow. Other notable players the Nationals selected were shortstop Danny Espinosa (third round, 87th overall), catcher Adrián Nieto (fifth round, 151st overall), pitcher Tommy Milone (10th round, 301st overall), pitcher Louis Coleman (14th round, 421st overall), first baseman Tyler Moore (16th round, 481st overall), shortstop Steve Lombardozzi Jr. (19th round, 571st overall), pitcher Cory Mazzoni (26th round, 781st overall), pitcher Chris Heston (29th round, 871st overall), catcher Rob Brantly (46th round, 1,378th overall), and outfielder Alex Dickerson (48th round, 1,432nd overall). Crow, Coleman, Mazzoni, Heston, Brantly, and Dickerson all opted not to sign with the team. Moore finally did sign with the Nationals; it was the third time they had drafted him, but he had opted not to sign with them the first two times (in 2005 and 2006).

Roster

2008 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers

Attendance

The Nationals drew 2,320,400 fans at Nationals Park in 2008, placing them 13th in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams. Boosted by the opening of Nationals Park at the beginning of the season, it was their second-best attendance total in their short history in Washington, exceeded only by the 2,731,993 they drew in 2005, their first season in Washington.

Game log

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || March 30 || Braves || 3–2 || Rauch (1–0) || Moylan (0–1) || || 39,389 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || March 31 || @ Phillies || 11–6 || Rivera (1–0) || Gordon (0–1) || || 44,553 || 2–0 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || April 2 || @ Phillies || 1–0 || Redding (1–0) || Hamels (0–1) || Rauch (1) || 44,986 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || April 3 || @ Phillies || 8–7 (10) || Condrey (1–0) || Colomé (0–1) || || 25,831 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 4 || @ Cardinals || 5–4 || Looper (1-0) || Pérez (0–1) || Isringhausen (2) || 37,191 || 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || April 5 || @ Cardinals || 5–4 || Wainwright (1–0) || Chico (0–1) || Flores (1) || 41,463 || 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 6 || @ Cardinals || 3–0 || Lohse (1–0) || Lannan (0–1) || Isringhausen (3) || 41,912 || 3–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 7 || Marlins || 10–7 || Pinto (1–0) || Redding (1–1) || || 20,487 || 3–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 9 || Marlins || 10–4 || Olsen (1–0) || Bergmann (0–1) || || 23,340 || 3–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 10 || Marlins || 4–3 || Hendrickson (2–1) || Pérez (0–2) || Gregg (2) ||24,549 || 3–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 11 || Braves || 3–0 || Hudson (2–0) || Chico (0–2) || Moylan (1) || 28,051 || 3–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || April 12 || Braves || 10–2 || Smoltz (2–0) || Lannan (0–2) || || 32,532 || 3–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || April 13 || Braves || 5–4 || Redding (2–1) || Glavine (0–1) || Rauch (2) || 29,151 || 4–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || April 15 || @ Mets || 6–0 || Pelfrey (2–0) || Pérez (0–3) || || 46,567 || 4–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || April 16 || @ Mets || 5–2 || Maine (1–1) || Chico (0–3) || Wagner (2) || 46,106 || 4–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || April 17 || @ Mets || 3–2 (14) || Sosa (2–1) || Hanrahan (0–1) || || 47,785 || 4–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 18 || @ Marlins || 6–4 || Redding (3–1) || J. Miller (1–1) || Rauch (3) || 13,279 || 5–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 19 || @ Marlins || 6–5 || Gregg (2–0) || Rivera (1–1) || || 18,944 || 5–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || April 20 || @ Marlins || 6–1 || Olsen (3–0) || Ayala (0–1) || || 11,635 || 5–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || April 21 || @ Braves || 7–3 || Hudson (3–1) || Chico (0–4) || || 16,706 || 5–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || April 22 || @ Braves || 6–0 || Lannan (1–2) || Smoltz (3–1) || || 23,482 || 6–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 23 || Mets || 7–2 || Santana (3–2) || Redding (3–2) || || 32,780 || 6–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || April 24 || Mets || 10–5 || O'Connor (1–0) || Pérez (2–1) || || 29,750 || 7–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || April 25 || Cubs || 5–3 || Rauch (2–0) || Howry (0–1) || || 35,154 || 8–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || April 26 || Cubs || 7–0 || Zambrano (4–1) || Chico (0–5) || || 35,188 || 8–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || April 27 || Cubs || 2–0 || Lannan (2–2) || Lilly (1–4) || Rauch (4) || 33,795 || 9–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || April 29 || Braves || 6–3 || Rivera (2–1) || Boyer (0–3) || Rauch (5) || 25,285 || 10–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || April 30 || Braves || 3–2 (12) || Rivera (3–1) || Acosta (0–1) || || 29,473 || 11–17 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || May 1 || Pirates || 3–2 || Ayala (1–1) || Grabow (1–1) || Rauch (6) || 24,723 || 12–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || May 2 || Pirates || 11–4 || Marte (2–0) || Lannan (2–3) || || 26,001 || 12–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || May 3 || Pirates || 9–8 || Colomé (1–1) || Maholm (2–3) || Rauch (7) || 34,128 || 13–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || May 4 || Pirates || 5–2 || Redding (4–2) || Snell (2–2) || || 30,564 || 14–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 6 || @ Astros || 6–5 || Brocail (2–0) || Ayala (1–2) || Valverde (7) || 30,335 || 14–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 7 || @ Astros || 4–3 || Valverde (4–1) || Hanrahan (0–2) || || 30,432 || 14–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 8 || @ Astros || 8–3 || Lannan (3–3) || Backe (2–4) || || 33,433 || 15–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 9 || Marlins || 7–3 || Nolasco (2–3) || Redding (4–3)|| || 23,379 || 15–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 10 || Marlins || 11–0 || A. Miller (3–2) || O'Connor (1–1) || || 28,663 || 15–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 38 || May 11 || Marlins || 5–4 || Kensing (2–0) || Ayala (1–3) || Gregg (7) || 25,871 || 15–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 12 || @ Mets || 10–4 || Pérez (1–3) || Figueroa (2–3) || || 45,321 || 16–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 13 || @ Mets || 6–3 || Maine (5–2) || Lannan (3–4) || Wagner (8) || 46,618 || 16–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 14 || @ Mets || 5–3 || Redding (5–3) || Vargas (0–1) || Rauch (8) || 48,529 || 17–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || May 15 || @ Mets || 1–0 || Bergmann (1–1) || Pelfrey (2–4) || Rauch (9) || 51,769 || 18–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 16 || @ Orioles || 5–3 || Olson (3–0) || Hill (0–1) || Sherrill (16) || 29,266 || 18–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || May 17 || @ Orioles || 6–5 || Burres (4–4) || Pérez (1–4) || Sherrill (17) || 32,662 || 18–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || May 18 || @ Orioles || 2–1 || Lannan (4–4) || Guthrie (2–4) || Rauch (10) || 33,745 || 19–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 19 || Phillies || 4–0 || Redding (6–3) || Myers (2–5) || || 25,394 || 20–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 20 || Phillies || 1–0 || Gordon (4–2) || Rauch (2–1) || Lidge (11) || 28,105 || 20–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || May 21 || Phillies || 12–2 || Moyer (4–3) || Chico (0–6) || || 28,055 || 20–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || May 23 || Brewers || 5–1 || Sanches (1–0) || Suppan (2–4) || || 28,007 || 21–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || May 24 || Brewers || 5–2 || McClung (2–1) || Lannan (4–5) || Torres (2) || 30,029 || 21–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 51 || May 25 || Brewers || 7–6 || Rauch (3–1) || Mota (1–3) || || 35,567 || 22–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 52 || May 26 || Brewers || 4–3 (11) || Villanueva (3–5) || Rivera (3–2) || Torres (3) || 28,552 || 22–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 53 || May 27 || @ Padres || 4–2 || Bell (1–3) || Manning (0–1) || Hoffman (10) || 18,744 || 22–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 54 || May 28 || @ Padres || 6–4 || Pérez (2–4) || Estes (1–1) || Rauch (11) || 19,201 || 23–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 55 || May 29 || @ Padres || 5–2 || Bell (2–3) || Rivera (3–3) || Hoffman (11) || 25,021 || 23–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || May 30 || @ D-backs || 7–4 || Hanrahan (1–0) || Owings (6–3) || Rauch (12)|| 25,391 || 24–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || May 31 || @ D-backs || 4–0 || Webb (10–2) || Bergmann (1–2) || || 38,507 || 24–33 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 58 || June 1 || @ D-backs || 5–0 || Haren (6–4) || Hill (0–2)|| || 28,249 || 24–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 59 || June 3 || Cardinals || 6–1 || Lohse (6–2) || Pérez (2–5) || || 26,875 || 24–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || June 4 || Cardinals || colspan=6| Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 5 as part of a doubleheader |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 60 || June 5 (1) || Cardinals || 4–1 || Wellemeyer (7–1) || Lannan (4–6) || Franklin (7) || 27,264 || 24–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 61 || June 5 (2) || Cardinals || 10–9 (10) || Sanches (2–0) || Franklin (2–2) || || 32,357 || 25–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 62 || June 6 || Giants || 10–1 || Lincecum (8–1) || Bergmann (1–3) || || 25,987 || 25–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 63 || June 7 || Giants || 6–0 || Sánchez (5–3) || Hill (0–3) || || 30,652 || 25–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 64 || June 8 || Giants || 6–3 || Zito (2–9) || Mock (0–1) || Wilson (17) || 30,224 || 25–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 65 || June 9 || Giants || 3–2 || Cain (3–4) || Clippard (0–1) || Wilson (18) || 26,209 || 25–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || June 10 || @ Pirates || 7–6 || Hanrahan (2–2) || Capps (0–1) || Rauch (13) || 12,957 || 26–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 11 || @ Pirates || 3–1 || Snell (3–6) || Lannan (4–7) || Capps (16) || 15,439 || 26–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || June 12 || @ Pirates || 7–5 || Gorzelanny (5–5) || Bergmann (1–4) || Marte (1) || 16,306 || 26–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 69 || June 13 || @ Mariners || 7–6 || Hill (1–3) || Dickey (1–2) || Rauch (14) || 35,941 || 27–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || June 14 || @ Mariners || 5–2 || Clippard (1–1) || Batista (3–8) || Rauch (15) || 32,145 || 28–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || June 15 || @ Mariners || 6–2 || Colomé (2–1) || Lowe (1–3) || || 38,548 || 29–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 17 || @ Twins || 2–1 ||Hernández (7–4) || Lannan (4–8) || Nathan (18) || 20,920 || 29–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 73 || June 18 || @ Twins || 11–2 || Slowey (4–6) || Bergmann (1–5) || || 23,841 || 29–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 74 || June 19 || @ Twins || 9–3 || Perkins (3–2) || Hill (1–4) || || 24,793 || 29–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || June 20 || Rangers || 4–3 (14) || Hanrahan (3–2) || Wright (4–3) || || 30,359 || 30–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 76 || June 21 || Rangers || 13–3 || Gabbard (2–3) || Mock (0–2) || Mendoza (1) || 32,975 || 30–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 77 || June 22 || Rangers || 5–3 || Padilla (10–3) || Ayala (1–4) || Wilson (15) || 32,690 || 30–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 78 || June 23 || Angels || 3–2 || Lackey (5–1) || Rivera (3–4) || Rodríguez (31) || 24,805 || 30–48 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 79 || June 24 || Angels || 8–3 || Garland (7–4) || Hill (1–5) || || 28,531 || 30–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || June 25 || Angels || 5–4 || Rauch (4–1) || Shields (3–2) || || 29,180 || 31–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || June 27 || Orioles || 4–2 || Hanrahan (4–2) || Cabrera (5–4) || Rauch (16) || 35,830 || 32–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 82 || June 28 || Orioles || 9–1 || Olson (6–3) || Lannan (4–9) || Cormier (1) || 39,479 || 32–50 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 83 || June 29 || Orioles || 3–2 (12) || Hanrahan (5–2) || Sherrill (2–3) || || 39,824 || 33–50 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 84 || June 30 || @ Marlins || 6–5 (10) || Gregg (6–2) || Rauch (4–2) || || 10,888 || 33–51 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 85 || July 1 || @ Marlins || 9–6 || Balester (1–0) || Hendrickson (7–7) || || 12,166 || 34–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 86 || July 2 || @ Marlins || 4–2 || Nolasco (9–4) || Manning (0–2) || || 23,624 || 34–52 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 87 || July 3 || @ Reds || 5–3 || Cueto (7–8) || Colomé (2–2) || Cordero (16)|| 23,259 || 34–53 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 88 || July 4 || @ Reds || 3–0 || Arroyo (6–7) || Bergmann (1–6) || Cordero (17) || 22,626 || 34–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 89 || July 5 || @ Reds || 3–2 || Cordero (4–1) || Hanrahan (5–3) || || 37,121 || 34–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 90 || July 6 || @ Reds || 6–5 || Vólquez (11–3) || Balester (1–1) || Cordero (18) || 28,814 || 34–56 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 91 || July 8 || D-backs || 2–0 || Webb (13–4) || Pérez (2–6) || Lyon (19) || 26,820 || 34–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 92 || July 9 || D-backs || 5–0 || Lannan (5–9) || Owings (6–8) || || 25,862 || 35–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 93 || July 10 || D-backs || 7–5 (11) || Qualls (2–6) || Ayala (1–5) || || 27,330 || 35–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 94 || July 11 || Astros || 10–0 || Redding (7–3) || Paronto (0–1) || Shell (1) || 33,653 || 36–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || July 12 || Astros || 6–4 || Rodríguez (4–3) || Balester (1–2) || Valverde (24) || 30,682 || 36–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 96 || July 13 || Astros || 5–0 || Backe (6–9) || Pérez (2–7) || || 31,463 || 36–60 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 97 || July 18 || @ Braves || 7–6 || Hudson (10–7) || Redding (7–4) || González (4) || 39,861 || 36–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || July 19 || @ Braves || 8–2 || Lannan (6–9) || Jurrjens (9–5) || || 43,285 || 37–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 99 || July 20 || @ Braves || 15–6 || Pérez (3–7) || Reyes (3–9) || || 29,320 || 38–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || July 22 || @ Giants || 6–3 || Zito (5–12) || Bergmann (1–7) || Wilson (26) || 34,813 || 38–62 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 101 || July 23 || @ Giants || 6–4 || Espineli (1–0) || Ayala (1–6) || Wilson (27) || 35,539 || 38–63 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 102 || July 24 || @ Giants || 1–0 || Cain (6–8) || Redding (7–5) || || 36,963 || 38–64 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 103 || July 25 || @ Dodgers || 3–2 || Billingsley (10–9) || Lannan (6–10) || Broxton (3) || 47,313 || 38–65 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 104 || July 26 || @ Dodgers || 6–0 || Lowe (8–8) || Pérez (3–8) || || 42,122 || 38–66 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || July 27 || @ Dodgers || 2–0 || Kershaw (1–3) || Bergmann (1–8) || Broxton (4) || 38,660 || 38–67 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 106 || July 29 || Phillies || 2–1 || Myers (4–9) || Balester (1–3) || Lidge (25) || 34,039 || 38–68 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || July 30 || Phillies || 8–5 || Moyer (10–6) || Redding (7–6) || Lidge (26) || 31,798 || 38–69 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || July 31 || Phillies || 8–4 || Kendrick (9–5) || Lannan (6–11) || || 31,658 || 38–70 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 109 || August 1 || Reds || 5–2 || Pérez (4–8) || Bailey (0–5) || || 30,572 || 39–70 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 110 || August 2 || Reds || 10–6 || Manning (1–2) || Lincoln (1–3) || || 30,970 || 40–70 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 111 || August 3 || Reds || 4–2 || Balester (2–3) || Cueto (7–11) || Hanrahan (1) || 32,939 || 41–70 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 112 || August 4 || @ Rockies || 9–4 || Redding (8–6) || Cook (14–7) || || 33,143 || 42–70 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 113 || August 5 || @ Rockies || 8–2 || Corpas (2–3) || Ayala (1–7) || || 27,483 || 42–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || August 6 || @ Rockies || colspan=6| Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 7 as part of a doubleheader |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 114 || August 7 (1) || @ Rockies || 6–3 || Bergmann (2–8) || Francis (3–8) || Hanrahan (2) || 30,448 || 43–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 115 || August 7 (2) || @ Rockies || 6–3 || Pérez (5–8) || Jiménez (8–10) || Hanrahan (3) || 30,448 || 44–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 116 || August 8 || @ Brewers || 5–0 || Sabathia (6–0) || Balester (2–4) || || 43,209 || 44–72 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 117 || August 9 || @ Brewers || 6–0 || Sheets (11–5) || Redding (8–7) || || 42,974 || 44–73 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 118 || August 10 || @ Brewers || 5–4 || Mota (3–5) (13) || Ayala (1–8) || || 42,423 || 44–74 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 119 || August 11 || @ Brewers || 7–1 || Bush (7–9) || Mock (0–3) || || 42,196 || 44–75 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 120 || August 12 || Mets || 4–3 || Santana (10–7) || Rivera (3–5) || Feliciano (1) || 32,186 || 44–76 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || August 13 || Mets || 12–0 || Maine (10–7) || Bergmann (2–9) || Stokes (1) || 30,814 || 44–77 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 122 || August 14 || Mets || 9–3 || Pérez (9–7) || Balester (2–5) || || 31,058 || 44–78 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 123 || August 15 || Rockies || 4–3 || de la Rosa (6–6) || Redding (8–8) || Fuentes (23) || 27,965 || 44–79 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 124 || August 16 || Rockies || 13–6 || Hernández (1–1) || Lannan (6–12) || || 28,909 || 44–80 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 125 || August 17 || Rockies || 7–2 || Cook (15–8) || Pérez (5–9) || || 31,467 || 44–81 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 126 || August 19 || @ Phillies || 5 – 4 || Madson (3-1) || Shell (0-1) || Lidge (31) || 44,143 || 44-82 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 20 || @ Phillies || 4 – 0 || Myers (6-10) || Balester (2-6) || || 45,166 || 44-83 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 128 || August 21 || @ Phillies || 4-3 || Rivera (4-5) || Madson (3-2) || Hanrahan (4) || 41,568 || 45-83 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 129 || August 22 || @ Cubs || 13-5 || Lannan (7-12) || Cotts (0-2) || || 40,513 || 46-83 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 130 || August 23 || @ Cubs || 9-2 || Dempster (15-5) || Pérez (5-10) || || 40,708 || 46-84 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 131 || August 24 || @ Cubs || 6-1 || Harden (9-2) || Bergmann (2-10) || || 40,682 || 46-85 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 132 || August 26 || Dodgers || 2-1 || Balester (3-6) || Derek Lowe || Hanrahan (5) || 26,110 || 47-85 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 133 || August 27 || Dodgers || 5-4 || Redding (9-8) || Maddux (6-11) || Hanrahan (6) || 22,907 || 48-85 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 134 || August 28 || Dodgers || 11-2 || Lannan (8-12) || Kershaw (2-5) || || 26,338 || 49-85 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 135 || August 29 || Braves || 7-3 || Pérez (6-10) || Campillo || Hanrahan || 22,737 || 50-85 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 136 || August 30 || Braves || 9-8 || Shell (1-1) || V. Núñez (0-2) || || 30,326 || 51-85 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 137 || August 31 || Braves || 8-4 || Mock (1-3) || Elmer Dessens (0-1) || || 31,090 || 52-85 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 138 || September 1 || Phillies || 7–4 || Redding (10–8) || Kendrick (11–8) || || 28,393 || 53–85 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 139 || September 2 || Phillies || 4–0 || Hamels (12–8) || Lannan (8–13) || || 23,150 || 53–86 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 140 || September 3 || Phillies || 9–7 || Rivera (5–5) || C. Durbin (5–4) || || 23,122 || 54–86 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 141 || September 4 || @ Braves || 2–0 || Parr (1–0) || Martis (0–1) || Gonzalez (9) || 18,708 || 54–87 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 142 || September 5 || @ Braves || 10–5 || Jurrjens (12–9) || Bergmann (2–11) || || 25,064 || 54–88 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 143 || September 6 || @ Braves || 8–5 (10) || Hanrahan (6–3) || Gonzalez (0–2) || Shell (2) || 34,369 || 55–88 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 144 || September 7 || @ Braves || 7–4 (14) || Shell (2–1) || Bennett (2–6) || Hanrahan (8) || 30,753 || 56–88 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 145 || September 9 || @ Mets || 10–8 || Smith (4–3) || Manning (1–3) || Ayala (6) || 50,382 || 56–89 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 146 || September 10 || @ Mets || 13–10 || Smith (5–3) || Rivera (5–6) || Ayala (7) || 52,431 || 56–90 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 147 || September 12 || @ Marlins || 2–1 || Olsen (7-10) || Martis (0-2) || Lindstrom (3) || 12,121 || 56–91 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 148 || September 13 || @ Marlins || 4–2 || Johnson (5-1) || Redding (10-9) || Lindstrom (4) || 16,307 || 56–92 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 149 || September 14 || @ Marlins || 8–7 || A. Miller (6-9) || Shell (2-2) || Rhodes (2) || 12,024 || 56–93 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 150 || September 15 || Mets || 7–2 || Lannan (9–13) || P. Martínez (5–5) || || 21,759 || 57–93 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 151 || September 16 || Mets || 1–0 || Pérez (7–10) || Pelfrey (13–10) || Hanrahan (9) || 24,997 || 58–93 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 152 || September 17 || Mets || 9–7 || Knight (1–0) || Martis (0–3) || Ayala (8) || 25,019 || 58–94 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 153 || September 18 || Mets || 7–2 || Santana (14–7) || Redding (10–10) || || 25,426 || 58–95 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 154 || September 19 || Padres || 11–6(14) || Hampson (2-1) || Speigner (0-1) || || 28,600 || 58-96 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 155 || September 20 || Padres || 6–1 || Young (6-6) || Lannan (9-14) || || 27,474 || 58-97 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 156 || September 21 || Padres || 6–2 || Baek (6-10) ||Pérez (7-11) || || 29,608 || 58-98 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 157 || September 23 || Marlins || 9–4 || Martis (1-3) || Olsen (8-11) || || 20,657 || 59–98 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 158 || September 24 || Marlins || 9–4 || Johnson (7-1) || Redding (10-11) || || 23,299 || 59–99 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | -- || September 25 || Marlins || colspan=6|Cancelled (rain) No make-up game was scheduled |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 159 || September 26 || @ Phillies || 8–4 || Blanton (9–12) || Balester (3–7) || || 44,145 || 59–100 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 160 || September 27 || @ Phillies || 4–3 || Moyer (16–7) || Lannan (9–15) || Lidge (41) || 45,177 || 59–101 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 161 || September 28 || @ Phillies || 8–3 || Walrond (1–1) || Pérez (7–12) || || 44,945 || 59–102 |-

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
LF		140	367	28	92	14	4	13	43	.251	13
CF		138	523	65	140	24	2	14	61	.268	24
SS		138	579	77	183	35	5	9	55	.316	6
3B		106	428	51	121	24	1	14	51	.283	1
1B		104	232	23	56	13	1	6	28	.241	0
2B		100	325	34	76	20	0	2	25	.234	4
IF		96	296	37	85	22	0	11	46	.287	3
C		90	301	23	77	18	1	8	59	.256	0
RF		86	313	40	68	10	0	7	32	.217	2
RF		81	276	48	73	16	2	13	44	.264	13
OF		73	111	17	26	5	2	3	12	.234	2
P		72	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
C		68	176	15	46	9	1	1	20	.261	0
CI		66	163	15	35	10	0	2	16	.215	1
P		65	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
LF		64	195	10	40	6	0	2	10	.205	0
P		60	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
1B		50	150	15	42	6	0	4	10	.280	0
UT		49	75	10	19	2	1	0	7	.253	1
UT		46	139	13	32	7	0	0	12	.230	1
P		44	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
2B		41	157	26	39	5	5	0	12	.248	6
P		39	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
1B		38	109	15	24	8	0	5	20	.220	0
OF		38	53	7	7	1	0	1	4	.132	0
P		34	47	2	8	1	0	0	3	.170	0
P		30	53	4	8	2	0	0	2	.151	0
P		29	45	0	1	0	0	0	0	.022	0
P		29	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
2B		28	81	11	27	4	0	0	17	.333	0
P		26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
OF		26	76	10	16	1	1	0	2	.211	4
C		23	53	0	9	0	0	0	4	.170	0
IF		17	49	9	17	6	0	1	9	.347	0
P		15	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	.200	0
P		14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		10	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	.154	0
C		10	21	2	3	0	0	1	3	.143	0
P		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
P		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
P		1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
	Team Totals	161	5491	641	1376	269	26	117	608	.251	81

Pitching

Table is sortable.

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

Pos	Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
SP		10	11	4.95	33	33	0	182.0	195	110	100	65	120
SP		9	15	3.91	31	31	0	182.0	172	89	79	72	117
SP		7	12	4.34	30	30	0	159.2	182	87	77	55	119
RP		6	3	3.95	69	0	9	84.1	73	40	37	42	93
RP		5	6	3.96	76	0	0	84.0	90	41	37	35	65
CL		4	2	2.98	48	0	17	48.1	42	18	16	7	44
SP		3	7	5.51	15	15	0	80.0	92	53	49	28	50
SP		2	11	5.09	30	22	0	139.2	153	94	79	47	96
		2	2	2.16	39	0	2	50.0	34	14	12	20	41
		2	0	7.36	12	0	0	11.1	16	10	9	5	10
RP		2	2	4.31	61	0	0	71.0	61	38	34	39	55
		1	1	4.35	2	2	0	10.1	12	5	5	7	8
		1	3	5.14	57	0	0	42.0	35	25	24	31	37
		1	3	4.17	26	3	0	41.0	37	20	19	23	46
		1	3	5.66	5	4	0	20.2	18	14	13	12	23
		1	1	13.00	5	1	0	9.0	11	13	13	11	4
		1	5	5.83	12	12	0	63.1	88	47	41	23	39
RP		1	8	5.77	62	0	0	57.2	63	41	37	22	36
		0	0	7.82	11	0	0	12.2	17	13	11	5	10
		0	0	5.68	12	0	0	6.1	9	4	4	4	1
		0	1	11.25	7	0	0	8.0	13	10	10	6	1
		0	0	5.4	4	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	6	3
		0	6	6.19	11	8	0	48.0	63	34	34	17	31
		0	0	2.08	6	0	0	4.1	6	1	1	3	5
		0	0	0.00	14	0	0	13.2	8	1	0	3	9
	Team Totals	59	102	4.66	161	161	28	1434.0	1496	825	742	588	1063

Team leaders

Qualifying players only.

Batting

Stat	Player	Total
Avg.	Cristian Guzmán	.316
HR	Lastings Milledge
Ryan Zimmerman	14
14
RBI	Lastings Milledge	61
R	Cristian Guzmán	77
H	Cristian Guzmán	183
SB	Lastings Milledge	24

Pitching

Stat	Player	Total
W	Tim Redding	10
L	John Lannan	15
ERA	John Lannan	3.91
SO	Tim Redding	120
SV	Jon Rauch	17
IP	John Lannan
Tim Redding	182.0
182.0

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Cristian Guzmán, SS

Washington's top 20 prospects

Chris Marrero, 1B/OF
Ross Detwiler, LHP
Collin Balester, RHP
Michael Burgess, OF
Jack McGeary, LHP
Josh Smoker, LHP
Jordan Zimmermann, RHP
Justin Maxwell, OF
Colton Willems, RHP
John Lannan, LHP
Jake Smolinski, OF
Tyler Clippard, RHP
Adam Carr, RHP
Ian Desmond, SS
Garrett Mock, RHP
Stephen King, SS
Esmailyn Gonzalez, SS
Shairon Martis, RHP
Brad Peacock, RHP
Kory Casto, OF/3B

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Potomac

References

2008 Washington Nationals season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/trade-partners.cgi?franch_ID_1=WSN&franch_ID_2=NYM baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & New York Mets]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/trade-partners.cgi?franch_ID_1=WSN&franch_ID_2=TBD baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Tampa Bay Rays]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/trade-partners.cgi?franch_ID_1=WSN&franch_ID_2=NYY baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & New York Yankees]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150424010709/http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080312&content_id=2420923&vkey=pr_was&fext=.jsp&c_id=was Anonymous, "," Washington Nationals press release, March 12, 2008, 8:55 a.m. EDT.]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/trade-partners.cgi?franch_ID_1=WSN&franch_ID_2=ARI baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Arizona Diamondbacks]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=WSN&year_ID=2008&draft_type=junreg& baseball-reference.com 2008 Washington Nationals Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSN/2008-schedule-scores.shtml baseball-reference.com 2008 Washington Nationals]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSN/2005-schedule-scores.shtml baseball-reference.com 2005 Washington Nationals]

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