2006 Washington Nationals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Washington Nationals
season = 2006
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1969
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
y4 = 2005
city = Washington, D.C.
y5 = 2005
owners = Ted Lerner
managers = Manny Acta
television = MASN
WDCA (My 20)
radio = WTWP/WWWT|

The Washington Nationals' 2006 season was a season in American baseball. It included the Washington Nationals attempting to win the NL East.

Offseason

*December 8, 2005: Alfonso Soriano was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Washington Nationals for Brad Wilkerson, Armando Galarraga, and Terrmel Sledge. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/soriaal01.shtml Alfonso Soriano Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 24, 2005: Mike Stanton was Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stantmi02.shtml Mike Stanton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Notable transactions

*July 13, 2006: Felipe López was traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Austin Kearns and Ryan Wagner to the Washington Nationals for Gary Majewski, Royce Clayton, Bill Bray, Brendan Harris, and Daryl Thompson (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lopezfe01.shtml Felipe Lopez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

*July 28, 2006: Mike Stanton was Traded by the Washington Nationals to the San Francisco Giants for Shairon Martis (minors).

Beltway Series

During spring training in 2006, the Nationals and Orioles played each other in Washington on March 31 and in Baltimore on April 1. The first match up of the Beltway Series rivalry took place on May 19th, 2006 during the 2006 regular season, the Orioles won at RFK Stadium. This marked first time in 35 years that the Orioles played a regular-season game in Washington, as they played the Washington Senators, another team in the American League annually from 1954 to 1960. The Orioles continued that rivalry with the new Washington Senators from 1961 to 1971.

The two teams split the season series 3-3 with each time winning two games at home and one on the road.

Roster