2011 Washington Nationals season

2011 Washington Nationals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 80–81 (.497)
Divisional place 3rd
Other information
Owner(s) Lerner Enterprises
General manager(s) Mike Rizzo
Manager(s) Jim Riggleman, John McLaren, Davey Johnson
Local television MASN
WDCW (CW 50)
(Bob Carpenter, FP Santangelo, Ray Knight, Johnny Holliday, Dave Jageler)
Local radio WJFK 106.7 FM
(Charlie Slowes, Dave Jageler)
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The Washington Nationals' 2011 season was the seventh season for the American baseball franchise of Major League Baseball in the District of Columbia and the 43rd since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It involved the Nationals attempting to win the National League East Division after a 69-93 season the year before.

On June 23, 2011, manager Jim Riggleman resigned after contract disputes with general manager Mike Rizzo. Riggleman resigned following a 1-0 win over the Seattle Mariners which put the Nationals over .500 at the latest point in a season since 2005 and gave them their 11th win in 12 games. Riggleman compiled a 140-172 record with the Nationals after he replaced Manny Acta after the all-star break in 2009. On June 24, Davey Johnson was named the new manager. Previously, he was a senior advisor to Mike Rizzo. He began managing on June 27. Bench coach John McLaren managed the club for three games following Riggleman's resignation before Johnson was decided upon as interim manager.

The Nationals finished the 2011 season in third place in the NL East with an 80-81 record, playing only 161 games because one game against the Los Angeles Dodgers was canceled due to rain. Their third-place finish was their best finish in the standings and second-best win-loss record since they moved to Washington.

Offseason

On December 16, 2010, the Nationals traded Josh Willingham to the Oakland Athletics for Corey Brown and Henry Rodríguez.[1] On January 19, 2011, they traded minor-leaguers Michael Burgess, Graham Hicks, and A. J. Morris to the Chicago Cubs for Tom Gorzelanny.[2] On February 2, 2011, they traded Justin Maxwell to the New York Yankees for minor-leaguer for Adam Olbrychowski.[3] On March 27, 2011, they traded Nyjer Morgan to the Milwaukee Brewers for minor-leaguer Cutter Dykstra and cash,[4] and the following day they traded Alberto González to the San Diego Padres for Erik Davis.[5]

Advertising and marketing

The Nationals′ marketing slogan for 2011 was "Expect It." According to a letter to season ticket holders signed by Nationals Chief Operating Officer Andrew Feffer explained that the slogan let Nationals fans know that the team′s rebuilding strategy "is beginning to show returns," and that "we are determined to continue to do what it takes to elevate the franchise to the next level." The letter added that "in 2010, we had a productive stable of veterans and stars in the lineup," that "we now have a solid and exciting pipeline of pitchers," and that the franchise′s "improved Minor League system is now regularly producing a steady stream of Major League talent."[6]

Spring training

The Nationals held their 2011 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

NL East		 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 102 60 .630 — 52–29 50–31
Atlanta Braves 89 73 .549 13 47–34 42–39
Washington Nationals 80 81 .497 21½ 44–36 36–45
New York Mets 77 85 .475 25 34–47 43–38
Florida Marlins 72 90 .444 30 31–47 41–43

Record vs. opponents

2011 National League Records

Source: [7]
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona–2–33–44–213–55–26–110–84–33–33–33–311–79–93–45–310–8
Atlanta3–2–4–33–36–212–65–12–55–39–96–124–24–56–11–59–910–5
Chicago4–33–4–7–112–43–38–73–36–104–22–58–83–35–45–103–45–10
Cincinnati2–43–311–7–3–43–39–64–28–82–51–75–104–25–29–64–26–12
Colorado5–132–64–24–3–3–35–29–93–65–21–44–39–95–132–44–38–7
Florida2–56–123–33–33–3–6–13–30–79–96–126–00–74–22–611–78–10
Houston1–61–57–86–92–51–6–4–53–123–32–47–113–54–35–103–34–11
Los Angeles8–105–23–32–49–93–35–4–2–42–51–56–213–59–94–34–26–9
Milwaukee3–43–510–68–86–37–012–34–2–4–23–412–33–23–39–93–36–9
New York3–39–92–45–22–59–93–35–22–4–7–114–44–32–43–38–109–9
Philadelphia3–312–65–27–14–112–64–25–14–311–7–4–27–14–33–68–109–6
Pittsburgh3–32–48–810–53–40–611–72–63–124–42–4–2–43–37–94–48–7
San Diego7–115–43–32–49–97–05–35–132–33–41–74–2–6–123–33–46–9
San Francisco9–91–64–52–513–52–43–49–93–34–23–43–312–6–5–23–410–5
St. Louis4–35–110–56–94–26–210–53–49–93–36–39–73–32–5–2–48–7
Washington3–59–94–32–43–47–113–32–43–310–810–84–44–34–34–2–8–7

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name Position
Ian Desmond Shortstop
Jayson Werth Right fielder
Ryan Zimmerman Third baseman
Adam LaRoche First baseman
Michael Morse Left fielder
Rick Ankiel Center fielder
Danny Espinosa Second baseman
Iván Rodríguez Catcher
Liván Hernández Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

Draft

The 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place from June 6 to June 8. With their first pick – the sixth pick overall – the Nationals selected third baseman Anthony Rendon. Other notable players the Nationals selected were pitcher Alex Meyer (first round compensation pick, 23rd pick overall), pitcher Taylor Hill (sixth round, 187th overall), and outfielder Billy Burns (32nd round, 967th overall).[12]

Roster

2011 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Attendance

The Nationals drew 1,940,478 fans at Nationals Park in 2011, improving over the previous season for the second straight year. It placed them 14th in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams, also for the second consecutive year.[13]

Game log

Legend
 Nationals win
 Nationals loss
 Postponement
BoldNationals team member
2011 Game Log

Player stats

Batting

Table is sortable.

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
C Ramos, WilsonWilson Ramos 113 389 48 104 22 1 15 52 .267 0
1B Morse, MichaelMichael Morse 146 522 73 158 36 0 31 95 .303 2
2B Espinosa, DannyDanny Espinosa 158 573 72 135 29 5 21 66 .236 17
SS Desmond, IanIan Desmond 154 584 65 148 27 5 8 49 .253 25
3B Zimmerman, RyanRyan Zimmerman 101 395 52 114 21 2 12 49 .289 1
LF Nix, LaynceLaynce Nix 124 324 38 81 15 1 16 44 .250 2
CF Ankiel, RickRick Ankiel 122 380 46 91 20 0 9 37 .239 10
RF Werth, JaysonJayson Werth 150 561 69 130 26 1 20 58 .232 19
OF Bernadina, RogerRoger Bernadina 91 309 40 75 12 2 7 27 .243 17
3B Hairston, JerryJerry Hairston 75 213 25 57 11 1 4 24 .268 2
1B LaRoche, AdamAdam LaRoche 43 151 15 26 4 0 3 15 .172 1
IF Cora, AlexAlex Cora 91 156 12 35 6 1 0 6 .224 2
C Rodríguez, Iván "Pudge"Iván "Pudge" Rodríguez 44 124 14 27 7 0 2 19 .218 0
1B Marrero, ChrisChris Marrero 31 109 6 27 5 0 0 10 .248 0
LF Gomes, JonnyJonny Gomes 43 93 11 19 4 1 3 12 .204 2
UT Bixler, BrianBrian Bixler 79 83 9 17 1 2 0 2 .205 4
C Flores, JesúsJesús Flores 30 86 5 18 6 0 1 2 .253 0
UT Stairs, MattMatt Stairs 56 65 4 10 1 0 0 2 .154 0
IF Lombardozzi, Jr., SteveSteve Lombardozzi, Jr. 13 31 3 6 1 0 0 1 .194 0
PH Brown, CoreyCorey Brown 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Lannan, JohnJohn Lannan 33 57 3 5 0 0 1 5 .088 0
P Hernández, LivánLiván Hernández 31 46 3 10 1 0 0 7 .217 0
P Zimmermann, JordanJordan Zimmermann 29 43 1 9 1 0 0 3 .209 0
P Marquis, JasonJason Marquis 25 42 3 8 1 0 0 3 .190 0
P Gorzelanny, TomTom Gorzelanny 30 28 2 3 0 0 0 1 .107 0
P Detwiler, RossRoss Detwiler 15 19 0 2 0 0 0 1 .105 0
P Wang, Chien-MingChien-Ming Wang 11 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 .053 0
P Milone, TommyTommy Milone 5 6 1 1 0 0 1 3 .167 0
P Maya, YuneskyYunesky Maya 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Strasburg, StephenStephen Strasburg 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Balester, CollinCollin Balester 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Peacock, BradBrad Peacock 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Clippard, TylerTyler Clippard 72 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Kimball, ColeCole Kimball 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Burnett, SeanSean Burnett 69 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0
P Rodríguez, HenryHenry Rodríguez 59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
P Stammen, CraigCraig Stammen 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0
P Severino, AtahualpaAtahualpa Severino 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Coffey, ToddTodd Coffey 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Slaten, DougDoug Slaten 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Storen, DrewDrew Storen 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Mattheus, RyanRyan Mattheus 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Gaudin, ChadChad Gaudin 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
P Broderick, BrianBrian Broderick 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
Totals 161 5441 624 1319 257 22 154 594 .242 38

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
SP Lannan, JohnJohn Lannan 10 13 3.70 33 33 0 184.2 90 76 76 106
SP Hernández, LivánLiván Hernández 8 13 4.47 29 29 0 175.1 98 87 46 99
SP Zimmermann, JordanJordan Zimmermann 8 11 3.18 26 26 0 161.1 62 57 31 124
SP Marquis, JasonJason Marquis 8 5 3.95 20 20 0 120.2 58 53 39 71
SP Wang, Chien-MingChien-Ming Wang 4 3 4.04 11 11 0 62.1 35 28 13 25
CL Storen, DrewDrew Storen 6 3 2.75 73 0 43 75.1 24 23 20 74
RP Clippard, TylerTyler Clippard 3 0 1.83 72 0 26 88.1 18 18 26 104
RP Rodríguez, HenryHenry Rodríguez 3 3 3.56 59 0 2 65.2 30 26 45 70
RP Coffey, ToddTodd Coffey 5 1 3.62 69 0 0 59.2 25 24 20 46
RP Burnett, SeanSean Burnett 5 5 3.81 69 0 4 56.2 24 24 21 33
Gorzelanny, TomTom Gorzelanny 4 6 4.03 30 15 0 105.0 50 47 33 95
Detwiler, RossRoss Detwiler 4 5 3.00 15 10 0 66.0 26 22 20 41
Balester, CollinCollin Balester 1 4 4.54 23 0 0 35.2 21 18 14 34
Maya, YuneskyYunesky Maya 1 1 5.23 10 5 0 32.2 19 19 10 15
Mattheus, RyanRyan Mattheus 2 2 2.81 35 0 0 32.0 11 10 15 12
SP Milone, TommyTommy Milone 1 0 3.81 5 5 0 26.0 11 11 4 15
SP Strasburg, StephenStephen Strasburg 1 1 1.50 5 5 0 24.0 5 4 2 24
Slaten, DougDoug Slaten 0 2 4.41 31 0 0 16.1 10 18 9 13
Kimball, ColeCole Kimball 1 0 1.93 12 0 0 14.0 3 3 11 11
Broderick, BrianBrian Broderick 0 1 6.57 11 0 0 12.1 9 9 3 4
Peacock, BradBrad Peacock 2 0 0.75 3 2 0 12.0 1 1 6 4
Stammen, CraigCraig Stammen 1 1 0.87 7 0 0 10.1 1 1 4 12
Gaudin, ChadChad Gaudin 1 1 6.48 10 0 0 8.1 10 6 8 10
Severino, AtahualpaAtahualpa Severino 1 0 3.86 6 0 0 4.2 2 2 1 7
Totals 80 81 3.58 161 161 49 1449.1 643 577 477 1049

Team leaders

Qualifying players only.

Batting

Stat Player Total
Avg. Michael Morse .303
HR Michael Morse 31
RBI Michael Morse 95
R Michael Morse 73
H Michael Morse 158
SB Ian Desmond 25

Pitching

Stat Player Total
W John Lannan 10
L Liván Hernández
John Lannan 		13
13
ERA John Lannan 3.70
SO Jordan Zimmermann 124
SV Drew Storen 43
IP John Lannan 184.2

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Clippard threw three pitches in the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and was its winning pitcher.

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Randy Knorr
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Tony Beasley
A Potomac Nationals Carolina League Matthew LeCroy
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Brian Daubach
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Gary Cathcart
Rookie GCL Nationals Gulf Coast League Bobby Williams

References

  1. ↑ baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Oakland Athletics
  2. ↑ baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Chicago Cubs
  3. ↑ baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & New York Yankees
  4. 1 2 baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Milwaukee Brewers
  5. ↑ baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & San Diego Padres
  6. ↑ Steinberg, Dan, "Nats to Fans: 'Expect It'," washingtonpost.com, November 8, 2010, 10:34 a.m., EST.
  7. ↑ BASEBALL-REFERENCE.com Head-to-Head Records
  8. ↑ baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Kansas City Royals
  9. 1 2 baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Pittsburgh Pirates
  10. ↑ baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Cincinnati Reds
  11. ↑ baseball-reference.com Trades between Washington Nationals & Arizona Diamondbacks
  12. ↑ baseball-reference.com 2011 Washington Nationals Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  13. ↑ baseball-reference.com 2011 Washington Nationals

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