2008 Washington Nationals

59-102 • .366 Win% • 5th in NL E

The 2008 Washington Nationals went 59-102 (.366) finishing 5th in the NL E division. The club scored 641 runs, allowed 825, and played home games at Nationals Park. Team leaders included Lastings Milledge (14 HR, 61 RBI) and Tim Redding (10-11, 4.95 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

59 Wins
102 Losses
.366 Win %
5th Rank
641 R 825 RA
Diff -184

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⚡ Quick Stats

641 Runs Scored
825 Runs Allowed
-184 Run Diff
2,320K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 NL Average

Batting Avg .250 4% below the 2008 league average (.260)
OBP .322 3% below the 2008 league average (.330)
SLG .372 10% below the 2008 league average (.412)
Team ERA 4.66 9% worse than the 2008 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 641 13% below the 2008 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumNationals Park
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 2,320,400
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Avg per Game 29,005

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2008

Batting Avg

1 Anderson Hernandez 0.333 2 Cristian Guzman 0.316 3 Ronnie Belliard 0.287 4 Ryan Zimmerman 0.283 5 Dmitri Young 0.280

Home Runs

1 Lastings Milledge 14 2 Ryan Zimmerman 14 3 Elijah Dukes 13 4 Willie Harris 13 5 Ronnie Belliard 11

RBI

1 Lastings Milledge 61 2 Jesus Flores 59 3 Cristian Guzman 55 4 Ryan Zimmerman 51 5 Ronnie Belliard 46
2008 Washington Nationals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Cristian Guzman 138 579 77 183 35 5 9 55 23 57 6 0.316
Lastings Milledge 138 523 65 140 24 2 14 61 38 96 24 0.268
Ryan Zimmerman 106 428 51 121 24 1 14 51 31 71 1 0.283
Willie Harris 140 367 58 92 14 4 13 43 50 66 13 0.251
Felipe Lopez 100 325 34 76 20 0 2 25 32 54 4 0.234
Austin Kearns 86 313 40 68 10 0 7 32 35 63 2 0.217
Jesus Flores 90 301 23 77 18 1 8 59 15 78 0 0.256
Ronnie Belliard 96 296 37 85 22 0 11 46 37 58 3 0.287
Elijah Dukes 81 276 48 73 16 2 13 44 50 79 13 0.264
Aaron Boone 104 232 23 56 13 1 6 28 18 52 0 0.241
Wily Mo Peña 64 195 10 40 6 0 2 10 10 48 0 0.205
Wil Nieves 68 176 15 46 9 1 1 20 13 29 0 0.261
Kory Casto 66 163 15 35 10 0 2 16 19 36 1 0.215
Emilio Bonifacio 41 157 26 39 5 5 0 12 14 41 6 0.248
Dmitri Young 50 150 15 42 6 0 4 10 28 28 0 0.280
Paul Lo Duca 46 139 13 32 7 0 0 12 9 9 1 0.230
Ryan Langerhans 73 111 17 26 5 2 3 12 25 31 2 0.234
Nick Johnson 38 109 15 24 8 0 5 20 33 25 0 0.220
Anderson Hernandez 28 81 11 27 4 0 0 17 10 8 0 0.333
Roger Bernadina 26 76 10 16 1 1 0 2 9 21 4 0.211
Pete Orr 49 75 10 19 2 1 0 7 2 16 1 0.253
Johnny Estrada 23 53 0 9 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0.170
Rob Mackowiak 38 53 7 7 1 0 1 4 8 17 0 0.132
Odalis Perez 31 53 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 12 0 0.151
Alberto Gonzalez 17 49 9 17 6 0 1 9 4 6 0 0.347
Tim Redding 35 47 2 8 1 0 0 3 5 14 0 0.170
John Lannan 31 45 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 24 0 0.022
Jason Bergmann 30 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0.000
Luke Montz 10 21 2 3 0 0 1 3 5 9 0 0.143
Collin Balester 15 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.200
Matt Chico 11 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.154
Shawn Hill 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.000
Shairon Martis 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Garrett Mock 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Steven Shell 39 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Joel Hanrahan 69 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike O'Connor 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Luis Ayala 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tyler Clippard 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Jon Rauch 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Saul Rivera 76 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesus Colome 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chad Cordero 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Marco Estrada 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Mike Hinckley 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ray King 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Charlie Manning 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Sanches 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Schroder 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Levale Speigner 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2008

ERA

1 Steven Shell 2.16 2 Jon Rauch 2.98 3 John Lannan 3.91 4 Joel Hanrahan 3.95 5 Saul Rivera 3.96

Wins

1 Tim Redding 10 2 John Lannan 9 3 Odalis Perez 7 4 Joel Hanrahan 6 5 Saul Rivera 5

Strikeouts

1 Tim Redding 120 2 Odalis Perez 119 3 John Lannan 117 4 Jason Bergmann 96 5 Joel Hanrahan 93
2008 Washington Nationals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
John Lannan 9 15 3.91 31 31 0 182.0 172 79 72 117
Tim Redding 10 11 4.95 33 33 0 182.0 195 100 65 120
Odalis Perez 7 12 4.34 30 30 0 159.2 182 77 55 119
Jason Bergmann 2 11 5.09 30 22 0 139.2 153 79 47 96
Joel Hanrahan 6 3 3.95 69 0 9 84.1 73 37 42 93
Saul Rivera 5 6 3.96 76 0 0 84.0 90 37 35 65
Collin Balester 3 7 5.51 15 15 0 80.0 92 49 28 50
Jesus Colome 2 2 4.31 61 0 0 71.0 61 34 39 55
Shawn Hill 1 5 5.83 12 12 0 63.1 88 41 23 39
Luis Ayala 1 8 5.77 62 0 0 57.2 63 37 22 36
Steven Shell 2 2 2.16 39 0 2 50.0 34 12 20 41
Jon Rauch 4 2 2.98 48 0 17 48.1 42 16 7 44
Matt Chico 0 6 6.19 11 8 0 48.0 63 33 17 31
Charlie Manning 1 3 5.14 57 0 0 42.0 35 24 31 37
Garrett Mock 1 3 4.17 26 3 0 41.0 37 19 23 46
Shairon Martis 1 3 5.66 5 4 0 20.2 18 13 12 23
Mike Hinckley 0 0 0.00 14 0 0 13.2 8 0 3 9
Marco Estrada 0 0 7.82 11 0 0 12.2 17 11 5 10
Brian Sanches 2 0 7.36 12 0 0 11.0 16 9 5 10
Tyler Clippard 1 1 4.35 2 2 0 10.1 12 5 7 8
Mike O'Connor 1 1 13.00 5 1 0 9.0 11 13 11 4
Levale Speigner 0 1 11.25 7 0 0 8.0 13 10 6 1
Ray King 0 0 5.68 12 0 0 6.1 9 4 4 1
Chris Schroder 0 0 5.40 4 0 0 5.0 6 3 6 3
Chad Cordero 0 0 2.08 6 0 0 4.1 6 1 3 5

👥 Roster (50)

Luis Ayala Collin Balester Ronnie Belliard Jason Bergmann Roger Bernadina Emilio Bonifacio Aaron Boone Kory Casto Matt Chico Tyler Clippard Jesus Colome Chad Cordero +38 more

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 Washington Nationals

What was the 2008 Washington Nationals record?
The 2008 Washington Nationals finished 59-102 (.366 win pct).
Who led the 2008 Washington Nationals in home runs?
Lastings Milledge led the 2008 Washington Nationals with 14 home runs.
What was the 2008 Washington Nationals team ERA?
The 2008 Washington Nationals posted a team ERA of 4.66.
Did the 2008 Washington Nationals win the World Series?
No. The 2008 Washington Nationals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2008 Washington Nationals play?
The 2008 Washington Nationals played home games at Nationals Park.
Who led the 2008 Washington Nationals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Lastings Milledge (14 HR, 61 RBI) and Tim Redding (10-11, 4.95 ERA).
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