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Al Schacht threw 10 shutouts and won 19 games in the 1919 International League before pitching with minimal success for Washington from late that season through 1921.
Yet he gained the lasting gratitude of team owner Clark Griffith when he filled in minutes before a start by Walter Johnson, whose arm was hurting. No other pitcher was willing. Griffith p...
On July 27, 2009, Nationals’ outfielder Josh Willingham became the 13th – and so far the last — player to hit two grand slams in a game. He did it in consecutive at-bats in consecutive innings against the Brewers in Milwaukee.
The game was a highlight of Willingham’s career, but came during a lost season for the Nationals, already deep in last place at 30-68 when the n...