7th September 1886
The fans of the Nationals have reacted angrily to the teams performances this year as they saw the team fall apart. The team ended the season in 7th place but it could have been so much better. The season started with the Nationals in outstanding form in April but as the months wound on during the season this form just got worse and worse. The fans will be hoping that the owner and front office can rectify this in the off season.
September saw a slight improvement as they went 3-2 for the games played. They went 1-1 to finish the road trip to the Louisville Colonels before going 2-1 at home to the Baltimore Orioles.
Very few players can take any comfort from their performances this year. The one player that did stand up to be counted was pitcher Charlie Ferguson. Ferguson won 32 of his 61 games pitched. Those games saw him pitch 532 innings and give up 485 hits with 170 earned runs against him. His ERA for the month was 2.88.
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