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The Washington Nationals are a Major League Baseball team based in Washington, D.C.. The team was founded in 1969 as the Montreal Expos, an expansion team in the National League. Later, the team moved from Montreal to Washington before the start of the 2005 season. [1] [2] [3]

## Contents

* 1 Championships
* 2 Locations and Nicknames
* 3 Retired Numbers
* 4 Notes

## Championships[edit]

The team has had one championship-winning season since the beginning of major-league baseball's modern World Series in 1903, winning the World Series in 2019. This was also the only season that they were National League champions. [4]

## Locations and Nicknames[edit]

Since the team's inception in 1969, they have been based in two different cities or metropolitan areas: Montreal, Quebec, Canada (1969-2004), and Washington, D.C. (2005-present). They have played their home games at the following stadiums. [5] [6] [7]

* 1969-1976 (Montreal): Jarry Park
* 1977-2004 (Montreal): Stade Olympique
* 2005-2007 (Washington): RFK Stadium
* 2008-present (Washington): Nationals Park

They have been known by two nicknames: [8]

* 1969-2004: Montreal Expos
* 2005-present: Washington Nationals

## Retired Numbers[edit]

The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them. For non-players, the person's role in the organization is also listed. [9] [10]

* (No number) Charles Bronfman (owner)
* 8 Gary Carter
* 10 Rusty Staub
* 10 Andre Dawson
* 11 Ryan Zimmerman
* 30 Tim Raines
* 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSN/
2. ↑ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/washington_nationals.shtml
3. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/nationals/history/timeline-2000s
4. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/world-series.shtml
5. ↑ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/stadium/stadium4.shtml
6. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSN/attend.shtml
7. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/nationals/history/ballparks
8. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSN/#all_history
9. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/nationals/history/retired-numbers
10. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSN/#all_teams_retired_unis_WSN