Washington Nationals Milestones

Order these Washington Nationals franchise moments by the year they happened. You place all 24 cards on one timeline, one at a time. Three wrong guesses ends the run.

Washington Nationals Milestones
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How to play the Washington Nationals history timeline

These cards cover the franchise from its first season in Montreal onward, each with a short description below its title. You order the moments by the year they happened. One card begins on the timeline with its year visible. For each new card, pick a gap before, between or after the ones already down. A right answer reveals the year, and a wrong answer moves the card to its true place while taking one of your three lives.

Much of this deck happens in Canada, when the franchise was the Expos, and those years bring heartbreak, near misses and a slow fade. After the move south, the cards come almost every season: top draft picks, debuts, division titles and a championship. The division crowns are the hard part, since several came in a short window and the descriptions are your main clue.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 24 of the 24 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

  • The Montreal Expos play their first season Baseball's first franchise based outside the United States debuts
  • Olympic Stadium opens as Andre Dawson wins Rookie of the Year The Expos move into 'The Big O' as a future Hall of Famer stars in center
  • First winning season in franchise history The young club finally finishes above .500
  • 'Blue Monday' NLCS heartbreak A division title ends on Rick Monday's pennant-winning homer
  • Pete Rose collects his 4,000th career hit The milestone comes during his brief stint in Montreal
  • Dennis Martinez throws a perfect game 'El Presidente' retires all 27 Dodgers he faces
  • Best record in baseball when the strike hits A 74-40 club is denied a title shot by a work stoppage
  • Vladimir Guerrero makes his debut A future Hall of Fame outfielder arrives in Montreal
  • Major League Baseball takes over the franchise The league assumes ownership of the struggling Expos
  • Home games moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico A stretch of 'home' games is played in the Caribbean
  • Final season in Montreal The Expos play their last games in Canada
  • The franchise moves to Washington The Nationals debut at RFK Stadium as Ryan Zimmerman arrives
  • Nationals Park opens The club moves into a new ballpark near the Anacostia River
  • Stephen Strasburg is drafted first overall A hyped college ace becomes the top pick
  • Bryce Harper is drafted first overall; Strasburg debuts A teenage phenom is chosen as the ace makes his electric debut
  • Jayson Werth's Nationals debut A big free-agent signing takes the field in D.C.
  • First NL East title in Washington A 98-win season and the controversial 'Strasburg shutdown'
  • Win another NL East crown A 96-win division title falls short in the NLDS
  • Bryce Harper is named NL MVP; Scherzer throws two no-hitters A unanimous MVP and a pair of gems highlight the year
  • Win the NL East again Another division title behind a strong rotation
  • A fourth division title in six years Max Scherzer dominates on the mound
  • Juan Soto debuts at age 19 A teenage slugger forces his way to the majors
  • Win the World Series A wild-card team wins Game 7 on the road against the Astros
  • A trade-deadline sell-off begins a rebuild Scherzer and Turner are dealt away

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