Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their 47th win, each season:
2005 - 30th June (78th match of season)*
2011 - 16th July (94th match)
2006 - 31st July (106th match)
2007 - 1st August (107th match)
2010 - 2nd August (106th match)
2008 - 26th August (132nd match)
2009 - 6th September (137th match)**
*Win #47 for the '05 Overachievers was the third of a six-match winning streak, the last of longer than four matches they would put together that year...completing a home sweep of the Pirates, 7-5, Loaiza with the win, 28th save for Cordero (he saved all three matches of that Pirates series)
**5-4 home win over Marlins to snap 8-match losing streak