2006 Washington Nationals

71-91 • .438 Win% • 5th in NL E

The 2006 Washington Nationals went 71-91 (.438) finishing 5th in the NL E division. The club scored 746 runs, allowed 872, and played home games at R.F.K. Stadium. Team leaders included Alfonso Soriano (46 HR, 95 RBI) and Ramon Ortiz (11-16, 5.57 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

71 Wins
91 Losses
.438 Win %
5th Rank
746 R 872 RA
Diff -126

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⚡ Quick Stats

746 Runs Scored
872 Runs Allowed
-126 Run Diff
2,153K Attendance

📈 vs. 2006 NL Average

Batting Avg .261 1% below the 2006 league average (.264)
OBP .338 1% above the 2006 league average (.334)
SLG .417 2% below the 2006 league average (.427)
Team ERA 5.03 12% worse than the 2006 league average (4.49)
Runs Scored 746 3% below the 2006 league average (771 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumR.F.K. Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,153,080
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Avg per Game 26,581

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2006

Batting Avg

1 Alex Escobar 0.356 2 Daryle Ward 0.308 3 Nook Logan 0.300 4 Nick Johnson 0.290 5 Jose Vidro 0.289

Home Runs

1 Alfonso Soriano 46 2 Nick Johnson 23 3 Ryan Zimmerman 20 4 Ryan Church 10 5 Jose Guillen 9

RBI

1 Ryan Zimmerman 110 2 Alfonso Soriano 95 3 Nick Johnson 77 4 Brian Schneider 55 5 Jose Vidro 47
2006 Washington Nationals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Alfonso Soriano 159 647 119 179 41 2 46 95 67 160 41 0.277
Ryan Zimmerman 157 614 84 176 47 3 20 110 61 120 11 0.287
Nick Johnson 147 500 100 145 46 0 23 77 110 99 10 0.290
Jose Vidro 126 463 52 134 26 1 7 47 41 48 1 0.289
Brian Schneider 124 410 30 105 18 0 4 55 38 67 2 0.256
Royce Clayton 87 305 36 82 22 1 0 27 19 53 8 0.269
Felipe Lopez 71 274 43 77 13 2 2 22 34 60 21 0.281
Jose Guillen 69 241 28 52 15 1 9 40 15 48 1 0.216
Marlon Anderson 109 215 31 59 13 2 5 23 18 41 2 0.274
Austin Kearns 63 212 33 53 12 1 8 36 41 50 2 0.250
Marlon Byrd 78 197 28 44 8 1 5 18 22 47 3 0.223
Ryan Church 71 196 22 54 17 1 10 35 26 60 6 0.276
Robert Fick 60 128 14 34 4 0 2 9 10 24 1 0.266
Damian Jackson 67 116 16 23 6 1 4 10 12 39 1 0.198
Bernie Castro 42 110 18 25 1 3 0 10 9 18 7 0.227
Daryle Ward 78 104 15 32 9 0 6 19 14 21 0 0.308
Nook Logan 27 90 13 27 3 1 1 8 6 20 2 0.300
Alex Escobar 33 87 14 31 3 2 4 18 8 18 2 0.356
Matt LeCroy 39 67 5 16 3 0 2 9 11 17 0 0.239
Ramon Ortiz 38 56 5 6 0 0 1 3 3 26 0 0.107
Tony Armas 30 50 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 21 0 0.060
Livan Hernandez 26 45 6 12 4 0 1 6 1 3 0 0.267
Brandon Harper 18 41 6 12 3 0 2 6 4 4 0 0.293
Wiki Gonzalez 12 35 3 8 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0.229
Brendan Harris 17 32 3 8 2 0 0 2 3 3 0 0.250
Mike O'Connor 21 31 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 18 0 0.065
Brandon Watson 9 28 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.179
Henry Mateo 22 26 5 4 2 0 1 3 2 3 0 0.154
Pedro Astacio 17 25 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.200
George Lombard 20 21 2 3 0 0 1 1 5 10 2 0.143
Melvin Dorta 15 19 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.211
Mike Vento 9 18 3 5 1 0 0 1 4 5 0 0.278
Luis Matos 14 15 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Billy Traber 15 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.077
Jason Bergmann 29 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
John Patterson 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Zach Day 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Shawn Hill 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.167
Beltran Perez 9 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.500
Jon Rauch 85 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Saul Rivera 54 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Ryan Drese 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Gary Majewski 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ryan Wagner 26 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Chad Cordero 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Joey Eischen 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Chris Schroder 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Micah Bowie 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Bray 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Roy Corcoran 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Travis Hughes 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Felix Rodriguez 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Stanton 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Booker 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brett Campbell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin Gryboski 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Santiago Ramirez 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2006

ERA

1 Chad Cordero 3.19 2 Jon Rauch 3.35 3 Saul Rivera 3.43 4 Gary Majewski 3.58 5 John Patterson 4.43

Wins

1 Ramon Ortiz 11 2 Tony Armas 9 3 Livan Hernandez 9 4 Chad Cordero 7 5 Pedro Astacio 5

Strikeouts

1 Ramon Ortiz 104 2 Tony Armas 97 3 Livan Hernandez 89 4 Jon Rauch 86 5 Chad Cordero 69
2006 Washington Nationals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ramon Ortiz 11 16 5.57 33 33 0 190.2 230 118 64 104
Tony Armas 9 12 5.03 30 30 0 154.0 167 86 64 97
Livan Hernandez 9 8 5.34 24 24 0 146.2 176 87 52 89
Mike O'Connor 3 8 4.80 21 20 0 105.0 96 56 45 59
Jon Rauch 4 5 3.35 85 0 2 91.1 78 34 36 86
Pedro Astacio 5 5 5.98 17 17 0 90.1 109 60 31 42
Chad Cordero 7 4 3.19 68 0 29 73.1 59 26 22 69
Jason Bergmann 0 2 6.68 29 6 0 64.2 81 48 27 54
Saul Rivera 3 0 3.43 54 0 1 60.1 59 23 32 41
Gary Majewski 3 2 3.58 46 0 0 55.1 49 22 25 34
Mike Stanton 3 5 4.47 56 0 0 44.1 47 22 21 30
Billy Traber 4 3 6.44 15 8 0 43.1 53 31 14 25
John Patterson 1 2 4.43 8 8 0 40.2 36 20 9 42
Shawn Hill 1 3 4.66 6 6 0 36.2 43 19 12 16
Ryan Wagner 3 3 4.70 26 0 0 30.2 36 16 15 20
Felix Rodriguez 1 1 7.67 31 0 0 29.1 32 25 16 15
Chris Schroder 0 2 6.35 21 0 0 28.1 23 20 15 39
Zach Day 1 3 4.73 5 5 0 26.2 29 14 11 13
Bill Bray 1 1 3.91 19 0 0 23.0 24 10 9 16
Beltran Perez 2 1 3.86 8 3 0 21.0 16 9 13 9
Micah Bowie 0 1 1.37 15 0 0 19.2 11 3 7 11
Joey Eischen 0 1 8.59 22 0 0 14.2 18 14 19 18
Travis Hughes 0 0 6.35 8 0 0 11.1 13 8 6 4
Ryan Drese 0 2 5.19 2 2 0 8.2 9 5 8 5
Chris Booker 0 0 3.68 10 0 0 7.1 5 3 1 7
Roy Corcoran 0 1 11.12 6 0 0 5.2 12 7 4 6
Kevin Gryboski 0 0 14.29 6 0 0 5.2 14 9 2 4
Brett Campbell 0 0 10.38 4 0 0 4.1 4 5 2 4
Santiago Ramirez 0 0 8.10 4 0 0 3.1 6 3 2 1

👥 Roster (57)

Marlon Anderson Tony Armas Pedro Astacio Jason Bergmann Chris Booker Micah Bowie Bill Bray Marlon Byrd Brett Campbell Bernie Castro Ryan Church Royce Clayton +45 more

57 players

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The 2006 Washington Nationals in brief

The 2006 Washington Nationals finished 71-91, a .438 winning percentage, placing 5th in the NL East. With 746 runs scored and 872 given up, the 2006 differential was -126. The team batting average of .261 was 1% below the 2006 league mark of .264. Pitchers allowed 5.03 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.49. League clubs averaged 771 runs that year, so the Washington Nationals scored 3% fewer.

Home games were played at R.F.K. Stadium, where 2,153,080 fans came through the gates. Alfonso Soriano topped the Washington Nationals with 46 home runs. Ryan Zimmerman drove in a team-high 110 runs. On the mound, Ramon Ortiz won 11 games to lead the staff. Chad Cordero closed out 29 saves. In all, the roster shows 57 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2006 Washington Nationals

What was the 2006 Washington Nationals record?
The 2006 Washington Nationals finished 71-91 (.438 win pct).
Who led the 2006 Washington Nationals in home runs?
Alfonso Soriano led the 2006 Washington Nationals with 46 home runs.
What was the 2006 Washington Nationals team ERA?
The 2006 Washington Nationals posted a team ERA of 5.03.
Did the 2006 Washington Nationals win the World Series?
No. The 2006 Washington Nationals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2006 Washington Nationals play?
The 2006 Washington Nationals played home games at R.F.K. Stadium.
Who led the 2006 Washington Nationals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Alfonso Soriano (46 HR, 95 RBI) and Ramon Ortiz (11-16, 5.57 ERA).
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