The Washington Nationals went 71-91 in 2006, a .438 winning percentage — 25th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 746 runs and allowed 872, a run differential of -126. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.08 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. Nick Johnson led the position players at 4.8 WAR, and Livan Hernandez the rotation at a 4.83 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL East, 26 games back. They were as far as 27.5 games back on August 30. Their best month was July at 14-11, their worst March/April at 8-17. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from July 21 to July 27 and a 6-game losing streak from April 9 to April 14. They were 41-40 at home and 30-51 on the road, 23-20 in one-run games and 28-45 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 9-1 against the Marlins on July 3; the heaviest defeat, 13-0 against the Mets on September 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
8
17
.320
108
133
-25
May
14
15
.483
127
126
+1
June
11
16
.407
117
158
-41
July
14
11
.560
140
137
+3
August
9
18
.333
117
161
-44
Sept/Oct
15
14
.517
137
157
-20
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
41-40
.506
Road
30-51
.370
One-run games
23-20
.535
Extra innings
7-6
.538
Within the division
31-42
.425
Against .500+ clubs
28-45
.384
Decided by 5+ runs
16-29
.356
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League East standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2006. 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
26,581
24,751
18,324
45,157
Night
53
24,973
24,194
18,324
44,749
Day
28
29,625
29,385
19,380
45,157
Weekend
38
29,344
29,229
21,059
45,157
Weekday
43
24,139
23,189
18,324
40,516
On the road
81
29,680
31,062
7,562
55,825
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
8
25,302
May
15
26,026
Jun
12
29,860
Jul
15
27,517
Aug
13
27,104
Sep
17
23,987
Oct
1
29,044
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 162 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:53
149 games
All games
2:57
Extra innings
3:41
13 of them
Longest
4:53
2006-09-27, 14 inn
Shortest
2:01
2006-08-15
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
162
2:57
2:54
2:01
4:53
Regulation
149
2:53
2:52
2:01
3:54
Extra innings
13
3:41
3:37
3:08
4:53
Home
81
2:56
2:50
2:01
4:53
Road
81
2:57
2:56
2:14
3:48
Day
53
2:58
2:54
2:10
4:04
Night
109
2:56
2:54
2:01
4:53
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
8
2:46
May
15
2:56
Jun
12
3:02
Jul
15
3:02
Aug
13
2:52
Sep
17
2:54
Oct
1
2:54
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 173 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 71-91, a .438 win rate, while their -126 run differential implies .429. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
