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Ryan Zimmerman made MLB debut 15 years ago today...

WASHINGTON - For the first time in 15 years, Ryan Zimmerman is not part of the September landscape for the Washington Nationals.

Drafted out of the University of Virginia in June 2005, Zimmerman made his Major League debut just a few months later - on Sept. 1, 2005. He fanned as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning against reliever Jim Brower of the Braves in Atlanta as the Nationals lost 8-7 at Turner Field before an announced crowd of 19,053 fans.

The starting pitchers in that game: Tony Armas of the Nationals against future Hall of Famer John Smoltz of the Braves.