Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. They compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the National League East Division and play their home games at Nationals Park in the Navy Yard neighborhood on South Capitol Street. The current franchise was founded in 1969 as the Montreal Expos as part of a four-team expansion. After playing the 2003 and 2004 seasons in both Montreal and San Juan, MLB owners chose Washington in 2004 and the Nationals were established the next year. They are the eighth major league franchise based in Washington and the first since 1971. In 2019 the team won its first championship, defeating the Houston Astros in seven games in the World Series.