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The Washington Nationals are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Washington, D.C. The current Washington Nationals team played in Montreal as the Montreal Expos before the 2005 season.
The Washington Senators moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth area, becoming the Texas Rangers, and were named Washington's first in the National League since 1899. Owned by MLB from 2002 until mid-2006, they opted for new ownership and the group formally took possession of the team on July 22, 2006. Atlanta Braves sports executive, Stan Kasten became the new president.
They are in the National League's Eastern Division and currently play at DC United's home Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. They will be moving to a new ballpark, located in Southeast D.C. near the Anacostia River, in the spring of 2008.
Brad Wilkerson became their very first batter on April 4, 2005 and made the first hit. But the Philadelphia Phillies won this one, 8-4 at Citizens Bank Park.
Washington Nationals beat the Phillies, 7-3 on April 6, 2005 and won their first ever regular season game.
Their first regular season home game was won at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C, on April 14, 2005 and as tradition, President George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day.
Brad Wilkerson became the first Washington Nationals player to ever hit a grand slam on August 4, 2005. This was done against the Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher, Duaner Sanchez. They won the game 7-0, on a four-hit complete game shutout by John Patterson.
Due to team's surprising 2005 first half showing, their midseason attendance totals exceeded the Expos' 2004 total attendance. The final attendance for the 2005 season was 2,731,993; that. exceeded the previous three season totals in Montreal combined (2002-2004) and was 11th in MLB.
The second largest ever attendance to see a single baseball game was recorded on Father's Day, June 18, 2006 at RFK stadium and the paid attendance totaled 45,157. They beat the New York Yankees 3-2 on a two-out two-run walk-off home run by rookie Ryan Zimmerman in that game.
In the first day-night doubleheader,the Washington Nationals rally from three runs down in the first game and from five runs down in the second game to take a day-night doubleheader sweep from the Arizona Diamondbacks on September 2, 2006. They won 5-2 when Ramon Ortiz took a no-hitter into the ninth inning and gave up a single to Aaron Miles on his 2nd pitch in the 9th to break up his no-hitter.
Alfonso Soriano became the fourth player to hit 40 home runs and to steal 40 bases in a season. He stole his 40th base in the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies on September 16, 2006. He followed that feat on September 22 by hitting his 40th double vs. the New York Mets, becoming the first member of the "40-40 Club" to also hit 40 doubles in the same season.
Orioles franchise owns the rights of their television and radio broadcasts and has formed a new network (the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network) to produce and distribute the games for both franchises on both local affiliates and cable/satellite systems.
Washington Nationals were the 6th most valuable franchise in MLB at $440 million in the 2006 annual estimates made by Forbes Magazine.
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