The Washington Nationals went 81-81 in 2005, a .500 winning percentage — 15th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 639 runs and allowed 673, a run differential of -34. The offence ranked the worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.85 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 91 team wRC+ was 9% below league average — 28th of 30 in MLB. Nick Johnson led the position players at 3.3 WAR, and Esteban Loaiza the rotation at a 3.77 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL East, 9 games back. They spent 62 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 5.5 games on July 2 and were as far as 11 games back on September 25. Their best month was June at 20-6, their worst July at 9-18. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from June 2 to June 12 and a 6-game losing streak from July 24 to July 30. They were 41-40 at home and 40-41 on the road, 30-31 in one-run games and 48-60 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-1 at the Marlins on September 27; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 against the Astros on July 22.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
11
.542
101
108
-7
May
14
14
.500
104
116
-12
June
20
6
.769
117
100
+17
July
9
18
.333
82
105
-23
August
13
15
.464
111
104
+7
Sept/Oct
12
17
.414
124
140
-16
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
41-40
.506
Road
40-41
.494
One-run games
30-31
.492
Extra innings
6-11
.353
Within the division
34-41
.453
Against .500+ clubs
48-60
.444
Decided by 5+ runs
13-18
.419
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League East standings, 2005
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2005. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
33,708
32,641
23,332
45,596
Night
56
32,370
31,645
23,332
45,596
Day
25
36,705
36,491
27,483
44,492
Weekend
38
35,792
36,368
27,333
44,254
Weekday
43
31,867
30,728
23,332
45,596
On the road
80
32,056
33,552
11,467
51,785
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
30,951
May
10
33,328
Jun
17
33,115
Jul
11
37,455
Aug
12
37,471
Sep
17
31,274
Oct
2
34,697
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 161 completed games, 2005.
Regulation
2:51
144 games
All games
2:55
Extra innings
3:29
17 of them
Longest
4:11
2005-07-24, 14 inn
Shortest
2:11
2005-06-28
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
161
2:55
2:53
2:03
4:20
Regulation
144
2:51
2:51
2:03
3:42
Extra innings
17
3:29
3:30
2:35
4:20
Home
80
2:55
2:53
2:11
4:11
Road
81
2:56
2:53
2:03
4:20
Day
55
3:00
2:57
2:03
4:11
Night
106
2:52
2:51
2:11
4:20
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:47
May
10
2:49
Jun
17
2:58
Jul
11
3:02
Aug
12
2:46
Sep
17
2:57
Oct
2
3:24
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 171 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Washington Nationals are 81-81, a .500 win rate, while their -34 run differential implies .476. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
