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Washington Nationals:
Annual History *



hand point * This interactive Web page presents detailed year-by-year historical data that were formerly displayed altogether on the Washington Nationals page. That page now only shows detailed data for the current year, as well as historical annual summary data. Click on the years listed below to get the respective annual data.


2011: Werth arrives, Strasburg heals, Harper prepares

The acquisition of Jayson Werth was a clear signal that the Lerner family was serious about fielding a competitive baseball team. Werth had a poor year, but it didn't matter. Aside from slumps in July and late August, the Nats remained close to .500 for most of the year. The team's pitching, batting, and fielding were all consistently solid for a change. A key factor was Michael Morse, who hit 31 home runs, with a .303 average. Meanwhile, a hot slugging prospect named Bryce Harper began playing in the Nationals' farm system. Late in the season, Stephen Strasburg returned to the mound after recovering from Tommy John surgery. The Nats won 14 of their last 18 games of the season, finishing in third place, amid soaring hopes for next year.

Usual starting positions, 2011
CF: Rick Ankiel * .239
Roger Bernadina
LF: Laynce Nix * .250
Michael Morse
RF: Jayson Werth * .232
SS: Ian Desmond .253 2B: Danny Espinosa * .236
3B: Ryan Zimmerman .289
1B: Michael Morse .303
Adam LaRoche *
Batting average for position players, ERA for pitchers.
Managers: Jim Riggleman / Davey Johnson
C: Wilson Ramos * .267 * (asterisk): new player;  
Nationals, 2011: best batting and pitching records
Batting average Home runs RBIs ERA Wins Strikeouts
Michael Morse .303 Michael Morse 31 Michael Morse 95 J. Zimmermann 3.18 John Lannan 10 J. Zimmermann 124

Only qualifying players are included in this table.

Nationals' head-to-head matchups, 2011
OpponentWinsLosses
ARI35
ATL99
BAL33
BOS00
CHC43
CHW21
CIN24
CLE00
COL34
DET00
HOU33
KC00
LAA03
LAD24
FLA711
MIL33
MIN00
NYM108
NYY00
OAK00
PHI108
PIT44
SD43
SEA30
SF43
STL42
TB00
TEX00
TOR00
Total8081

Nationals, 2011: month-by-month summary
Month Wins Losses NL East place
(at end)
Number of
home games
Total
attendance
Average
attendance
April 2011 12 14 T 3rd 14 272,151 19,439
May 2011 11 17 5th 11 238,427 21,675
June 2011 17 10 4th 10 269,671 26,967
July 2011 11 15 5th 17 410,610 24,154
Aug. 2011 12 15 4th 13 324,285 24,945
Sept.* 2011 17 10 3rd 15 425,336 28,356
2011 80 81 3rd 80 1,940,480 24,256

SOURCE: My unofficial daily tabulations from MLB Gameday stats, Washington Post, and other newspapers.


Nats winning percentages

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