2013 Washington Nationals season


The 2013 Washington Nationals season was the Nationals' ninth season for the baseball franchise of Major League Baseball in the District of Columbia, the sixth season at Nationals Park, and the 45th since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Nationals finished the year 2nd place in the National League East division with an 86-76 record, but were unable to return to the postseason after their division-winning 2012 campaign. The 2013 season was also the last with manager Davey Johnson, who retired following the end of the season.

Offseason

On November 29, 2012, the Nationals traded minor-leaguer Alex Meyer to the Minnesota Twins for Denard Span.
On January 16, 2013, Washington took part in a three-team trade in which the Oakland Athletics sent A. J. Cole, Blake Treinen, and a player to be named later to the Nationals, the Nationals sent Michael Morse to the Seattle Mariners, and the Mariners sent John Jaso to the Athletics. The Athletics sent minor-leaguer Ian Krol to the Nationals on March 20, 2013, to complete the trade.

Spring training

The Nationals held their 2013 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium.

Season standings

National League East

National League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

In January 2013 the Nationals announced that they would add a fifth Racing President to the Presidents Race that took place during every home game. The new president, William Howard Taft, joined the original four Racing Presidents – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt – all of whom had raced since 2006. The addition of Bill honored the real President Taft, who started the tradition of the presidential ceremonial first pitch in 1910 at a Washington Senators game at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., and also is widely credited with having accidentally created the seventh-inning stretch while attending a game. Bill debuted in the Opening Day Presidents Race on April 1, 2013, and won his first race on May 11, going on to win 11 races before the season ended.

Attendance

The Nationals drew 2,652,422 fans at Nationals Park in 2013. Only the 2,731,993 they drew in their first season in Washington in 2005 exceeded it, and it placed them sixth in attendance for the season among the 15 National League teams, their highest attendance ranking for a single season at the time. Their highest attendance at a home game was on April 1, when they drew 45,274 for a game against the Miami Marlins on Opening Day, while their lowest was 24,394 for a game against the Marlins on August 28. Their average home attendance was 32,746 per game, second-highest since their arrival in Washington.

Game log

Roster

Statistics

Both tables are sortable.

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 can be found .
POSPlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
P390000000-0
OF8515218276126.1783
OF1412221011.1671
P110000000-0
P720000000-0
P100000000-0
OF33000000.0000
SS158600771683832080.28021
P1322120000.0910
P1210100001.0000
2B44158112590312.1581
P3256251011.0890
OF33585133027.2240
P3147283002.1700
LF118424711162432058.27411
P914020000.1430
P33000000.0000
OF2430850011.1673
P320000000-0
1B152511701211932062.2374
C21000000.0000
UT1182902575151222.2594
UT816020001.1250
P370000000-0
P10000000-0
LF63167163790421.2220
P1615000001.0000
OF98110000.1251
C782872978901659.2720
2B983514293231735.2651
P1414041001.2860
P170000000-0
C2448272002.1460
P680000000-0
CF153610751702811447.27920
P555000000.0000
P680000000-0
P3049272002.1430
C792521956111325.2222
UT9212962640411.2020
IF88230101.3750
RF129462841472402582.31810
3B147568841562622679.2756
P3265481002.1230
Totals1625436656136525927161621.25188

Pitching

Note: POS = Position; G = Games played; GS = Games Started IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; HLD = Holds; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO= Strikeouts; WHIP = Walks and Hits Per Inning Pitched
Complete pitching statistics can be found .
POSPlayerGGSIPWLSVHLDERASOWHIP
RP39037.203023.35321.38
1106.000021.5061.00
RP72071.0630332.41730.86
1008.210003.12121.27
SP131371.127004.04391.49
12120.211008.71111.89
SP3232195.2118003.361921.25
SP3130169.21014104.671511.24
9951.213003.66291.35
3312.001007.50111.92
32027.121023.95221.32
RP37035.102066.37221.90
100.1010054.0006.00
16760.141013.28451.16
14553.271011.51400.91
RP17018.001014.00111.67
CL68066.2334303.11511.23
RP55081.276072.76791.29
RP68061.2423244.52581.36
SP3030183.089003.001911.05
SP3232213.1199003.251611.09
Totals1621621445.2867647793.5912361.226

Team leaders

Qualifying players only.

Batting

StatPlayerTotal
Avg.Jayson Werth.318
HRRyan Zimmerman26
RBIJayson Werth82
RJayson Werth
Ryan Zimmerman		84
84
HDenard Span170
SBIan Desmond21

Pitching

StatPlayerTotal
WJordan Zimmermann19
LDan Haren14
ERAStephen Strasburg3.00
SOGio González192
SVRafael Soriano43
IPJordan Zimmermann213.1

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Jordan Zimmermann did not appear in the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game due to injury.

Annual awards

Ian Desmond became the second Washington Nationals player to win two Silver Slugger Awards. The first was third baseman Ryan Zimmermann, who won Silver Slugger Awards in 2009 and 2010.

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Nationals