2005 Washington Nationals

81-81 • .500 Win% • 5th in NL E

The 2005 Washington Nationals went 81-81 (.500) finishing 5th in the NL E division. The club scored 639 runs, allowed 673, and played home games at R.F.K. Stadium. Team leaders included Jose Guillen (24 HR, 76 RBI) and Livan Hernandez (15-10, 3.98 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

81 Wins
81 Losses
.500 Win %
5th Rank
639 R 673 RA
Diff -34

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⚡ Quick Stats

639 Runs Scored
673 Runs Allowed
-34 Run Diff
2,730K Attendance

📈 vs. 2005 NL Average

Batting Avg .251 4% below the 2005 league average (.261)
OBP .321 3% below the 2005 league average (.330)
SLG .385 7% below the 2005 league average (.414)
Team ERA 3.87 8% better than the 2005 league average (4.22)
Runs Scored 639 11% below the 2005 league average (721 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumR.F.K. Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,730,352
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Avg per Game 33,708

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2005

Batting Avg

1 Ryan Zimmerman 0.397 2 Nick Johnson 0.289 3 Ryan Church 0.287 4 Jose Guillen 0.283 5 Jose Vidro 0.275

Home Runs

1 Jose Guillen 24 2 Nick Johnson 15 3 Vinny Castilla 12 4 Brad Wilkerson 11 5 Brian Schneider 10

RBI

1 Jose Guillen 76 2 Nick Johnson 74 3 Vinny Castilla 66 4 Brad Wilkerson 57 5 Brian Schneider 44
2005 Washington Nationals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Brad Wilkerson 148 565 76 140 42 7 11 57 84 147 8 0.248
Jose Guillen 148 551 81 156 32 2 24 76 31 102 1 0.283
Vinny Castilla 142 494 53 125 36 1 12 66 43 82 4 0.253
Cristian Guzman 142 456 39 100 19 6 4 31 25 76 7 0.219
Nick Johnson 131 453 66 131 35 3 15 74 80 87 3 0.289
Brian Schneider 116 369 38 99 20 1 10 44 29 48 1 0.268
Jose Vidro 87 309 38 85 21 2 7 32 31 30 0 0.275
Jamey Carroll 113 303 44 76 8 1 0 22 34 55 3 0.251
Ryan Church 102 268 41 77 15 3 9 42 24 70 3 0.287
Preston Wilson 68 253 34 66 14 1 10 43 20 71 3 0.261
Marlon Byrd 74 216 20 57 15 2 2 26 18 47 5 0.264
Gary Bennett 68 199 11 44 7 0 1 21 21 37 0 0.221
Carlos Baerga 93 158 18 40 7 0 2 19 7 17 0 0.253
Livan Hernandez 35 82 7 20 2 1 2 7 0 8 0 0.244
Junior Spivey 28 77 15 17 7 0 2 7 11 26 2 0.221
Esteban Loaiza 34 74 3 12 2 0 0 4 0 23 0 0.162
Tony Blanco 56 62 7 11 3 0 1 7 2 19 1 0.177
John Patterson 31 59 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 23 0 0.102
Ryan Zimmerman 20 58 6 23 10 0 0 6 3 12 0 0.397
Wil Cordero 29 51 2 6 2 0 0 2 3 14 0 0.118
Deivi Cruz 20 51 2 13 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.255
Brandon Watson 25 40 8 7 1 1 1 5 4 8 0 0.175
Terrmel Sledge 20 37 7 9 0 1 1 8 7 8 2 0.243
Tony Armas 19 32 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 0.125
Jeffrey Hammonds 13 32 3 7 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.219
J. J. Davis 14 26 0 6 0 0 0 2 2 7 1 0.231
Matthew Cepicky 11 25 1 6 3 0 0 3 1 8 0 0.240
Tomo Ohka 11 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.250
Rick Short 11 15 4 6 2 0 2 4 1 1 0 0.400
Ryan Drese 12 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.071
Endy Chavez 7 9 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0.222
Brendan Harris 4 9 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.333
Hector Carrasco 64 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.000
Zach Day 12 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.125
Jon Rauch 15 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.143
Gary Majewski 79 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
John Halama 10 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Kenny Kelly 17 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 0.250
Sun-Woo Kim 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Keith Osik 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Luis Ayala 68 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Jason Bergmann 15 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.333
Joey Eischen 58 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Tyrell Godwin 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Claudio Vargas 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Henry Mateo 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Mike Stanton 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt White 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chad Cordero 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Horgan 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Travis Hughes 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
C. J. Nitkowski 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Antonio Osuna 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Darrell Rasner 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
T. J. Tucker 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2005

ERA

1 Chad Cordero 1.82 2 Hector Carrasco 2.04 3 Luis Ayala 2.66 4 Gary Majewski 2.93 5 John Patterson 3.13

Wins

1 Livan Hernandez 15 2 Esteban Loaiza 12 3 John Patterson 9 4 Luis Ayala 8 5 Tony Armas 7

Strikeouts

1 John Patterson 185 2 Esteban Loaiza 173 3 Livan Hernandez 147 4 Hector Carrasco 75 5 Chad Cordero 61
2005 Washington Nationals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Livan Hernandez 15 10 3.98 35 35 0 246.1 268 109 84 147
Esteban Loaiza 12 10 3.77 34 34 0 217.0 227 91 55 173
John Patterson 9 7 3.13 31 31 0 198.1 172 69 65 185
Tony Armas 7 7 4.97 19 19 0 101.1 100 56 54 59
Hector Carrasco 5 4 2.04 64 5 2 88.1 59 20 38 75
Gary Majewski 4 4 2.93 79 0 1 86.0 80 28 37 50
Chad Cordero 2 4 1.82 74 0 47 74.1 55 15 17 61
Luis Ayala 8 7 2.66 68 0 1 71.0 75 21 14 40
Ryan Drese 3 6 4.98 11 11 0 59.2 66 33 22 26
Tomo Ohka 4 3 3.33 10 9 0 54.0 44 20 27 17
Joey Eischen 2 1 3.22 57 0 0 36.1 34 13 19 30
Zach Day 1 2 6.75 12 5 0 36.0 41 27 25 16
Jon Rauch 2 4 3.60 15 1 0 30.0 24 12 11 23
Sun-Woo Kim 1 2 6.14 12 2 0 29.1 41 20 8 17
Mike Stanton 2 1 3.58 30 0 0 27.2 31 11 9 14
John Halama 0 3 4.64 10 3 0 21.1 23 11 8 11
Jason Bergmann 2 0 2.75 15 1 0 19.2 14 6 11 21
Travis Hughes 1 1 5.54 14 0 0 13.0 18 8 8 8
T. J. Tucker 1 0 6.39 13 0 0 12.2 20 9 2 5
Claudio Vargas 0 3 9.24 4 4 0 12.2 22 13 7 5
Darrell Rasner 0 1 3.68 5 1 0 7.1 5 3 2 4
Joe Horgan 0 0 21.00 8 0 0 6.0 19 14 4 5
Matt White 0 1 9.00 1 1 0 4.0 4 4 3 3
C. J. Nitkowski 0 0 8.10 7 0 0 3.1 5 3 2 2
Antonio Osuna 0 0 42.43 4 0 0 2.1 9 11 7 0

👥 Roster (55)

Tony Armas Luis Ayala Carlos Baerga Gary Bennett Jason Bergmann Tony Blanco Marlon Byrd Hector Carrasco Jamey Carroll Vinny Castilla Matthew Cepicky Endy Chavez +43 more

55 players

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The 2005 Washington Nationals in brief

In 2005 the Washington Nationals posted a 81-81 mark (.500) and finished 5th in the NL East. The run column shows 639 for and 673 against. The team batting average of .251 was 4% below the 2005 league mark of .261. The Washington Nationals staff finished with a 3.87 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.22. Measured against the 721-run league average, the offense was 11% behind.

Home games were played at R.F.K. Stadium, where 2,730,352 fans came through the gates. Jose Guillen topped the Washington Nationals with 24 home runs. Livan Hernandez was the top winner, with 15 victories. John Patterson struck out 185, the most on the club. Chad Cordero closed out 47 saves. The 2005 roster runs to 55 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2005 Washington Nationals

What was the 2005 Washington Nationals record?
The 2005 Washington Nationals finished 81-81 (.500 win pct).
Who led the 2005 Washington Nationals in home runs?
Jose Guillen led the 2005 Washington Nationals with 24 home runs.
What was the 2005 Washington Nationals team ERA?
The 2005 Washington Nationals posted a team ERA of 3.87.
Did the 2005 Washington Nationals win the World Series?
No. The 2005 Washington Nationals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2005 Washington Nationals play?
The 2005 Washington Nationals played home games at R.F.K. Stadium.
Who led the 2005 Washington Nationals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Jose Guillen (24 HR, 76 RBI) and Livan Hernandez (15-10, 3.98 ERA).
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