2009 Washington Nationals

59-103 • .364 Win% • 5th in NL E

The 2009 Washington Nationals went 59-103 (.364) finishing 5th in the NL E division. The club scored 710 runs, allowed 874, and played home games at Nationals Park. Team leaders included Adam Dunn (38 HR, 105 RBI) and John Lannan (9-13, 3.88 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
103 Losses
.364 Win %
5th Rank
710 R 874 RA
Diff -164

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⚡ Quick Stats

710 Runs Scored
874 Runs Allowed
-164 Run Diff
1,817K Attendance

📈 vs. 2009 NL Average

Batting Avg .257 equal to the 2009 league average (.258)
OBP .336 2% above the 2009 league average (.330)
SLG .406 1% below the 2009 league average (.408)
Team ERA 5.00 19% worse than the 2009 league average (4.19)
Runs Scored 710 1% below the 2009 league average (718 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumNationals Park
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,817,280
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Avg per Game 22,435

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2009

Batting Avg

1 Nyjer Morgan 0.351 2 Jesus Flores 0.301 3 Nick Johnson 0.295 4 Ryan Zimmerman 0.292 5 Cristian Guzman 0.284

Home Runs

1 Adam Dunn 38 2 Ryan Zimmerman 33 3 Josh Willingham 24 4 Elijah Dukes 8 5 Willie Harris 7

RBI

1 Ryan Zimmerman 106 2 Adam Dunn 105 3 Josh Willingham 61 4 Elijah Dukes 58 5 Cristian Guzman 52
2009 Washington Nationals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ryan Zimmerman 157 610 110 178 37 3 33 106 72 119 2 0.292
Adam Dunn 159 546 81 146 29 0 38 105 116 177 0 0.267
Cristian Guzman 135 531 74 151 24 7 6 52 16 75 4 0.284
Josh Willingham 133 427 70 111 29 0 24 61 61 104 4 0.260
Elijah Dukes 107 364 38 91 20 4 8 58 46 74 3 0.250
Nick Johnson 98 353 47 104 16 2 6 44 63 66 2 0.295
Willie Harris 137 323 47 76 18 6 7 27 57 62 11 0.235
Alberto Gonzalez 105 291 31 77 16 3 1 33 14 27 1 0.265
Josh Bard 90 274 20 63 18 0 6 31 24 50 0 0.230
Anderson Hernandez 77 231 25 58 9 2 1 23 20 41 5 0.251
Wil Nieves 72 224 20 58 6 0 1 26 17 45 1 0.259
Nyjer Morgan 49 191 35 67 9 2 1 12 11 25 24 0.351
Ronnie Belliard 86 187 26 46 7 1 5 22 14 40 2 0.246
Austin Kearns 80 174 20 34 6 2 3 17 32 51 1 0.195
Jesus Flores 29 93 13 28 3 2 4 15 11 26 0 0.301
Justin Maxwell 40 89 13 22 4 1 4 9 12 32 6 0.247
Ian Desmond 21 82 9 23 7 2 4 12 5 14 1 0.280
Pete Orr 27 75 5 19 2 1 1 10 3 15 2 0.253
John Lannan 33 58 1 9 1 0 0 0 2 21 0 0.155
Mike Morse 32 52 4 13 3 0 3 10 3 16 0 0.250
Craig Stammen 20 31 1 6 3 0 0 4 2 10 0 0.194
Jordan Zimmermann 16 27 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 11 0 0.148
Alex Cintron 21 26 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0.077
J. D. Martin 16 25 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 0.160
Jorge Padilla 29 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.120
Shairon Martis 15 24 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0.208
Lastings Milledge 7 24 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 0.167
Garrett Mock 28 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.087
Ross Detwiler 15 19 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0.053
Scott Olsen 11 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0.133
Corey Patterson 5 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0.133
Livan Hernandez 8 14 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.214
Daniel Cabrera 9 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0.000
Jamie Burke 6 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.100
Collin Balester 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.125
Tyler Clippard 41 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Roger Bernadina 3 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.250
Saul Rivera 30 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.333
Jason Bergmann 56 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Logan Kensing 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sean Burnett 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike Hinckley 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Julian Tavarez 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Beimel 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesus Colome 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Marco Estrada 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Victor Garate 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joel Hanrahan 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wil Ledezma 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike MacDougal 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Zack Segovia 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steven Shell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jorge Sosa 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Villone 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kip Wells 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2009

ERA

1 Tyler Clippard 2.69 2 Joe Beimel 3.40 3 Mike MacDougal 3.60 4 John Lannan 3.88 5 Ron Villone 4.25

Wins

1 John Lannan 9 2 J. D. Martin 5 3 Shairon Martis 5 4 Ron Villone 5 5 Tyler Clippard 4

Strikeouts

1 Jordan Zimmermann 92 2 John Lannan 89 3 Garrett Mock 72 4 Tyler Clippard 67 5 Craig Stammen 48
2009 Washington Nationals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
John Lannan 9 13 3.88 33 33 0 206.1 210 89 68 89
Craig Stammen 4 7 5.11 19 19 0 105.2 112 60 24 48
Garrett Mock 3 10 5.62 28 15 0 91.1 114 57 44 72
Jordan Zimmermann 3 5 4.63 16 16 0 91.1 95 47 29 92
Shairon Martis 5 3 5.25 15 15 0 85.2 83 50 39 34
J. D. Martin 5 4 4.44 15 15 0 77.0 85 38 24 37
Ross Detwiler 1 6 5.00 15 14 0 75.2 87 42 33 43
Scott Olsen 2 4 6.03 11 11 0 62.2 83 42 25 42
Tyler Clippard 4 2 2.69 41 0 0 60.1 36 18 32 67
Mike MacDougal 1 1 3.60 52 0 20 50.0 45 20 31 31
Livan Hernandez 2 4 5.36 8 8 0 48.2 56 29 16 27
Ron Villone 5 6 4.25 63 0 1 48.2 54 23 29 33
Jason Bergmann 2 4 4.50 56 0 0 48.0 50 24 25 40
Daniel Cabrera 0 5 5.85 9 8 0 40.0 48 26 35 16
Joe Beimel 1 5 3.40 45 0 1 39.2 38 15 15 24
Saul Rivera 1 3 6.10 30 0 0 38.1 48 26 14 21
Julian Tavarez 3 7 4.89 42 0 1 35.0 34 19 27 32
Joel Hanrahan 1 3 7.71 34 0 5 32.2 50 28 14 35
Collin Balester 1 4 6.82 7 7 0 30.1 34 23 14 20
Logan Kensing 1 1 8.68 26 0 1 28.0 40 27 12 12
Kip Wells 0 2 6.49 23 0 2 26.1 23 19 18 18
Sean Burnett 1 1 3.20 33 0 0 25.1 14 9 13 20
Jorge Sosa 2 1 6.45 18 0 2 22.1 28 16 12 17
Jesus Colome 1 1 8.40 16 0 0 15.0 23 14 6 12
Zack Segovia 1 0 7.84 8 0 0 10.1 11 9 6 4
Mike Hinckley 0 0 4.66 14 0 0 9.2 8 5 11 3
Marco Estrada 0 1 6.14 4 1 0 7.1 6 5 4 9
Wil Ledezma 0 0 9.53 5 0 0 5.2 8 6 4 8
Steven Shell 0 0 5.40 4 0 0 5.0 5 3 2 5
Victor Garate 0 0 22.50 4 0 0 2.0 5 5 3 0

👥 Roster (55)

Collin Balester Josh Bard Joe Beimel Ronnie Belliard Jason Bergmann Roger Bernadina Jamie Burke Sean Burnett Daniel Cabrera Alex Cintron Tyler Clippard Jesus Colome +43 more

55 players

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The 2009 Washington Nationals in brief

In 2009 the Washington Nationals posted a 59-103 mark (.364) and finished 5th in the NL East. Runs came in at 710 scored against 874 allowed (-164). The Washington Nationals staff finished with a 5.00 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.19. The 710 runs scored compare with a league average of 718 per club, 1% fewer. Home games were played at Nationals Park, where 1,817,280 fans came through the gates.

The home run leader was Adam Dunn, who hit 38. Ryan Zimmerman led in RBI with 106. On the mound, John Lannan won 9 games to lead the staff. The strikeout leader was Jordan Zimmermann with 92. Mike MacDougal closed out 20 saves. In all, the roster shows 55 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2009 Washington Nationals

What was the 2009 Washington Nationals record?
The 2009 Washington Nationals finished 59-103 (.364 win pct).
Who led the 2009 Washington Nationals in home runs?
Adam Dunn led the 2009 Washington Nationals with 38 home runs.
What was the 2009 Washington Nationals team ERA?
The 2009 Washington Nationals posted a team ERA of 5.00.
Did the 2009 Washington Nationals win the World Series?
No. The 2009 Washington Nationals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2009 Washington Nationals play?
The 2009 Washington Nationals played home games at Nationals Park.
Who led the 2009 Washington Nationals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Adam Dunn (38 HR, 105 RBI) and John Lannan (9-13, 3.88 ERA).
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