2010 Washington Nationals season

The Washington Nationals' 2010 season was the sixth season for the American baseball franchise of Major League Baseball in the District of Columbia, and the 42nd since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It involved the Nationals attempting to win the National League East Division after a 59–103 season the year before – the worst record of any MLB team in 2009. Jim Riggleman was kept as full-time manager after being instituted on July 12, 2009 after Manny Acta's firing.

2010 Washington Nationals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record69–93 (.426)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Lerner Enterprises
General manager(s)Mike Rizzo
Manager(s)Jim Riggleman
Local televisionMASN
WDCW (CW 50)
(Bob Carpenter, Rob Dibble, Ray Knight)
Local radioWWWT
(Charlie Slowes, Dave Jageler)
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Highlights from the season include Stephen Strasburg's 14-strikeout Major League debut on June 8 against the Pittsburgh Pirates and a bench-clearing brawl on September 1 at the Florida Marlins.

The Nationals finished 2010 in last place in the NL East for the third year in a row with a 69-93 record, though they did have a ten-game improvement from 2009. They had a 41-40 record at home, their first winning home record since 2006.

Third baseman Ryan Zimmerman won the Silver Slugger Award for the second straight year as the best offensive third baseman in the National League.

Offseason

On December 7, 2009, the Nationals traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Brian Bruney; they sent Jamie Hoffman to the Yankees on December 10, 2009, to complete the trade.[1]

Spring training

The Nationals held their 2010 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium.

Regular season

National League East
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9765 0.599 — 54–30 43–35
Atlanta Braves 9171 0.562 6 56–25 35–46
Florida Marlins 8082 0.494 17 41–40 39–42
New York Mets 7983 0.488 18 47–34 32–49
Washington Nationals 6993 0.426 28 41–40 28–53

Record vs. opponents
2010 National League Records

Source: [2]
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona–3–41–62–59–93–34–35–133–45–12–42–48–105–134–53–46–9
Atlanta4–3–4–23–22–411–75–15–35–211–78–106–34–24–32–68–109–6
Chicago6–12–4–4–122–34–27–113–49–63–44–25–103–52–59–64–28–10
Cincinnati5–22–312–4–2–55–210–55–411–34–22–510–62–43–46–124–38–7
Colorado9–94–23–25–2–3–42–47–115–43–31–63–412–69–93–45–39–6
Florida3–37–112–42–54–3–3–34–24–412–65–136–23–62–53–213–57–8
Houston3–41–511–75–104–23–3–2–48–73–44–311–42–52–710–54–43–12
Los Angeles13–53–54–34–511–72–44–2–4–23–42–44–38–108–103–43–34–11
Milwaukee4–32–56–93–114–54–47–82–4–5–21–513–53–42–58–74–29–6
New York1–57–114–32–43–36–124–34–32–5–9–96–13–33–43–39–913–5
Philadelphia4–210–82–45–26–113–53–44–25–19–9–2–45–23–34–412–610–8
Pittsburgh4–23–610–56–104–32–64–113–45–131–64–2–0–62–46–91–52–13
San Diego10–82–45–34–26–126–35–210–84–33–32–56–0–12–63–43–39–6
San Francisco13–53–45–24–39–95–27–210–85–24–33–34–26–12–3–34–27–8
St. Louis5–46–26–912–64–32–35–104–37–83–34–49–64–33–3–3–39–6
Washington4–310–82–43–43–55–134–43–32–49–96–125–13–32–43–3–5–13

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Nyjer MorganCenter fielder
Willie HarrisRight fielder
Ryan ZimmermanThird baseman
Adam DunnFirst baseman
Josh WillinghamLeft fielder
Adam KennedySecond baseman
Iván RodríguezCatcher
Ian DesmondShortstop
John LannanStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Draft

The 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place from June 7 to June 9. With their first pick – the first pick overall – the Nationals selected outfielder Bryce Harper. Other notable players the Nationals selected were pitcher Sammy Solis (second round, 51st overall), pitcher A. J. Cole (fourth round, 116th overall), pitcher Matt Grace (eighth round, 236th overall), pitcher Aaron Barrett (ninth round, 266th overall), and pitcher Robbie Ray (12th round, 356th overall).[7]

Roster
2010 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Attendance

The Nationals drew 1,828,066 fans at Nationals Park in 2010, a slight improvement over their 2009 attendance. However, it placed them 14th in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams, down from 13th the previous year.[8] Their highest attendance at a home game was on April 5, when they drew 41,290 for a game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Opening Day, while their lowest was 10,999 for a game against the Houston Astros on September 20. Their average home attendance was 22,569 per game, their lowest since arriving in Washington in 2005.[9]

Game log
Legend
 Nationals win
 Nationals loss
 Postponement
BoldNationals team member
2010 Game Log

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Complete offensive statistics are available here.

Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
CIván "Pudge" Rodríguez11139832106181449.2662
1BAdam Dunn1585588514536238103.2600
2BAdam Kennedy1353424385161331.24914
SSIan Desmond154525591412741065.26917
3BRyan Zimmerman142525851613202585.3074
LFJosh Willingham11437054991921656.2688
CFNyjer Morgan13650960129177024.25334
RFMichael Morse9826636771221541.2890
OFRoger Bernadina134414521021831147.24616
2BCristian Guzmán893194490114225.2824
OFWillie Harris1322242541621032.1835
IFAlberto González11418619468105.2470
CWil Nieves59158103280316.2030
OFJustin Maxwell67104161560312.1445
2BDanny Espinosa28103162241615.2140
CWilson Ramos15523144014.2690
OFWilly Taveras2735770104.2001
LFKevin Mench2727230001.1110
CCarlos Maldonado411130013.2730
CJamie Burke10000000–0
PLiván Hernández3561291013.1480
PJohn Lannan2544142004.0910
PCraig Stammen3638293006.2370
PScott Olsen1724020000.0830
PLuis Atilano12625010000.0400
PJason Marquis1722131002.1360
PStephen Strasburg1220010001.0500
PJ. D. Martin1012021000.1670
PJordan Zimmermann710020000.2000
PMiguel Batista588010000.1250
PYunesky Maya57010000.1430
PRoss Detwiler87000000.0000
PTyler Clippard782010000.5000
PJoel Peralta393000000.0000
PTyler Walker242000000.0000
PMatt Chico12000000.0000
PDrew Storen542010000.5000
PGarrett Mock12000000.0000
PJesse English70000000–0
PMatt Capps471000000.0000
PJoe Bisenius50000000–0
PJason Bergmann40000000–0
PDoug Slaten490000000–0
PBrian Bruney190000000–0
PSean Burnett730000000–0
PCollin Balester170000000–0
Totals1625418655135525031149634.250110

Pitching

Table is sortable.

Note: Pos = Position; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Complete pitching statistics are available here.

Pos Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
SPLiván Hernández10123.6633330211.2938664114
SPJohn Lannan884.6525250143.182744971
SPCraig Stammen445.131930128.078734185
SPLuis Atilano675.151616085.256493240
SPScott Olsen485.561715081.054502753
SPJason Marquis296.601313058.247432431
CLMatt Capps332.744702646.02014938
RPTyler Clippard1183.07780191.0333141112
RPMiguel Batista123.70581282.236343955
RPSean Burnett172.14730363.017152062
RPDrew Storen443.58540555.124222252
SPStephen Strasburg532.911212068.025221792
Joel Peralta102.02390049.01211949
J. D. Martin154.1399048.030221131
Doug Slaten413.10490040.218141938
Tyler Walker103.57240035.11614830
SPJordan Zimmermann124.9477031.020171027
Ross Detwiler134.2585029.222141417
Yunesky Maya035.8855026.018171112
Collin Balester012.57170021.0661128
Brian Bruney127.64190017.218152016
Jesse English003.867007.03324
Matt Chico003.601105.02203
Joe Bisenius009.645004.26565
Garrett Mock005.401103.121153
Jason Bergmann0115.434002.14412
Totals69934.13162162371435.07426585121068

Team leaders

Qualifying players only.

Batting
Stat Player Total
Avg.Ryan Zimmerman.307
HRAdam Dunn38
RBIAdam Dunn103
RAdam Dunn
Ryan Zimmerman		85
85
HRyan Zimmerman161
SBNyjer Morgan34

Pitching
Stat Player Total
WTyler Clippard11
LLiván Hernández12
ERALiván Hernández3.66
SOLiván Hernández114
SVMatt Capps26
IPLiván Hernández211.2

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Annual awards

Ryan Zimmermann won the Silver Slugger Award for the second consecutive year, becoming the first Washington Nationals player to win two Silver Slugger Awards.[10]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Trent Jewett
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Randy Knorr
A Potomac Nationals Carolina League Gary Cathcart
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Matthew LeCroy
A-Short Season Vermont Lake Monsters New York–Penn League Jeff Garber
Rookie GCL Nationals Gulf Coast League Bobby Williams

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Potomac

References
  1. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & New York Yankees
  2. BASEBALL-REFERENCE.com Head-to-Head Records
  3. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & St. Louis Cardinals
  4. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Minnesota Twins
  5. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Texas Rangers
  6. baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Pittsburgh Pirates
  7. baseball-reference.com 2010 Washington Nationals Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  8. baseball-reference.com 2010 Washington Nationals
  9. baseball-almanac.com Washington Nationals Attendance Data
  10. Wagner, James, "Ian Desmond, Anthony Rendon win Silver Slugger awards", washingtonpost.com, November 6, 2014, 6:32 PM EST.
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