- Washington Nationals
The first Washington Nationals baseball team to be a member of the National League existed from 1886 to 1889. During their four-year tenure they had six different managers and compiled a record of 163-337, a poor winning percentage of .326. Home games were played at Swampoodle Grounds. This team was also sometimes referred to as the Washington Statemen. Their most notable player was catcher Connie Mack, …
- Ryan Zimmerman
Ryan Wallace Zimmerman (Born September 28, 1984 in Washington, North Carolina) was the first first-round draft pick of the Washington Nationals. A 6-foot 3-inch third baseman from the University of Virginia and Floyd E. Kellam High School, Zimmerman has quickly established himself as a quality major-league third baseman -- with potential to blossom into one of the game's true stars -- with his defensive abilities and contact hitting.
- Austin Kearns
Austin Ryan Kearns (born May 20, 1980 in Lexington, Kentucky) is a Major League Baseball player. He currently plays right field for the Washington Nationals. After a stellar career at Lafayette Senior High School, he was offered a scholarship to play baseball at the University of Florida. However, he decided to sign with the Cincinnati Reds after being selected seventh overall in the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft.
- Manny Acta
Manuel Elias Acta is the current manager of the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball. In the Dominican Winter League, he managed the Tigres del Licey from 2002-2004, including leading them to victory at the 2003 Caribbean Series. Acta managed the Dominican Republic team at the World Baseball Classic.
- Chad Cordero
Chad Patrick Cordero is currently a right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Washington Nationals. He broke into the big league ranks with the Montréal Expos.
- Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas), is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player. He was an outfielder, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. During a 21-season career, he became the first player to win League MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues, won the Triple crown, was a member of two teams that won the World Series (the 1966 and 1970 Baltimore Orioles), …
- Jim Bowden
James Gordon Bowden III (born in Boston, Massachusetts) is the general manager of the Washington Nationals. Bowden was born in Boston and raised in Weston, Massachusetts. His entry to professional baseball came as an assistant in the Pittsburgh Pirates media relations department in 1985. He was a former college roommate of Squire Galbreath, whose father Dan and grandfather John were the principle owners of the Pirates.
- Dmitri Young
Dmitri Dell Young (b. October 11 1973, Vicksburg, Mississippi) is a Major League Baseball player. He is the starting first baseman of the Washington Nationals. His nickname is <b>"Da Meat Hook."</b>
- Ryan Church
Ryan Matthew Church (born October 14 1978 in Santa Barbara, California) is an outfielder in North American Major League Baseball. He currently plays for the Washington Nationals, formerly the Montreal Expos. Church made his major league debut for the Expos in August 2004, struggling in the 30 games he played in the last two months of the season. He ended the season with a .187 batting average. After struggling in the first month of the 2005 season, he began to play well, …
- Washington Senators
The Washington Senators were a 19th century baseball team. The team was also known as the Washington Statesmen and perhaps as the Washington Nationals. The team played at Boundary Field. The team started out in the American Association as the Washington Statesmen in 1891. The American Association folded after that season and the team continued in the National League as the Washington Senators until the 1899 season.
- Jon Rauch
Jon Erich Rauch (born September 27, 1978 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball with the Washington Nationals. At 6'11" (2.11 m), he is the tallest player in the history of the major leagues. He attended and graduated from Oldham County High School.
- Ronnie Belliard
Ronnie Belliard (born April 7 1975 in Bronx, New York) is a second baseman of Dominican descent who currently plays for the Washington Nationals. Belliard, an All-Star in 2004, is well known for playing out on the outfield grass. Belliard was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 1994 MLB Amateur Draft, and is a cousin of former major-league shortstop Rafael Belliard.
- Nick Johnson
Nicholas Robert (Nick) Johnson (born September 19, 1978 in Sacramento, California) is a first baseman in Major League Baseball, currently with the Washington Nationals. He previously played with the New York Yankees between 2001 and 2003, and with the Montreal Expos in 2004. Johnson is known for his patience at the plate and extreme discipline, leading to a high on-base percentage. Johnson is also not a dead pull hitter, …
- Brian Schneider
Brian Duncan Schneider is an American Major League Baseball catcher. He is currently the starting catcher for the Washington Nationals. Schneider played high school baseball at Northampton Area High School in Northampton, Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvania's highly competitive East Penn Conference (now known as the Lehigh Valley Conference). He debuted in the major leagues in 2000 after being drafted by the Montréal Expos in 1995.
- Dan Uggla
Daniel Cooley Uggla (born March 11, 1980 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Florida Marlins. Uggla finished third in the 2006 National League Rookie of the Year voting behind teammate Hanley Ramirez and Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals. (His last name means "owl" in Swedish, and he in fact descends from the untitled branch of a Swedish noble family.)
- Jason Bergmann
Jason Christopher Bergmann (born September 25, 1981 in Neptune City, New Jersey) is a pitcher for the Washington Nationals. He was pitching at the AAA level at the Nationals' affiliate, the New Orleans Zephyrs, but was called up after the Nationals traded Livan Hernandez to the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2006. In college, he played for Rutgers University. During offseasons, he works as a substitute teacher.
- Tim Redding
Timothy James Redding is a major-league baseball player. He was born in, and grew up in Rochester, NY, and was a fan of the New York Yankees as a child. He was drafted in the 20th round by the Houston Astros in 1997, but a less than stellar career evenually led to a 2004 trade to the San Diego Padres for Humberto Quintero. He would go 0‑5 with a 9.31 ERA with the Padres in 2005 until being traded to the New York Yankees with Darrell May for Paul Quantrill.
- John Maine
John Kevin Maine (born May 8, 1981 in Fredericksburg, Virginia) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Mets. He bats and throws right-handed.
- Esteban Loaiza
Esteban Antonio Loaiza Veyna [lo-EYE-sa] (born December 31, 1971 in Tijuana, Mexico) is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who plays for the Oakland Athletics. Previously, Loaiza played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1995-98), Texas Rangers (1998-2000), Toronto Blue Jays (2000-02), Chicago White Sox (2003-04), New York Yankees (2004), and Washington Nationals (2005). He bats and throws right-handed.
- Brad Wilkerson
Stephen Bradley Wilkerson is an outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball who plays for the Texas Rangers (2006-present). Previously, Wilkerson played with the Montréal Expos (2001-2004) and Washington Nationals (2005). He bats and throws left handed. A line drive hitter and versatile defensive player, Wilkerson attended the University of Florida and was selected by the Montréal Expos in the first round (33rd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
- Stan Kasten
Stan Kasten is one of the most experienced and highly regarded executives in professional sports. Prior to being named president of the Washington Nationals, he was TBS Vice-President for sports teams and President of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, and Atlanta Thrashers, as well as Chairman of Philips Arena. Mr. Kasten holds a 1995 World Series Championship and his Braves and Hawks teams have made a combined 30-playoff appearances and captured 15 division titles.
- Shawn Hill
Shawn Hill (born April 28, 1981 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian baseball pitcher. He plays for the Washington Nationals. He was part of Team Canada in the 2004 Summer Olympics who finished in fourth place.
- Ryan Langerhans
Ryan David Langerhans (born February 20, 1980 in San Antonio, Texas) is a Major League Baseball player with the Washington Nationals. Despite making his Major League debut in 2002, Langerhans did not become an everyday big-league player until 2005, getting playing time for the Braves in all three outfield positions. He is part of the group of rookie players nicknamed the "Baby Braves" that Atlanta called up from its minor league system during the 2005 season.
- Mike Bacsik
Michael Joseph Bacsik (born November 11, 1977 in Dallas, Texas) is an American baseball player who currently plays for the Washington Nationals. He should not be confused with his father, also named Mike, who was a pitcher in the MLB from 1975-1980.
- Brian Cashman
Brian Cashman is the Senior Vice-President and General Manager of the New York Yankees. He is the single winningest General Manager in Major League Baseball history. He is a native of Lexington, Kentucky, where he attended Lexington Catholic High School before moving to the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. He graduated from Georgetown Preparatory School in 1985 and The Catholic University of America in 1989. He started with the Yankees organization as an intern, …
- Matt Chico
Matthew Bryan "Matt" Chico is a left-handed starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. A graduate of Fallbrook Union High School, Chico attended Palomar College and was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third round of the 2003 amateur draft. On August 7, 2006, he was acquired by the Nationals along with fellow minor league pitcher Garrett Mock in a trade for veteran right-handed pitcher Liván Hernández.
- John Patterson
John Hollis Patterson (born January 30, 1978 in Orange, TX) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball, currently with the Washington Nationals. A USA Today prep All-American in his senior year at West Orange-Stark (TX) High School, Patterson was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the first round (5th overall pick) of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft. After Montreal lost the draft rights to Patterson on a technicality, …
- Luis Ayala
Luis Ignacio Ayala (born January 12, 1978 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico) is a pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization of Major League Baseball. He injured his elbow on the last pitch of a World Baseball Classic game and missed the entire 2006 season and has yet to make an appearance in the majors in 2007. In 1997, as a 19 year old, Ayala starting playing in the Mexican leagues as a relief pitcher.
- Ray King
Raymond Keith King (born January 15, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. King stands at 6'1" tall and weighs 240 pounds. He bats and throws left handed.
- Don Sutton
Donald Howard Sutton (born April 2, 1945 in Clio, Alabama) is a former Major League Baseball player and current television sportscaster. A right-handed pitcher, Sutton played for the Sioux Falls Packers as a minor leaguer, and entered the major league at the age of 21. In the majors, he played 23 years for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, and California Angels.
- Wilson Betemit
Wilson Betemit pronounced Bet-uh-MEET (born November 2, 1981 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball player on the Los Angeles Dodgers. Betemit is a 1996 graduate of Juan Bautista Safra High School where he played baseball. He was signed as an undrafted free agent short stop by the Atlanta Braves on July 28 1996. He began his professional career in 1997 with the Gulf Coast Braves.
- Gary Carter
Gary Edmund Carter (born April 8, 1954), nicknamed "Kid", is a former Major League Baseball Hall Of Fame catcher from 1974-1992. Carter played with the Montreal Expos, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He is regarded as one of the top hitting catchers in baseball history directly after the great catcher from the Boisbriand's Racoons Paul Le Cavalier, also known as "le cheval" During his career, …
- Nook Logan
Exavier Prente (Nook) Logan (b. November 28, 1979 in Natchez, Mississippi) is a center fielder who currently plays for the Washington Nationals. As of 2006, Logan has a career batting average of .274. He attended Copiah-Lincoln College. Logan played for the Tigers' AA affiliate Erie SeaWolves for a time. He made his major league debut July 21 2004, against the Kansas City Royals, and recorded his first major league hit on a bunt.
- Mike Jacobs
Michael James Jacobs (born October 30, 1980, in Chula Vista, California) is a baseball first baseman and catcher who plays for the Florida Marlins. Jacobs attended Hilltop High School in Chula Vista and Grossmont Junior College in El Cajon, California, before being selected by the New York Mets in the 38th round of the 1999 amateur draft and signed as an infielder. Over his first four years in the minor leagues, Jacobs developed into a solid power-hitting prospect.
- Robert Fick
Robert Charles Fick (born March 15, 1974 in Torrance, California) is a Major League Baseball player for the Washington Nationals. The left-handed batter, who throws right-handed, attended California State University at Northridge. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Fick made his Major League debut with the Tigers in 1998. His breakout season came in 2001 when he hit a career-best 19 Home runs.
- Marlon Byrd
Marlon Jerrard Byrd (born August 30, 1977 in Boynton Beach, Florida) is a Major League Baseball player for the Texas Rangers. He was formerly a top prospect in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, as he was their tenth round pick in the 1999 First-Year Player Draft. Once he reached the big leagues in 2003, Byrd had an outstanding season. He came in fourth in the Rookie of the Year voting, batting .303 with 86 runs scored, 28 doubles, four triples, …
- Kory Casto
Kory C. Casto (born December 8, 1981 in Salem, Oregon) is a Major League Baseball player in the Washington Nationals organization. Casto made his Major League debut April 3, 2007 in a game against the Florida Marlins. He now plays in Triple A for the Columbus Clippers.
- Micah Owings
Micah Owings (born September 28, 1982 in Gainesville, Georgia) is a professional right-handed pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team. Owings made his major league debut on April 4th, 2007 against the Washington Nationals. He pitched five shutout innings, allowing only one hit, and striking out six. Originally brought up to fill a starter spot while Randy Johnson recovered from back surgery, management was very impressed by his performances.
- Ryan Wagner
Ryan Scott Wagner (born July 15, 1982 in Yoakum, Texas) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He currently plays for the Washington Nationals. He made his debut as a major leaguer in 2003 with the Cincinnati Reds.
- Juan Rivera
Juan Luis Rivera (born July 3, 1978 in Guarenas, Miranda State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball left fielder who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Rivera was signed by the Yankees as a non-draft amateur free agent in 1996 and made his debut in the 2001 season. When he came up to New York in midseason 2002, and while he showed promise, his .265 of batting average and one home run was a disappointment for the Yankees standard.