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The 2019 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2019 season. The 115th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League champion Houston Astros and the National League champion Washington Nationals. The series was played from October 22 to October 30. [2]
The Nationals won their first ever National League pennant on October 15, and eventually won their first World Series in franchise history on October 30, becoming the seventh Wild Card team to win the World Series. The Nationals also set all-time franchise records in home runs (231) and runs scored (873).
The team then defeated the Houston Astros in game seven of the 2019 World Series, giving them their first World Series championship, with Strasburg being voted series MVP. [60] [61] The World Series was the first in MLB history that saw no team win a game at home, as the road team won all seven. [62]
It was the first World Series game ever played at Nationals Park, and the first World Series game played in Washington, D.C., since October 7, 1933. The Astros won the game, with six pitchers combining to limit the Nationals to just one run.
Doing their best to keep as much of their World Series roster intact as possible, the Washington Nationals announced they re-signed catcher Yan Gomes and infielder Howie Kendrick on Tuesday, a day ...
The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the Washington Nationals National League franchise (2005–present), also known previously as the Montreal Expos (1969–2004). Players in Bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in Italics have had their numbers retired by ...
The Nationals have played at Nationals Park since 2008 A 1971 view of Jarry Park Stadium, where the Expos played from 1969 to 1976 The Montreal Olympic Stadium, Canada home of the Expos from 1977 until their move to Washington after the 2004 season A Nationals game in June 2005 at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, where the team played from 2005 to 2007
The Nationals added four prospects, all pitchers—Zach Brzykcy, Cole Henry, DJ Herz, and Mitchell Parker—to the 40-man roster to prevent them from being eligible for the Rule 5 draft. [7] In the Rule 5 draft, the Nationals made a selection themselves for the second straight year, adding infield prospect Nasim Nuñez of the Miami Marlins to ...