2019 Washington Nationals postseason

In 2019, the Washington Nationals advanced to the World Series for the first time in franchise history and also Washington, D.C.'s first appearance in the World Series since the American League's Senators in 1933. They proceeded to defeat the Houston Astros in seven games to win the franchise's first World Series championship, and the first for Washington, D.C. since 1924.

2019 Washington Nationals
World Series Champions
National League Champions
National League Wild Card
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record93–69 (.574)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Mark Lerner
General manager(s)Mike Rizzo
Manager(s)Dave Martinez
Local televisionMASN
(Bob Carpenter, FP Santangelo, Alex Chappell, Dan Kolko, Bo Porter)
Local radio106.7 The Fan
Washington Nationals Radio Network
(Charlie Slowes, Dave Jageler)
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Notes
  1. The only other pitcher to walk four batters in the first inning of the first postseason appearance of his career was Art Reinhart of the St. Louis Cardinals, who walked four batters – including Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth – in the fifth inning of Game 4 the 1926 World Series against the New York Yankees (See Anonymous, "Buehler, Muncy lead Dodgers past Nats 6–0 in NLDS opener," Associated Press, October 4, 2019, 12:10 a.m.)
  2. Sandy Koufax′s career postseason ERA is 0.95. (See Anonymous, "Stephen Strasburg, Max Scherzer dominate Dodgers in Game 2," Associated Press, October 5, 2019, 1:26 a.m. Retrieved October 5, 2019.)
  3. The only other MLB player to hit a postseason extra-inning grand slam was Nelson Cruz, who did it for the Texas Rangers in the bottom of the 11th inning during Game 2 of the 2011 American League Championship Series against the Detroit Tigers. (See Anonymous, "Nats stun Dodgers on Kendrick's 10th-inning slam," Associated Press, October 10, 2019, Retrieved October 11, 2019)
  4. The only previous team in Montreal-Washington franchise history to win a playoff series was the 1981 Montreal Expos, who won the 1981 National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies, but lost the 1981 National League Championship Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers. (See {Anonymous, "Nats stun Dodgers on Kendrick's 10th-inning slam," Associated Press, October 10, 2019, Retrieved October 11, 2019)
  5. The only players younger than Juan Soto to hit a home run in the World Series were Andruw Jones, Miguel Cabrera, and Mickey Mantle. (See Anonymous, "Soto, Nationals top Cole, Astros 5–4 in World Series opener," Associated Press, October 23, 2019, 12:09 a.m.)
  6. The previous MLB record for career postseason strikeouts was 199 by John Smoltz, who was the television analyst for the game. (See Anonymous, "Strasburg stars as Nats rout Astros 12–3 for 2–0 Series lead," Associated Press, October 24, 2019, 12:31 a.m. Retrieved October 24, 2019)
  7. MLB.com ranked the foul pole shot by Kendrick as fifth by championship win probability adjusted over the previous 50 years, measuring it as changing the Nationals' odds in their favor by 35 percentage points. (See Petriello, Mike, "Kendrick’s HR among most clutch in history", MLB.com, October 31, 2019)
  8. Rebounding from 12 games under .500 at any point in the season to win the championship was a feat only surpassed by the Boston Braves, who bottomed out at 14 games under .500 through their first 40 games, 12–28, before winning the 1914 World Series. (See Paine, Neil, "The Nationals Wouldn’t Say Die", FiveThirtyEight.com, October 31, 2019)

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