2019 Washington Nationals season
From 19-31 in May to the franchise's first pennant and World Series title.
The 2019 season was the Nationals' 15th in Washington and the franchise's 51st. After a 19-31 start the team finished 93-69, second in the National League East behind the Atlanta Braves, and went on to win the franchise's first pennant and first World Series.
Quick Facts
- Season
- 2019
- League
- National League
- Division
- East
- Ballpark
- Nationals Park
- City
- Washington, D.C.
- Record
- 93–69 (.574)
- Divisional place
- 2nd
- Owners
- Mark Lerner
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Background
Manager Dave Martinez's club went 17-11 in September and clinched a wild card berth on September 24, the first wild card in franchise history. It set franchise records with 231 home runs and 873 runs. In October the Nationals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in the Wild Card Game, upset the 106-win Los Angeles Dodgers in a five-game Division Series, swept the St. Louis Cardinals for the pennant on October 15, ending a 50-season wait for a first league title, and beat the Houston Astros in seven games in the World Series on October 30. They were the seventh wild card team to win the World Series.
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