The Washington Nationals went 73-89 in 2007, a .451 winning percentage — 21st of 30 record in baseball. They scored 673 runs and allowed 783, a run differential of -110. The offence ranked the worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.58 staff ERA was 19th of 30. Their 90 team wRC+ was 10% below league average — 27th of 30 in MLB. Ryan Zimmerman led the position players at 2.9 WAR, and Saul Rivera the rotation at a 3.68 ERA.
The 2007 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL East, 16 games back. They were as far as 18.5 games back on September 12. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 15-12, their worst March/April at 9-17. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from July 31 to August 5 and an 8-game losing streak from May 1 to May 9. They were 40-41 at home and 33-48 on the road, 27-24 in one-run games and 35-67 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-1 against the Cardinals on August 4; the heaviest defeat, 15-1 against the Tigers on June 19.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
17
.346
81
136
-55
May
13
15
.464
121
124
-3
June
10
16
.385
96
146
-50
July
14
12
.538
106
103
+3
August
12
17
.414
131
132
-1
Sept/Oct
15
12
.556
138
142
-4
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
33-48
.407
One-run games
27-24
.529
Extra innings
5-9
.357
Within the division
32-40
.444
Against .500+ clubs
35-67
.343
Decided by 5+ runs
12-27
.308
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League East standings, 2007
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2007. 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
24,217
23,006
15,611
40,519
Night
59
23,107
22,362
15,611
35,157
Day
22
27,194
27,043
17,224
40,519
Weekend
39
25,665
26,412
16,617
40,519
Weekday
42
22,873
21,743
15,611
40,389
On the road
81
31,419
30,374
10,121
53,560
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
21,351
May
13
22,459
Jun
12
24,618
Jul
15
24,930
Aug
12
28,249
Sep
15
24,158
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, 2007.
Regulation
2:50
147 games
All games
2:56
Extra innings
3:58
14 of them
Longest
5:13
2007-09-14, 13 inn
Shortest
2:08
2007-05-14
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
2:56
2:50
2:05
5:13
Regulation
147
2:50
2:48
2:05
3:44
Extra innings
14
3:58
3:57
3:00
5:13
Home
81
2:56
2:50
2:08
5:13
Road
80
2:55
2:50
2:05
4:52
Day
45
2:49
2:44
2:14
4:09
Night
116
2:58
2:53
2:05
5:13
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
3:02
May
13
2:47
Jun
12
2:51
Jul
15
2:46
Aug
12
2:57
Sep
15
3:11
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 170 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 73-89, a .451 win rate, while their -110 run differential implies .431. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
