1) In some ways the Washington Nationals may feel more like the old Washington Senators (1903-1960: moved to Minnesota or 1961-1971; moved to Texas), but they began their existence in the National League as the Montreal Expos when each League expanded from 10 to 12 in 1969. The franchise was moved to Washington in 2005.
2) The Washington recorded 12 wins in interleague play in 2005. The most by any team.
3) The Washington Nationals in their two years have finished last in the National League East division. The Montreal Expos only had one post season appearance. They finished 1st in the 2nd half of the strike shorten 1981 season, won the east title by beating the Phillies 3games to 2, but lost to the Dodgers in the League championship series.
4) With the move to Washington the Nationals returned to circulation the uniform numbers that had been retired in Montreal. They have no retired number other than 42 which has been retired throughout baseball. The Expos retired the numbers; 8-Gary Carter, 10-Rusty Staub and Andre Dawson, 30-Tim Raines. The Nationals do have a Hall of Stars honoring the stars of the Senators. Among these are Walter Johnson, Harmon Killebrew and Frank Howard.
5) The Nationals play their home games in RFK stadium, the same stadium that the Washington Senators (1962-1971) called home. The stadium has a capacity of 45,596.
6) After Major League Baseball took over the franchise in 2002 they looked for an new owner for the team. They moved the team to Washington in 2005 with plans to sell to local ownership and in 2006 the group lead by Theodore N. Lerner formally took procession of the team. At the beginning of 2007 they are managed by Manny Acta.
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