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72-651: Theodore Nathan Lerner (October 15, 1925 – February 12, 2023) was an American real estate developer and managing principal owner of the Washington Nationals baseball team. He was the founder of the real estate company Lerner Enterprises , the largest private landowner in the Washington metropolitan area , which owns commercial, retail, residential, and hotel properties, as well as Chelsea Piers in New York City. In 2015, Forbes magazine named him

144-700: A member club of the National League (NL) East Division . They play their home games at Nationals Park , located on South Capitol Street in the Navy Yard neighborhood of the Southeast quadrant of D.C. along the Anacostia River . The Nationals are the eighth major league franchise to be based in Washington, D.C. , and the first since 1971. The current franchise was founded in 1969 as

216-455: A new site for the Expos. Some of the choices included Oklahoma City ; Washington, D.C. ; San Juan, Puerto Rico ; Monterrey, Mexico ; Portland, Oregon ; Northern Virginia (such as Arlington or Dulles ); Norfolk, Virginia ; Las Vegas ; and Charlotte, North Carolina . Washington, D.C. , and both Virginia locations emerged as the front-runners. On September 29, 2004, MLB announced that

288-408: A new uniform set starting in 2011. Gold was eliminated and the emphasis was on the "curly W" logo, which was prominently featured on the home and red alternate uniforms. The road all-navy cap was retired in a favor of a navy cap with red brim, and a new red cap with navy brim was added in 2013 for home games with the red alternates. The sleeve patch was updated to feature the primary roundel logo. Piping

360-549: A role in developing other shopping centers in the Washington area, including Tysons Corner Center and Wheaton Plaza . The headquarters of Lerner Enterprises in Rockville was the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) platinum certified multi-tenant commercial building in the D.C. area and has been the recipient of multiple design and environmental awards. The Washington Nationals franchise (then known as

432-832: A spot in the 2019 National League Wild Card Game , which they won over the Milwaukee Brewers 4–3. In the NLDS , the Nationals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games, propelling them past the divisional round for the first time in franchise history. The Nationals then swept the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS , giving them their first NL pennant. The team then defeated the Houston Astros in game seven of

504-650: A three-games-to-two loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series . The team spent most of the 1980s in the middle of the NL East pack, finishing in third or fourth place in eight out of nine seasons from 1982 to 1990. The Expos hired Buck Rodgers as manager before the 1985 season, and he guided the team to winning records five times in six years, with the highlight coming in 1987 when they won 91 games (.562). They finished third, but were just four games behind

576-622: Is 1,510–1,626 (.482) Multiple short-lived baseball franchises, including two named the Nationals, played in Washington with the National Association in the 1870s. The first Washington Nationals team in a major league played in the American Association in 1884. Another Washington Nationals team also played in the Union Association during its only season in 1884. The first Washington Nationals of

648-522: Is a multidisciplinary research center, employing around 3,800 scientists, postdoctoral fellows , Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, and scientific, technical, and administrative staff working at the institute. As of 2019, the Weizmann Institute of Science has been associated with six Nobel laureates and three Turing Award winners. The institute was founded in 1934 by Chaim Weizmann and his initial (1st) team, which included Benjamin M. Bloch , as

720-856: Is chair of The Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Foundation and chair of the Washington Nationals Philanthropies and the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy. The family are the sole owners and heirs of Lerner Enterprises. Lerner died from pneumonia at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland , on February 12, 2023, at age 97. Washington Nationals The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as

792-510: The 2019 World Series , giving them their first World Series championship, with Strasburg being voted series MVP . 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. The Nationals went a perfect 5-0 in elimination games during the playoffs, all of which were come-from-behind victories, the first team in MLB history to do so. Franchise cornerstone Anthony Rendon left in free agency for

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864-594: The Daniel Sieff Research Institute. Weizmann had invited Nobel Prize laureate Fritz Haber to be the director, but following Haber's death en route to Palestine , Weizmann assumed the directorship himself. Before he became President of Israel in February 1949, Weizmann conducted his research in organic chemistry at its laboratories. On November 2, 1949, in agreement with the Sieff family,

936-594: The Expo 67 World's Fair . The majority-share owner was Charles Bronfman , a major shareholder in Seagram . The Expos' initial home was Jarry Park . Under manager Gene Mauch , the team lost 110 games in their first season, coincidentally matching the Padres' inaugural win–loss record, and continued to struggle during their first decade with sub-.500 seasons. In 1977, the Expos moved into Montreal's Olympic Stadium , which

1008-488: The Los Angeles Angels after the 2019 season. The Nationals agreed to re-sign fellow building block Stephen Strasburg to a massive seven-year deal that guaranteed him $ 245 million. However, injuries limited him to just 31 and 1/3 innings under the contract, and eventually forced him to retire in 2024. The Nationals struggled in 2020 , when the coronavirus pandemic led to the season being shortened to 60 games;

1080-709: The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) in August 2002 prohibited contraction until the end of the contract in 2006. By that time, the Expos had become the Washington Nationals and the Twins had made sufficient progress towards the eventual building of a new baseball-specific stadium that contraction was no longer on the agenda. With contraction no longer an option in the immediate term, MLB began looking for

1152-735: The Minnesota Twins or the Tampa Bay Devil Rays . In November 2001, Major League Baseball's owners voted 28–2 to contract the league by two teams — according to various sources, the Expos and the Minnesota Twins, both of which reportedly voted against contraction. Subsequently, the Boston Red Sox were sold to a partnership led by John W. Henry , owner of the Florida Marlins . In order to clear

1224-547: The Montreal Expos as part of a four-team expansion . After a failed contraction plan , MLB bought the Expos, seeking to move the team to a new city. MLB owners chose Washington, D.C. in 2004 and established the Nationals the next year, in the first MLB franchise move since 1971 when the third Washington Senators moved to Arlington, Texas to become the Texas Rangers . No MLB teams have moved since, although

1296-473: The Montreal Expos ) was formerly owned and operated by Major League Baseball from February 15, 2002, until the official transfer of ownership to Lerner on July 24, 2006. The Lerner family is the majority owner of the franchise, controlling over 90% of the shares. Lerner retired as managing principal owner in 2018, ceding the role to his son, Mark Lerner . Under Lerner's ownership, the Nationals won four National League East division championships and appeared in

1368-615: The National League East again in 2014 , 2016 , and 2017 , but failed to advance past the NLDS each time. In 2019, the team advanced to the World Series as a Wild Card team and defeated the Houston Astros in seven games to earn their first championship. As of the end of the 2024 season, the franchise's overall win–loss record is 4,265–4,569–4 (.483). Since moving to Washington, D.C., their overall win–loss record

1440-556: The Oakland Athletics are currently in the process of relocating to Las Vegas, Nevada . While the team initially struggled after moving to Washington, the Nationals enjoyed considerable success throughout the 2010s. The team had back-to-back first overall picks in the MLB draft in 2009 and 2010, selecting Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper . The team secured their first playoff berth and first division title in 2012 and won

1512-546: The San Francisco Giants . In 2014, they acquired shortstop prospect Trea Turner in a trade with the San Diego Padres, with Turner eventually becoming a major part of the Nationals' core. In 2015, the Nationals signed top free agent pitcher Max Scherzer to a 7-year, $ 210 million contract. That year, Harper had one of the greatest offensive seasons in MLB history, becoming the youngest player to win

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1584-512: The U.S. Army as a typist during the latter part of World War II . Using the G.I. Bill , he attended George Washington University , where he received first an Associate of Arts and then an L.L.B. from the George Washington University Law School in 1949. While in law school, he sold homes on the weekends, which piqued his interest in real estate. In 1952, Lerner borrowed $ 250 from his wife and founded

1656-880: The Weizmann Institute of Science ; the Scleroderma Foundation of Greater Washington; YouthAids; Junior Achievement of the Greater Washington Area; the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School ; and the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, among many others. Ted and his wife Annette are founding members of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. The American Academy of Achievement awarded Ted Lerner

1728-619: The second American League Senators franchise , which began play in 1961 but moved to Arlington , Texas after the 1971 season to become the Texas Rangers . The Montreal Expos were part of the 1969 Major League Baseball expansion , which included the Seattle Pilots (now the Milwaukee Brewers ), Kansas City Royals , and San Diego Padres . Based in Montreal , the Expos were the first Major League team in Canada and were named after

1800-439: The "Capitol W" crest on the left chest and a new sleeve patch depicting the "interlocking DC" logo inside the silhouette of Washington, D.C. The chest numbers on both the primary home and alternate navy uniforms were removed. As part of MLB's uniform deal with Nike , selected teams were given themed "City Connect" uniforms. The Nationals' version, unveiled in 2022, pay homage to the cherry blossoms that adorn Washington, D.C. in

1872-466: The 2009 season, the Nationals kept the same home uniform but unveiled a new road and red alternate uniform, along with a roundel-less "DC" sleeve patch. The road uniform now featured a script rendition of the city name in front minus the gold bevels, with the letters now rendered in red with navy and gold trim. The red alternate replaced the "DC" logo with the "curly W" logo, and numbers changed to white with gold bevels and navy trim. The Nationals unveiled

1944-533: The Expos would move to Washington, D.C. for the 2005 season, returning professional baseball to the United States's capital. On November 15, arbitrators struck down a lawsuit former team owners brought against MLB and former majority owner Jeffrey Loria , bringing to an end all legal actions that could have impeded a move. The other MLB team owners approved the move to Washington, D.C., in a 28–1 vote on December 3 ( Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos cast

2016-711: The Golden Plate Award of Excellence in 1990. The campus of the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville is named in his and his wife's honor after a multimillion-dollar donation to the school. The lunch room in the Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy was donated by the Lerner Family. The family has also donated the Lerner Family Health and Wellness Center and Theodore Lerner Hall at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. along with

2088-718: The Lerner Center at Hebrew University in Israel. The family donated the theater at Imagination Stage in Bethesda, Maryland . Notable achievements include: On June 17, 1951, he married Annette M. Lerner. They had three children: Mark D. Lerner (married to Judy Lenkin Lerner), Debra Lerner Cohen (married to Edward L. Cohen) and Marla Lerner Tanenbaum (married to Robert K. Tanenbaum). Ted Lerner had nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. His daughter, Marla Lerner Tanenbaum,

2160-524: The NL MVP unanimously. However the Nationals missed the playoffs again, leading to Williams' firing. The team hired veteran manager Dusty Baker in 2016, and returned to the playoffs only to be eliminated by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2016 NLDS in five games. They won the NL East title in 2017, but were eliminated in the NLDS yet again after losing game 5 to the Chicago Cubs . Baker's contract

2232-531: The National League played from 1886 to 1889. The Washington Statesmen played in the American Association in 1891, before jumping to the National League as the Senators the following season. The Washington Senators , who were often referred to as the Nationals, played in the National League from 1892 to 1899. They were followed in 1901 by another Washington Senators franchise — a charter member of

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2304-461: The Nationals lost its franchise icon and one of the last integral players from the 2019 championship team. The Nationals received one of the largest prospect hauls in any single trade in baseball history in return, with the front office hoping that the elite prospects would form the core of the next championship team. After trading Soto and others, the Nationals finished the 2022 season with the worst record in baseball at 55-107. That year proved to be

2376-576: The Rangers still owned the rights to the Senators name. Washington, D.C. mayor Anthony A. Williams supported the name "Washington Grays" in honor of the Negro-league team Homestead Grays (1929–1950), which had been based in Pittsburgh but played most of their of their home games in Washington's Griffith Stadium during much of the 1940s. On November 21, 2004, the team's management chose

2448-565: The Vice President of Baseball Operations, second in charge under then-general manager Jim Bowden . The Nationals finished in last place in four out of five years from 2006-2010, but began building the foundations of a contender with their first-overall draft picks of pitcher Stephen Strasburg (in 2009 ) and catcher Bryce Harper , whom the team converted to the outfield, (in 2010 ), as well as their sixth-overall draft pick of infielder Anthony Rendon (in 2011 ). Strasburg, arguably

2520-502: The Weizmann Institute of Science is the multibranched Ficus tree. Undergraduates and recent graduates must apply to M.Sc. programs, while those earning an M.Sc. or an MD can apply directly to Ph.D. programs. Full fellowships are given to all students. In addition to its academic programs, the Weizmann Institute runs programs for youth, including science clubs, camps, and competitions. The Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute accepts high-school graduates from all over

2592-404: The all-red "DC" cap. The Nationals sported two different sleeve patches with this set. In their inaugural season, the patch featured gold accents, the full team name and two gold stars on the outer navy circle, and the interlocking "DC" on the inner red circle. The patch was tweaked the following season, eliminating the team name in favor of nine gold stars and relegating red to trim color. For

2664-483: The all-red "curly W" cap. The road uniforms contained the city name and numbers in navy with gold bevels and red trim, and were paired with the all-navy "curly W" cap. The front letters of both uniforms formed a distinct bridge-like shape. This set was joined the following season by a red alternate uniform, which featured the interlocking "DC" in white with gold bevels and navy trim, as well as numbers in navy with gold bevels and white trim. The red alternates were paired with

2736-468: The division-winning Cardinals . Bronfman sold the team to a consortium of owners in 1991, with Claude Brochu as the managing general partner. The new ownership replaced Rodgers, at that time second only to Gene Mauch in number of Expos games managed, partway through the 1991 season. In May 1992, the Expos promoted Felipe Alou , a member of the Expos organization since 1976, to become the first Dominican-born manager in MLB history. Alou would go on to be

2808-447: The expansion Washington Senators (now Texas Rangers ). However, only the "Capitol W" cap was used, and the "pitcher W" cap was not utilized on the field at all and immediately retired. For most of the 2020 season, the Nationals wore gold-accented versions of the new white uniforms in celebration of their World Series championship, along with all-red caps with the gold "curly W" logo. The script white alternates made their on-field debut on

2880-469: The final regular season home game September 27 against the New York Mets , and were paired with the "Capitol W" cap (the red "curly W" batting helmets were used with this uniform). The Nationals did not wear their home and red alternate "curly W" uniforms throughout that shortened season. In 2021, the white alternates were also paired with the primary red "curly W" cap, though the alternate Capitol cap

2952-545: The first pitch. Ryan Zimmerman hit his fifth career walk-off home run to give the Nationals a win in the first game in their new stadium. The Nationals played their first game on April 4, 2005 at Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia , losing to the Philadelphia Phillies 8-4. The Nationals finished their inaugural season at .500 with an 81-81 record. Its first draft pick as the Nationals

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3024-459: The franchise leader in games managed while guiding the team to winning records, including 1994 when the Expos, led by a talented group of players including Larry Walker , Moisés Alou , Marquis Grissom and Pedro Martínez , had the best record in the major leagues until the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike forced the cancellation of the remainder of the season. After the disappointment of 1994, Expos management began shedding its key players and

3096-494: The institute was renamed the Weizmann Institute of Science in his honor. WEIZAC , one of the world's first electronic computers was locally built by the institute in 1954–1955 and was recognized by the IEEE in 2006 as a milestone achievement in the history of electrical and electronic engineering. In 1959, the institute set up a wholly owned subsidiary called Yeda Research and Development Company to commercialize inventions made at

3168-530: The institute. Yeda has more marine genetic patents than any other research institute. By 2013 the institute was earning between $ 50 and $ 100 million in royalties annually on marketed drugs including Copaxone , Rebif , and Erbitux . As of 2015, the Weizmann Institute had approximately 2,500 students, postdoctoral fellows, staff, and faculty, and awards M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, and biology, as well as several interdisciplinary programs. The symbol of

3240-453: The longtime face of the franchise who had been with the team since its inaugural 2005 season, announced his retirement after the 2021 season, marking the end of the first era of Nationals baseball. On August 2, 2022, the Nationals traded 23-year-old superstar Juan Soto to the San Diego Padres after he turned down a 15-year, $ 440 million contract extension offer, which would have constituted the richest contract in baseball history. In doing so,

3312-408: The low point for the Nationals rebuild, as young players such as CJ Abrams and Josiah Gray led them to an improvement of 16 wins in 2023, finishing at 71-91. Additionally, the rebuild had strengthened a once-weak group of prospects. ESPN's annual farm system ranking showed improvement from 30th entering 2021 to 22nd in 2022, 13th in 2023, and 16th in 2024. The Nationals ended the 2024 season with

3384-483: The most hyped prospect in baseball history, struck out 14 batters in an unprecedented Major League debut at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates . In 2011, they signed Jayson Werth to the team's first big free-agent contract. With a mix of homegrown players and players acquired via trade and free agency, the Nationals clinched their first playoff berth and first division title in 2012. Teenage phenom Harper

3456-414: The name "Washington Nationals", revealing the club's official colors of red, white, and blue the next day. The Nationals played their first three seasons at RFK Stadium until Nationals Park could be built. Nationals Park was completed in 2008, and the Nationals played their first home game there on March 30, 2008. ESPN televised the game nationally, for which U.S. President George W. Bush threw out

3528-538: The new American League — who were officially named the Washington Nationals from 1905 to 1955. In 1912, another Washington Senators team formed as one of eight teams of the United States Baseball League . But the league and the team folded after just over a month of play in 1912. The first American League Senators franchise moved to Minneapolis after the 1960 season and became the Minnesota Twins . MLB awarded Washington an expansion team,

3600-477: The playoffs. After the 2018 season, superstar slugger Bryce Harper left the team via free agency, signing with the rival Philadelphia Phillies. The Nationals began the 2019 season with a record of 19–31, with their projected chances of winning the World Series at that time being 1.5 percent. They then posted a 74–38 record over the remaining 112 games, finishing with an overall record of 93-69 and earning

3672-1153: The postseason five times. Lerner won a World Series ring when the Nationals defeated the Houston Astros in the 2019 World Series . The Lerner family is also a partner in Monumental Sports & Entertainment , which owns the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League , the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association , the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association , and Capital One Arena . The Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Foundation provides support to many organizations, including: Food & Friends; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; Shady Grove Adventist Hospital; Hadley's Park;

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3744-746: The real estate company Lerner Enterprises in Rockville, Maryland . Among the Lerner Enterprises ventures is a partnership in Chelsea Piers , a 30-acre (12 ha) sports and entertainment complex on the Hudson River in New York City; the Tysons II commercial development; shopping centers including White Flint and Dulles Town Center ; and thousands of homes and apartments, along with numerous office buildings. Lerner also played

3816-410: The richest person in Maryland . Lerner was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family in Northwest Washington D.C., the eldest of three children born to Mayer, a 1921 emigrant from British Mandatory Palestine (modern day Israel ), and Ethel, who immigrated from Lithuania . He attended Raymond Elementary School, MacFarland Junior High, and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1944. Lerner served with

3888-407: The same record as 2023 at 71-91. However, the rebuild progressed with top prospects James Wood , acquired via the Soto trade, and Dylan Crews , drafted #2 overall in 2023, making their debuts. Additionally, shortstop CJ Abrams, also acquired via the Soto trade, was selected to the 2024 All-Star Game. In 2022, The Washington Post reported that the Lerner family was exploring a restructuring of

3960-414: The script version of the team name in navy with red trim. Initially, the Nationals unveiled a pair of white-paneled and red-brimmed alternate caps: one in navy with the United States Capitol dome superimposed over a white block "W", and another in red with a navy block "W" superimposed over the silhouette of a pitcher. Both designs paid homage to the original Washington Senators (now Minnesota Twins ) and

4032-477: The sole dissenting vote). Although there was some sentiment to revive the name Senators when the Expos moved to Washington in 2005, legal and political considerations factored into the choice of Nationals, a revival of the first American League franchise's official name used from 1901 to 1956. Politicians and others in the District of Columbia objected to the name Senators because the District of Columbia does not have voting representation in Congress . In addition,

4104-518: The spring. The design has a dark gray base with pink trim and printed cherry blossoms. The uniforms were worn during Friday and Saturday home games until 2024. After 2024, the City Connect uniforms were retired. In 2009, the Nationals unveiled a navy alternate uniform for games that fell during Independence Day week . The uniform featured the "interlocking DC" logo rendered in the Stars and Stripes motif, along with white/red piping and white numbers with gold bevels and red trim. The original primary logo

4176-428: The team finished 26-34 and missed the playoffs. After another disappointing start to the 2021 season, in which the team was under .500 at the trade deadline, GM Mike Rizzo disassembled much of the team, trading ace pitcher Max Scherzer and superstar shortstop Trea Turner to the Dodgers, among many other trades of starting players in exchange for prospects, signifying the start of a rebuilding process. Ryan Zimmerman ,

4248-401: The team's fan support dwindled. Brochu sold control of the team to Jeffrey Loria in 1999, but Loria failed to secure funding to build a new downtown ballpark and did not reach an agreement on television or English radio broadcast contracts for the 2000 season, reducing the team's media coverage. After the 2001 season, MLB considered revoking the team's franchise, along with that of either

4320-417: The team's ownership, including the possibility of selling the team outright. Ted Lerner died on February 13, 2023, from pneumonia complications; his son Mark had become the public-facing principal owner in 2018, though Ted had retained his full interest in the team's decisions. The Nationals' original home uniforms contained the team name and numbers in red with gold bevels and navy trim, and were paired with

4392-452: The way for Henry's group to assume Red Sox ownership, Henry sold the Marlins to Loria who in turn sold the Expos to MLB. However, the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission , the Metrodome 's operator, won an injunction requiring the Twins to play there in 2002. MLB's inability to revoke the Twins franchise compelled it to keep both the Twins and Expos as part of the regular season schedule . The collective bargaining agreement signed with

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4464-469: The world for a four-week, science-based summer camp . The Clore Garden of Science, which opened in 1999, is the world's first completely interactive outdoor science museum . The Weizmann Institute of Science was ranked number 2, globally, for research quality by the Nature Index in 2019, and in the top 25 research institutes/universities in the world in two main categories by U-Multirank , 2019: Top Cited Publications and Patents Awarded. The institute

4536-441: Was Virginia native Ryan Zimmerman in the first round of the 2005 draft. Zimmerman made his MLB debut in 2005 and became one of the team's best players and the face of the franchise, playing his entire career with the Nationals. When Ted Lerner took over the club in mid-2006, he hired Stan Kasten as team president. Kasten was widely known as the Atlanta Braves ' architect before and during their run of 14 division titles. Kasten

4608-402: Was added to the "curly W" uniforms. In 2018 the Nationals released a navy alternate uniform, featuring a script rendition of the team name in white with red trim along with red numbers. The following season, the navy uniform proved to be a good-luck charm for the Nationals, as they went 11–3 while wearing the uniforms en route to winning the World Series. In 2020, a white version was added, with

4680-401: Was added to the left sleeve, and a navy cap with red brim containing the aforementioned "DC flag" logo was used. In 2011, the uniform was tweaked to feature the "curly W" in Stars and Stripes, along with updated logos and the removal of gold accents. The road navy cap was originally used with this uniform, but in 2016 it was replaced by a similar design, with the exception of the "curly W" which

4752-469: Was also the General Manager or president of many other Atlanta -area sports teams, including the Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Thrashers . "The Plan", as it became known, was a long-range rebuilding and restructuring of the team from the ground up. This plan included investing in the farm system and the draft to build a team suitable for their new stadium. In the front office, the Nationals hired well-respected former Arizona scouting director Mike Rizzo to be

4824-464: Was built for the 1976 Summer Olympics . Two years later, the team won a franchise-high 95 games, finishing second in the NL East. The Expos began the 1980s with a core group of young players, including catcher Gary Carter , outfielders Tim Raines and Andre Dawson , third baseman Tim Wallach , and pitchers Steve Rogers and Bill Gullickson . The team won its only division championship in the strike-shortened split season of 1981, ending its season with

4896-457: Was in 7th place in the European Research Council report in 2020 for its high rate of success in obtaining research grants. In 2018 the institute was ranked 9th, globally, (1st in Israel) by the CWTS Leiden Ranking , which is based on the proportion of a university's scientific papers published between 2012 and 2015 that made the 10% most cited in their field. The nonscientists Abba Eban and Meyer Weisgal were assisted by scientific directors, as

4968-409: Was named NL Rookie of the Year, the youngest ever to win. The Nationals were knocked out of the 2012 NLDS by the St. Louis Cardinals in five games after the Cardinals took the lead with two outs in the top of the ninth of game 5. After missing the playoffs in 2013, they hired Matt Williams as manager and rebounded to win their second division title in 2014, but were eliminated in the 2014 NLDS by

5040-416: Was not renewed after the 2017 playoff loss, and the team hired Dave Martinez as their sixth manager in ten years. In 2018, the All-Star Game was played at Nationals Park. 19-year-old phenom Juan Soto had an exceptional debut campaign, finishing 2nd in NL Rookie of the Year Voting. The Nationals failed to make the playoffs in 2018, finishing a disappointing second in a year they were expected to sail to

5112-562: Was now rendered in the Stars and Stripes. This design was used until 2019, during which the uniform was no longer exclusively worn on Independence Day week. In 2017 a white version of the "Stars and Stripes" alternate was released; this one is paired with the navy-brimmed red cap featuring the "curly W" in Stars and Stripes. Bold denotes a playoff season, pennant, or championship; italics denote an active season. Pitchers Catchers Infielders Outfielders Weizmann Institute of Science The institute

5184-414: Was still used occasionally. Starting in 2022, the white alternate uniform with the "Nationals" script became the primary home uniform, replacing the white "curly W" uniform. In 2024, the Nationals updated their road uniform, featuring a block "Washington" lettering in navy with white and red trim. The red "curly W" alternates were replaced by an alternate white pullover uniform with navy sleeves, featuring

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